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3-Day San Francisco Tour from Los Angeles to 17 Miles and Yosemite National Park

100% Trip was not as good as I thought

By: Anonymous | Fri Sep 15, 2023 at 12.00 AM

The hotel where we stayed the second night was horrible! It even had cockroaches! Bus air condition broke down and overall this trip needs to be reviewed by management.

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3-Day California Express Bus Tour from Los Angeles

96%

By: Anonymous | Thu Sep 14, 2023 at 12.00 AM

Todo muy bien. Debería haber al menos un punto de encuentro más en algún área más céntrica. Nuestra guía en español Brenda, fue muy amable y excelente en todo momento. Estamos muy agradecidos con ella.

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3-Day California Express Bus Tour from Los Angeles

96%

By: Anonymous | Thu Sep 14, 2023 at 12.00 AM

Todo muy bien. Debería haber al menos un punto de encuentro más en algún área más céntrica. Nuestra guía en español Brenda, fue muy amable y excelente en todo momento. Estamos muy agradecidos con ella.

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16-Day USA Road Tour from Los Angeles: Highway 1, Yosemite National Park and Grand Canyon | Small Group Tour | Entrance Fees Included

96% The fantastic experience

By: Anonymous | Thu Sep 14, 2023 at 12.00 AM

The overall experience was fantastic. We could be able to explore different activities.

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3-Day Oregon Premium Tour : Napa Valley, Redwood National Forest, Crater Lake National Park and San Francisco

86% Our 3rd tour with Tours4Fun

By: Amado Burgos | Wed Sep 13, 2023 at 07.09 PM

As always, went to places we would like to see which is as advertised. Accomodation are good, not a 5 star motel but for one night stay, it is good enough. Clean and quiet. We stayed at two different motel on each night. One has free co.. Read full review

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3-Day San Francisco Tour from Los Angeles to 17 Miles and Yosemite National Park

100% Wonderful tour spoiled by petulant tour guide

By: Anonymous | Wed Sep 13, 2023 at 12.00 AM

If I could give the tour guide zero stars, I would have. We did, however, have a different guide/driver for Yosemite, and HE was terrific - a complete contrast to the main guide. The first guide, whose name I don't even want to remember, se..emed to hate his job and dislike the tourists on his bus more. He was rude, unpleasant and should not have been in a position of influence (where he could demand the tip and allocate seats and hotel rooms). He spoiled an otherwise fairly great trip. When joining up with the main bus after Yosemite, my family actually felt apprehensive about seeing the main guide again! [2 kids, 2 parents] The guide would use threats to get the passengers back onto the bus on time - "You will have to pay for a taxi to get to our next destination as the bus will not wait for you!" I know what time to return to the bus and will be there unless prevented by an emergency. I don't need lots of threats nor do I appreciate them. Pity he could not restrain his disdain for us passengers. He also seemed to have a deal with a particular Chinese restaurant/complex whereby he would highly recommend it and park the bus close to it, giving the impression there were no other places to eat. It wasn't until the second night at the same location that we found non-Chinese restaurants to eat in with our kids! There were lots of other options, cheaper, with salads and English menus - you just had to walk further away, but when you arrive disoriented at 2030 for dinner, you haven't the energy to search a strange location in the dark. The bus trip entailed lots of freeway travel but once you arrived at your destinations, it appeared worth all the traffic snarls. The bus driver was not the best driver, once reaching speeds of 123km/h (we could see the speedometer from our seat) - scary stuff when you realise that a traffic jam is immediately ahead and strenuous braking was necessary to stop (yes, the traffic was that bad). One of our party got sick from his constant accelerate/decelerate method of driving as it is like push/pull, push/pull on your stomach! Far better to just accelerate in a gradual, smooth drive-style (I have driven a bus). Going down one hill, he had to stop the bus half-way due to stinking smoke in the cabin and it turned out to be he had burned the bus's brake pads! No-one was impressed and some passengers were really fearful. Did not use lower gears to slow the bus, justl rode the brake. The very early starts were not worth it in every case - many passengers said they'd rather sleep an extra hour than visit Stanford University at 0700, particularly as no description of any buildings was provided by the guide. You were just expected to wander through empty university avenues and figure it out for yourself. The tour was not very expensive in comparison to other tour companies and I take that into consideration when writing this review. You pay for what you get. The hotels were pretty good for the prices; one even had a good breakfast buffet, which you sadly couldn't take much advantage of as you had to be finished at around 0610. Heating & coffee machine didn't work sometimes, but otherwise clean. Now, more about the actual tour: San Francisco was fantastic - the harbor cruise with earphone-guided commentary is worth doing twice! Yosemite in full snow at -4 degrees C was magnificent, but our friends who did the 17 mile drive also had positive things to say about that option. I would happily have stayed much, much longer or even overnight in Yosemite, though, as it was so beautiful, stunning and unusual. Solvang was interesting and wish we could have stayed longer (maybe 1 hour more) there also. The Santa Barbara stop was disappointing as all you got to see was a car park by the beach with conveniently-located rest rooms. You could briefly walk along a stretch of beach that was not very attractive, near a drainage area. No coffee stop, unfortunately. Call a toilet stop a toilet stop, not a destination stop. Be very aware that this particular tour is conducted in Mandarin with 2/3 commentary in that Chinese language and 1/3 of the commentary conducted in English. It was not the same as even with my limited vocabulary, I noticed that there were whole chunks of descriptions missing when the guide spoke English - and English always came second, except with the short-trip guide - even though many of the Chinese passengers spoke English as well. Just because the ratio of Chinese passengers to non-Chinnese passengers was 1 to 5 does not mean you should get a lesser tour as we all paid the same amount of money for this tour! Such a shame that my memories of this tour are so colored by the less-than-ideal guide! He really should get a job in a non-service industry as he seemed so bitter and twisted in his current employment. We would recommend this tour but would be extremely hesitant to do it again ourselves for fear of getting THAT guide! Without him, the tour would have been great, even with the clearly overseas-taught bus driver (i.e. Not up to US standards). Read full review

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16-Day USA National Parks Explorer Tour from Los Angeles: Grand Canyon National Park and Yosemite National Park | Small Group Tour | Entrance Fees Included

100% The wonderful whole tour

By: Anonymous | Wed Sep 13, 2023 at 12.00 AM

I was blown away by how wonderful the whole tour was from start to end. Our tour guide was brilliant to introduce the culture.

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13-Day Best of the West Road Tour from Los Angeles: Avila, Yosemite National Park and Zion National Park | Small Group Tour

96% It took all the stress

By: Anonymous | Wed Sep 13, 2023 at 12.00 AM

It took all the stress of planning so we could fully immerse ourselves in the activities. Truly unforgettable.

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7-Day Gold Experience Tour from Los Angeles: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Zion

96%

By: Anonymous | Tue Sep 12, 2023 at 12.00 AM

We probably visited the most interesting places the chosen region offers. All the guides on our bus were excellent and Nadine helped us with German. Great job of a prepared team! Some of the hotels could offer a bit better infrastructure fo.. Read full review

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7-Day Gold Experience Tour from Los Angeles: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Zion

96%

By: Anonymous | Tue Sep 12, 2023 at 12.00 AM

We probably visited the most interesting places the chosen region offers. All the guides on our bus were excellent and Nadine helped us with German. Great job of a prepared team! Some of the hotels could offer a bit better infrastructure fo.. Read full review

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9-Day Eastern Canada Maple FoliageTour from New York: Watkins Glen State Park, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C | EWR Airport Free Pick-up |

96% An amazing way to see Eastern Canada during the fall!

By: Anonymous | Mon Sep 11, 2023 at 12.00 AM

The maple foliage was at its peak, and the sights were stunning. Montreal’s vibrant culture and Toronto’s skyline were just a couple of the many highlights. The day in Washington, D.C. added a nice touch to the end of the trip. The tour.. Read full review

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2-Day Kings Canyon National Park and Yosemite National Park Tour from Los Angeles

100% Good tour

By: Kannada | Sat Sep 09, 2023 at 12.00 AM

I have just returned from the 2-day Yosemite tour.Yosemite is absolutely awesome, I wish I could have more time.

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3-Day San Francisco Tour from Los Angeles to 17 Miles and Yosemite National Park

100% Lovely trip to San Francisco

By: Anonymous | Sat Sep 09, 2023 at 12.00 AM

Hi there! I'm a 18-year old girl from Germany and I booked this tour for the 17th to the 19th of february 2016 and it was great! My pick up place was 99 Ranch Market in Artesia, unfortenately the bus was not on time so a van got there to br.. Read full review

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3-Day San Francisco Tour from Los Angeles to 17 Miles and Yosemite National Park

100% itinery B (compulsery)

By: Anonymous | Fri Sep 08, 2023 at 12.00 AM

Hi there! I'm a 18 year old girl from Germany and I went to San Francisco from 17th to 19th of february. My pickup point was 99 Ranch Market Artesia, unfortunetlely the bus was not on time so a van picked me up and brought me to a bus, wher.. Read full review

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3-Day San Francisco Tour from Los Angeles to 17 Miles and Yosemite National Park

100% Better than expected

By: Anonymous | Thu Sep 07, 2023 at 12.00 AM

If you are reading these reviews deciding whether or not to go on the tour, I'll save you the time and say DO IT!! This tour is well worth it. You visit so many places in such little time. Our tour guide Kevin was great. Accommodation for t.. Read full review

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