100% All in all, it was awesome, fun and a bit tiring
By: Anonymous | Tue Jul 04, 2023 at 12.00 AM
The tour was really fun but jam packed. The tour guide, Kevin was really nice and considerate and other passengers are friendly as well. We stayed in Marriot hotel which was really nice. Pros: Lot of places to go, pee stop every 2 hours, fr..iendly tour guide Cons: Early call time, less time in the stops, less time for resting in the hotel the tour are chinese first then translated to englishRead full review
Took the tour on 6/24-6/26/2015 with a group of 11 people, and we all felt that the entire tour was rushed. The time we spent on most of the stops were mostly just enough for a restroom break. First stop - Santa Barbara was really just a re..stroom stop.No time to even walk down to the pier which was across the street from the restroom building. Next was Solvang, we were only given a little over an hour to have lunch. Had lunch at Vikings (highly suggested by our tour guide), which was right where the bus parked. We thought we would have a few minutes to at least walk up and down the street and take some pictures. But, NO, it was just enough for a quick lunch and restroom break. On the way to San Jose, our tour guide changed our itinerary for the day. Instead of going straight to Silicon Valley, we headed straight to the hotel and included Silicon Valley to the next day's tour to save us 3 hours of travel. The hotel on the first night (Comfort Inn Salinas) was pretty good although I requested to have connecting/adjacent rooms for our group and of course, they weren't. We were split up, some on the 2nd floor while others on the 3rd. The 2nd day, we went straight to Silicon Valley - Apple Inc. We didn't get a chance to walk around and take pictures for security reasons, as we were told. So, pretty much just a drive around the Infinity Loop. Next stop was Stanford, where we were able to at least take some pictures and use the restrooms. Although we were only given less than an hour to spend there. Then, next stop was San Francisco. We were only given 20 minutes at the Golden Gate Bridge, where 10 minutes of it was already standing in line for the restroom. This stop was supposed to be the highlight for our group as some people in our group have never been or seen the Golden Gate bridge! The best thing this day was the 5 1/2 hours spent on our own since we didn't join the bay cruise and city tour. The worst part of this tour is the hotel on our 2nd night - Quality Inn Monterey Beach Dunes. This hotel is the worst! No elevators-we had 3 seniors with us who had to climb 3 flights of steps since our rooms were on the 3rd floor. The rooms were smelly and old. Our room had used towels hanging on the bathroom door and the telephone and clock weren't even working. Our last day was not too bad except we got to our drop off site a few minutes before 9pm, which was so much later than what was said on the itinerary. Overall, I would go with a different tour company. My friends went on a similar itinerary but with a different tour company and they only had good things to say about their tour.Read full review
I have always dreamed to step on the ground of Yosemite. Just as I have thought, the view is amazing. Not only that the tour guide have great plan. I understand where people want to stay longer so he plan the tour based on his clients' pref..erence.Read full review
My family came from Korea and we wanted a trip in CA. I purchased 4 disney tickets and this package from tours4fun. Honestly, I didn't expect too much because too good price. Wow, we stopped by so many places and we stayed at Marriott Fremo..nt CA. The hotel is really clean and very modern style. Great beds and about 50 min. far from San Fran. Bus stop every two hours for bathroom and you cannot bring coffee cups in the bus…etc. But, you should realize asian style tour is different. Some strict rules, move fast and get on & out the bus many times. BUT, you can see so many things and totally worth for money. Oh, food, additional tour in San Fran and tips are excluded. I highly recommend to college students, anyone don't have a plan to drive during travel, anyone don't really have time to look in LA & San Fran area.Read full review
All in all the tour is great. The long travel and 30 minutes stop for restroom is limited specially when there are other tour buses around. For the price, and hotel accommodation, this is a great deal. Driver James is very friendly but the ..tour guide, I should say not really that good. I can hardly understand his English. Other than that, there are some places that the stop is very limited.Read full review
The tour was excellent. My boyfriend and I enjoyed the sights this tour had to offer. The tour guide was very nice also. He could've explained more in English but it was enough to understand him and his explanation about the places we were ..able to visit. The hotel we stayed in was big and clean which was very pleasing to us. We were not able to see Yosemite because unfortunately it was caught on fire. Instead we went to an alternative place which was also a nice place. Overall, it was a good tour. We were able to go on the cruise and visit popular areas in San Fransisco. One more negative I can comment is the pickup time. It was originally at 6:45AM. However, they emailed us the night before that the pick up time was moved to 8AM. When we got there, the bus came very late, about an hour late. We did call their number and thankfully the operator was helpful and gave us the tour guide's number. When we called the tour guide, he immediately answered which put us at ease.Read full review
The tour was good, the bus was clean and everything was on schedule, I was surprise about the quality of the hotel, I would suggest to take more care about the non-Chinese speaker costumers, in my tour we were only 3 non-Chinese speakers so.. the tour guide was giving everybody else a long speech about the places we were visiting but not too much for us, sometimes it was confusing because we didn't know what was going on and we had to ask him. The only time the tour guide spoke to us in clear English was when he was asking for his tip.Read full review
100% Worth the money but not an amazing experience
By: Anonymous | Wed Jun 14, 2023 at 12.00 AM
If you're looking for something cheap and fast, that's for you. Don't expect neither top quality service or deep sightseeing, everything is going to be fast, but you're still gonna be able to check out the main spots, only! What I really di..d not like was the uncomfortable and dirty bus, the guide that was pretty confusing and could not speak English properly!! She had such a poor English and that' was the worst part!! She spoke a lot about the places story, but in Chinese only!! I was waiting for the English translate, but she did not say the same, so I missed much information! I really annoyed me! I like it, but no so much! I wouldn't do it again!Read full review
The itinerary was packed with all the key highlights from Yellowstone's geysers to the breathtaking views of the Grand Canyon. Every stop was well worth it, and the tour was organized impeccably. A must-do for nature enthusiasts!