Highlights:Visit New York (Statue of Liberty Cruise, Times Square), Boston (MIT, Quincy Market), Washington, DC (White House, US Capitol, Potomac River Cruise), Philadelphia (Independence Hall), Niagara Falls (Maid of the Mist). Inclusions: 5 nights hotel accomodations, Transportation via air-conditioned vehicle
Free visit the Corning exhibition "Journey to the Moon: How Glass Got Us There"
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I know it been a while after our East Coast tour from TakeTours but we had a great experience during this period.
It was an unforgetable experienced that I can treasure.
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We were family of 4 and this was our first tour with taketours. The experience was awesome. Everything went as per plan. The purchase all optional meal and it was good spread out buffet meal.
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Overall the tour was excellent.
Superbly managed by our guide Jason Liu. He is one of the most experienced guides and did an excellent job in co-ordinating the tour even for anyone visiting with kids ... More>>
I know it been a while after our East Coast tour from TakeTours but we had a great experience during this period.
It was an unforgetable experienced that I can treasure.
Also, thank you to our tour guide Mr. Winston. It was a great time through your help and guidance during the tour.
Actually, we are planning to book another tour with them for our Las Vegas tour this coming March 2020.
We were family of 4 and this was our first tour with taketours. The experience was awesome. Everything went as per plan. The purchase all optional meal and it was good spread out buffet meal.
The tour guide "Evan" did excellent job in managing time of all the parties. He keep providing detail information about each monument which is added advantage of taking tour bus over driving self.
Overall the tour was excellent.
Superbly managed by our guide Jason Liu. He is one of the most experienced guides and did an excellent job in co-ordinating the tour even for anyone visiting with kids and family like me.
The bus could have been a little cleaner and better but the rest was wonderful.Overall 5 stars from me and special thanks to Jason for making the tour memorable.
It was a great experience. Evan, our tour guide is funny and able to explain the history of each place we visited. I commend him for the great job! Thank u Take Tours for a wonderful experience, definitely will book again on my next trip!
Our guide Tana is very knowledgeable with American history. We have learn quite a few new things after the trip. Lobster meal is awesome. I just wish we could try more local food like this. Overall, we really enjoy our trip
This is the tour for those wanting to cover the east coast as a once in a lifetime visit while taking in the key sights. Not for those who want to go about at a leisurely pace, the itinerary is hectic to maximise the number of sights covered .. suited us perfectly. The guide was helpful, the driver and the driving considerate and overall excellent value for money. If you are not Chinese though, you may well be advised to opt out of arranged meals - otherwise an excellent package !! Hotels are a good standard - not much room for complaints
We had a wonderful time and Caroline as our guide and Kai as our driver were simply the best! Nothing too much trouble, very friendly efficient and attentive. Highly recommend both of them. Our only downside was the buffet, we now understand that your tours are targeted at Asian customers (mainly) so we had a few tummy issues after eating at the buffets with not very appetising options for us. That said we had a blast!!! Thanks and hope to see you again
What a wonderful experience!Our first trip to the US and also it was our first trip with take tours, you guys lived up to our expectations.It was wonderfully organized trip. Never mind the long,tiring and fast phased travel each day.It was indeed enjoyable.We enjoyed the hotel hopping experienced.The rooms was more than adequate. A shout out also to our tour guide Jojo,she did a wonderful job of sharing her knowledge, was helpful and entertaining.We will never forget this trip!and will definitely do it again.
Well organized tour. Covers all must see places of interest in US East coast in the shortest possible duration. Our tour guide YOYO was pretty knowledgeable and shared good insights for the places we visited
I definitely recommend this tour for anyone wanting to cover most of the to visit places on US East coast. The tour is well organized and hotel stay is pretty comfortable. Our tour guide YoYo was pretty knowledgeable about history of all the places she took us around.She did a great job with keeping the tour informative but also fun filled
Hii All,
Our tour was overall excellent.
Our tour Guide Tony, very nice, Helpful, polite and kind guy.
My parents came from india and they enjoyed a lot.
5 star :)
Neel
Evan was an excellent and helpful tour guide. He made our trip very enjoyable and interesting , full of information and facts. Definitely a good option to go for if you want to cover east coast in few days. The trip covered all major spots .
Evan was very helpful throughout. He made sure everyone on trip is comfortable. He planned all activities well. He is very knowledgeable and made the journey interesting.
I recommend this tour.Our tour guide YoYo is very helpful and she was always keeping everyone happy.when we went to Naigara the Maid of The Mist boat was not started. We were supposed to go to Boston next day but somehow Yo Yo got the news that the maid of the mist boat is started she took our consent and again on next day we went to Naigara and we have seen the fall in the 2019 first made of the mist boat in the morning and then we went to Boston.
The trip was very nice and smooth, thanks to our tour guide Yoyo Lin; very funny, helpful and informative. She continuously told us about the history and about the things around. The tour was always on time and we were able to see all the attractions mentioned. Luckily, got the first maid of the mist of the season and even though it was out of our schedule, they made time and included it before going to Boston! Tour guide Yoyo was always available to help, calmly explaining everything,and was very accommodating about time. She also helped us by giving recommendations for transportation outside of the tour. I recommend it!
My family of 8 really enjoy this 6 days tour. The tour guide, Jason Liu, was very friendly, funny, and knowledgeable. Well-organized trip. Both the tour guide and the bus driver are very professional.I will recommend this tour to everyone. We will definitely do this tour again.
my tour guide Brandon Zheng was fabulous. He was very knowledgable of US history, and of the places we visted. The transportation provided was reliable and clean. The hotels were great properties to stay at, and great value for the buck.
I had a wonderful experience with TakeTours. I went for 6 days east coast tour. In a minimum time I explored multiple cities. My tour guide was Henry Lin and he managed the tour very efficiently. He was very supportive , professional and guided the whole tour very effectively. The hotel accommodation at new jersey for our stay at new York can be improved by accommodating near new York downtown. Except this all hotels were up to the mark. I will recommend this tour to everyone.
I had wonderful experience with TakeTours. I went for 6 days east coast tour. In a minimum time I explored multiple cities. My tour guide was Henry Lin and he managed the tour very efficiently. He was very supportive , professional and guided the whole tour very effectively. The hotel accommodation at new jersey for our stay at new York can be improved by accommodating near new York downtown. Except this all hotels were up to the mark. I will recommend this tour to everyone.
Everything was good and well planned, plus our tour guide Rex Lin was a very knowledgeable guy. The only thing I was not satisfied with was the first night accommodation in New Jersey which was not even at a hotel, it was an "inn motel" not worth the standard accommodation option I was paying for. Thankfully they moved us to a better "standard" hotel in New Jersey on the next day. All in all, good tour, awesome guide, and please always consider an actual hotel when placing your "standard" guests.
It worth to do this tour - Cover a lot of spots in short time, at medium cost.
I will write which I think can help you on making a decision.
- You have no included any meal
- On top of the price add $ 300-350/ person (only for tickets, tip), and this will be the finally price/ tour. If you add and meals, you will have a price per tour, no cheap not high.
- Majority of tourists is Chinese, so for this reason the guide has spoken more in Chinese ( in my trip only me and more 2 people weren't), but do not be worry. The guides are well trained, polite, brings good energy (mine was Sammi, young man, who knew what he is doing)
- To visit inside the White House it needs a special individual approval from US office, so do not expect to see it, no matter the trip you choose
- The trip is very good organized and scheduled but keep in mind, in winter time the day is shorter and you can't well cover everything.
- Very important: As tourist we must have provided to us the contact of person who pick up us from the airport, including phone no, WhatsApp, Skipe, even more. Because I didn't have it, and my flight was late, I have lost the morning tour.
For these last two reasons only 4 stars.
This tour was well organized. Our tour guide was trying his best to make everyone happy and I really enjoyed it even though I was a solo traveler:)Thank you very much!
Overall the tour was good. It covered lot of places in 6 days. Also our tour guide Faye Hui was knowledgeable and very helpful during the tour. She did a great job covering the places during the tour.
I paid for Upgraded hotel and expected little better. The hotel accommodation could be improved. Also, it would have been nice to spend more time during NY, night tour at Rockefeller center. We spent 15 minutes walking from bus and only 5-7 minutes at the Rockefeller center. Also, it will be nice to have Niagara night light show (illumination show) added as part of the itinerary since you drive all the way to Niagara from NY and then miss it.
The overall trip was good, however we were given very little time to explore main spots , like we only had 40 mins to use the rest rooms, explore time square and get back to the bus , furthermore we were given no time to do shopping. Not only that there was no wifi on the bus even though we had a 7 hour ride from New york to Niagara falls.
The trip was well planned and executed. Although Niagara could have been avoided altogether in the winter. Hotels were quiet standard. Our tour guide Andy was extremely helpful and knowledgeable. It felt a bit rushed at times, but for such an itaenearary, it was quite expected. In all it was a good experience. Thank you Andy for being an amazing guide!!
My friends recommended me to use take tours and praised the efficiency and friendliness of the tour guides cant wait to enjoy my tour next week with my family
It was an amazing tour .Very carefully selected itinerary and really nice selection of hotels, although a bit far away from main cities and thus wastage of time.
Our tour conductor was Nick , young fellow but he managed the whole tour very efficiently .
Day 4 and 5 activities may be modified if possible and similarly cruise tour at Boston can be omitted as it is not that useful.
Some elements of commercialism are visible but in general if you want to explore a lot in a limited time then this is the best option.
Me and my wife enjoyed this tour and would strongly recommend it.
Reasons to take this tour
1) Great attractions covered:
It covers so many great attractions in four cities: New York city, Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Boston, plus Niagara falls. it was fun, we loved it
2) Excellent tour guide services
Lynn, who was our tour guide, was the best we could get. She did her best in explaining all the attractions we visited
3) Excellent bus driver
The bus driver was amazing. He is very experienced.He drove long distance very carefully, we felt so safe and comfortable on the bus.
We had a splendid time in our 6 days east coast tour from 1st September to 6th September. Our tour guide Jason was awesome. It was well organized and every place was covered so smoothly. We also enjoyed the accommodations provided. Highly recommend this tour.
We had absolutely amazing time in our '6 days US East Coast' tour. We went on 26. 08. 2018 and returned on 31. 08. 2018.
A big thanks to MANI XU, who was our tour guide. He was fantastic! He was funny, punctual, helpful, very hardworking and responsible person. He was very professional and has a wealth of knowledge about the places we visited. He listened to every single one of us carefully and looked after us well through out the tour.
Pablo, our bus driver was good too. He was friendly, helpful and drove the coach very smoothly.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS TOUR and we are thinking of taking on another tour with Take Tours soon.
It was an excellent tour experience. we had a wonderful tour because of our tour guide Joe Lin and bus driver Louise. Joe took care of everyone with a smiling face throughout the tour and he was very helpful, accommodating and friendly. This tour almost covered all the major cities as mentioned in the itinerary. Thanks to TakeTours team.
I highly recommend this tour. We had an amazing time in the East Coast. Our Tour leader June Li was very professional, knew his information very well and very nice. This was an affordable trip and organized. We felt rushed at times and but we did so much in 6 days. Loved it. Lots of walking and staying on time to make it to the next stop. All good. Thank you so much. My family loved it so much. MA
I highly recommend this bus tour as i did not wanted to drive in the hectic newyork area.The trip is well organised.Each day we stayed in premium hotels and the tour guide Any day guided the tour very well.We enjoyed the 6 days tour and made new friends in the bus trip.
Tour was amazing.we visited plenty of places in such a limited time because of very good time management by our tour guide ZOE,she is very good and friendly to everyone.she manage accommodations to very good places.hats off to our bus driver CHAN.i will recommend this tour.
The tour was a wonderful. Lots of amazing sites visited and our tour guide Gary was warm and accommodating. Our bus driver Richard was also very friendly.
I highly recommend to take this tour. It was very organized and we saw many landmarks in a short amount of time. Our tour guide Mani was very professional, efficient, and knowledgeable about the places we visited. The hotels are comfortable and clean for the price you are paying for. We are thinking to take another tour through the same company.
we had great time and enjoyed this tour also our tour guide Mr Chris was wonderful and very helpful.he made tour lively.Also the driver of bus was great and 5 stars to him.
The tour is comprehensive. 6 days spent with such a great tour guide MANI is like touring these cities for 2 weeks with so much information shared. We would also like to commend the driver for such a smooth drive all through the tour.
We really enjoyed the 6 days east coast tour. Kids told me that they learnt a lot during the tour. Our tour guide Mani was very organized, helpful, and knowledgeable. The hotels were great. We would definitely recommend this tour to other families
I definitely recommend this tour to one & all! We had such fun. Tour was well handled by Catherine, our Tour guide. She gave us lots of pertitent updates. It was well thought out tour. I'm proud of associating with TakeTours.com
Fantastic tour covering so many attractions in 6 days. Very well organised and excellent tour guide. Accommodation was also very good and also upgraded for 2 nights in Sheraton and Holiday Inn at no extra cost. Enjoyable trip with family & friends. Real value for money and worth it.
What a fantastic tour it was!! Thanks TakeTour for making our trip memorable one!! We were a family of 5 travelling from Singapore to tour the east coast of US. I booked this tour online directly on take tour website with out much expectations about the tour. The way the whole tour package was executed really surprised me! 6 Days tour(Code: 855-478) was well organised starting from a airport pickup until we were dropped off at Newark airport at the end of the tour. Ricky, our tour guide was extremely professional and was always particular about maintaining the time. Ricky was fluent in English, friendly with all the information an excellent guide should have. On each of day, during the journey the bus used to stop in family friendly food courts having variety of options for breakfast/lunch. I had initially booked the standard package , however, on the 3rd day of the tour we had a pleasant surprise to see our hotel rooms being upgraded to Deluxe rooms in Sheraton & Marriott. Bus journey was pleasant with relaxing seats with ample of leg space. I will surely recommend this tour to my friends!
It was a wonderful experience. The tour was well organized and covered many famous landmarks of the US east coast. However, I would recommend to include Brooklyn and Central Park in New York city tour days and to extend the time spent in NYC. Our tour guide Mani was very helpful, friendly and knowledgeable. He also shared many interesting facts about the history of the iconic places we visited. Highly recommend this tour to those who would like to visit the landmarks of the east coast in a short period of time. It's awesome!
One of the awesome tour specially if you have Tour Guide like "Mani". Mani rocks. He knows a lot of stuff and tries to explain everything he can. Its a bilingual tour so English speaking guys should be aware of it. We didn't have any problems with it.
Amazing tour. The tour guide Nick was really helpful.
The tour was a bit hectic for the initial couple of days but we ended up covering a lot of places.
I would definitely recommend this tour. It was a very memorable experience especially to see Niagara falls from above. Awesome! I also commend our tour guide Caroline Zheng who has extra patience and helpful.
I would definitely recommend this tour.
It was a memorable experience especially when we see Niagara Falls (US-Canada) from above (Helicopter).
Also wanna give 6stars for our tour guide Caroline Zheng, who has extraordinary patience to us.
Informative, and very helpful.
Overall the tour was great. We visited a lot of places. However, it is a pity that we did not have enough time to explore New York City. The options of attractions that we can visit would be nice as not all people in the group would like to visit like the airforce museum. Other then New York city, all were amazingly arranged. I also recommend Henry as the tour guide. He was very knowledgeable and his english is really good.
Overall the tour was excellent and it was memorable. Our tour guide Peter was very assertive, helpful and shared lot of information at each place.
Since time was a restriction, I would recommend to give more time to spend in Times Square and include Brooklyn Bride during Night Tour which makes this complete package an ideal and best for everyone.
Absolutely loved the tour, did end up being a bit hectic, however we did cover a lot of places in a short amount of time. The hotels were great. The tour guide was amazing. Will highly recommend this to others.
I was very satisfied with the way you conduct your tours. This is our second time using your company and we plan on taking our next vacations with you as well.
Highly recommend particular on a solo traveler who has a limited time to see different places. Tour guide Mani Xu did his best for the whole trip. Nothing to worry from transportation and accommodation. Mani managed to recommend best food in town. Itinery has to be check like the Corning glass museum because it has few to offer and it's very far. Philadelphia has more to do so. Over all one of my best trip so far and to witnessed the cherry blossom is a bonus . Keep it up take tours.
Our tour guide was fantastic and our driver was great. My only concern was I thought there would be minimal walking. I have some mobility issues and felt that there was quite a bit of walking to some of the attractions. Overall, we really enjoyed the experience.
It was our first time with TakeTours. We had a great time with them. They had covered all the major attractions and the amount spent was worth it. We highly recommend this to the travelers who would wish to explore with a reasonable fare. Our tour guide Mr Samy made the entire trip joyful and realistic. Thank you so much and we would surely take our next tour with you.
We had a really great time. Shen Tong our tour guide explain everything perfectly and manage the tours so all of us can enjoy this trip. Once again thank you Shen Tong and our professional driver that help us making this trip memorable :) :)
I would definitely recommend this tour. It was a very memorable experience especially the jet boat we had at Niagara river. Awesome!
I also commend our tour guide Jack who always ensure that we enjoy the trip and have fun.
Overall the tour was excellent and covered most of touring spot in the defined time period. Tour guide Yoyo was friendly in nature. Tour could have been made memorable by making stop at vegetarian asian restaurant, but nevertheless at such a cost, it is worth a tour.
I just finished this tour with my parents and thoroughly enjoyed it.The accommodations provided were excellent, transportation and iterinary was completed in given time, with no delays. Food is not covered within the tour price, and thus we had to make our own arrangements for breakfast (this was a little inconvenient). For lunch and dinner though, the tour guide stopped at places where there was large variety available to choose and buy from. Overall, I felt I paid a good price, and got what was promised. I would recommend this tour for people flexible with food options and looking to go on a well covered short East Coast Tour.
I had booked this trip for my parents. They thoroughly enjoyed trip. Tour guide was excellent she helped them a lot. Hotel stay was very comfortable. Overal nice package and the given cost.
The tour was great. We covered a lot of distance and saw all the important sights. It was well co-ordinated and kept to schedule. The guide Ricky was very helpful. It really was amazing value that we could see and do so much. The hotels were all very good quality. There were three of us and we all had such a good trip. This is my 2nd take tours trip and I would definitely recommend to others. I am not Chinese and the customers were mostly Chinese but that was fine. Come with an open mind and enjoy the great value and service offered by take tours trips.
We ( a group of 4 adults) just ended our 6 Day US East Coast Vacation from NY and we enjoyed the trip. This is attributed in no small measure to our wonderful tour guide, Ms Lynn Zheng.
She has a bus-load of 50 tourists to manage and it was certainly not an easy task to manage so many people over 6 days with countless sightseeing stops and toilet breaks, yet she managed it pretty well. She was firm but fair and very pleasant in carrying out her tasks. I must say that we were also pretty fortunate that the people on this bus, were largely considerate and co-operative, hence making this tour a pleasant one.
I would certainly recommend this tour package as it has a good balance of stops and sightseeing places. Thanks to Ms Lynn Zheng once again for making this tour trip a really pleasant one for my group and I believe for the other people in my bus.
One of the Best trip I had ever been to and most memorable for my whole family. I must admit that it's not possible to cover so many places at such a good pace if planned by me. Caroline the tour guide delivered her best. I strongly recommend this package tour.
It was a great trip with my family. The tour guide Mark was very helpful person. He spoke both language English and Chinese well. where ever we go he explain his job as tour guide very well. Our driver Change was a great guy too. Only problem is we all are vegetarian so hard to find indian food.
Tour guide Chris yang and driver Brad are exceptional people ,very friendly and accommodating .
Tour was as per schedule ,hotels were decent ,we enjoyed the tour .
I would recommend this tour ,u are lucky if you get same tour guide and driver :)
The tour was well planned to touch all the spots. We enjoyed a lot. This is our second vacation with taketours. Hopefully we will again plan for our next vacation. Though everything was good and well organized, one point I will like to mention. On day 3 the tour guide Ricky arranged a dinner from some Asian buffet restaurant which was not mentioned in itinerary. We and the other persons from the group who did not join the buffet had to wait outside the bus for 1 hr and 30 mins,doing nothing, as the rule by our tour guide was if some people are not willing to join the activity they are not allowed to sit in the bus. This is not good for the people who has babies or are old. It this did not happen I would have given a five star rating.
This is compact and well arranged round trip journey and it is perfect for people touring the United states and wanting to see just the important places in the East Coast and the Niagara falls. The journey is on a bus throughout and has optimal number of stops for using the restroom, breaks, lunches, dinners and the night stay. Personally I wasn't happy about the quality of the BUS in this journey. It was clean and comfortable but it was a pretty old bus. However I had taken a different itinerary of Take Tours and the bus was excellent for that trip. Hence the 3 stars for transportation in this review.
The tour guide Henry was exceptional. He gives a good anecdote on each place that we visit so it makes the trip all the more enjoyable.
The accommodations at the hotels during this trip were really good and a lot better than expected for the cost we pay.
Overall I think this is a pretty comprehensive tour and I will definitely recommend it.
I definitely recommend this tour package for anyone who wants to see most of East coast in very short time. The itinerary was well planned and very well executed by our very beautiful tour guide - Zoe Li. She was very accommodating for all our requests and made sure all of us got want we wanted. We did not have to worry about driving,tickets and wait time. Everything was well taken care of by our organizers. This is definitely a trip worth the money!!
It was a great trip with my parents. The tour guide Chris Jiang was very helpful. He balanced the narration between English and Chinese well. Ask for him. Our driver Terry was a great person too.
It was great, as this is my first time to USA.
The trip was organized, informative and entertaining.
Our tour guide Ricky was Professional, helpful and supportive all the time.
Also the driver was good, drop off and pick up us on time without any delays.
The Hotels we stayed in were clean and have good service,but some hotels didn't include breakfast which was strange as in the tour information they mentioned that breakfast is included in all hotels.
In addition, it takes long time in the bus to go from one city to another and from the attractions to hotel which is exhausting and wastes the trip time.Also due to long trips the air condition sometimes doesn't work well.
I still feel satisfied about this tour and I would take it again if I have the chance again.
We took the tour in end of May 2017. It was time and money well spent. Tours were well planned with no hassle. Our tour guide Estella was very well prepared and always kept track of her guest on the bus to not loose them.
Worth for the money you pay!
We took the East Coast tour in June 2017 and enjoyed it with family visiting from India.
The company could have been fair to all nationals by stopping tour bus at some Indian restaurants as well.
However, we can't be specific about food when traveling.
Hotels were of great quality and above expectation of luxury.
This is only my experience. All the best.
I will definitely recommend this tour to all my friends. We had a great experience, me and my family of 4 had lot of fun during this trip.
Most importantly , our tour guide, CAROLINE ZHANG is amazing and her attention to detail, and careful planning made this trip a wonderful and memorable experience for all of us.
If you are tired with daily timetable, This one is Absolutely amazing timeout from your hectic schedule.
6 days and 5 nights makes it very smooth and hassle free ride.
100% to the tour guide (Brandon) he was always there for any kind of queries. Very patient and knowledgeable person. He had good hold of language and control over people. He was very friendly and always suggested many options to cover complete group like vegetarian:nonvegiterians, old:young, gentlemen:ladies, kids:grownups. He suggested many ways to make most of your time like where to go, where not to, tricks for how to win gifts, where to find cost effective food:cloths:gifts:etc.
Bus quality was above average, it was not bad but could have been better.
Driver was very skilled person, he made it safe for all. He took care of everyone on the bus and no rush or rash driving at all. He had little bit of language problem because he could speak chinease but English was little weak. But our guide Brandon was there all the time so we did not face lot of problems.
I had baby/kid/ infant of 3 months and my in laws who are 65 years old. Everyone enjoyed. We did not face any challenge. Tour guide Brandon was caring for them in my absence as well.
General-
If you are not going to visit optional attraction, you are not allowed to sit on bus. You have to visit nearby places on your own.
Morning time is little difficult, 6:30 am means 6:30 am. And in general also time is so smoothly managed by tour guide, you don't feel like running.
I strongly recommend this tour. If feasible demand for a bus where Brandon is a tour guide.
We had a wonderful experience with this tour.Guide Daniel and Driver Randy are too professional and covered all places as specified in the itinerary. They were always there whenever any help needed. Overall, We had a great time, and I will choose this company again and refer my friends and others too.
I with my family took this tour from 22nd till 27th May 2017. The tour was very well organized and comfortable at all times.Hotels were good. The buses were comfortable even for long journeys. Our Tour Guide JOJO was strict,punctual and was very professional and took personal care to make sure everyone was well attended to. I definitely recommend this tour.
What an awesome 6 days east coast tour with Mars Zheng of L&L. With quiet confidence, calm demeanor, and professionalism, Mars ably guided us 56 tourists with a broad-spectrum of ethnicity, age, and health, including a wheelchair-bound 84 years old and a few seniors in their late 70s and a 5 years old son. Mars is very accommodating and knowledgeable, astutely answered requests/questions hitting him from left, right and center. As a fine art enthusiast, I'm very impressed with his insightful response to our questions on the various arts in the museums. It attests Mars' profound knowledge with the arts and history. I was greatly touched that he carries an extra winter down jacket in his backpack and magically pulled out when a lady in our group was shaking with chill at Niagara Fall. He is a fun, charming guy with a good sense of humor, kept us entertained with tidbits of facts and history, sometimes hilarious. At long-stretch bus ride, he lightened us with singing English and Mandarin pop songs, very captivating and engaging. He goes above and beyond to even have called me at several occasions to ensure I would not be left behind. When the bus air con was in trouble, he informed us with ease, then went off to assist the driver and brought the bus back on running. Amazingly he speaks impeccable English which I'm very appreciative. Mars is truly an exceptional and excellent tour guide. A rare find and a godsend. I heard many singing his praises during our conversations with comments like "Mars is the best tour guide I have ever encountered ". I echo their sentiments .
Just had an awesome east coast tour with Mars Zheng of L&L tour. Mars is intelligent, interesting, and entertaining. He speaks both English and Mandarin fluently and is very professional and gracious. He is the best tour guide we have ever met.
What an awesome 6 days east coast tour with Mars Zheng of L&L. With quiet confidence, calm demeanor, and professionalism, Mars ably guided us 56 tourists with a broad-spectrum of ethnicity, age, and health, including a wheelchair-bound 84 years old and a few seniors in their late 70s and a 5 years old son. Mars is very accommodating and knowledgeable, astutely answered requests/questions hitting him from left, right and center. As a fine art enthusiast, I'm very impressed with his insightful response to our questions on the various arts in the museums. It attests Mars' profound knowledge with the arts and history. I was greatly touched that he carries an extra winter down jacket in his backpack and magically pulled out when a lady in our group was shaking with chill at Niagara Fall. He is a fun, charming guy with a good sense of humor, kept us entertained with tidbits of facts and history, sometimes hilarious. At long-stretch bus ride, he lightened us with singing English and Mandarin pop songs, very captivating and engaging. He goes above and beyond to even have called me at several occasions to ensure I would not be left behind. When the bus air con was in trouble, he informed us with ease, then went off to assist the driver and brought the bus back on running. Amazingly he speaks impeccable English which I'm very appreciative. Mars is truly an exceptional and excellent tour guide. A rare find and a godsend. I heard many singing his praises during our conversations with comments like "Mars is the best tour guide I have ever encountered ". I echo their sentiments .
I and my family took this tour from 9th till 14th May 2017. The tour was very well organized and comfortable at all times. The hotel accommodations at all places was very luxurious and comfortable. The buses are very comfortable even for long journeys. Our guide Shelly Huang was very well informed,very professional and took personal care to make sure everyone was well attended to. I definitely recommend this tour.
I and my family (total 5 people) had taken this tour from 04/26 to 5/1. The entire tour was very well organized (from arrival pick up to departure drop to airport). We were able to cover all the places mentioned in the itinerary.
"Mark Wang" was our tour guide and he did an excellent job to manage the entire tour.
All 5 of us including my parents enjoyed a lot and would strongly recommend this tour to everyone !!
Nice guide.
Customer 90% Chinese people.
Philadaphia - only Glass Musuem is very interested but test before buy any product.
Boston - should put Program Watch Whale better river boat view.
Washington DC. - so short time although there are many place nice and interesting.
New York and Niagara fall is nice place.
Hotel is so far and no any food shops around there.
Last hotel of trip is very nice.
My brother & family (2 adults 2 kids) went on the 6 day east coast tour (NY, phili, washington DC, niagara and Boston). They really liked the tour. Their feedback is that the trip is great for first timers wanting to cover all the key spots and cities in east coast. It's a very tight and fast paced schedule so dont expect to get a lot of time at each place to experience or soak in the place. Hotels were very decent but a lil far away (30-40 mins drive) from the main city. They stop for lunch/dinner in mostly Chinese dominated areas, but the overall food experience wasnt too bad despite the fact that my bro and fly only eat halal food. The guide was very friendly, well informed and her English was very comprehensible. The tour is managed very efficiently and they make every effort to stick to schedule. The entire trip from airport pick-up to drop-off went smooth and much better than expected. For the price and the overall experience, this tour is a complete winner.
Tour is more than we expected. Tour Guide Mr. Ted is very friendly and caring. It is better if the hotels are booked with breakfast included. That is more convenience to the customers and it's worth of paying additional amount for that. By saying that , I need to say the hotels are superb. It's also good that we can have English only speaking tours running. I am recommending this tour to others.
I was a little concerned with all the poor reviews, but I have to say, I have been to many countries with many different traveling experiences, and this was fabulous. I would recommend this tour to anyone who wants to see a lot of our nations history in a short amount of time. I also think this is a great way to step out of your comfort zone and meet people from around the world.
I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone and everyone. There was a blizzard during the time when I took this tour , but our Tour Guide .. Evan and the driver made sure that we covered all the places as mentioned in the itinerary ... I took this tour from 10 march 2017 to 15 march 2017 ...
My mom and I had such a great time taking this tour. We are the only two people in the group who don't speak Chinese, but the tour guide can speak English pretty good, so it's not a problem for us. The itinerary is okay. I recommend people who will take this tour to check and read online the places they want to visit, because you have to pay for extra admission fee later during the tour.
Overall, I had a great time, and I will choose this company again.
I recommend the tour, they are very responsible , all schedules are on time and my Tour Guide Mani was very committed to the group, actually at the end of the tour a luggage was taking by another person and he helped me to find it. He was a great host for these big cities.
Highly recommend tour. I took this tour from 26/12/2016 to 31/12/2016.
Had amazing time, visited so many places in short time.
Accomadation really good. High class hotels with great service.
Transportation amazing. Hats off to the driver who took us to various places.
Tour guide - Wilson. He has so much patience and did a good job. I went by myself he was my company. Nice guy
Overall- I recommend this tour, I'm sure you won't step back.
WeiHua Mo is a great leader. He arranged everything perfectly,helped anyone who needed and explained very well in two languages English and Chinese. We were a bit worried about the international trip but were very pleased with the trip, thanks to the charming leader who made everything go so well in a very calm way. We will recommend this trip to other Israeli tourists and especially this specific leader.
Well conducted East Coast Tour. Ground rules well set. Punctual and good time keeping. Our tour guide Ted was friendly, facilitating and knowledgeable. Towards the end of the tour, most of us bonded extremely well. A special mention of thanks to the driver Andy too who remained helpful.
My wife and I have had a really great time during this 6-day US East coast tour. This tour is well organized and the price is reasonable. Especially because of our tour guide, Dazzle, we started the trip nicely. Dazzle is a kind, professional, considerate and passionate tour guide. Except us, the others were all Chineses, but she is bilingual in Chinese and English perfectly and fluently so we could follow and understand the detailed itinerary without any difficulty. She is also experienced and knows lots of information about tourist attractions, so it helped us to enjoy this tour even more. I think the satisfaction with the package tour is considerably dependent on the tour guide. Dazzle was awesome!! Thanks a lot,Dazzle. Highly recommended!! Definitely, would love to choose this tour again if I visit Niagara!
East Coast Tour is an amazing & incredible trip. Its well managed. Organized with lots of fun. Tour guide VIVAN have all infromation about all attractions, she is punctual, her behaviour is nice & cool. I found her very nice & cool. I recommend this trip to each and every guy who is planing to visit US in future.
I have booked this trip for my parents visiting from India.
To be straight, these guys are trustworthy and my parents have had a really good time during the entire trip.
The guide and staff were very helpful and responsive so that my parents who were visiting USA for the first time had a hassle free trip.
Would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a planned and organized trip.
Thank you TakeTours! You guys are awesome!
Mani was an eager and very enthusiastic tour guide who enabled us to cover our very hectic itinerary together and on time. He made sure that my father and myself, who didn't understand Chinese, understood the whole trip in English. Being both bilingual and passionate about his own job, he is a good reflection of the type of tour guides hired by this company. I really recommend taking this 6-day tour because it is the right amount of fun, tiredness, journey and adventure. Definitely, recommend taking the trip to Niagara Falls.!
Thank you, Mani, for an incredible journey around the East Coast. Very organized , punctual and showed great leadership throughout the trip. Everything was in place as planned and the trip came out to be very efficient overall. Great spacious hotels give enough room and space to rest up for a whole day of tours
I took the tour from 28.6.16 to 3.7.16.The guide Cici Zhang was really excellent and very fluent. Nowhere we felt we are in a different group. The group consisted of Indians, Chinese, French and other country.I enjoyed every minute and has already spoken to friends. Had a very good company of Manoj family.
I had arranged this tour for my relatives visiting from India. They had a good time and very happy with everything. Food might be a little problem since they stop mostly at Chinese restaurant but if you are well prepared by taking food from home etc, you will be good.
Thanks
Sujatha
I enjoyed the 6-day tour (6/15 tour) in Washington and New York. Ms. Vivian Liu did a professional job as an experienced tour guide. The tour is highly recommended.
Nice and joyful tour. Especially with our tour guide Wilson, tour was really beautiful. Wilson was so helpful and capable of handling large group of tourists and any problem that we face.
Good job!
A very well Organised tour. I Highly recommend this tour to visit more places in short time. Our tour guide, Emma was very professional and provided a lot of information for us along the way on the bus ride. She made a point to take care of people from India Very well. Her communication was very clear. The entire trip was smooth and enjoyable. Will recommend to friends!
I joined this tour with my group of 9. Everything was perfect if you want to cover a lot of places in a short time with relatively low cost. The hotel were good, but usually took 1 hour from the city. The tour guide (Jonathan Ho) and the driver (Alex) were very kind.
The trip was wonderful. There were 60 of us with 60% Chinese and 40% Indians. Our tour guide was Ray and being effectively bilingual, he did a wonderful job in managing the activities and timing. The hotels we stayed in were of good quality given the money we paid for. Recommendations for meals were good, with many choices. In general, the programme was quite fast-paced as there were so much to cover. So, those with toddlers or elderly may find it a bit challenging. If you are on a budget and want to see as much as you can, this is the tour for you. Of course, having a good guide will make a great difference. For this, we are really grateful to have Ray as our tour guide. Thank you, Ray!
I joined the East Coast Tour with my family (visiting US for the first time) from 30 May - 4 June 2016. My grandparents took the tour 2 years ago and strongly recommended us to take the tour. It was a pleasant and enjoyable experience overall. We managed to cover a lot of places in a short duration as the tour packed us with a perfect itinerary, which we would not be able to do so ourselves. We enjoyed every part of the trip. Especially the New York and Niagara falls. We had an awesome tour guide, Terry, who was able to communicate with the group in Mandarin and English. He is very friendly and approachable. All his explanations about the history of the places in the tour were very informative. He took care of the senior persons and children properly and overall I personally think he did a great job. The ride was smooth, thanks to the driver (who is very friendly too). I highly recommend this tour and the tour guide. I wish to do the west coast tour too with taketours. Thank you!
We finished our 6 days East Coast tour and we were very much enjoyed. The is well organized and planned. Our Tour guide is Dazzle tour program administration and planning is awesome. Our kids enjoyed the trip!
My auntie and I joined the tour on 17 may and it was a great experience! The tour guide, Andy Day was really friendly and was also able to speak English well. The accommodation was pretty good (we booked the standard hotels) and I especially liked the hotel we stayed in on Day 3. The tour guide managed the time very well and we were able to visit all the attractions. I would love it if we were given more time for each attractions but I understand that we had a very tight schedule. In that regard, Andy was able to efficiently organise each itinerary and ensure that we have sufficient time for each visit.
Overall, it was a really good experience for a first time visit to these places and I definitely recommend this tour! (ETF47)
A very well Organised tour. Highly recommended. Our tour guide, Vicky was very professional and provided a lot of information for us along the way on the bus ride. Vicky also took care of us very well and her communication was very clear. The entire was smooth and enjoyable. Will recommend to friends!
I really enjoyed this tour. My family and I were happy by the accommodation and the low prices. We saved a lot of money!. It was more than I expected. I'm planning to take a new tour very soon
Thank you, Andrea, for the review and we are very happy to know that you enjoyed this tour. If you are planning to book another tour in the future, please let us know if we can help you in any way.
We finished our 6 days East Cost tour today and we were very happy. Tana, our Tour Guide, comes across as professional in her approach. She showed capability in handling group of 55 in a very efficient manner. We were able to understand the English that she spoke. And her knowledge about historical places and incidents is really good. She told us lots of interesting stories about US. We would recommend that you take Tana as your tour guide.
Hi Kulwinder, thanks for sharing your good words about Tana. We hope you join again for some other tour on the West Coast :)
We had a nice trip with this tour. The itinerary was reasonable, hotel was good however it was better if near city. Specialy tour guide Kenny Moy was thoughtful & enthusiatic, the driver was the same.Overall, it's a good tour and it's better if more flexible. I recommended this tour for some friends who have plan to travel US in next month.
Hi Hanh, we are glad that you liked the tour itinerary and your tour guide Kenny. Thanks for your review!
The Tour was wonderful, Tour Guide Jim was a great person and he organized the trip very well. The bus pilot was awesome. Overall the tour was great as usual and recommend the tour to my friends and relatives. Thank you
Debashish, many thanks for sharing your review! We are happy to know you had a good time.
My husband and I have jointed this trip in May, good weather, nice timing for travel East coast. We were so lucky to have Mr. Mars Zheng to be our tour guide, who has great knowledge to tell us history and stories about attractions, nice voice to sing for us as an entertainment while we have to travel long miles on the bus. Also, he has always helped us out with our needs.
For the trip, since there were too many attractions, there were only about 30min to an hour in average on each sightseeing point, someone may think it's a bit rush to go the restroom, get meal & water plus checking out attractions within an hour, together attractions were packed one after one. And yes, the tour has tried to show you as much as possible, and you cannot expect to go in depth of each attraction; but I think it's a good way as an introduction to cities, then choose your flavorous attractions to come back to have self-travel later on.
We have paid more and updated to a deluxe room, however, on the first night in New Jersey and the night in Niagara Falls was below standard. Else were good with nice bed and bathroom.
My husband and I have this trip as part of our honeymoon, after the trip we have stayed few days more in New York, to really explore and study the places we love so that we could enjoy tour and self-leisure. :)
Hi Shirley, we are glad to know that you enjoyed this East Coast tour with your husband as part of your honeymoon (congratulations!). Thanks for sharing your review!
My girlfriend and I joined the East Coast Tour from 7-12 May 2016 and had a very enjoyable experience. We managed to cover a lot of places in a short duration as the tour packed us with a fruitful itinerary, which we would not be able to do so ourselves. I enjoyed the Niagara Falls and Boston Lobster Dinner, which had a generous portion of Chinese dishes.
We had a wonderful tour guide, Richard Guan, and he was able to communicate with the group in Mandarin and English. He is friendly and approachable and always ready to help when we had questions.
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Hi Mitchell, we are thrilled to hear you had a good time with your girlfriend on this East Coast tour. Many thanks for sharing your comments with us!
Well managed tour, Tour Guide Chris did excellent job, took all the worries out of the way. Accommodation was very good, enjoyed the trip very much. The driver was excellent. A+++++
I took a 6 days east coast tour from 27th April to 2nd May. The tour was well organised and the tour Co ordinator MS.Ruth was very cordial and friendly to make the trip more pleasant. She managed the trip well with excellent time management. The organisers can focus more on restaurant selections as more Indians prefer vegetarian food and many Indians are in the package.
I went this trip on 20-April-2016. Tour was ok and out of 5 nights, 1 night accommodation was bad(that was on first day) and reset are all good/ok. If they provide more time to see the places then it was very good.
It's a great way to see a lot in a short time. We were a bit disappointed that the hotels were 1/2 hour drives from the cities but by the time you get to the hotel in the evenings there isn't much free time anyway. We were the only Europeans on the tour and the tour is very geared towards the Chinese and evening food choices were all chinese which was ok but we wanted to experience American food and not just Mcdonalds! We also didn't see the world trade centre memorial and one world in new york which was on our itinerary for day 2 but tour guide said it wasn't on his and had been on the night tour instead but we didn't arrive in time for that. A bit more communication between us and tour guide would have been nice so you know what is happening if you don't want to see all the attractions. We felt we lost some time following the guide when we didn't need to. Coach is getting a bit old and was a bit noisy but it was comfortable. Would recommend the tour as it was an economical way to see everything with minimal stress.
The tour is worth our time and money. There are a lot of Chinese travelers and only few travelers who speaks Mandarin. Our tour guide Sophia Lin explained to us in English very well, even the jokes. We had a lot of fun but I suggest more of summer tours instead of winter tours.
My tour duration was from 12/19 to 12/24. Overall great experience, my tour guide - Sophia Liu was great taking care of everyone on the bus. She also brought the tour group around during the visits into the attraction such as Metropolitan Museum, Corning Glass Museum and others explaining the history behind those attraction etc.
It was a fully packed tour with comfortable accommodations. Highly recommended for those customers that wants to cover more places with a budget like me :)
My parents told me that enjoyed the tour and this is one of their best vacation in the US so far. I would like to thank their tour guide, Sophia Liu from the tour company, for her excellent service during their tour. I agree that the tour guide should speak more English. Although most guests are from China, my parents did not feel uncomfortable because Sophia spoke both English and Chinese. She is very professional and organized. The hotel were nice and the food was very good. I would recommend this same tour company and plan to book more tours from TakeTours.com .
It was amazing. Covered many attractions but unfortunately little time to view them. Tour guide name is Cecilia The tour planning was excellent. Tour hotels were a little far from city, but very good. Nicely organized. It's great to tour with you. The pickup person to have full yellow uniform. Everything was good including the driver and itinerary. We were advised to keep the bus clean and be punctual. Would recommend this tour to others.
I was amazed by the efficient coordination between tour guide and the driver; fast hotel check-ins; and the itinerary which used the time effectively.
Participants were encouraged to be punctual but sometimes they were pressured to be on board 5-10 minutes before the time, making people like me who tried to enjoy every bit of my time, somewhat chaotic.
Itinerary was well balanced but it would be great if we know a detailed itinerary in advance such as how long will it take to travel from one city to another.
Initially, we were very much concerned that it would be a Chinese speaking tour but turned out that the tour guide cared about non-Chinese speakers so much.
One of the best arrangements of the tour were the hotel accommodations. They were clean and cozy making us relaxed after long exhausting travel.
I would suggest to give us a bit more time in Times Square and Washington Monuments.
Amazing tour. The guide Tony was so humble, understanding, and helpful. He created the family-like environment. I was traveling with my wife and 1 year old daughter. They managed to give me the last seats so that I can get my stroller open when I needed it.
It was our first visit to the US, and we were not sure whether it would work well. But when we boarded our first hotel, it was working so good and the our guide was awesome. He kept no stone unturned to complete the itinerary on time. Overall, it was good tour. Will recommend to visitors especially first timers to USA to take it.
Fun way to tour.. We had a great tour guide, Daniel. He had a great responsibility. Very organized and made the trip comfortable and enjoyable. I am eager to take more tours with them. Highly recommend this tour and guide.
I booked this tour for my friend. After end this tour, my friend told me that it was an amazing and memorable tour in his life. Guide was so cooperative & helpful- he explained everything in English & Chinese. Driver was also friendly, hotel was good, tour schedule was a little bit tight but it's as per itinerary. The itinerary could have been better, as more time could have been spent at Niagara Falls. Overall it was a pretty good experience for him.
What an amazing tour!! Our tour guide, Mani, was exceptional!! Such a lovely and pleasant chap. Outstanding and professional. Wish we could take Mani back home :) Our holiday was jam packed and there was never a dull moment. We got to see a lot of places with the tour. There was a lot of travel but that's expected when you're traveling from Niagara Falls and back. Our favorite was the Falls and Washington DC. Tour company, well done and to Mani, keep up the excellent work. Thanks for making our stay an awesome one! :)
My parents are from India and took this tour. I was worried about sending them alone for this tour. But believe the trip was organized in an excellent way and I had a peace of mind from their first day on the tour. I would recommend this tour to my friends and family. It was worth the money. One bit of information that I would like to give is please book the return tickets from Boston to save the unnecessary travel from Boston to New York on the final day of the tour.
We enjoyed this tour very much. The accommodation provided was also very good. Our tour guide Yinni was very helpful and accomodative. The itinerary could have been better as more time could have been spent at Niagara Falls. Overall it was a pretty good experience.
My mom and I took this 6-day East Coast tour, from Sept. 21-26, 2015. The tour was organized so well, from the airport pick-up, the tour itself, and the airport drop off. We had fun and enjoyed the tour. Those who want to take this tour, the Maid of the Mist was awesome! and our tour guide, Bert, was the best. He is very nice, very patient and funny too. Our driver, forgot to ask his name, did a good job too, we had a very smooth and safe travels everyday. Highly recommended!
It was a fully packed tour. Comfortable and nice accommodations. Bus was comfortable but the long road trips between the cities was tiring and almost took half of the day, so if possible go for a tour more than 6 days so that you get to cover more ground. Tourists were left behind in Washington DC at few attractions by the bus, could have been better managed by the guide. Cool driver and safe driving. Guide would let you know when to take breakfast, lunch, dinner, go by that as you may not always find restaurants near your hotel. Avoid Indian restaurants, I tried the Chapati House during my stay in New Jersey and India Kitchen at Niagara. Both places the food was overpriced and pathetic. When at Times Square try the food trucks, awesome tasty food. Also I found El Paso was really good for tacos when at Quincy Market in Boston. Niagara Falls was the best part of the trip.
There was so much covered on this tour. My wife and I are from South Africa and of Indian descent. We took the 6-day East Coast tour which started in New York. This tour really covers so much, and you get to see places that you would otherwise never get to see. The only problems are the buses are not of super luxury, and the organizers at the beginning of the tour are very rude at the registration office in Flushing. Our tour guide, Mo, was excellent and very helpful.
My tour duration was September 2nd to September 8th, 2015.
Overall great experience, all nights hotel stay was really nice and the best thing was that we didn't get tired after the completion of the tour because we had a good sleep all night.
They covered all the places as mentioned.
We booked the tour with friends. At the first we didn't expect to much because we only paid such a low price. But we go so lucky. First, the tour guide, Coco Lee, was an amazing time organizer, she was really very responsible. Second, the tour operators managed so professional, every single stop has tour a guide leading us, even though most people on the bus were Chinese and Indian. We never felt any discomfort.
Overall it was a good tour. If one needs to cover many places in a short time, this is the one. Hotels were good in all locations, except for the first day in New York, which was Edison Hotel. Bus could have been better and more comfortable then the existing ones, although the driver was excellent and cool. Tour guide, Daniel Lee ,was a bit impatient and needs to improve dealing with tourists.
Getting up early in the morning and late in night is expected. Be prepared for that. Overall a nice deal.
Great tour & fantabulas / amazing / super perfect & cconomical.
Just last week we all are back from our U.S. tour. We booked two tours through TakeTours.com. West Cost (6 days) & East Cost (6 days)
Our tour started from San Francisco airport pickup. All are very much organized & professional. Buses are nice with air conditioning & Wifi too.
6-Day US East Coast Vacation Package from New York with Airport Transfers (855-478)
Awesome tour experience with guides. They are Abril, Rebecca, Hanssel & Cristina.
The tour was well organized and enjoyable. The tour guides were helpful, explained in English & Chinese.
Driver & guides are so friendly. Showing & informing all required information. Giving sufficient time for sightseeing.
The hotels provided were excellent with clean rooms. The bus was comfortable at its best.
Overall it was a memorable tour. I would definitely recommend this tour.
Both our tours are enjoyable & we had great time.
My tour date was from August 11-16 2015. The tour was superb, and tour guide Evan took us to all the places and had decent knowledge. He explained all in English & Chinese language. The hotels were super and can recomond this tour to anyone
Boy, it was a packed itinerary but my friend and I enjoyed it a lot! It was our first trip in the U.S. Waking up at 5:00AM to shower for us to make it to 6-6:30AM departure time. It was a bit disarray upon our first arrival at Flushing, New York from JFK Airport, but once we were at our first hotel, we were glad to finally meet Ray, our tour guide. He sure knows his job very well. Very organized and was strict with departure times - only because he wants everyone to enjoy each destination with ample time. Our driver is also to commend, we all finished the tour in one piece! Being Filipinos, we didn't mind at all that we were with with 90% Chinese in the group and we loved the Chinese restaurants. Overall experience: GREAT! Looking forward to our next US tour.
I went on the 6-day East Coast Trip, and I was really impressed by the experience. Our tour guide, Yinny, was excellent, speaking Chinese and English very well, giving a lot of information about the attractions and keeping everybody on schedule. My family and I were really happy that we could visit so many attractions along the East Coast in such a short amount of time. We enjoyed the trip and have a lot of wonderful memories from this tour.
We took this six day tour and have great appreciation for the entire packaging, logistics, hotels and our guide.
I would recommend this tour to those who want to explore NYC.
Awesome tour experience with guide, Jiawen Wen, and TakeTours group. Well maintained, organized and very co-operative. Great timings and fully enjoyed. From airport pickup to airport drop-off you will be treated as their family member. I would highly recommend this tour and am very tankful for such a wonderful experience.....
Enjoyed very much! Took this trip with my son from July 18-23,2015. Our tour guide, Leon Huang, was very good, very helpful, and honest. Didn't expect the tour to start off at 6:30AM which was not enough time for even a quick breakfast (used to join your tour before with enough time for breakfast). Should have advised us to depart from Boston so not to waste so much time on the bus back to New York and at the airport. Maybe I didn't ask enough information from your team. Next trip should be better. Otherwise the trip was good.
Although the itinerary was rather packed with many early bus rides, it was a lot covered in just 6 days. Almost the best way to cover all the must-sees in the East Coast. I only have comments pertaining to the important information to guests that should have been mentioned before each hotel stay or places of interest.
I had Fay/Fei as the tour guide & she needs to improve on her communication depth & spass on vital info eg. If drinking water is provided in hotels, the accuracy of waiting time between attractions and to improve on English articulation as words were not clearly spoken.
Aside from the communication weakness, my family and I had an amazing time soaking in the beauty of each city and enjoying Niagara Falls!
Hi, I am Aswin. I went on a 6 days East Coast trip from July 14-19. The trip was amazing from the time I landed in the airport until the last day of airport drop off. I was provided with a complementary pickup and drop off to the airport. My tour guide, Mr. Edison Sun, was very courteous, smart, knowledgeable, and a funny guy too. I was traveling by myself and Edison and I became friends, which was so cool about him. I love his dialogue "MY DEAR ENGLISH FRIENDS" we keep making fun of him imitating this one. Driver Mr. Lee is the best driver, followed the speed limit, and was a safe driver. He also did service stops on special requests, which is appreciated. Overall, I enjoyed the trip which covered most of the places in a short period of time. Thank you to the team.
I am an Indian girl in the age group 25-30 years, took this tour alone on July 10, 2015. It was my first tour ever alone.
First and foremost, the tour was very safe. It was a wonderful trip. Very well organised, covered maximum spots in such a short time duration. Our tour guide, Mr. June Li, was a nice person. Although there were maximum Chinese people in my bus, he made sure that he narrated everything in English and personally payed attention to every individual. He even told us which optional attractions were good because I didn't want to cover all of them, and told me which views were better for pictures. The bus was air conditioned and was good, journey was comfortable and the hotel accommodations were good. Like a coin, everything has two sides. Now cons of tour, for vegetarian at some points, food options were not good. For this my suggestion is to carry some food with you.
Took the tour with parents visiting from India. Isaac was our tour guide. He was excellent and gave individual attention to all the travelers. I would highly recommend to take a pit stop on the Liberty Island while on the Statue of Liberty cruise. In Philadelphia, you should also try to cover the Art Museum or at least drive past the parkway.
For vegetarians, please Google/Yelp places so that you are well prepared when the attractions are complete.
All in all, it was a great experience and I highly recommend the tour.
Parents and two adult children took the June 10-15 tour. The hotels were good, but bus had poor AC and did not have individual power. Toilet on bus was locked, which was harsh on the NY City Night tour. Poor guidance for vegetarian travellers. See Blog for pictures/videos & guidance to vegetarians: http://ramakesavan1.blogspot.com
Tour was well-organized and our tour guide, Andy Day, was considerate to our dietary restrictions. Many attractions were covered in a short time and as a result, we had to hurry through at most places. Overall, had a good time and enjoyed the tour.
Our tour guide Mani XU was good. Everything was good including the driver and itinerary. We were advised to keep the bus clean and be punctual. Please in the future, advise Chinese tourists to talk softly.. when all are resting, they scream and jabber, not considering others.. this was the only problem.
The tour was well organized and enjoyable. The tour guide was understanding and helpful. The accommodations provided were excellent. The bus was comfortable at its best. Overall it was a memorable tour. I would definitely recommend this tour.
We took "6-Day US East Coast Vacation Package from New York with Airport Transfers with Deluxe Rooms option" tour from www.taketour.com ex New York traveled with wife and daughter.
Tour was well planned and very professionally coordinated by tour manager Cecellia He, her experience counted which made the tour very smooth and her tips very really helpful.
Schedule was fast paced which is understood as many attractions on each day basis were covered, keeping in mind the right time to reach the next place, accordingly time was given to cover the attractions.
Hotels provided on deluxe surcharge are highly advisable as company provided us very good hotels which were value for money.
Our Bus specially was excellent, fatigue free, and the driver was good.
Some important tips to travelers taking the trip:-
1- Night Tour of New York can be skipped as it doesn't make a difference as all attractions are covered on day tour of New York rather take rest at hotel- it's advisable.
2- Tour ends at Boston so it's advisable to depart from Boston instead of New York, which will save a lot of time to catch a flight from New York unless you are staying at New York after completing the trip.
3- Indian passengers are advised to skip Flushing as it is DIY at Chinatown rather Arrive/Join at late evening. Advised to skip Night Tour of New York
4- Availability to Halal and Indian food is limited so be advised to purchase ready to cook food for all dinners, All hotels have microwave at reception.
Suggestion to Tour Operator:-
1- Buses with high speed WiFi can be provided on extra charge optionally.
2- Vegetarian and Halal friendly dinners should also be considered in itinerary.
Travel: 2nd week of Jun 2015
Positives:
1> Cover almost all important spots on east coast.
2> Good humored helpful tour guide (Kevin L)
Negatives:
1> Hotels not good. At one place, no one was available to attend in early hours when the toilet got choked. If you are traveling in Summer better upgrade to deluxe. Hotel improved towards later part of the tour.
2> Bus quality average.
3> Not for old parents. Difficult to keep pace.
4> Specific to Indian food: I had to walk 10-15 mins one way to reach an Indian restaurant. so 30 mins gone in traveling. This was important to me as my parents were with me who need Indian food. Availabilty 2/3rd of the places you stop for food.
If you are not particular about visiting Boston, then its better to fly out of Buffalo after Niagra. You save time and money.
Excellent , well organised! I took this tour along with my parents and a little kid. This tours covers many attractions in just 6 days. Every morning 6:30am checkout :). Tour guide was explaining in English and Chinese. Hotels were okay, you will get hardly any time to spend in hotel after a tiring day. We had fun with 60 people in the bus (50% Indian, 50% Chinese). Had great fun. My little daughter had a lovely time with all her Chinese fans :). Only thing is the bus was very ordinary. They did mention earlier that it's an AC coach with wifi, but actually the bus was very ordinary. It may not be a deluxe couch. We need to hurry a lot at every at attraction and with old parents it can be irritating sometimes, but it's necessary to keep the pace of the tour. 4 days from 6 days we could get Indian hotel at food stops so my parents were happy too. Thanks, we enjoyed it a lot and will definitely explore another tour option as well.
This is not a tour for the faint hearted. There is so much to see packed into 6 few days. I did this trip May 2015 and saw more of top eastern area of the USA than many ever see. I met people from all over the world, but is aimed towards Chinese guests. Some hotels are very basic but a few were excellent. Remember to bring breakfast- no time in the morning as it is up and go early
Our tour guide, Estrella, for the East Coast 6 days trip was amazing. She was the best tour guide ever. She was very friendly, helpful, and also knowledgeable, as she knew everything about places, was well- planed and, was a punctual trip.
Thanks TakeTours.
The trip was fantastic! Very well organized. There were plenty of options for food choice as well. My only recommendation is if we could go closer to the White House and the Statue of Liberty. We viewed it from far! This is the fourth time we have taken this service and every time we were impressed. All my friends who took this were impressed as well.
The tour guide was helpful. Except for the food which was very specific to Chinese, everything else was great. There were a couple of hiccups with the bus which was actively swapped to a new bus. This package is very valuable for the price.
We took the 6 day East Coast tour. The tour was very well organized. The tour driver and our tour guide were very helpful throughout the tour. I would especially like to thank our guide, Zoe Li, for helping us and giving a very nice tour. Being a very big group, she did very good job in taking care of people, their needs, and keeping us on time. Sometimes we had to rush, but I felt that was required to make sure the tour stayed on time. Big thank you to our tour guide Zoe Li. I would like to come back and do tours for other destinations. Thanks Zoe :)
I took the 6-day East Coast tour with 2 friends in April 2015. It was a good and memorable trip. The schedule was tight but we visited many attractions in New York, Boston, Philadelphia with many experiences. The tour was very well organized. And the tour guide, Mr. Leo Liu, was very nice and friendly. He gave us instructions and details about each place.
We took the 6 day East Coast tour.
I took the tour with my husband. The tour was very well organized. The tour driver and our tour guide were very helpful throughout the tour. I would specially like to thank our guide "Windy Xie" for helping us and giving a very nice tour. Being a very big group, he did very good job in taking care of people, their needs, and keeping us on time. Sometimes we had to rush, but I felt that was required to make sure the tour stays on time.
Big thank you to our tour guide "Windy Xie". I would like to come back and do TakeTours for other destinations.
Tour was well-organized and tour guides were helpful and considerate towards our dietary restrictions. I was traveling with two small children and they enjoyed it too.
My parents and Kids went for a trip, it was good and the guide was very friendly and a kind person.. Booked another trip to Las Vegas...
Will continue to book.. :)...Strongly recommend this trip.. :)
We love this trip. Cici Zhang was our tour guide, she is so sweet and beautiful. She showed us a lot about the U.S. and helped us a lot. This was a great trip and great tour guide!
I booked this tour for my parents and they really enjoyed this. If one needs to see lots of places in short duration, it's the perfect way. Also the price paid is economical.
One aspect that should be taken is the stoppage of the bus for lunch/dinner. The places/restaurants should be selected where options for vegetarian should be available, or else at times it becomes difficult for a pure vegetarian person who does not eat meat as all.
Superb and very well organized, and covered a lot of places... Best tour if you have very little time and want to see a lot of places.. Best price...I would highly recommend..
I took the 6 day East Coast tour with my parents in December 2014. It was a memorable trip. The tour was very well organized. The accommodations and the bus journey were very comfortable. Our driver and our tour guide, Joe Ma, were very nice. Joe managed the entire tour very smoothly. He also gave us instructions in English about everything. He showed us where we can eat vegetarian food at every place and coordinated the entire tour very smoothly and efficiently. Overall, Joe was a very helpful tour guide.
We took 2 trips
1. 1 Day tour to Grand Canyon West Rim and Hoover Dam on August 26th, 2014. The bus was very good, the driver was very nice and knowledgeable. And lunch also very delicious.
2. 6 Days East Coast with Mr. Mars. He was the best. We had learned a lot of American history from him, he was also a very good singer. Our driver was very nice, our bus was very clean.
It was very good that we tried to keep the bus cleaned and avoid using the toilet on the bus.
The hotels were quite far but okay. We also loved Boston's Lobster. We really had a good times, and we would highly recommend this tour.
We would like to recommend you to provide a bottle of water just 1/person/day. Water was so expensive and not provided in the hotels. Children under 3 years old should not be accepted because it is to hard for them (both parents and child).
-Mother & son from Thailand
I have to say this trip was really good especially after we came from a rather mediocre trip in the West coast.. good hotels, great tour guide - Jason and team - plus having an option of eating at restaurants other than Chinese was a big plus.. definitely recommend it!
I would recommend this tour. It was good in the sense that it is well organized, economical, and covers entire areas. I would certainly recommend this tour to anyone. Just one suggestion to the tour agency- I feel total time in a day needs to be segregated little more efficiently. I felt time invested in some of the destinations was more then enough, and some destinations was little less. But I must say it was overall a wonderful experience with just little more scope of improvement. It could be just my thought that I wanted to spend some more time at few of the places, so I certainly recommend to a larger group.
The tour was very good, Julia the tour guide was friendly, informative, and translated everything into English. Niagara Falls was amazing! I would have liked to have visited a couple more places in Philadelphia, like the Rocky Statue/steps and State Penitentiary. The tour bus could do with a refurbishment. Very pleased with the tour overall!
Everyone on our tour was Chinese, we were the only Americans on our bus along with 5 or 6 other buses, but our tour guide was very kind and translated briefly what he said in Chinese. For anyone who would like to experience a lot of the top cites, and more, of the East Coast, this is it. We were at each attraction for about an hour so we had time to see everything, but it was short so we didn't get bored. You did't have much time for food, so sometimes we would skip the attraction that went on during lunch or ate something fast from a vendor. The rooms were very good, we got surcharge, but I would recommend having outfits planned and organized because you would wake up early in the mornings so packing would be strenuous. Overall, the tour guide tried hard to help us feel welcome and included, we made some friends along with appreciation for the Chinese culture, saw way more cites than we could have on our own, and plan on doing many many more tours like this. I strongly recommend this tour to anyone!!!!!!!
It's totally a good tour. Our tour guides, Ray and Kevin, did fantastic jobs in coordinating with all. Excellent!
On the first day though, we had a different tour guide- it was confusing for all of us. From day 2 onwards it was very good. I would recommend this tour.
It would be good to have some more stops at Subway or any US restaurant :)
Thanks Ray and Kevin for wonderful job!
My tour date was 6/21 to 6/26.
Our tour guide, Evan Huang, and our driver were very good and accommodating. Evan definitely made the tour very smooth and enjoyable for everyone!! My family and I (3 passengers) took this tour, and the time was used very efficiently. The tour is great, especially for those that have limited time and budget. Down sides are waking up really early in the morning, and limited food options. Also, the first day could be improved a bit. However, overall, it was a great pleasure for us! I will definitely take another bus tour for other destinations!
Very full on with getting up at 5:30 AM, having breakfast, then we had to have our suitcases on the bus and ready to go at 7:00 AM most mornings. Then we had very busy days and got to our next hotel about 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. But we saw many attractions and the tour guide was very professional. I completely recommend this tour but be aware they are big days.
We loved your program! Our tour guides Sophia, Isabel, and the bus driver, Jan, were amazing! They provided excellent service, had attention to detail, and great positive energy! They were helpful all along and executed the program successfully. We will recommend this program to all our friends. We hope to attend your other tours in the coming years. Thank you so much for everything!
Hayrettin and Sevgin from Turkey
Tour number 29, bus number 9
My wife and I, Jayasri, are an Indian couple over 50 years of age. We took the six day tour and have great appreciation for the entire packaging, logistics, hotels and our guide CiCi, who not only personally took care of all our needs and comfort but also ensured that we enjoyed the tour. I would recommend this to friends, Indian vegetarians, and would also personally take another tour for other cities I have not visited.
My wife, daughter, and I choose to go to the East Coast through TakeTours. It was a great trip made even better by our awesome guide, Mr. Steven Yaan. He was friendly and knowledgeable through the whole day and showed great enthusiasm, engaging everyone on our tour. We were very impressed by your management team and really appreciated the efforts of your company. We like to also share our hotel experience, provided hotels were also excellent. We would recommend this tour to everyone. Choose TakeTours.
I just returned to Malaysia with fond memories after visiting America for the first time. I am glad I signed up with TakeTours. James, our tour guide, a lovable American who speaks perfect Chinese, handled the group well with his organizational and people skills. No one was left out in his commentaries on tourist attractions and details pertaining to the itinerary and accommodation. I was pleasantly surprised with the hotels provided for this tour. The rooms were spacious and the sheets were clean. This allowed us to sleep well. Even though the bus was seated to its maximum capacity, the seats were comfortable enough for the long bus rides. It was action-packed from day 1. Cheers to James for making this trip such a sweet one.
The tour by and large is good. Ms.Sofi Wong is efficient and tough organizer and highly communicative & really helpful .The driver of the bus is stony silent but skilful and stored and lifted all the luggage single handedly .The hotels are fine and we got breakfast free at two of them and had nice swim in SPA at Hilton Double Tree .The money is worth. In the six day package the (last leg ) journey to Boston consumes whole day time and next day by noon the tour heads back to NewYork after having Boston Cruise and Lunch at Quinnesy. We r not allowed to spend much time at Harward and Massachusetts Institute due to time constraint. I suggest that Boston can be best avoided in the package and that saves money and strain. I suggest that brief narration of attractions be given before hand in Chinese/English on slips (to be returned ) so that there will be no room for complaints.
Good value for money - an efficient and well-managed tour. They cut the things you don't really need to save costs. Great if you want to see a lot in a short period of time and don't want to drive yourself. Make sure you have access to data roaming as they are quite flexible about what you do if you stay in the time frame (doing this means that you can easily find alternative food options on Yelp etc). Our tour guide Al was great.
This was our first time taking a bus tour. This tour was a real pleasure. Allen is our guide. He was very informative of the regions we traveled through. The tour route was well planned and executed in a timely fashion. John is our bus driver. He drove very safely and efficiently. The bus was very clean and quite comfortable.
This was one of our best trip in the USA. Everything was organized and we had great time with this tour. Our leader Jenny and our driver Mr Nan were professional. We are extremely satisfied with this tour.
It was really good trip. we were so happy during the trip. first day we could not believe our room. We did not wait like this room. It was really comfortable, especially our tour guide was so nice,smart,polite.most important thing is this tour is very cheap.if we go the usa again or Europe will choose this hour.thank youuuu !
Nice economical trip. First day nothing to do. But the 2nd & 4th day awesome. You cannot see many things in such short time. Niagara fort may be skipped, Not worth it. Overall good experience.
We were happy with this tour as we were lucky having our tour guide Coco. She has an excellent english (not the case for other chinese guide).She was very well planing and organizing the tour and we enjoy a lot. The negaitve thing is taketour cut cost to make price competitive by cutting the BKF. We needed to look around to buy food or needed to pay hotels for BFK if available
Good tour for the price. Reasonable time for sightseeing. Boston can be excluded nothing worth the travel. Great hotels. Disappointed as the night tour was full and we couldn't take it. For people who want to see more places in a week and don't want to drive.
I joined 6 days East Coast Tour, overall I did enjoy the tour since this was my first time in New York. We travelled many places, with many new friends coming with. I recommend this tour for those who are eager to know many places with good price indeed. You gotta be ready for a fast-pace tour itinerary, such as preparing your water supply and breakfast for the following day.
It was a nice trip well planned ,
our tour guide Mr. MARS was very cooperative and he did his full efforts to make this tour more amazing. Last 2 days was really boring because lot of lot of traveling. My suggestion is that the Boston should be excluded from this tour and as a alternative the New Jersey Atlantic City included in that tour. Over all a good tour and one more thins our Bus Driver Mr Mike also a great Character.
My parents took this tour. Overall they were very satisfied. Everything was well organized. The restaurants that the bus took them to were not the best. They had too look for other options (vegetarian). The tour guide's English was not the best and very little information/explanation in English. Overall good value for money to get a glimpse of major attractions for someone on a tight budget and schedule. Well suited for the elderly. I personally like to explore and spend more time at places and this tour is not for me.
This is a value for money tour.
I am extremely satisfied with this tour.
Even recomended few of my friends, who have already booked the 6 day East Coast package after hearing from me.
This tour was an excellent value for the money. Personally, one can never visit so many places in such a short time. Tour Guide had complete knowledge of the places visited. Recommended without exception!
Trip was good. We were excited to see more number of places to visit each day. We had lots of fun. It was very safe and secure. Only thing is we did not have much time to spend at each attraction. May be additional 30 min would have been sufficient.
The accommodations were good. But we did not have much time to eat. Potomac River Cruise wasn't a great point of interest. In Niagara and Boston it rained0, so we spent more time in the bus. I think there are too many objective and time is too short.
This is my second time with TakeTours on the same 6 days East Coast tour, I just like to make a compliment to Joyce Kwong on her animated and detailed description on each attraction and cruise which I didn't received the last time, she had made this tour more enjoyable.
The only thing I can pick on is the the work of inflation makes the side dishes with the $28 Lobster dinner duller than what I had on my first trip.
The tour planning was excellent.
Tour Hotels were little far from city, but very good.
There time management in Niagra was very good. Our Tour guide so smart and caring..., she managed to make us travel first in the "maid of mist" tour, which was very difficult.
it was my life time memory.
Nicely organized. It's great to tour with you.
The pickup person to have full yellow uniform or a red umbrella as instead of she locating us we had to locate her. Booklet of details of all visiting places to be given so we can experience the visit more.
Stay to be in inn istead of hotels at far distance.
Guide with umbrela is great idea to locate him.
Thanks. We shall definitely refer you to our friends.
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Pradip Bane, India
We had a pleasant experience traveling with TakeTours. Our guide Kenny is nice and helpful. Strongly recommend this if you only have a few days holiday but want to cover as many places as possible. Most of the hotels are reasonably good. Just a gentle reminder that as breakfast in hotel is not included, so maybe you can prepare some instant noodles yourselves. Try to get breakfast/fruits/mineral waters whenever you see supermarket.
My parents has taken this tour to see east coast and they were quite impressed with the way the tour was conducted. Right from the pick-up (LGA airport) to drop off (at Boston airport), they enjoyed every bit of it. Hotels were good. Overall, I would like to recommend it to everyone (especially couples).
This is awesome tour. Thanks to Angie the tour guide to make the tour simple and great. My parents were really happy with it. I would recommend considering more food options instead of only Chinese. Thanks again
It has been a really nice trip. We visited the most popular and famous spots of East Coast and learned a lot from it. Although I could only sleep five hours a day, it's still exciting and fruitful.
We (family of four) attended 6 day East coast tour, it was amazing. Covered many attractions but unfortunately little time to view them. Tour guide was caring and would wait for people who were late. Travel was tiring especially during last 2 days. Variety of attractions, cruises, shopping, heritage buildings and crab dinner. Driver was reliable and safe. Hotels were better than promised on web.
My 11 yr. old daughter and I joined the 6 day East Coast Tour from June 15-20, 2011.
This was the first time we went on a group tour like this and we were very happy that we did because it's all worth it. It was a wonderful experience for both of us and very informative at the same time. I would like to share our experience from this trip and hopefully other people may find it helpful if they want to take this tour someday.
*ARRIVAL FROM AIRPORT*
We had a little problem meeting with the representative upon arrival at the airport.
To avoid unnecessary delays, make sure that the company has the correct contact phone numbers and other information in case they need to get hold of you once you arrive at the airport.
It took about half an hour before I met the representative and by that time I was a little bit crabby. I would like to extend my apologies to Michael and Ian for being grumpy the day we arrived at La Guardia Airport.
*OUR TOUR GUIDE-Jason Song*
He did an excellent job keeping everyone well entertained from day 1 up to the last day of our tour. He's a funny friendly guy with a big heart!
He speaks in English Language first then translates it to Chinese whenever he is explaining something or just giving us common instructions to follow.
He is so generous that he bought chocolates for all of us when we visited Hershey Factory. He also bought half dozen of glass flowers when we went to the Corning Museum and 6 people received a glass flower through a drawing. He is very good in giving us advice when to buy food ahead of time so we could eat at the bus or during the cruise. He give us ideas of what to expect for the next day's attractions so we can plan ahead of time whether we want to join or we want to skip it and just stroll in the nearby area. Excellent job Jason!
*OUR BUS DRIVER- Luis Montoya*
He did an excellent job keeping everyone safe during the whole trip. He is very considerate and well aware that we have a hectic schedule from the time we get up in the morning and how late we get back to our hotel rooms that's why he allowed us to bring drinks and food inside his bus on the account that we need to be cautious not to spill anything and that we need to put away our trash which is very reasonable.
We didn't have to worry about loading and unloading our luggage because he took care of them the whole trip. Awesome job Luis!
*ATTRACTION FEES*
Before you go in this tour, check the attractions and the fees involved. They are listed and itemized under Overview tab and scroll all the way at the bottom and you will find a chart under additional note.
There we’re quite a few places we visited that we didn't have to pay. Attractions requiring fees are OPTIONAL. You don't have to go in and pay if you don't want to. But if you want to join make sure that you bring EXTRA CASH because you cannot use Credit Card to pay the entrance fee. I thought all along that people will have to fall in line and pay individually using cash or credit card once you get to the ticket booth or gate. But it make a lot of sense that the company purchase group tickets in advance so we get it at a discounted price and we don’t have to worry getting stuck in line because it’s a waste of time.
Our tour guide did not start collecting money for entrance tickets until the second day of our tour. He explained it very clearly that the paid attractions are not MANDATORY.
*HOTEL ACCOMODATION*
We stayed in different hotels every night. Rooms were pretty decent and clean. We don't have to worry about checking-in because Jason is in charge of getting our key/card. When we check-out in the morning all we have to do is drop-off the key at the service desk and head back to the bus. There was one night our group hotel was upgraded and we all stayed at Radisson for no extra fees. There were hotels that offered FREE breakfast but it's up to you how you're going to squeeze it in your morning routines since they want us to be in the road around 6:45 or 7:00 am at the latest. When we do skip breakfast at the hotel, Jason is very considerate and he would take our group where we can get breakfast.
*FOOD/DINING*
During the tour, there were several restaurants that they brought us for lunch/dinner. I remembered there were at least 2 Chinese buffet restaurants we ate breakfast and lunch and the Cashier won't accept my VISA card. They only accept CASH. Maybe the reason behind that is they know that the majorities are foreigners and it will be a lot easier for them to just take CASH payment instead of credit card.
On our last night, our group was in Boston and we had Lobster Dinner for $28 per person regardless of age. This is actually not part of the itinerary. It should have been dinner at Washington for $14 per person. But anyway, we join the group because I love lobster!
Well, for the $28 lobster dinner you get one whole lobster. And the rest of the food needs to be shared with 7 other people. Each table accommodates 8 people. Other food that came with lobster were stir fry green beans, sea weed soup, chicken, fish, tofu, green vegetable and tea.
In my opinion $28 is a little bit too much for one person especially for my daughter who did not eat very much. Anyway, this lobster dinner is not mandatory. Some people did not join the group dinner. Considering that this restaurant was located in the China Town area you will not have trouble finding other eating place.
Our group was lucky because we didn’t get stuck with Chinese food the whole 6 day trip. We had Subway, Burger King, McDonalds and fresh fruits. We stopped couple of times in a big grocery store as well as dollar store.
*ATTRACTIONS/PLACES WE VISITED*
As I mentioned earlier, you have a choice whether you want to see the actual attraction or you just want to sit in the bus or go for a walk around the area which I think will be a waste of time and money. Since you decided to pay for this trip might as well join the fun!
We enjoyed every single place we visited. But there were couple of places that stick out the most. My daughter's favorite was of course the Hershey Factory trip. It would have been better if we get to see factory workers and real machine working during the actual chocolate production instead of going into a mini train ride where you see three singing cows and some fake chocolate syrup going through tubes after tubes. Well, this is a FREE train ride anyway so I guess it's not that bad after all. Prices for gift souvenirs and chocolates were pretty high compared to regular store.
It surprised me that the Maid of the Mist attraction was the cheapest cruise on the list since this was my favorite. It’s okay to skip the Boston Cruise but not the Maid of the Mist-it’s a one of a kind experience!
We joined all the paid attractions listed and I think they were okay. I don’t want to elaborate on each and every single attraction since every person has different opinion.
*SERVICE FEES/TIPS*
At the beginning of our tour, Jason explained to us he will collect service fees for himself and for the bus driver at the last day of our tour. He wanted to make sure that customers/passengers are satisfied with their services before we pay them. This I believe is the RIGHT way of doing it. If tour guides demand for tip/service fee at the beginning of the tour it only shows they’re not professional. You don’t give tip to waiters until you’re done eating or you don’t give tip to a taxi driver until you arrive safe in your destination.
The $3 service fee which you have to pay for your tour guide and driver on a per day basis-per person may add up at the end of the tour. But remember they are rendering their services from 6:45 am until 10:00 pm and so they very well deserve that service fee. I gave those guys extra tip because they played an important role in making this tour such a memorable and wonderful experience.
To all the staff of TakeTours- You did a fantastic job! Thank you very much!
My parents enjoyed this tour. The hotels was good. The extra ticket prices and tips did add to the cost though. Staff was very helpful and friendsly. They helped my dad to find the misplaced camera. I my slef planing a tour with them very soon.
Nice trip... many places to see... nice clean hotels... I wish there was more time at each stop.
Had to wake up early 6a.m. and got to hotels 9-10 p.m. Very tight schedules. Not much time to sleep. But everything else was enjoyable.
The tour is as described in the details and almost all the destinations were covered. tour guide and driver were considerate and pretty informative. Thanks Keensy and Kenny. The schedule is very tight so have a day of rest before getting on to the tour and if possible after the tour finishes before boarding the flight. The hotels were very decent almost all of them 4 star but better to have dinner before arriving to hotel. Take full advantage of free 3rd & 4th seat on buying 2 seats.
Even movies played in the bus, could see Inception, Karate Kid, Legend of the Guardians, Faster ..thanks. positive word of mouth for sure.
It was a great experience. Our tour guide Daniel was very considerate and helpful considering I had couple of seniors and a kid with me. We were fortunate enough to attend the Cherry Blossom too. Daniel and the driver took a few extra stops so that we could enjoy the Cherry Blossoms and a couple of other places. The Hotels were good. The schedule was little tight but that is expected when it covers so many places. Overall, the whole trip was very enjoyable and well placed and I would definitely recommend this tour. Thanks Daniel!!!
I had an excellent experience on this tour. Our tour guides Ivy and Lynn were very good. We went to the right places at right times and really enjoyed each and every moment. They both were extremely helpful. Although most of the tourist were from China, there were few from other countries and preferred vegetarian meals. Most of the stop-overs were at Chinese food places. In future if you could stop at the place where we had other cuisines would be extremely helpful. I also feel you should have a separate tour for shoppers. During the shopping times, you could consider having a tour to places where you would get the cheapest deals.
Day 1:
Reached LGA at around ~5pm. Had to wait for ~40 mins to get picked up by the tour. Apparently due to traffic, but shouldn't the tour operator already factor this into account and wait for us?
Was sent to a hotel (HJ) near Newark airport. This room is old, dusty and does not seem clean.
Day 2:
New York trip was pretty good. Tour guide (Jason) was nice and very patient with all of us. Would've loved to spend more time in certain places and skip others. Intrepid museum was worth it, but Metropolitan was not really worth it in my opinion because the time spent there was very little - insufficient to go through the exhibits to make the entrance fee worth it - in my opinion, this could have been skipped.
Day 3:
Philly and DC tour were pretty good. Although the DC tour was not worth it. Nothing much to see from the river.
Day 4:
Hershey's chocolate world is good. Corning museum is just ok.
Day 5:
Try not to take this tour in winter time. Niagara was not worth a winter trip... Spring, Summer, Fall would've been better. Couldn't take any good night photos in winter, but of course this is all our own choice to take the tour in winter. And the Maid of the Mist is not running as well in winter.
Day 6:
Boston tour was good, but it was just for half a day. In my opinion, this is insufficient. Could have spent more time in MIT or at least bring us to take good photo of famed the Strata Center. Also could've brought us to see more of the Freedom Trail stops.
Overall:
This was a good introductory tour of the East Coast. Hotel was good for the rest of the tour apart from the first night. Recommended to take just the 5 days and purchase your own hotel for the first night.
Tour guide (Jason) was nice. Quite worth the $3 per day fee charged.
Bus driver #1 (Andy) was nice. He was quiet, but does his job without complaints. Bus driver #2 (Sunny) was not very friendly (From DC onwards). He seemed reluctant to be doing his job. Also does not allow us to bring up soft drink / coffee to the bus. Sometimes we did not have enough time to eat and thus have to bring the food up the bus. If we're not allowed to bring up soft drink / coffee that we purchased with the fast food meal, what are we supposed to drink after our meal? I understand the fear of spilling the drinks, but this could have been handled better by telling us to be careful or telling us properly instead of telling us rudely that we could not bring those up the bus.
The tour was good, according to the planning. Except the trip to Philadelphia and Washington, although the weather had the guilt because our bus was trapped by snow and we couldn't go to Philly and arrived later to DC, the guys in charge of the bus could have been more sagacious and have asked for help earlier. Only one problem, the first night we were accommodated in a room that smelled like tobacco. Supposed that all the rooms in the trip have were for not smokers...
Overall it was a good trip. There were few things we felt, if considered, it would have been better.
1) The total of estimated cost of admissions to the sights should be clearly mentioned. 2) Dinner at Washington D.C and Boston seemed compulsory. People at the restaurant were not ready to provide us with the meal that we requested. They didn't even care to check with us whether we are fine. 3) Our tour guide was ok, she made sure everything is punctual but seemed less friendly.
All the hotel accommodations were really good. As a group our advice to the future groups is that before paying for the admissions (188$ total) make sure where the dinner is going to be and what type of food they will offer you. If you don't like it, please refrain from that particular payment. Make sure you are on time to the bus at all times. It is a very worthwhile trip to take and with reasonable charges. Therefore we enjoyed it and will recommend it to our friends in future.
Hi Gaya,
Admission costs are listed on this tour page, under "Optional Admission Fees". If you have any questions regarding these fees in the future, feel free to give us a call in advance.
My parents enjoyed this tour. Even though it was a very busy tour but everything was shown as described. The hotels was good. The extra ticket prices and tips did add to the cost though.
My parents and I joined this tour. The tour was good. We went to many of the attractions. Our tour guide was Alan Pan. He was funny, informative, and friendly. The hotel provided also pretty good.
Excellent and memorable tour. Good arrangements for hotel stay and food. Special thanks to Mr. Lio our tour guide who is cheerful and good at heart. Excellent itinerary. I recommend this tour.
My parents and I took this tour and we had fun. Thanks to Justin (our tour guide) who took care of us like family and he was so full of information for all places we visited.
First two days we end up eating nothing because the bus stops only front of Chinese/sea food and we are vegetarian. other than that it was amazing tour.
My parents took this 6 day tour from Sept 1 2010 to Sept 6 2010. Here are few issues
1) Admission fees to various attractions: They were charged more than what was mentioned in your website for senior citizen. For Statue of liberty cruise they were charged $23 person and website shows $21 per person. USS Intrepid they were charged 22 against 20. Metropolitan museum charged 20 against 15. Washington DC cruise charged 22 against 20. The money was collected by tour guide.
2) Instead of asking for tips they demanded service charges $6 per day per person. This money was also given to tour guide
3) Beside above issues, the services provided by the package tour were very satisfactory and professional, which we appreciate. The reception of the guests on first day was excellent as your representative was constantly in touch with us till we check in the hotel. Thanks
The trip was very enjoyable. Good hotels and mostly convenient locations for food. All the locations covered properly and in time. They also gave good time for shopping.
Enjoyed the Trip. Our tour guide George is very helpful. Its a good trip to travel with kids as they will have fun with other kids on the bus. I would recommend them.
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I recommend this tour!
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