5-Day Philadelphia, D.C., Niagara Falls and 1000 Islands Tour from New York City

The Rating I gave is for the beauty of the places visited, who to rely evaluate you. In June of this year after years of unsuccessful attempts I managed to go to the United States with The Great Trips. Wonderful holiday, beautiful places and very kind people. It would have been the perfect vacation if we hadn't had a mind-blowing incident in Washington. 10 hours transfer from Niagara, arrival in the evening and until here everything is regular, in the morning after breakfast I go out to smoke and I see that the road on which our hotel is is cordoned off and blocked by police SUVs. I contact the Guide to ask if we would have problems with the bus but I receive no Response; we leave regularly for the morning tour but the drama begins when we try to return to the hotel in the afternoon, for 50 years in the first week of June the Pride has been held in Washington, 600 thousand participants in a city of 700 thousand inhabitants. Morale blocked roads, two and a half hours in the sun trying to be able to cross to return to the hotel doing kilometers on kilometers until a policeman moved to compassion of our conditions let us cross. Dinner in Georgetown lost and replaced by a dinner in our hotel with Pride participants (against whom I have nothing but it was not for them that I wanted to go to Washington) singing and dancing and evening at the hotel to cool off the anger. For the record that day still cost me 1000 euros, I who am not a Tour Guide would have inquired about the route of the parade and once I knew I would have avoided returning to the hotel allowing customers to enjoy the whole day as their right, but I was part of an organized trip and I could not do anything. In addition to this in the Response received from the Great Trips besides not even saying sorry for what happened they were also ironic in commenting on my complaint. I add other setbacks, which without the Washington episode would not have carried much weight, I have been traveling for fifty years and I know perfectly well that there can be unforeseen events and problems small or large, but I have received thirty emails from IGV, United and Lufthansa for the time changes due to repeated delays (over 6 hours) and gate changes or the octogenarian driver of the transfer from NY to Kennedy who drove us 3 hours around NY and continued to eat fruit and vegetables for the duration of the trip throwing the peels in a bag between the two seats not always hitting it preferring my shoes or even the tour bus with the toilet off duty throughout the trip. Sorry I couldn't upload videos and photos because the format was not compatible and I didn't feel like looking for a video converter. I apologize for the exposure that was not the best but when I think back to what happened and what I could not see in Washington, where I will never return, I find it difficult to remain serene and I conclude by specifying that the trip cost 12000 euros.

Visiting famous sites and being given information on them in advance was the highlight of the tour. Brian, the singing tour guide was great, knowledgeable and entertaining. Overall the hotels were good and close to restaurants or supermarkets as well as having microwaves in the rooms for self catering. Our experience at the La Quienta Inn at Delawanna was very disappointing with blocked drains in the room, and we had to move rooms late at night then there was a dog in the adjoining room barking. Also the breakfast facilities were inadequate to cater for the number of people on tours. We enjoyed the trip and it covered everything that was outlined in the itinerary.

Attività molto interessanti, certamente il meglio che le singole località possano offrire. Bus turistici puliti e ottima l'indicazione di utilizzare il bagno solo per le visite brevi, in modo da evitare i problemi di cattivi odori di cui ho letto. Ottime anche le frequenti soste per i tanti utenti che sentono continuamente l'esigenza di dover mangiare e andare in bagno. Connessione Internet in entrambi bus invece scarsissima, tanto vale dire che non c'è e di attrezzarsi da se. Hotel di discreto livello e ben piazzati, peraltro senza dover affrontare le lunghe code cui siamo abituati in Italia all'arrivo dei gruppi per fare il ceck in, ma con camere subito consegnate dalla Guida all'arrivo. Occorrerebbe tuttavia garantire almeno 1 ora di tempo tra l'apertura della colazione e l'orario dell'appuntamento per non frustrare le esigenze fisiologiche degli utenti, specie di quelli che non sono in camera da soli, ossia la maggior parte. A tal proposito si potrebbe anche fare un sopralluogo o un centro commerciale in meno Attività molto interessanti, certamente il meglio che le singole località possano offrire. Bus turistici puliti e ottima l'indicazione di utilizzare il bagno solo per le visite brevi, in modo da evitare i problemi di cattivi odori di cui ho letto. Ottime anche le frequenti soste per i tanti utenti che sentono continuamente l'esigenza di dover mangiare e andare in bagno. Connessione Internet in entrambi bus invece scarsissima, tanto vale dire che non c'è e di attrezzarsi da se. Hotel di discreto livello e ben piazzati, con camere subito consegnate dalla Guida all'arrivo. Occorrerebbe tuttavia garantire almeno 1 ora di tempo tra l'apertura della colazione e l'orario dell'appuntamento per non frustrare le esigenze fisiologiche degli utenti, specie di quelli che non sono in camera da soli, ossia la maggior parte. A tal proposito si potrebbe anche fare un sopralluogo o un centro commerciale in meni e dare l'appuntamento di partenza almeno alle 8, trattandosi pur sempre di una vacanza.e dare l'appuntamento di partenza almeno alle 8, trattandosi pur sempre di una vacanza.