- Posted on: 2024-10-15
- Name: Mercy
- Rating:
- I recommend this tour!
Our guide, Jay, was very informative, he explained about the places that we went and some fun facts, very helpful too.
Your Operation Team, Jonathan, was very helpful, he went out of the way to make things work because our original tour was canceled in which we were not aware of, but he made arrangements for our hotel & found a tour that we can join the next day. Kudos to him.
- Posted on: 2013-04-18
- Name: Alan
- Rating:
- I recommend this tour!
The tour was good the TD and driver were also good. The majority of passengers were Chinese hence the majority of meal breaks breakfast and diner we at various China town areas throughout the tour. The hotels were very good but arriving at around 9.30pm every night you. Was not able to take advantage of what the hotels had to offer. Most destinations only allowed about a one hour stop and most of the time that included your lunch time or breakfast time, most days you are on the road about 7am and travel around two to three hours before rest break. Only do this tour if you are traveling out of season and the major tour operators have not started their season.
- Posted on: 2014-07-02
- Name: Mimi
- Rating:
- I recommend this tour!
We were traveling in a group of 10 people, from the ages of 13 to 72. We had a very good time, especially with a very friendly and nice tour guide - Sammy Chan with the driver - Andy. Highly recommend the tour guide. He even explained everything in 3 languages, English, Mandarin and Cantonese. Two thumbs up :)
- Posted on: 2014-07-27
- Name: Joanne
- Rating:
- I recommend this tour!
I booked our tour through Take Tours.com but were sub contracted to a tour company. After I was told that this tour company would take over our road trip, I immediately searched it. Reviews of the tour company were very bad. I was really disappointed. However, I took the risk of just taking it and just have faith in God that things will be okay. All my worries were useless. It all came out so great. It started with a text from a tour guide, Phillip, telling me that he'll pick me up at the airport at around 7:30. He was very on time and provided excellent customer service. From Chinatown, we were transported to Crowne Plaza in Newark, New Jersey. Here I met our tour guide for the 8 days tour. His name was Alan. Alan was a great tour guide. He spoke English and Chinese. He was amazing. He delivered excellent customer service, professionalism and humor. He never seemed to get tired. I can tell that he really love his job. The tour was very comprehensive. I like that we were able to see many places for a short period of time. However, we were not given a lot of time to enjoy the excellent scenery. An hour to see a museum is not enough. An hour to eat is not enough. We spent much of our time for hours and hours of bus ride. We like Chinese foods but the Chinese restaurant in Maryland on our way to our hotel was horrible. That turned my appetite to join any Chinese food eating for the entire vacation. Too many Chinatown eating is not good. Our driver, Wally and Gary were excellent as well. Our bus was all equipped with air-conditioning. It was a great, educational vacation. All hotels were great except our hotel in Niagara- it's an Inn. Their bed sheets were dusty. Overall, Alan made our tour a time of a lifetime experience to remember.
- Posted on: 2014-09-15
- Name: Cecilia
- Rating:
- I recommend this tour!
Me gusto mucho el tour, los hoteles a los que nos llevaron excelentes, el guia muy bueno. Lo unico agotador fue escuchar 8 dias chino, el resto fenomena. - I really liked the tour, the hotels they took us to were excellent, the guide was really great. The only thing was listening to Chinese for eight days was exhausting, the rest was phenomenal.
- Posted on: 2012-07-06
- Name: Rowena
- Rating:
Had fun on this tour! our driver/tour guide, Brian, was very informative. The time allotted to visit Butchart Gardens and the Parliament was just perfect, gives us enough time to enjoy the views without having to rush. Worth the trip!
- Posted on: 2012-08-05
- Name: Kathleen
- Rating:
Our driver/tour guide Brian spoke very good english and was very helpful and informative. Butchart Gardens were beautiful and the time allocated was good. I would have liked more time in Victoria, but you are limited to the hours in the day!
- Posted on: 2019-06-29
- Name: Tracy
- Rating:
- I recommend this tour!
My nephew and I had a great time. The tour guide and driver Amanda was very organized and gave good information about the sites and tour schedule. The tour is geared towards Chinese travelers who speak Mandarin or Cantonese. Amanda spoke excellent English and she made sure we understood everything.
- Posted on: 2019-11-27
- Name: Nayara
- Rating:
- I recommend this tour!
It was a blast! I was afraid because I knew I would be around of a Chinese group and It could be weird but it was amazing.
I met some girls and they were really nice to me. Also the tour guide, Tony, is wonderful.
I loved it.
- Posted on: 2021-08-12
- Name: Jaya
- Rating:
- I recommend this tour!
I had a wonderful experience with Victoria day tour! We were picked up at the specified meeting point. The tour guide Chris did a great job of giving information in both English and Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin). We had a wonderful ride on the BC ferry with spectacular views. We spent one and half hours at Butchart Gardens which was a beautiful wonderland! We then headed for lunch for an hour (drove past Victoria Chinatown) and then went to Victoria city center. I am vegetarian and did not include the meal but most people did as it was economical. There were many other food options where we stopped. I would have preferred to go straight to Victoria and had more time there to get lunch too. We spent an hour at the city center. We had a great time, despite it being very hot outside. The AC on the bus was not working at times, but Chris did his best to fix the problem. We stopped at Mile 0 and took pictures before heading back to the ferry terminal. I am so glad that I went with this tour. It is not something I could have done on my own as a visitor. Chris was a very responsible and a personable tour guide. My daughter got a bee sting and he helped me with ice. I would highly recommend this tour. Please know that it is a very long day closer 14 hours with traffic. Wear your running shoes and bring water! Also, the staff at Take Tours (Emily C) was great at answering my many questions before the tour. Thank you!
