Tours4Fun.com


Country United States
State California
City Arcadia
Address 24 West Saint Joseph St
Phone 1-626-389-8668
Website www.tours4fun.com

Tours4Fun.com Reviews

  • Jun 5, 2015

We recently experienced the Tours4fun 3-Day San Francisco / Yosemite Bus Tour in and out of LA and were very disappointed with the experience on many levels. The tour was apparently run by Golden Tours who advise Tours4fun are merely booking agents.

Firstly we left LA late as result of all the back and forth collecting people for other tours.

Next, the bus we initially thought was only a transfer bus but was ultimately our actual travel bus was very old and uncomfortable and not suitable for long distance travel. There was little padding in the very upright seats, no safety belts and we were warned not to use the on-board toilets. There was no climate control air conditioning with only one setting of on fully cold (freezing) or off ( stuffy and sweating).

Our safety was jeopardized during the trip when we encountered a rain storm and the bus started leaking water from the roof at the emergency escape and at the side window wetting myself and other passengers. At this point the rain wipers would not work on the outside and the demister would not clear the inside of the windscreen forcing the driver to pull over, leave the door open and only then drive slowly on the highway with fresh air clearing the windscreen from the inside.

The bus driver and our tour guide continually had differing opinions on what route to take and their debating was loud and audible by us even in the back of the bus. This debate lead to the driver taking numerous wrong turns and wasting time finding our destination particularly in/around Fremont and in Yosemite NP.

Our tour guide Eddie, of Asian background, attempted to lighten the mood at times but his lack of grasp of English in both understanding and pronunciation frustrated us and communication was a real issue throughout the trip - it was regularly observed that explanations in Chinese would last many minutes but were followed by a quick 5-10 second English equivalent resulting in us feeling left out.

Accommodation outside of San Francisco was of a high quality but precluded us from readily enjoying the San Francisco nightlife as if it had been in San Francisco.

Food stops were predominantly at Asian establishments which satisfied the predominantly Asian tourists on the bus but the dozen or so of us wanting normal western food had to make do.

I was unfortunate to get food poisoning at the buffet at lunch on our return day which impacted me for the next 4 or 5 days.

The highlight of this trip for us was Yosemite National and it was disappointing how rushed our stay was after spending so much time travelling there. 20 minutes for breakfast and viewing at the base of the waterfall and 5 minutes at the top was really inadequate for such a highlight.

The other issue we were frustrated with was the expectation of attending an "optional" day trip in San Francisco - one we did not want to attend as we had previously travelled to in the past and we knew exactly what parts of town we wanted to spend our free time at. There was intense pressure from Eddie to participate in the day tour despite our assurance we had no intention to attending.

Lastly, we were astounded at the demand for substantial further payments for "service" fees and substantial tips, regardless of our experience or service provided, on top of the tour fees booked and the already additional out of pocket fees for park and attractions. These were not present on the website at the time or stipulated at the time of booking and brought this apparent value for money tour up to the price of the premium tour operators.

In hindsight and aware of the difficulties we encountered, we would not have travelled on this tour and we recommend anyone thinking of travelling to weigh up the hurdles we encountered before forming a decision.

Our factual review of our trip experience on the Tours4fun and TripAdvisor websites have been removed/blocked so we are trying to highlight our concerns on other websites now.

  • Aug 28, 2014

My mother, brother and me, took a 2 days Boston tour.

Let me tell you i've visited New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston (two years ago, on my own), Berlin, Viena, Moscow, and other cities around the world. So i know other tours.

My brother didn't know Boston, so we decided to take this 2 day visit to Boston. This tour was the worst visit to any city i've ever been, and i will explain why:

- the day of departure, the bus arrived 40 minutes late.

- for dinner, the driver left us on Boston's chinatown. If you don't like it, there are no options ...

- the hotel is about 40 minutes away from Boston, so if you think you can walk by your own at night to see something about Boston, forget it.

- for the same reason (40 minutes away from Boston), there is nothing to see near the hotel; only trees ...

- the hotel doesn't offer breakfast . This is the first time i've got an hotel without breakfast ...

- the visit to MIT consist for only 10 minutes !!! 10 minutes to see all MIT !!! I talked to the guide, and he told me it is closed, it's a lie, two year ago i visited MIT and it's open to visitors ...

- by the way, when the driver stop for a break on the route, the stops was 15 minutes !! More time than the time for visit MIT !!

- on the visit to Harvard, the tour guide gave us 40 minutes for both breakfast and Harvard ... 20 minutes each ..

I know Boston, i was there two years ago. The people who like this tour, does not have any idea all they missed !!!

READ THIS CAREFULLY BEFORE ANY RESERVATION. THEY DON'T MENTION HOW MUCH TIME YOU WILL HAVE TO EACH VISIT, WHERE IS THE HOTEL, THE BREAKFAST, ETC.

PS: the worst was when we were in MIT, i speak to the tour guide, saying "the visit can not be only 10 minutes, there's a lot to see", and he said to me "it is not open to visitors" ... unbelivable.

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