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We joined a Niagara Falls tours. My guide Judy is very helpful and nice. Since we will need to travel to lots of places within 2 days, but Judy organized it very well. There was no breakfast in hotel, but Judy let us know earlier and helped us to prepare for that. Nice trip at this price.

Overall is good, but expect to have a very full schedule every day. We started at 7 every morning and end up very late. I think the reason is we have to travel a lot during 3 days. We are very tired on the night in Niagara Falls but we saw the fireworks and light show, which is deserved. If you only have a short weekend and wants to travel a lot of places, I highly recommend this tour. Btw, our guide Mark is very good.

I took take tours bus trip to visit SFO, Yosemite, Vegas and Grand canyon back in July with my family(Indian). I have 2 kids age 9 & 5. I booked three months in advance and it cost me only $1050 for the whole family for the travel and accommodation(attraction tickets, food etc extra) which is very cheap. They plan it so well so that we can cover all the places. Of course its bilingual and the guide might speak more in Chinese but they will talk in English as well and I never had any problem. They will start the trip very early in the morning because that is required for you to cover all the places in a timely manner. So if you are some body whose primary preference is to cover places with less hassle, then go for it. But if you want to rest/relax more and is not particular about covering places, then this is not for you. They stop in plaza's for food where you will find different options. There were couple of instances where the A/C was low and people were complaining. Other than that we liked this.

2 DAY BOSTON RHODE ISLAND TOUR Bus #1771 2 Day Boston Rhode Island Day 1 The trip started off with an employee picking us up from 39-10 Main street in Flushing, New York in front of the HSBC bank at 6:30am. The person actually didn't get there until about 6:40am, but that’s cool. We were taken to 177 Canal street in Brooklyn, NY. The bus left Brooklyn at about 8:15am and we were headed to our first attraction, but before the attraction we stopped at a rest area to get a quick 45 minute bathroom break and food. The rest area was clean, (the rumors are true no one is permitted to use the bathroom on the bus). There was McDonald's, Subways, and Dunkn Donuts to choose from. After about 45 minutes we were headed to Rhode Island to The Breakers Mansion. Our tour guide Rachel (very nice and organized person, her English is perfect) mentioned the itinerary and the attractions we were going to see on the 2 day tour. Among the mentioned attractions 2 most important attractions that were on the website when I booked this trip were not mentioned. That was the museum of science and the Quincy Marketplace. It's not Rachel's fault, it's the taketours.com/ gotobus.com owner's fault. They do not update their website to explain/reflect that some of the attractions are dependent upon the weather conditions or they forget to remove older attractions that were not going to be on the current trip. So double check with the company before you book the 2 Day Boston Rhode Island trip. The main reason my son wanted to go on this trip was to do the Harbor Boat Cruise and to go to one of the most talked about museums in Massachusetts which is the museum of science. The purpose of me booking this trip was to explore that museum and the Quincy Marketplace area. My children and I ended up going to the Marketplace 2xs on our own while the other tourist went to activities we opted out of. On to the annoying part of this trip. This old Chinese lady just didn't know how to say sorry or excuse me and she bumped my son. This lady had a habit of pushing. Hello f*ckn boundaries everyone. I had to yell at the lady because she pushed my daughter out of the way while we were getting off the bus on the first day and then was pushing up against my lower back causing me to almost topple my fragile son. Then Day 2 the pushing of my son yea no enough been enough a day ago. I was trying my best not to get ghetto up on that bus, but it happened. I informed Rachel what my intentions were if this lady touched any of us again. Rachel spoke to the lady and told her to please keep her distance from my family. The lady and her friends told Rachel in Mandarin, that I wasn't telling the truth. These ladies, not knowing that I studied Chinese, Spanish, Italian, and Mandarin in junior high school 204 in Queens and in high school here in New York City told Rachel what I was claiming wasn’t true. They ALL were extremely shocked when I turned around and told them I wasn't lying I was telling the truth and that I understood 75% of what they just said. Then I said in Chinese say excuse me. I also had an Indian and Caucasian family on the bus that witness this happen to my child and they spoke up and acknowledged my son was indeed pushed. Just because my family is African American and Hispanic mix doesn't mean I only read, understand, and speak English. Being that I knew I was going to be around 80% Chinese I brushed up on the languages before I booked this trip. Some phrases you might want to learn in Chinese before booking these trips. 1) Say excuse me 2) Stop pushing 3) Yidong MOVE and that’s only after you are tired of the bullsh*t Attractions: You can read my detailed reviews on the individual attractions on my yelp.com reviews dated 8/18/18 and 8/19/18 1)The Breakers Mansion we toured for about an hour. Without using the devices 1 hour would be more than enough time. 2) New England Aquarium: The 2 hours was more than what we needed to explore the Aquarium. After about an hour of exploring we decided to leave and walk to the marketplace which was only a 3 to 5 minute walk from the aquarium. Our fellow bus riders headed to the $35 a person lobster dinner at about 7:30pm and we headed back to the marketplace to watch the free street performances and shop for 1 hour. About 9:15pm we arrived at the Holiday Inn. It was only about 30 minutes drive from the marketplace. It was clean, had a microwave, fridge, coffee maker. Wasn't as bad as I thought. I'm not used to staying in these types of places, with that said it wasn’t bad at all. I brought my own pillowcases and wash items. Day 2 Headed out at 6:10am. We are used to waking up early so no sweat to us. It looked like our fellow travelers didn't mind as well. First stop Harvard at about 7am for an in-depth guided tour. It was not worth the $36 I paid for the 3 of us. You can still see Harvard with the group for FREE. You just have to guide yourself. DO NOT PAY FOR THE GUIDED TOUR for Harvard on a weekend or if the tour is before 10am IT'S NOT WORTH IT. Second stop MIT arrived about 8:20am and left about 8:45am it is a self guided experience and it's free as well. Third stop was at 9:15am until 10:15am and that was the Harbor Cruise. That was worth every nickel. Just being able to sit was priceless. It's a tour so of course the crew member was talking about the history of the Harbor which was cool. She spoke in-depth about the Boston Tea Party... Fourth stop was Connecticut, Yale which I paid for a guided tour. Started about 1:40pm until 3pm. It's optional as well. I paid because my son wants to attend Yale (he’s 10). Never to early to start thinking. However, I won't pay again because it's free to tour on your own. The campus, just like Harvard is open to the public. However, I was never forced to pay for anything that was optional. I didn't do the Duck Tour or that nasty expensive Lobster dinner. Remember look carefully before booking a tour, there are some trips that state attractions are (mandatory) and some trips with attractions that state it is (optional). Rest Area heading back home to NYC- we stopped for 15 minutes. My only gripe is that the bus dropped us off on Northern and Main street instead of the original drop off and pick up location which was supposed to be 39-10 Main street Flushing. The drivers 2 children ages 8 and 15 were on the bus so I'm guessing it was so they'd be closer to take the bus home alone. In all fairness it was easier for people to get to the bus from here. However, unfair to my children and I because we had to wait over 15 minutes for my husband to come get us because he was waiting at the original location then got stuck in traffic coming to the new drop off location. A run down of what I voluntarily paid for on this trip: DAY 1: Rhode Island (my son loved it) -The Breakers Mansion $24 Adult & $8 X 2 children ages17 and under=$16 Total=$40 PAID One of those things you have to see at least once while in Rhode Island. I’ve been there about 3xs. Though Christmas time is the BEST time to go. Boston Aquarium (okay) $28 X 2=$56 & child under 12=$19 TOTAL=$75 Hotel overnight in Boston (included) ------------------------------------- DAY 2 Boston Boston Harbor (awesome) $22 X 2= $44 and $17 age 12 and under=TOTAL $61 PAID Harvard (wack) DONT PAY FOR AN IN-DEPTH TOUR $12 X 3 all ages= TOTAL $36 PAID I know lwhat you’re thinking who pays for a college tour, but whatever. I won’t ever make that mistake again. NEW HAVEN CT (awesome) DON’T PAY FOR THIS TOUR IT’S FREE Yale $11 x 2= $22 and child 12 and under $7. Total=$29 PAID Plus I paid the $60 for the 2 days mandatory service fee for 3 people because it's $10 a day per person so $10X3 PEOPLE= $30 a day X 2 days total= $60 Total paid: $301 So the breakdown: $301 (the attractions we chose to do plus the driver/guide fee) + $216 (the initial tour price was $108 each. I purchased the deal buy 2 get 1 person free) grand total for a 2 day trip, 1 night hotel stay, 5 attractions, no gas money to be spent, no driving I had to do, visited 3 different states in 2 days all for $517. That's about $172 per person. I'd say that's a great little trip for 3 people.

Taketours arranged an excellent tour which fitted our requirements well. Our first courier, Ming, was excellent and always available to offer assistance and information. Our second courier was young and, perhaps, needed a little more experience.

If you want to see everything in a short period of time, this is the trip for you. trip was very fast paced, which I like. We saw so many beautiful sites in one week!! I would definitely recommend this tour. Our tour director was very knowledgeable about all the places we visited and our driver was great. The only disappointment I had was with Mother Nature, it snowed and we were not able to get to Grand Teton or Jackson, Wy because the roads were closed :( Other than that, the trip was far greater than I could have imagined. The driver stopped every 2 hours so we could get off the bus and stretch our legs, get something to eat or use the restroom. I will definitely be using Take Tours for my next trip.

Wonderful tour. Was expecting a full-size bus experience versus a 15 passenger van. Our tour guide Max did a great job!

Really enjoyed the 9 day East Coast tour. Our guide Sophia and driver Pablo were fantastic! Some friction where other travellers didn't show courtesy however Sophia sorted that out quickly & professionally. Hotel accommodation was great albeit out of town for the most part. There were some instances where we were told to have dinner early only to find the hotel restaurant was adequate when we arrived. All in all a great tour and we would have no hesitation in booking through Take Tours again. It was a smooth process from start to finish :)