Tom BarefootReviews of tombarefoot.com

Did big island tour if I remember correctly. Driver was nice but not very flexible to changes and seemed more concerned about surfing in the area than anything else. He was a safe driver. He did recognize not everyone could do everything. He was personable. I recommend the trip but a more informative driver with a willingness to show us what we wanted to see would have been more rewarding. Reasonable price. Stops were good. Coffee farm and winery were very good. Would have liked to have gone to South point instead of saying it’s over there a few miles. Southern most town Panalu’u was just ok but may have meant more if we saw the southern most point. I’d still suggest people spend a day and do it. Long day but worth it. I’d ask for a very experienced guide. Ours had only done it a few days a week for a year.

Tom barefoot tours has a good and responsive staff! the only issue I had was with the boat charter they set up for me.This is not directly related to them but since they sponsored/recomended the start me up fishing and the service with them was sooo poor with that company I will be posting 3star rating as I think Tom barefoot needs to find another deep sea fishing boat charter to recommend with their tours. or if they do have other charters drop this crew/charter as they dont put any effort out in really trying to catch anything at all just a show putting out all the lines prettending to fish. It was at least a nice boat ride but a really expensive boat ride. I paid to go fishing not watch a deckhand put on a show. they never let the lines out farther than 20-30ft from back of boat I honestly could cast farther on land. use Tom barefoot tours but run from start me up fishing. ***** Tom's has reached out and let me know they passed info on to the failing charter. The charter captain and deck hand are both lazy individuals as they know that if we hooked up they would have to actually work. I know you dont always catch something fishing but the fact is They left luers in the boats motor wash out and said this is best place possible?..Lies! the fish wont attack something bigger than itself but will gain attention as the boat passes by and if the lure was out far enough from that wash they would then have seen lure and attacked the smaller less intimidating "meal"...the deck hand and captain will say diffrently🤣...this was a overpaid boat ride guised as a sport fishing charter and they know it. if I didnt catch anything but saw a good effort from them I wouldn't have been this upset to write such a long review and left a positive one. Dont waste the money burn it or use it to buy something nice you can take home instead. there are reviews from other sources you can read I'm not the first to have been swindled. unfortunately I read these after my negative experience not before. Thank you Tom B. for responding back in a timley manner but you may want to drop accosiacion with start me up and read the reviews from other sites about this recurring issue with start me up.

My understanding was that the helicopter tour would be 1hour in the air. It was more like 40 minutes. It was very enjoyable. The pilot was very knowledgeable about the island. I guess I stand corrected, 49 = 50 meaning it wasn't shorter than stated after all.

When the staff kept referring to the trip as “the snorkeling trip” I wondered why. We didn’t see any dolphins. The snorkeling was partly nice. We stopped at two spots. The first was great with plenty of fish and coral. Then we moved to a fairly rough sea area, deeper than the first with the boat rocking quite heavily. Then they decided to serve lunch. The second spot was too deep and rough for snorkeling and for lunch. The captain asked if anyone was getting seasick but while it wasn’t making anyone sick, it was difficult to move around and not enjoyable or comfortable.