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Travel All Russia is a great company to deal with. Their staff are very responsive and took care of all the planning for our trip, including extensions to Saint Petersburg before the trans Siberian journey and to Shanghai after the journey. The logistics for these extensions were superbly organised and flawlessly executed. The trip itself was a wonderful experience, even if at times it was hard work. As you travel from west to east you cross several time zones, each of which reduces the time available for sleep. The logistics of the journey were flawless - the train arrived on time and was met by the local guides in every city. The guides were extremely knowledgable and spoke excellent English. The tour leader who accompanied us from Moscow to Beijing was superb and kept everybody well briefed on daily events and activities as and when needed. However, the train itself was not as described in the advertising material, which promised a newly refurbished train in the first year of its operation. The reality was that the rolling stock was old and showed signs of considerable wear. The seats in the sleeping areas were ingrained with dirt and the upholstery in the dining chairs was worn and split in several cases. There was no hot water for showers on two days. The toilets appeared to not be cleaned and serviced regularly. There was a Russian doctor on board, whose services were required by many of the passengers, including this reviewer, who were affected by gastroenteritis. Our journey across Russia and Mongolia into China was epic, and despite the deficiencies above we were very pleased with our overall experience.

It was our dream to see Russia far and wide by Trans-Siberian rail and everything was lovely. We’ve waited long for the unforgettable journey we had this summer and everything exceeded our expectations.Travel All Russia did a good job planning the trip for us. They gave us good suggestions and many handy tips so we felt and were prepared for the long trip. We saw and learned much about Russia during the stops and the days spent on the train had many great moments. Many thanks for putting together the biggest journey of our life so impeccably!

We planned a family vacation to Russia with this company and are more than satisfied with their work. The travel and logistics specialists we communicated with were experienced and competent. The trip to Moscow and St. Petersburg turned out to be better than we imagined! We wanted to maximize each day with events and additional activities and the travel all Russia team helped with suggestions and arrangements immensely. Will certainly recommend this company to friends and family.

The arrangements made by Travel All Russia were spotless! Everything went according to the plan, which in my opinion is the key to successful travel. I really value the time spent in Russia this summer and will definitely use this company if I ever come back to see more of dazzling Russia and for touring other countries too. Cheers!

Our trip to Russia was an amazing experience - one because of the awesomeness of Russia itself and the other because we had Travel All Russia organise our tour. We chose a private tour for my husband and myself. From the first email, then phone call and subsequent planning with Evelina our travel specialist to the final airport drop off, the professionalism and quality of service was exemplary. We started our tour with the three days in the Golden Ring area, then back to Moscow for 5 days and the fast train to St Petersburg for the last 6 days. We had a guide and driver each day except for one day in Moscow where we had a free day. Having said that, we did have plenty of free time in the afternoons and evening to explore the cities and towns by ourselves. The tour staff were excellent, Serge, Alexi, Natalya and Ivan, our witty driver in St Petersburg, were friendly, full of information and fabulously generous with their time. The hotel accommodation was everything that we expected. The meals provided were interesting, varied and delicious. The only negative, if it is one, would be that if you're not into churches then just try to arrange an overnight tour to Suzdal and don't bother about doing the whole Golden Ring area. But there is a lot of beautiful forest area you see along the way and the towns are slightly different.

We went on this river cruise just to see what Russia was like. Overall, you spend 2 nights in St Petersburg in a 5 star hotel, 6 nights on a 5 star boat, and end in a super super 5 star hotel (we were in St Regis) in Moscow. Wow, what a trip! Nice, relaxing cruise. Not a lot to see on the cruise cause this part of Russia is very rural and not many people. Would I recommend this trip to other people? Definitely, you got to see Russia, and this is a great way to do it. Monika at Travel All Russia (TAR) was great in getting it set up for us. Review the Volga Dream cruise ship, river cruise itinerary at TAR to get details of the sites it visits I would recommend going from St. Petersburg to Moscow vs the reverse direction. Primarily cause things get better as you head to Moscow and you end on a really high note in a super 5 star hotel in Moscow. We used the airline rebate and made our own plane reservations since we could get a non stop flight on Singapore Air from Houston to Moscow. We flew into Moscow, then to St Petersburg on Siberian Air (counter #106 at the Moscow airport counter). There must be150 airline counters so make sure you know what counter number your return airline is while there to make life better when you show up to go home. Even though we made our own air reservations, TAR still met us and shuttled us to the hotel. After a 16 hr flight, that was so great and what a relief to see a friendly face (or rather sign)! We arrived a day early just to hit some sites, hang out on our own and shop. You start out the tour by spending two nights in a 5 star hotel in St. Petersburg. Cool. The first day you tour a few sites and the Grand Palace and then on the second day, you tour the city and another palace then end the day at the Volga Dream river boat for dinner. As you board the ship, you get a glass of champagne and meet the captian Now this is a really 5 star river boat. It is just so nice. The crew were super service oriented. Ready to help out with anything. Now the food, it was something else, it was excellent and tasted oh so great (that make sense?). Breakfast was buffet style with the chief cook making country theme omelets to order. A very wide selection of items from pastries to fresh fruit to hot items, were available, as you would expect at the 5 star level. Lunch again had an excellent selection of items with the main course meal choices changing every day and such a selection of deserts to chose from. But, Dinner now that was special. Each entrée was an art presentation. Did I say the food tasted great, well, I will say it again, and the food service was outstanding. Tables were listed by language, English, Australian, German, etc. Dinner always turned out to be such a fun time that it ran exceedingly long as we enjoyed the conversations of people from different countries. Overall, the food had numerous Russian food themes for those who want to eat the local type menus. The days cruising were filled with activities and lectures and just relaxing. Russia is very rural around the river route, not a lot to see till you get close to Moscow. Really enjoyed the Russian history lectures from Professor Ludmilla Selezneva, a very good and energetic speaker. She took each time period starting way back and going all the way to President Putin, explained how Russia developed. Since we were seeing monasteries and churches built by various Kings and Princes, it was nice to know how they fit into the Russian puzzle of development to enjoy what we were seeing. We also had classes on the Russian Language. I was not a very good student, only learning two words, toilet and thank you, but did learn to sing a song, well sorta. I found our stop at KirilloBelozersky Monastery was interesting in that we got to see the “lake of youth”. Washed my face in the lake but it did not help, still look old and it sure didn’t help the ducks in the lake either. They looked pretty old. My favorite city tour on the cruise was Yaroslavl City. Just a lot there to see. The guided tour of the Governor’s house was very enjoyable. Don’t want to miss that. I was not too interested in the other stops Our last night on the cruise, we entertained the rest of the passengers with our song, sure not going to win any awards. At Dinner, we danced around the tables after a vodka tasting session. Did we ever have a good time! We departed the ship on the last cruise morning for a tour of Moscow, the Kremlin and Red Square, ending at a super 5 star hotel. We were in the St Regis. Wow. Now that is a real uptown hotel. Well naturally, it WAS at the Red Square! The next day consisted of continue touring the highlights of Moscow. The first night in Moscow, we were given the opportunity to see a great Russian dance show “Kostroma” listed as the Folk Show. It was a “Vegas” quality show in the Moscow main musical auditorium. I highly recommend attending whatever Folk show is on when you are in Moscow. That alone is something to experience. The following morning ended a very enjoyable 5 star Russian adventure as we left for the airport. Notes. I would advise bringing medicine for a head cold and cough. I caught a cold and was pretty miserable for part of the trip. There are no ATM machines between St Petersburg and Yaroslavl. You may not have time to utilize the one at Yaroslavl. There is one computer on board with WiFi capability, free to use to check emails. It was free most of the time. There was free WiFi at Yaroslavl square that I logged in to send some emails and both hotels had free WiFi.

We enjoyed our trip very much. We had excellent weather and I'm sure that helped a lot. While the company of our fellow travelers on the boat was wonderful I was disappointed by the shore excursions. They were always short and always rushed. I understand that the old town of Yaroslavl is a world heritage site and we went to see a church. Why not both? Also, I don't think our guide in Yaroslavl liked western tourists. She pined for the old Soviet Union and she was impatient with us. Our lecturer on the boat was excellent and her lectures were very informative. St. Petersburg was unfortunately very crowded. If I could do it again I would go maybe in late September or early October. The crew on the boat was outstanding and all the other guides were enthusiastic. I can recommend this tour company.

From the first time we booked to when we met our tour guides ever thing worked like clock work nothing was too hard for our guides When we wanted a laundry they found one we even had a mongolian spa which I would recommend to everyone In Russia the guides where excellent there knowledge of history was amazing. I would advise anyone planning on doing a tour of Russia that this is the only company to book with . Jenny from Nelson bay Australia