100% Review for Tour 2-110 - 3-Day Santa Barbara - Solvang - San Francisco - Silicon Valley - Stanford University - Yosemite Bus Tour
By: Anonymous | Sat May 06, 2023 at 12.00 AM
The above mentioned tour which I took with Tours4Fun (T4F) was one of the best tours I had done. It had been a very memorable experience for me in terms of management and places covered. To begin with pre-travel experience, I booked this to..ur through website and during the course of booking I do had few queries which were resolved promptly by the T4F customer service department. Also, they were pro-active in informing the change in the Day 3 itinerary (change to Monterey Bay instead on Yosemite) because of government shutdown. I was quite impressed with all this, though still apprehensive about the tour. On the day of the tour, we had pick-up from the location specified on time. The bus was comfortable and the tour guide (Kelvin) and the bus driver were very friendly and courteous. They were very helpful overall. The places covered in the tour were same as mentioned on the itinerary (except for day 3 because of reasons mentioned above). On day 1, we started from LA and went to Santa Barbara beach where we were given ample time, so that we were able to go to the end of the pier and return. Next crossing the scenic beauty of the area, we went to the beautiful town on Solvang which was built in Danish style. It was a very good place and we had lunch there only. Around evening, we reached Silicon Valley area and saw offices of some of the major corporation. Subsequent to that, we visited Stanford University. After this, we stopped for dinner and then reached our hotel by 8.30. We got the same hotel as was mentioned in the itinerary. The rooms were very spacious and comfortable. We enjoyed our stay there for 2 days. Day 2 started with visiting the Lombard street which was just amazing. After this, we were taken to the Golden gate bridge which was again a wonderful experience. Pier 39-45 was our next stop where we had almost 2 hours at our disposal to have lunch, do some shopping and of course, sightseeing. We opted for both bay-cruise and city tour. Through these tours, we got to see almost all the attractions in SFO. The tour guide and driver also took us to another attraction (which was not planned) when one of the planned attractions was closed due to some temporary problem. Post this, we went for some shopping and dinner in the SFO Chinatown where though the restaurants were predominantly Chinese, we could find other restaurants / cuisines also of our choice. On Day 3, we started early in the morning and went to Monterey bay area and visited the beautiful golf course of the world. The scenic beauty of the route impressed me quite a lot. By evening, we reached LA and subsequently our drop-off location comfortably. There were stoppage every 1.5 - 2 hours so, there was no food / restrooms related problems for anyone. The stoppages were on places where we could find different kind of restaurants and could have food of our choice. I thoroughly enjoyed this tour. It was well managed and well planned and gave a good coverage of SFO attractions. Though some people may find it a bit difficult to understand the heavy accent to the tour guide, but that is a minor part as compared to hassle free, well managed tour you are getting. Highly recommended. I would definitely be taking another tour with T4F in near future.Read full review
The 3 day were well spent and the places were all as mentioned in the itinerary. Helpful tour guide and bus driver made our tour better. One of the best tours i had.
The guide was excellent, providing interesting facts and managing the group efficiently. The scenery of the Grand Teton and Grand Canyon was incredible. This tour exceeded my expectations.
We were given a very poor bus. The windows were dirty and we couldn't see. The tour guide had very heavy chineese accent and it was impossible to understand him. We called the customer service before the trip (after we had the same experien..ce in grand canyon) but they ignored us and didn't help. We will never recommend your trips to anyone.Read full review
Good evening! Me and my family went to a 3-day solvang-SF-Yosemite tour thru your company during the 4th of July weekend. It was enjoyable enough and the tour guide tried his best to be accommodating, although there is a slight problem with.. understanding everything he's saying. Language was certainly an issue. He was extremely nice and funny though. I wouldn't mind joining one of his tours again. The MAJOR issue I'm emailing you about is the bus transfer on the way back to LA. It was around the Bakersfield area. First of all, this was NOT mentioned AT ALL in your website. Second, the transfer was a DISORGANIZED MESS specially with the luggage transfers. Everyone rushed to get the luggages, lest someone picks up the wrong bag. 3rd, and WORST OF ALL, THIS ALL HAPPENED WHILE IT WAS 107 DEGREES OUT IN THE SUN. We had a toddler with us. Even the adults had a hard time. It definitely wasn't an ideal situation. THAT WAS A TOTAL DISASTER! SOMEONE COULD HAVE HAD A HEAT-STROKE THERE! Please LISTEN before someone SUES you for HEALTH REASONS. One of the drivers said that your company do bus transfers ALL THE TIME. I suggest you INFORM your customers about something this important even BEFORE THEY MAKE A RESERVATION. And ORGANIZE IT PROPERLY!!! IF SO, WE DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED IT IF WE WERE AWARE OF THIS FACT FROM THE BEGINNING. The tour would have ended on a better note and we would had better things to say about your company had it not been soured by that experience.Read full review
Durant ces 3 jours, nous avons très bien profité des différents arrêts effectués dans les différents lieux, les guides sont extraordinaires, ils expliquent tout avec détail et gentillesse. Le chauffeur (Jacob) conduit parfaitement bi..en, et grâce à sa conduite nous avons bien pu profiter des paysages.
La guide (Patricia) est très gentille, elle nous renseigne très bien des différents endroits. Elle aime beaucoup se qu’elle fait se qui nous a bien fait profite de ce TRIP.Read full review
Durant ces 3 jours, nous avons très bien profité des différents arrêts effectués dans les différents lieux, les guides sont extraordinaires, ils expliquent tout avec détail et gentillesse. Le chauffeur (Jacob) conduit parfaitement bi..en, et grâce à sa conduite nous avons bien pu profiter des paysages.
La guide (Patricia) est très gentille, elle nous renseigne très bien des différents endroits. Elle aime beaucoup se qu’elle fait se qui nous a bien fait profite de ce TRIP.Read full review
If you are on a budget and looking to travel and don't mind to mingle and do some walking. This tour is for you. So far I had joined 4 tours by Tour4fun, I must admit I had so much fun that my only I regret was- I didn't know about this com..pany earlier. I have since recommended this company to more than 20 friends.Read full review
Tour guide was nice. Driver needs to improve his attitude. Overall tour was well planned. Mostly Chinese passengers and they only stop at Chinese restaurants for meals. BEWARE--There is a $18 per person Gratuity for tour guide/driver which ..they don't disclose until you receive your e-ticket. Also on second day free time they give you an option to join San Francisco in depth tour that is $25/person. If you don't join that you will be left at a place where you can't do anything so you end up taking this tour. So add total of $43/person to the total cost.Read full review
I bought this tour for my boyfriend for christmas and it was an awesome gift. It was a great gift because we got to travel and experience San franciso, yosemite, and hearst castle. Not only did we get to travel, but the customer service we ..experience made the trip even better ! Our tour guide was great and made the tour really fun. I was cautious of ordering on this website at first because everything was done online, but after reading all the reviews i ordered this tour and was very happy. They let you out a lot for bathroom breaks and food breaks during the trips which is great. The food places they take you to for dinner is actually really good places with GREAT prices. The hotels you stay at are also very good and not sketchy looking ha. The tour guide had an accent but was very nice and understanding and very knowledgable. He us talkative and very informative. The tour was a little rush because they want you to be able to go to as many places as you can, but at the end of the day is very tiring. we really had fun and recommend it. so dont be scared of booking on this website and is totally worth it.Read full review
The tour was great, the tour guide (Hu) was nice and knowledgeable, in fact IMO he's the best among all the tour guides that I encountered in all my 3 tours with Tours4fun. All the hotels we stayed in was good. The only thing is Tours4fun s..hould not charge extra $25 for the city tour, SF is not that big! and we had to pay the tips for that day too!Read full review