I was on a tour from Oct 23 – Oct 28th 2010 and was one of 5 Americans on a bus of 60. Our tour guide spoke broken English, our bus driver spoke none. Our driver ran red lights, didn’t pick us up when or where he said he would, didn’t help passengers on or off the bus and never helped with luggage. Our tour guide had incorrect history dates and the sightseeing was lack luster.
When the description says you will see Ground Zero in NYC or the Lincoln Memorial in D.C that means that the bus will drive by it. We didn’t stop at either location although we were sure to stop in a bad part of Philly for an all you can eat buffet at 9:30 PM. While at the restaurant I found out that the tour has been stopping there every Thursday and Sunday for the last 12 years. Funny how that wasn’t on the itinerary.
The bathrooms on the bus were locked and not available for use and the hotel rooms were nowhere near the site seeing. Your hotel the first night will be in Newark, NJ, the walls will be thin, the hotel rooms dirty. You will take the bus into China Town in NYC on day 1 at 7:30 AM and nothing will be open except for an Asian bakery.
Tours4fun.com will not even be the company to take you on your tour, they out source to Paradise Vacations, an Asian run company that has a New York office, only none of the employees speak English. This explains why Tours4fun.com was unable to provide me with a detailed itinerary before the trip.
The price…it’s too good to be true. Don’t do it. You will need a vacation from your vacation.