USA Tours and Trips

The tour was amazing and our tour guide Jamie Uthe was the best! The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island was by far our favorite part of the trip - wish we could have stayed there a couple more nights!

This trip was more than we hoped for. Our driver and tour manager were outstanding. Our meals together were always fun. Each park was just amazing, but Zion was my favorite. We went to a few different restaurants and bars and every place we could. Jackson hole had a music festival going on but our hotel/resort was just so pretty. We stayed there most of the time the restaurant at the Trail Born resort was amazing. I would highly recommend this tour.

This tour was a good way to get a baseline familiarity with 3 Hawaiian Islands. We had plenty of time to enjoy the resorts we stayed in as well as to bus to other sights around each island. It was a good balance of busy and relaxation. I expected to go on Haleakala National Park trip but chose not to after learning that it was a 4 hour drive there and 4 hours back. The snorkle experience was very close to the resort, crowded and not inspirational. The extra bonus boat ride was nice but not worth the loss of the Haleakala choice. One regret. Andrew, our tour guide was excellent in every way. He provided plenty of pertinent information and not too much - lots of interesting historical facts about the islands. He was patient and responsive to everyone, answering all questions. He kept everyone on schedule in a pleasant way. His smile was contagious. He communicated very well and spread his very ample good energy around the entire group, no favorites... I appreciated him sharing the itinerary in print for each island in advance so we could take a picture of the itinerary and keep our plans organized. Only two aspects of his leadership over the entire time were disappointing to me, and I'm sorry to mention them because in every other moment he was stellar. First of all, at the welcome dinner, all of the tables provided were unfortunatelyonly 4 person tables so not much mixing at all, and Andrew did not provide any comments or use the opportunity to help build the group rapport. On other tours, the welcome dinner has provided a good opportunity to get to know people, or at least to get familiarized with the tour director (beyond the hotel lobby welcome at which Andrew was generous with time of greeting for each participant). Secondly, when we arrived at the Hilton Waikoloa Village in Maui, the tram was not functioning. Andrew was understandably shocked but also seemed unaware of how difficult it would be for many of the trip participants to schlep their luggage to their rooms which were located quite far away in another tower. It had already been a long day of travel and everyone was tired and cranky. Other than those two issues, Andrew was top notch and the tour was a great first pot-pourri visit to 3 Hawaiian Islands which is what I expected from the published itinerary.

From Rapid City to Jackson Hole, it was a complete blast! I loved the Crazy Horse memorial. I enjoyed this more than Mount Rushmore. The last night chuckwagon dinner and show was fantastic. The main enjoyment was our tour manager, Amber Peterson. She was very informative and kept us all entertained and enlightened on the bus rides. She was also very approachable when you had questions. It was an awe-inspiring journey.

I was very pleased to see so many sites that I had wanted to see for years. The tour was well planned The scenery was beautiful the wildlife was wonderful. The tour guide was so well informed and interesting our bus driver was excellent. I felt safe and well cared for the whole trip.

This trip was wonderful and educational as well as enjoyable. The days were full of sights and special places as we covered the Western Frontier. Our driver was fantastic and our tour director was awesome. We learned about the places we were visiting as we traveled.