Trip was great on the whole ....only if you could include some Indian vegetarian dish in breakfast...as there were good number of Indian people on trip
Really a pleasant experience to travel and interact with other nationals.We could exchange tourism related matter with them.Altogether a rewarding experience. Having said that, I would like to highlight one issue which was not resolved during tour. We were told by Traveltours, Kochi that everyday,the passengers would be shifted to Citycentre wherein we could dine at our choice resturants and would bedropped back to hotel.Not even on a single day did this happen. To ourquery we were told that the hotel is close to city centre. In Oslow, the hotel was far away from city centre. This has put us,vegetarians, into some avoidable trouble.Hope Europamundo will look into it.
It was a wonderful experience. The only negative part was that there were only 5 of us who spoke English. Even though we had individual tour guides who gave a tour in English, overall, I believe we missed out on some cultural information.
Scandinavia has astonishing sightseeing for those who like nature or history. The experience was even better with Contiki. Ollie our trip manager and Tamas our drive provide a lot of historical information, curiosities and we were able to drive to some other places for sightseeing. Highly recommend it.
Unfortunately this tour was impacted by the corona virus and multiple border / town lock downs, however it was still an enjoyable trip. Our itinerary while amended allowed us to visit some beautiful sights, and I always felt safe and informed throughout the entire trip. My guide was knowledgeable and gave our group guided tours throughout the towns, allowing us to ensure we made the most of the visits. He had an excellent knowledge of history and culture.
The last tour I did with Europamundo we did not have mic commentary from the guide and I can see now we have missed some of the commentary after hearing such detail on this tour. I’d recommend all guides to do the mic share on the bus, otherwise you may as well give us the Wikipedia page links pre tour.
Unfortunately I would like to provide feedback that the transition with the new guide who was taking us from Stockholm to Helsinki was not ideal. With the tense circumstances with EU travel restrictions, I was not provided with contact details of the new guide until requested and it felt we were left deserted in Stockholm. I understand this new guide was not presented with the best scenario he could’ve, so please understand I do not take this as a compromise of him or his job.
For those passengers who had made alternative travel arrangements so they could return home early however were originally planned to continue the tour, it felt they were provided little support once the guide transition was made.
This survey asks me to rate Jose however I feel it’s not appropriate for me to do so as I didn’t have any travel with him. I’m sure he is great and excels when there is no corona
Also, BMW World is the worst stop in the whole itinerary and a lot of people on our tour would agree. We even joked how bad it was during our tour multiple times
Overall though the tour was great fun, with brilliant guides who coordinated us through this period. Please pass on my sincere thank you for managing through such a challenging period.
