I was excited to go on this tour with my family; however, there were several issues. First, the additional fees such as meals, attraction fees, service fees etc. were not disclosed until we were on our way to the first tour. The additiona..l unexpected cost assessed to my family was over $1000. The tour company did not take debit or credit cards. In addition, the way the tour guide explained the additional costs as if they were mandatory. It was not until a passenger explained to me that the meals and attractions were OPTIONAL! Second, it seemed that the guides catered to a certain group of people on the buses even though there were various nationalities. It was also difficult to understand the tour guides as their accents were strong. Third, the meal plan did not offer passengers with special diets. I was disappointed.Read full review
This was a fabulous boat tour that takes you over the USA and Canadian border. The islands are absolutely stunning on a beautiful day....Restaurant at the facility serves great food. Rooms are well decorated with luxury linen but the lobby ..and foyer look darker due to low ceiling. Staff are efficient. I highly recommend this cruise!Read full review
By: Geetika Nautiyal | Tue Jul 10, 2018 at 12.06 AM
It’s a reasonably priced tour covering most of the major attractions in Quebec Montreal and Ottawa. It’s nice if you want to visit the cities quickly and see the main places but the time given for each city does not do justice to a lot ..of other stuff the city has to offer. If you definitely want to come back to visit the cities in detail. Overall a value for money tour if you have limited time in hand.Read full review
"The cruise was fun and we set off on a good weather. It shows us the specific island where it connects USA and Canada. Room was spacious and very clean, was cleaned daily every morning, breakfast was included and had good hash browns, juic..es, eggs, pastries and coffee. Should go for it if you have the time."Read full review
First, we went to Olympic tower in Montreal. Then we visited Old Montreal and ate dinner there in an expensive restaurant. Had an hour to spare walking around the city. Travel going to hotel took 2 hours. But, it was a nice hotel with clea..n, cozy, and spacious room. On the second day, we headed to Quebec which also took 2 hours from the hotel. We visited La Citadelle where you can see a beautiful view of Chateau Frontenac and lower areas in the city. From there we went to Old Montreal and Chateau Frontenac. We had lunch there in one of its many restaurants, had a city walking tour, and had an hour of free time to walk around. On the third day, we went to Ausable Chasm. Well, I wish I had more more more free time walking around Montreal and Quebec. One hour is not enough to walk around. I also wish that the hotel was not that far from the attractions. Nice trip overall.Read full review
"The boat was comfortable. We sat upstairs. There is some snack food available downstairs. We had a lovely sunny day. The island full of birds, I think the albatross, was interesting to us, even if not popular with the fishermen.The hotels ..were clean and spacious and staff here were so accommodating. The guide is so professional by the way."Read full review
By: Indranil Poddar | Wed May 30, 2018 at 09.10 PM
Pros:
1. Fantastic Hotels to stay
2. Great Itinerary covering the chief attractions.
3. Knowledgeable Tour guide
4. Value for Money
Cons:
1. A bit rushed up.
2. Food option was the same all days (chinese buffet). 3rd day lunch was no..t up to mark.Read full review
With the long weekend 19-21 May, 2018 coming up, we heard from one of our friends of this 3 day bus trip to east Canada and wanted to give it a try. Based on reading a few reviews here, we were a little worried about the whole "Chinese-driv..en package", the Hotel stay, food, tour guide's preferred langauge (Chinese) and so on. My wife and I reprogrammed our priorities to focus only on the places we go, carry our own food, and try to adjust with the Hotel.
But we were wrong, and we did not experience any of the concerns stated by the previous reviewers. In fact, we give this trip a 5 star and would strongly recommend this to people who haven't been east Canada. It was LOVELY. I'll detail our experience below:
Our guide's name was Monica. Monica was extremely organized, had the entire trip planned out well in her head, and made necessary changes to itinerary owing to the weather, without missing out on anything we signed up for.
She messaged us the quick tips a day in advance and told us to come 45 mins early owing to the rain which could potentially slow us down. I totally agreed with this decision.
Itinerary of days 1 and 3 were switched and that fell beautifully into the plan without making it seem haphazard or unprepared. The company running this tour is a Chinese company and the tour guide spoke in Mandarin and English with an equal importance to both the languages.
Monica was very professional yet fun, and helped us out with any questions we had.
We stayed in Quality Hotel in Montreal. The room was clean, bed was comfy, breakfast was provided - in short - no complaints whatsoever for what you'll be using the room for.
My favorite part of the trip was Quebec City. We really fell in love with the European style shops and roads.
On the final day, we went on a cruise on 1000 Islands, and that was a spectacular experience as well.
Below are a few things that we found a little difficulty in, but we managed and Monica was kind enough to help us out as well.
1. Getting vegetarian food is a huge challenge - The travels arranges Asian buffet food for you, which you need to pay extra for obviously. But that didn't suit our taste, so we had to hunt for vegetarian food. We were lucky to find a place in Ottawa and packed that for our dinner. The closest food to vegetarian in Quebec City was eggs. We didn't mind that, so had it for lunch. Dinner again was in an Asian restaurant, so we used Google to find an Indian restaurant, and were lucky to find one call Restaurant Gandhi in Montreal. We packed our dinner from there. The lunch arranged on 1000 islands was a buffet, but had good spread of vegetables, so that worked for us.
2. Traveling with a crowd brings in group dynamics (Not a fault of the travels, but that's the nature of bus trips). The crowd can be late to show up, loud (especially the kids), and small kids kept kicking the back of my seat, which became annoying after a certain point. I chose to let Monica know of this end of the day and she immediately took the feedback and promised there wont be any kids sitting behind me the next day :)
A few suggestions for future travelers:
1. If you're vegetarian or a Muslim couple like us, try to get your own food for breakfast and lunch on the 1st day. You will find some place for dinner. Try to get extra fruits and some breads as well.
2. You're traveling with an unknown crowd, so you may have to be patient when someone delays, or try to adjust when kids kick the back of your seat. Let your tour guide know, and they will do their best to help you.
3. The trip can be tiring at the end, ensure you plan for an extra day off after the trip.
Besides the suggestions, its a fun, educative, and really enjoyable trip. And I would definitely recommend people not to miss this before winter arrives.
Enjoy!Read full review
By: Melanie Marciano | Wed May 23, 2018 at 12.33 AM
Would not recommend it for anyone who's been to quebec. Too many attraction not enough time. They should focus on whats good about quebec. For first timer sure why not. Too much wasted on uninteresting attraction and your mandated to pay fo..r 4 attraction. Maybe if u have just old quebec tour plus 2 attractions let me know.Read full review
Me and my friend enjoyed this trip as hell!!! The tour guide is funny and her English is professional. Our bus is great quality and we don't eat with the tour so no comment about the food.
Overall, this is a must try trip with cheap price ..and satisfied quality.Read full review