4.6/5 Excellent
Excellent
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Great
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Average
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Disappointing
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Terrible
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Small Ship & Expedition Cruises Tour & Trip Ratings
Tour Reviews
too much free time and therefore trip appeared a little disjointed / unorganised.
Very organized. Sufficient free time.
Brenda Zierden
Aug 2023
Fun trip and adventures leaning
Trusted Customer
Jun 2023
Not impressed with Vienna. Run down city with too much graffiti.
Kathleen Steuby
Nov 2022
Las Vagas NV can be exciting for some, however, very busy and confusing for “senior” folks
Wendy Kiely
Nov 2022
Not the quality we feel we paid for in most of the hotel choices made.
Red Woods, Dune Buggeying in Oregon, Whale Watching, and Mt ...
Loved the itinerary. I felt like I got to experience the Pacific Northwest.
In Seattle we visited a lock and dam. I would rather have had more time...
Tour is excellent for anyone interested in nature. There was beautiful scenery and some wildlife. We stayed overnight in Olympic National Park allowing us a little...
Please see comments made in part 1. From tour director to diversified itinerary,...
Very good choices for hotel facilities.
Good itinerary and nice hotels
The sites that we were privileged to see were awesome and once in a lifetime , so enjoyable .
Excellent tour. Educational and entertaining. A fun trip.
I feel the itenarary showed us places we would not otherwise see on our own... my wife and I feel we have had the opportunity to see the northwest...unforgettable ...
Was exactly what I was hoping for
Scenery was awesome. I loved Oregon and Washington.
We enjoyed the places we visited except for Portland.
As I implied before, the people and the places visited m...
Editor’s Take
Most trip reviews tend to focus on some or all of these 5 key areas, not all of which may be relevant to you: the tour guide, travel company, service level, country or countries traveled in, and the trip itinerary.
Remember, just because you see a 1 star review doesn’t necessarily mean that person disliked the country.
When researching your small-ship cruise destination and operator, read as many reviews as you can, but keep in mind that some of the reviews may not impact your own satisfaction. Given that small ships can access more remote destinations and offer more specific interest-driven activities, it is more important to get a good match than with the ocean-going mega-ships that can seem so similar.
Travelers who did not take the time to educate themselves fully on the small-ship trip they took may leave less favorable reviews. To make a good match and find the right small-ship cruise for you, pay attention to the number of guests, ratio of staff to guest, destinations visited, how much time is spent in each port, whether the itinerary is flexible, how you get ashore for excursions, what wildlife you can hope to see, what experts are onboard with you, what the best time of year for your destination is, etc.
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