Hasith Surendra

Review of Star Tour

Panoramic Europe tour detailed thoughts and review...

Panoramic Europe tour detailed thoughts and review,
Tour was decent, although they do not allow free time to explore. You almost feel as you are putting check boxes and quickly leaving each and every place. You only really get to experience Switzerland and Paris, rest is rushed.

Pros,
-Hotels they provided were good
-Bus was comfortable
-Most attraction tickets were covered by initial payment
-Decent breakfast at those hotels
-Great tour manager (Nima) knew quite alot about the attractions and that helped us navigate and save time while traveling.
-Great driver (Bobby) with most comfortable driving I have ever witnessed.
-View from our hotel room in Switzerland was really awesome (pics attached)

Cons,
-Food was really bad, they provide very cheap watered down Indian food, at these "huts" they set up at weird locations. (With the exception of hotel in Switzerland and lunch in Paris, these offered decent Indian food)
-Restaurants they picked were horrendous interms of food quality.
-Never had a chance to try out local food.
-Chances to take photographs at famous places are limited as you are constantly being rushed.

-Itinerary included wasting alot of time going to hotels that were quite far away from any major attractions (with the exception of Switzerland) which meant we were spending 90% of the day stuck in a bus.
-Tour manager kept telling people to hurry up so we can get back on the coach to travel etc. Which gave the entire trip very rushed feeling overall.
-In Paris they charged us extra money for a Paris at night tour. This was sort of SCAMMY be aware. Basically they collect money without telling you anything about this add on excursion. Afterwards it turns out this "Paris at night" tour is basically taking a longer route on the coach bus you were already on...at night.

They offered us 5 minute photo stops at 2 attractions but this did not justify the price.

I think they should arrange a open top bus tour and charge people more, or actually tell us it's just a ride on the same bus we were already on.

Overall, good company with a decent Itinerary, comfortable ride, good tour staff. However bad food, constantly being rushed from place to place and aweful night tour earned it 3/5. I would recommend this tour company at the price point.