"8th grade DC Trip 2024"

Lisa Kent, Shey Sweeney, and everyone else at WorldStrides makes this an easy trip to lead. All questions are answered quickly and professionally, and each person truly takes the time to be helpful. They anticipate everything you could possibly need ahead of time so that everyday runs smoothly. Also, Sheri and Jorge are the best tour guide and bus driver to have!

"Hotel was fabulous"

Hotel was fabulous, walking tour was amazing, tour leader was a hoot and full of knowledge! Disappointed in missing dinner on Saturday night. When our group inquired about the missed dinner, we were told not to worry about it. Yet, we were all hungry and had no dinner.

"WorldStrides did a great job"

WorldStrides did a great job planning a full and entertaining trip. The employees were very kind and helpful. Everyone made the trip one to remember! The attention to detail and thoughtful accommodations makes WorldStrides a great company to work with.

"Great experience"

The group leader/guide Celia was amazing and all of the staff were caring and awesome. They were flexible and responded quickly to every curve ball.

"I like Chicago :)"

I like Chicago :)

"Chicago Marching Band Trip Hit High Notes and a few Sour Notes"

This experience gets three stars because there were some strong points and some lacking moments. Strong points include the sites that were planned in our visit, the hotel accommodations, and the charter bus company selected. Disappointing elements include insufficient time planned at various venues, arranging pizza for lunch and dinner on the same day, and not prearranging for payment at one restaurant causing a moment of undue panic when we were handed a $2200.00 bill.

"Needs Work"

The trip as a whole was okay. The bus we had didn't have wifi as advertised though which stunk and made for a really long trip.

We also had a problem with my food. Both times that we had pizza there was no alternative provided for me that was tomato free. One of the times I was given salad like everyone else but then they got their pizza and I had nothing else. One of the parent chaperones had to order something for me and pay out of their own pocket. This is not okay because I paid for the trip and my food at those venues was supposed to be covered. There were gluten free options and even something for the girl who is vegan but no consideration was given for my tomato free requests.

"This was a wonderful experience"

This was a wonderful experience. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and all the activities were amazing.

"Beware of your US based trip sponsors…"

Let me start by saying that this one star review is in NO way related to our official guide or our bus driver. If it had not been for them, this trip would have been a total loss. Our guide could not have been any more accommodating and did all she could to assure this was a good trip.

But as far as ever traveling with Explorica again, that will never happen. And that reason is based on solely on our experience with our US based Explorica trip sponsors.

We missed things formally published in the trip itinerary in Budapest because of a total lack of management of the trip by the US sponsors / managers of the trip. And this was a daily occurrence. They selected individuals on the trip they knew and were friends with and abandoned anyone not in their clique.

And, granted if we had been on a different trip with different sponsors, the result may have been better, but for the cost, I’m not willing to risk it to find out.

"My trip was amazing!"

My trip was amazing! Our tour host Jenny did an amazing job getting us where we needed to be, and keeping us together as a group. The hotels were clean, breakfasts were really good, and our guide Sandra was very knowledgeable! It was just an awesome experience!

Looking forward to the next trip!