"Great tour and highly recommended!"

This is my second time joined the Worldstrides tour. Both trips were fantastic. Great staff, great food and great hotels. Thank you for bringing us to see the BEST of Washington D.C. Thank you Ed, Ms. Tammy, Mr. D and the wonderful lady helped us in the hotel from Worldstrides! Thank you very much!

"Good but…"

The sightseeing was amazing but the schedules is so crammed that kids were complaining about being so tired and not being able to rest. Also food options were not that great.

"Will not be recommending this tour company"

This was my first (and last) time with any tour. There were a number of unexpected changes in the itinerary. For instance, instead of an all-day trip to Zaans Schans and Volendam, we only had 4 hours including travel time, so we had to run through both of the cities within an hour and a half and skip lunch. There were a few cities where everything was closed (museums, restaurants, etc.) so we got to walk through the place without doing anything (The Hauge and the seaside town). It seems like this should've been accounted for by the tour company. For the amount of money paid, the hotel was basic and too far from center city. Most of the time was spent traveling to and from the city. There was absolutely nothing around the hotel. Had the hotel been in city center, it would have been easier to take a train to the bus at Centraal Station to go to other locations outside of the city. The dinners were very far from our activities, very bland and limited (1 burnt crepe the first night and 1 dry cold chicken skewer the next night... we had to skip the next 2 nights so we could eat an actual healthy meal). The tour organizer (Linda) was amazing, but she had no control over the choices that Explorica made and was very frustrating. Very disappointing.

"Worldstrides is an excellent company to…"

Worldstrides is an excellent company to work with.

"The tour guides and bus drivers were…"

The tour guides and bus drivers were great! Jorge the bus driver was an amazing driver and I was very impressed how he can drive such a large bus so well. I learned a lot from the tour guides and they were very kind, but a lot of times it seemed very rushed, not sure if that was the tour guides or the teachers in charge of the trip. I do wish we would have a section on the airplane that were just for the group. There were times random strangers were sitting next to the students. All of the food was amazing except for our first meal of the trip was at Golden Corral. Most of the hotels had very thin walls and we could hear everything and our last hotel we went to we had random people staying in rooms between our students which seemed a little weird to me. We had someone next to us yelling and cussing really late at night. None of the rooms had alarm clocks and the phones didn’t work and not sure if they do that on purpose or if that is a just how those hotels are. Some of the rooms didn’t get any wake up calls like they were told they would be getting. We did have an overall great experience and seen a lot of amazing places.

"The experience and well organized trip. "

Every Worldstrides leader was on time and knowledgeable of everything that needed to be done. To see and learn of America's historical sites is priceless. Thank you for the experience.

"Absolutely loved this trip"

Absolutely loved this trip. Jammed pack full of great sights seeing, information, great tour guide (Janette is the best 😊) and enjoyed every minute. Only thing that was a little difficult was the travel coming in and out. Wish leaving was the next day early morning flight without having any planned sight seeing on the same day. The planned meals were a little chaotic too but overall extremely happy with the entire process. I know it takes a lot of coordinating and working to make this happen, so I’m very grateful for the entire team making it work. There really isn’t a need to spend another dime while on the trip so it truly is all inclusive. Highly recommend this program to any one!

"memorable"

Saw lots of things and made new memories.

"The guide was good"

The guide was good

"The meal options are terrible "

The meal options really need an update. Food is not edible for the amount paid for this trip. Food at chosen hotel (holiday inn) was also terrible. A lot of hurrying just to wait around outside for 30 minutes or so. Also, hotels are far away from museums, monuments ect. Why not stay closer so there is less travel time? Would not recommend this trip for the amount of money it can be done better solo.