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Myanmar Intro 8 Day

Bagan, Mandalay, Mount Meru, Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon

• Yangon sightseeing
• Visit Kyaikpon pagoda
• Enjoy an excursion of stupas, monasteries and Nat worship shrines
• Visit Governor House

Cultural, Religious

Hsipaw trekking and Explore culture in Myanmar

Bagan, Mandalay, Mount Meru, Shwedagon Pagoda

• Shan ethnic’s Village
• Trekking around Hsipaw
• Nam Tok Waterfall
• Boat trip to Dothtawaddy river and enjoy the river confluence where Nammati and Nammatu river meet
• The world’s highest Got hteik viaduct The built was constructed in 1899 by British during colonial era

Cultural, Trekking & Expeditions

Myanmar Intro 11 Day

Bagan, Mandalay, Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon

• Sightseeing the old wall painting at Dhamayangyi Pagoda
• Sunrise at Bagan and mount popa sightseeing and transfer to Mandalay
• Enjoy sunset and bird-eyed view of Mandalay

5 Days in Southern Myanmar

Andaman Sea, Yangon

• Explore Mawlamyine
• Visit Kyaikhtiyo
• Visit the town market, 55-metre long reclining Shwethalyaung Buddha

Cultural, High Adventure

Special Days in Myanmar with MraukU

• Visit puppet, wood carving, tapestry and gold-leave making center
• Visit Oominthonese pagoda and Swanooponyashin pagoda
• Visit and observe the gorgeous of Mya Thein Tan Zedi
• Visit City center landmark Sule Pagoda, Mahabandoola Park

Small Ship Cruise, Religious

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Thank you so much for your professional management for our trip to Myanmar and our guide Mr.Tun and his driver is very nice and kind. This is very short trip to Myanmar and visit again with LM to Myanmar in very near future.

Date of experience : October 10, 2019

LM Travel Myanmar is an amazing travel…

LM Travel Myanmar is an amazing travel agent and i really recommend to use thenlmeveryone who is visiting to Myanmar.Me and my wife visited to Myanmar in this March and totally enjoyed it. Our friend Raymond from LM Travel Myanmar was very helpful from begaining to the end. All of guides are very informative, cars are clean, good flight, very comfortable hotels. We visited to Yangon , Inle lake and Bagan for 7 days and we will visit Myanmar again in this Dec.

Date of experience : April 19, 2019

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Dear Daniel Firstly i would like to say a big thanks for using our service while you were in Myanmar and it is really nice to know that you are very happy with our services. As we are one of the best travel agents in Myanmar , we provide very good quality tours to our clients and we carefully selected professional guides , airlines , hotels and others for our lovely clients. Thank you so much again for your positive comments on our services and if you need any assistance , please send email to us at any time. Regards LM Team

What a wonderful expereince

We are couple from Singapore and visited to Myanmar in this January. We found very good reviews of this company on tripadvisor.com and other travel sites so we started contacting to this company. Our friend , Lin ( Young Entrepreneur) from LM Travel Myanmar answered in very polite way and very fast. After negotiating tour itinerary , we booked 5 days tour to Mandalay , Bagan and Inle lake with very reasonable price. Hotels very good , airlines very good , guide very good and car very clean while touring so i would like to recommend this company when you visit to Myanmar.

Date of experience : March 13, 2017

Hi Fiona Thanks for your positive comments on our services and it is our pleasure to serve our clients with our professionalism. We are not selling tours but providing memorable experience to our clients. All the bests LM Team

Highly recommended

I visited 7 days to Myanmar and used LM Travel Myanmar. I visited Yangon , Mandalay, Bagan and Inle lake during my stay. All guides are very imformative , knowledgable and very flexible. Very good hotels , the best airlines and luxurious car with very good driver in each made my vacation perfect. Thanks LM for excellent service.

Date of experience : February 27, 2017

Dear Golf Thanks a million for your positive comments on our services and sorry for our late response. We will try our best for future clients and never feel disappointing with our service. Regards LM Team

Great Experience

Normally we do not use travel agent while we travel but Myanmar is new destination for us so we contacted LM Travel Myanmar. Ms.Lin is very helpful to design our 7 days itinerary to Myanmar. After discussing about itinerary , we (My friend and I) decided to book the tour with LM. Wow fantastic experience, everything is going very well , good hotels , airlines , guides , car and food as well. So I highly recommend to everyone who is planning a trip to Myanmar.

Date of experience : February 28, 2017

Dear Cherry Mingalarpar ; Greetings from LM Travel Myanmar!! Thanks for your helpful review and we really love to receive it. It is really nice to know that you like our service and we promise that we will try our best to provide excellent to our future clients. Regards LM Team

Extremely recommended travel agent.

I highly recommend this tour company due to many reasons. Very quick response , first class service , extra patience and reliable service. In this July , i went to Myanmar for 3 weeks and used LM Travel Myanmar. It was in raining season so i thought i was not going to be convenient but LM Team made my holidays perfect. I visited Yangon , Mandalay , Pyinoolwin , Hsipaw , Monywa ,Pakkouku, Bagan , Kalaw , Inle lake and i was very convenient while touring and staying at hotel. I would like to recommend everyone to use LM Travel Myanmar when you are visiting to Myanmar

Date of experience : September 08, 2017

Hi William Thank you so much for your positive comment on our service and it is our pleasure to serve our client with passion. We are one of the best travel agents in Myanmar so we will keep giving excellent services to our future clients. Kind Regards LM Team

The best local travel agent

LM Travel Myanmar is one of the best travel agents in Myanmar and we enjoyed services. We stayed in Myanmar for 7 days and LM Travel Myanmar arranged internal flights , accommodations , guides and cars. Everything is perfect and highly recommend this agent.

Date of experience : February 22, 2017

Dear Trezar Thank you so much for your positive comments on our services and it is really great to know that you enjoyed our service. We promise that we will keep providing excellent services to our future clients. Best Regards LM Team

LM Travel Myanmar makes my 2 weeks…

LM Travel Myanmar makes my 2 weeks holidays in Myanmar perfect.Lwin Lwin from LM Travel Myanmar is very helpful to make perfrect itinerary and super professional. I got more than i expected and i really recommend this agent.

Date of experience : May 01, 2018

Hi Leo Thank you so much for your rating and review on our services and really happy to know that you like our service. We will keep on trying for our client's satisfaction. Kind Regards LM Team

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I took my kids on a British Museum out-of-hours tour, it was even better than I expected

I first learned about the British Museum’s Out of Hours tours while doing a general sweep of kid-friendly tour options for kids in London. I’ve had great luck in the past with family tours, since it takes some of the pressure off parents and lets everyone have fun and learn things. These tours are run by the museum and take place when it's closed to the general public (hence the "out of hours" part, which is British English for outside of opening hours). 

Out of Hours tours run from 8:50 to 10 in the morning, and all enter through the main entrance (since the museum is closed, you wait and then someone comes out to collect you). The cost is £33 for adults (about $42) and £16.50 (about $21) for kids ages five to 15. 

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These guided tours are led by expert guides and focus on specific collections at a time of day when the only crowd is your group (on the tour I went on, the group was probably about 30 people). It feels like a private tour without the private tour pricing. 

There were a few tour options to choose among, including introductions to ancient Egypt, the ancient Greek world, China, and the British Museum along with a deep dive on life and death in ancient Egypt. You can book about a year out, and booking well in advance gives you the best chance at getting the tour you’re most interested in.

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Why pay for an out-of-hours tour?

While these British Museum tours aren’t particularly expensive, since the museum is free, any amount is necessarily a lot more than you need to pay. These tours also tend to book up in advance, so you’ll need to decide and book a few months ahead of time.

I have been to the British Museum dozens of times, but this was hands down my favorite visit. Getting to enter the museum before it’s open felt fun and exciting. And it was so memorable to be able to be in the museum when it was quiet and crowd-free. 

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It was my kids’ first visit, and honestly and in the best possible way, I think it ruined them a little bit for future visits when they’re going to have to peer over people and deal with the standard jockeying for position to see the Rosetta Stone, mummies, and manuscripts.

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These tours require a fair amount of standing around and listening, so that has to be a good fit for your family to work well. I took my kids and my nieces on the tour, and the older ones were rapt the whole time while the younger ones tried their hardest but were definitely getting bored by the end.

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The lesson I learned the hard way is that it’s nice to be able to stick around after the tour. As the tour ends, the general public starts to filter in but since you’ll be deep into the museum when the tour wraps up, you can pretty easily find uncrowded rooms and exhibits to enjoy before it gets crowded. I had planned an activity right after the tour, so we missed making the most of our time in the museum at this less crowded time.

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Millennials and Gen Zers want human connection, so they're choosing travel tours with strangers to cure their loneliness

• Intrepid Travel said young people are seeking immersive, non-traditional vacation experiences. 
• Millennials share more travel similarities with Gen Z travelers than previous generations.
• Young travelers are prioritizing interest-based travel over destination-based travel.

Young people are seeking more human connection in the post-lockdown era, so they're embracing small-group travel.

Modern technology and social media apps have created a hyper-connected world, but many millennials and Gen Zers say the focus on screens has caused an epidemic of loneliness .

While New apps and local community groups are trying to address this "social distance" problem, some young people are choosing to book their vacations with strangers to find more face-to-face camaraderie.

Intrepid Travel, which organizes small-group experiences in over 100 countries, including Morocco and Sri Lanka, says it's seen a growing interest from young people in these kinds of group tours.

"They're prioritizing travel over buying houses, mortgages, and other expenses," Matt Berna, Intrepid Travel's president of the Americas, told Business Insider.

Group travel can be hit-or-miss with people. They can conjure an image of 40-plus tourists being led off a bus to an overcrowded attraction by their shouting tour guide.

But Berna said Intrepid Travel's focus on small group experiences is the opposite. The average Intrepid Travel group has 10 people.

"It allows us to travel like locals," Berna said. "We eat in small local restaurants. We stay in family-owned hotels. We typically avoid mass market tourism, hotels, or experiences."

It also allows people to form new bonds in a tight-knit setting, which young travelers crave, after the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Camaraderie in a group is so special because you make great friendships and share laughs and stories," Berna said.

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Berna said these unique experiences are popular with 18 to 29-year-olds — Intrepid Travel's core audience. Experiences are designed with young travelers in mind, offering more free time to explore on their own and more active outings.

Berna said Intrepid Travel began receiving requests from people in their 30s looking for adventures off the beaten path. Millennials traditionally valued experience-driven opportunities , and that desire hasn't waned with time.

"It became clear that millennials are aging, but the style they want to travel is immersive," Berna said. "If anything, they resonated more with Gen Z than the generations above them."

American Express Travel's 2023 Global Travel Trends Report found nearly 80% of millennials and Gen Zers respondents said they want to "partake in a day in the life of locals in the destination they are visiting," pointing toward activities like visiting local cultural sites and "hole-in-the-wall" attractions.

Airbnb, owned by millennial billionaire Brian Chesky , reported in 2020 that it also found that "immersive encounters" were becoming more popular with this generation, with interest up 102% year-to-year.

Older generations, Berna said, book vacations based on destination. Older travelers tend to plan vacations around conventional tourist spots — think the Eiffel Tower in Paris — because it's popular.

However, younger travelers don't have the same sense of FOMO — or "the fear of missing out" — that their parents do. Instead, they book vacations by interest.

At Intrepid Travel, that includes cycling enthusiasts traveling to Vietnam to peddle through the local sites. Experiences based on camping, festivals, and food are also options travelers can explore.

"They want to be a trendsetter going to the next cool place," Berna said. "It will be something new you can share with your friends, so you get the bragging rights. It's a bit more adventurous instead of following the crowd."

After conducting consumer research among its more than 300,000 travelers, Intrepid Travel formally expanded the young trip age range to 35 in February.

"Intrepid identified an opportunity to better cater for an expanded age range after experiencing a rise in inquiries from travelers in their early 30s wanting to join Intrepid's young adult trips," a press release said. "The company conducted extensive consumer research which showed that most travelers aged 18 to 35 prefer to travel with those of a similar age."

As for where travelers are going, Berna said South America has emerged as a top contender, with Peru gaining traction. The country closed its tourist attractions amid political unrest from late 2022 to early 2023, but they reopened in February 2023, according to Travel Weekly .

Another top spot is South Korea, which Berna said is typically more affordable than Japan. Intrepid Travel said they saw 172% increase globally in bookings to South Korea from 2022 to 2023.

"People want to go away and have these stories. They've settled back post-pandemic into feeling life, wanting to travel again, and seeking connection," Berna said. "Not just with other travelers in groups but with destinations."

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Cyclists traverse Italy's Dolomite region.

June 3 is World Bicycle Day, marking the official recognition of the bike by the United Nations General Assembly. The first World Bicycle Day was celebrated in 2018 and was created to honor "the uniqueness, longevity, and versatility of the bicycle which has been in use for two centuries and is a simple, affordable, reliable, clean, and environmentally fit, sustainable means of transportation, fostering environmental stewardship and health.” That’s a remarkable degree of acclaim for a simple invention that was once made of wood and lacked the brakes, gears, bells, and even pedals that 21st century cyclists rely on.

Today, there are more than a billion bicycles in the world and each year the number of bicycles produced is double the number of cars. The U.S. is home to the second highest number of bikes on the planet (after China) which begs the question: Why aren’t more of us building our vacations around our beloved bikes?

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The pandemic prompted an increase in bicycle tourism interest and the number of travellers looking to take their next trip on two wheels is steadily increasing. According to Coherent Marketing Insights, cycle tourism is projected to grow 9.5% each year over the next six years , becoming a $241.27 billion market by 2030. Still, it’s Europeans who are leading the pack on the tourism cycle track. They make up 30% of bike tourism revenue.

However, with the incorporation of tech-forward travel tools and travel providers offering on-the-ground support in a wider variety of destinations, bike tourism (including the solo, self-guided variety) is becoming more accessible and more appealing.

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“As technology changes and travel behavior changes, people are realizing they don’t need to go in a group or don’t want to go in a group,” says Maria Elena Malpezzi-Price, co-owner of ExperiencePlus! bicycle tours . The company has just reintroduced self-guided cycling trips in Italy in response to these evolving travel trends, and they’re seeing travellers embrace the option for several reasons.

Clients, she says, appreciate the ability to customize their days around their own interests while remaining flexible. “People's sense of exploration and satisfaction are heightened when they do it on their own. You realize you're capable of doing that and it gives you a better understanding of how another part of the world works,” she explains.

“That's one of the goals for us—to truly share [the experience of] other countries, all of the ins and outs, like going into the grocery store and being able to make a sandwich to have your picnic. And then you realize, ‘I just had what would be considered a gourmet lunch in the US for $25 for like €5.’ Those are the kinds of things we encourage people to do.”

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Price is yet another reason to choose the self-guided route. Without the added cost of a full-time guide, tourism providers can offer trips that maintain a high standard of quality at a lower price.

Malpezzi-Price says that the key to her company's success with self-guided tours comes from having a strong team on the ground in every destination and a good knowledge of the local hospitality providers and cycling infrastructure. “You really have to know your local resources well. You need to trust your taxi drivers. You need to trust your hotels. You need people to show up and deliver the bikes because there isn't a tour leader there to help curate and solve problems. So it has to be planned very well,” she says.

Each self-guided trip kicks off with a bike fitting and a thorough briefing so that travellers set off equipped with the knowledge and safety skills they need to enjoy their trip. Like many cycle tour providers, ExperiencePlus! also offers a luggage transfer service, meaning that cyclists need only bring their day pack for each ride. A daily itinerary sets you up with a route and the details about your accommodations for the evening.

“It's just enough structure to take away the hard decisions, but not too much that you don't feel like you can have your own day,” says Malpezzi-Price. “This is what I love about biking in general—the fact that you are having your own unique experience.”

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Extreme heat and other weather challenges are in the forecast this summer, and travel advisers, tourists and local officials are getting prepared.

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Europe, the world’s fastest-warming continent, is headed for another scorching summer, meteorologists warn. And travelers, once again, are heading to the hot spots.

Last year, large parts of southern Europe experienced prolonged periods of extreme heat with temperatures reaching 118 degrees and lasting up to two weeks or more. The sweltering conditions upended vacations throughout the summer season as visitors collapsed from heat exhaustion at crowded tourist sites, and wildfires led to evacuations in Greece, Italy and Spain.

“Our computer models are in good agreement that it’s going to be another unusually hot summer, especially during late July through August,” said Todd Crawford, vice president of meteorology at Atmospheric G2 , a weather and climate intelligence firm based in Manchester, N.H. The company expects the magnitude of the heat to be similar to 2022, the hottest summer ever recorded in Europe, with the most anomalous heat projected in the south, in popular countries for travelers like Greece, Croatia and Italy.

Since 1991, Europe has been warming at twice the global average, and 23 of the 30 most severe heat waves in Europe since 1950 have occurred since 2000, with five in the last three years, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said several factors contribute to the continent’s vulnerability, including the proportion of European land in the Arctic — the fastest-warming region on earth — and changes in atmospheric circulation.

Yet despite the forecast and increasing trend of excessive summer heat, demand is still high for destinations where temperatures reached 100 degrees or higher in recent summers. Overall, U.S. demand for travel to Europe has increased since last year, according to the travel site Hopper . Rome, Paris and Athens are among the most searched cities out of billions of annual searches for summer vacations on Kayak and Expedia.

“The destinations are being booked again, and what really characterizes people is how quickly they forget and push back negative experiences,” said Stefan Gössling, a professor who researches tourism and climate change at Linnaeus University in Sweden. “People who were caught in life-threatening situations like the wildfires may reconsider where they travel, but for the broader population, we are not yet seeing a big change in decision-making because of the heat.”

Green spaces and heat officers: Cities adapt

As the summer approaches, popular destinations that were hit hard last year are working on protocols to make residents and tourists safe and more comfortable. In 2021, Athens became the first European city to appoint a chief heat officer to oversee those efforts. One of the first steps was to categorize heat waves by severity, like hurricanes, as an early warning system for the potential impact on human health. It is also naming heat waves to emphasize their potential risks.

“Heat is a silent killer and projections for the coming years show that it will only get worse, so we are redesigning our city and making changes to adapt,” said Elissavet Bargianni, the chief heat officer for Athens. Beyond raising awareness, the city plans to implement additional measures, which include increasing the number of green spaces and creating cool public areas.

For visitors planning to visit Athens this summer, Ms. Bargianni advises using the Extrema Global app that calculates the coolest route for getting from point A to point B according to the current temperature and density of the trees. The city already has several air-conditioned cooling centers that are free.

During last July’s heat wave, the Acropolis was forced to close between midday and the early evening to protect visitors after some of them collapsed from the heat. The ministry of culture could make the same decision this year, Ms. Bargianni said, if the heat is severe.

Heat and tours: Travel advisers get creative

Travel advisers are also factoring heat into flexible itineraries. In cities like Rome, Barcelona, Paris and Athens, they are scheduling sightseeing in the cooler morning and evening hours, and arranging air-conditioned transportation.

“We tend to do activities and tours in the morning, then stop for lunch, and in the mid- to late afternoon you either go back to the hotel to sit by the pool or go to the beach,” said Gary Portuesi, a co-managing partner at Authentic Explorations, a New York-based travel company that specializes in Europe.

If clients insist on taking midday tours, the company will work with local partners to make the experience as comfortable as possible. “If there is a six-hour tour, for example, they will cut it down to four and take them to an air-conditioned gelateria for a break,” Mr. Portuesi said.

It is not only the heat that travel advisers have had to grapple with, but also other unpredictable weather events. Last summer, while some parts of the continent were hot and dry, others were cold and wet. “There was a period during the summer peak when it was hotter in the Dolomites than it was in Sicily,” said Jennifer Schwartz, the Italy-based partner of Authentic Explorations. “The most important aspect of our job is to set expectations about the variables and guide people instead of saying it’s too hot, don’t come.”

Heat insurance?

To help travelers book with more confidence, Sensible Weather, a Los Angeles-based start-up that provides a weather guarantee for vacations and outdoor experiences, has recently added high heat protection to its coverage. When booking through a Sensible partner, travelers will be able to add daily protection and if the temperature exceeds a threshold — usually set between 90 and 100 degrees — they can claim reimbursement. Currently, the insurance is only available in the United States, but, the company said, will gradually be rolled out in Europe and elsewhere.

“The goal of the company is to cover everything that can ruin a trip, and usually it’s rain, but temperature is number two,” said Nick Cavanaugh, the company’s founder who was developing the product while caught in a heat wave in Barcelona last year.

Customers do not need to cancel their trip in order to be reimbursed. Those on package tours are reimbursed for the average daily rate of their entire trip for each day that surpassed the heat threshold. “Our customers can still go on their vacations, but if it’s too hot for some hours of the day and unpleasant to go outside, you can hang out in the air-conditioning and we will reimburse you,” Mr. Cavanaugh said.

Heading to cooler climes

Some travelers who were caught in Europe’s heat waves last summer are seeking cooler destinations this summer in places like Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, Sweden and Finland. Flight searches for Tromsø, Norway, for example, have increased by 85 percent over 2023, according to Kayak.

Joanna Walker, a 43-year-old recruiter from Boston, was caught in a blistering heat wave with her family in Italy last July and vowed never to return during the summer. She said she had been advised to travel during the shoulder season, but couldn’t because her children were in school.

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I made a reservation last Thursday (11/16/2023) for a trip to Iceland from 12/02/2023-12/07/2023 and then I was told that I can't have my refund back. This entire situation has been a massive chaos. When I called on last Thursday (11/16/2023) to place my reservation, the agent (Kathy) I talked to stressed about she "cannot" guarantee that I will be able to go on the trip. Before I provided the payment information, I specifically asked if I will be able to get the refund because the trip is coming up so soon. The agent ensured that I will be able to get a full refund back within 60 days if I decided to cancel the trip. I was also told that I am basically on a wait list and someone will contact me once I can go on the trip. No one contacted me about whether the agency was able to process my information at all, so I've been left in the dark about this trip since the beginning. I called the help line this morning (11/20/2023) around 9:00 Eastern Standard Time to cancel my reservation. I was informed by the agent that I will not be able to get my full refund back since it's too close to the trip date. Basically I was told that Kathy gave me the wrong information, so I will have to pay the cancellation fee. The only reason I provided my payment information is because Kathy specifically stated that I will be able to cancel the trip and receive a full refund. I've never been so frustrated with a traveling agency. I made sure to ask this agent regarding the refund policy twice before giving her my payment information, and she still couldn't provide me with the correct information. It's unbelievable that such a big traveling agency cannot uniformly train their employees with the correct set of information.

I have yet to leave on this trip to New England, but thus far the customer service has been DISMAL at best. They have every device to discourage you from talking to an actual person. Additionally, be warned: there is a lot of FALSE ADVERTISING. Website indicates first two nights a hotel in Burlington, walking distance to many things, or close to public transportation. So, we booked a pre-stay for two nights in Burlington, Before we booked the extra nights, I was told by rep the hotel would be 'Delta Marriott in Burlington'. When the actual hotels were sent, I see we are at Hampton Inn in Colchester. Well this hotel is in the middle of nowhere, not walkable to anything, 30 minutes drive to Burlington. Their front desk informed me we 'really will need a car to go anywhere' (except Starbucks and Costco across the street). I have been on the line now 43 minutes as I type this to 'tour support' line. The rep when she finally came on tells me there is NO REFUND for the pre-stay hotel payment. It is 'close to public transportation.' Turns out she is referring to the Colchester bus station -- 13 minutes away!! Clearly, reputation and customer service are not important to this company. I will never book with them again.

This review is for the tour of London and Paris. This was my third tour with GoAhead in the past 10 years. My first two tours in 2011 and 2015 were both very good, but this one was a disappointment with a dramatic decline in customer service and quality. That pains me to say, but it's true. This was essentially a bargain basement tour with terrible customer service and a bad Tour Director, Reuben, who made the tour very stressful and unpleasant. He was unavailable to us, ignored messages, and made us feel like we were bothering him. The whole tour group was constantly talking about how Rueben the tour guide was ignoring them and acting put out, like he didn't want to be bothered with the group. The wait time to talk to anyone at GoAhead on the phone was consistently 45 min to an hour minimum leading up to the tour and after. That's ridiculous. For my past 2 tours I received a quality travel bag in the mail from GoAhead. This time, GoAhead mailed the travelers a cookbook. Like that will come in handy whilst on tour. It was an obvious attempt at some promotional collaboration that didn't serve the needs of its customers at all. The London portion coincided with the death of Queen Elizabeth. It was understandable that there might be some adjustments made, but we were told in the hotel lobby that our bus had been "cancelled" and we would be traveling on foot. This was a problem, because we paid for coach travel throughout our tour. GoAhead sent us travelers an email on 9/15 that said "London is experiencing severe road closures, which do not permit buses to operate in the city." This statement was untrue. There were plenty of buses operating in the city, and numerous buses were outside of our London hotel every day transporting people from other tour groups. We took photos and video of these buses with time stamps. I understand that transportation is more complicated with activities around Queen Elizabeth, but to tell us that buses are "not permitted" to operate in the city is just false. For the excursions, there was never enough time to enjoy. It was rush-rush-rush, never allowing an appropriate amount of time to see the site, with no consideration to factor in time for restrooms or gift shops. Reuben was a downgrade from previous tour directors. It is the Tour Director's job to be available and hold our hands through the travel. Reuben left my husband and me at a London tube station after we couldn't get on due to overcrowding at rush hour. When we caught up later, he had the nerve to snip at us for not getting on fast enough. I'm a former New Yorker and know how to deal with rush hour subway crowding. There was NO ROOM to possibly get on. Then, when the group had just arrived in Paris, he took us on the Metro and then abandoned us all at an unfamiliar location in the Latin Quarter, saying that he would "challenge us" to see if we could all find our way back without him. Wow. Travel was chaotic and disorganized in his hands. The Paris hotel location at Place de Republique was shabby and filled with a constant stream of loud motorcycles at all hours and loud skateboarders, making sleep a challenge. I was also disturbed that GoAhead made a point to say that all of us travelers absolutely MUST have COVID testing just before travel, and that the Tour Director would be checking these test results as soon as we arrived. Reuben never once mentioned this testing, and certainly never came around to check our test results. I feel really lied to about this. When I contacted GoAhead with the documented issues we experienced and the demonstrable lies we were told on the tour, the representative acted all concerned and told us we were surely owed a partial refund. I asked for a $400 per person partial refund ($800 total), which is peanuts compared to the total cost. Of course, GoAhead later came back and said NO. No refund of any kind would be given. So that ended our relationship with GoAhead after 3 tours for use over the last 10 years. They didn't care at all about losing our future business. So, BEWARE. This company is not what it once was. It's a great shame. We will not be traveling with them again. There are a lot of other choices out there, and they don't care about making things right -- just getting your money and nickel and diming you to death. You've been warned.

We booked a trip and took the more expensive cancel anytime insurance. After 2 months of trying to get someone on the customer service line, I finally spoke to someone who gave me incorrect information. I was eventually connected to a supervisor who told me that cancel anytime meant, I could cancel, but there was no refund only a future trip credit. If you are brave enough to book with them-read all the fine print. I will never deal with them again

I originally booked a tour and paid the $300 fee. Things came up and had to put it on hold. I received an email stating that I needed to re-book or cancel by the next day. I cancelled it and they kept my $300 deposit. Why? I wonder how much they make off keeping customers deposits and they did not have to do anything for it. I will never book with them I'd rather take my chances and book my own tour. Buyer beware.

Customer service is horrible. Almost non existent. Our Tour Director and Naturalist were wonderful and the tour itself was very good. However, two accommodations were terrible and when we talked to Go Ahead about it, they basically said too bad even though we told them what we wanted upfront. So we will never go with this tour company again.

EF GoAhead Tours has a few good qualities but, their customer service and the ability to obtain refunds that they owe is the worst. We went on a European tour with them. We booked airfare, hotels and excursions through them. Total trip was well over $14,000. We paid all of this in advance by withdrawals from our checking account, as they require. They do not accept credit cards for payments except while on tour. To begin with, most of the booking part was a good experience. There were some challenges in getting and paying for the upgrade flight accommodations that we wanted but in the end, we did get those resolved. Now to the challenges and terrible parts. First, they cancelled our 3 day extension to Germany reportedly due to a lack of interest. The problem was, they did this after the cut-off date for us to cancel or reschedule. After pushing through to a Supervisor, that person did assist with booking our hotel and a return flight home, but nothing else regarding other travel or arrangements. Next, 4 days prior to the tour starting they canceled one of our excursions. This meant it was too late to book something else for that day. Then, they have refused to issue a refund for the entire amount we paid for that excursion. We are out $20 for this. Even though we have provided documentation of their error in the refund amount, no one at EF seems to understand and they refuse to address this issue. We then booked something on our own for that day. While on tour, they then offered another excursion for us for that day and were kind enough to credit us for the other excursion we then had to cancel. Problem here is they charged us an extra $10 per person for this excursion, citing their policy is that the price goes up once you are on tour. This is even though they canceled the other excursion just prior to the tour starting and did not offer us another option until we were on tour. We are out another $20 for this error or policy on their part. Next, they canceled two additional excursions while we were on tour. One was $198 for two persons and the other was $290 for two persons. They told us while on tour that they would refund these charges to us but, that it takes 8-10 weeks for them to process these refunds. Since the tour ended, we have been in constant contact with EF. Here are the problems related to this. First, you cannot speak directly to someone about these kinds of issues once the tour is over. You have to leave a message and then it usually takes them 3-4 days to call you back. The Customer Service reps are not empowered to do anything about this except to document it and then forward it on to someone else while you wait for a reply. I have asked several times for a Supervisor and each time I am told, they will ask one to call me but it also takes 3-4 days for them to call you back. They have asked for documentation of these issues and I have sent them emails, invoices, screenshots and all that there is. Unfortunately, no matter how clear the documentation is, nothing gets resolved. We finally established contact with someone we were told was a Supervisor. However, her title is Customer Loyalty and Engagement Specialist. We just can't seem to get to a Supervisor to assist us. This person has now told us several times that the initial $20 was refunded to our credit card. However, no refund has ever posted. Then, she told us an additional $238 was credited back to our credit card. That refund has also never posted and it has been over 2 weeks. She has also told us that the remaining $250 will be issued to us in a check. But, when asked when the check would be issued, were told they were completing their annual "audit" of finances and it would be another 3 weeks before the check would be issued. We are not confident at this time that this will ever happen. We were also recently contacted by another guest on our tour. Similar issue with a refund that was promised yet they have yet to receive theirs either. In summary, we had a pretty good tour experience with EF, it is the work on the back end and getting to talk to anyone or get refunds once we are off tour that is the problem. Their employees do not have any answers, they don't want to talk on the phone and want to try and handle everything by email and they are just plain difficult to work with. As of today, we are still waiting on $522 in refunds from EF with no understanding of when we might see our funds. Very disappointing!

Did a group tour of Ireland with these people. We were hauled around to every tourist trap in the country. Most of the people on my trip seemed to be Fox News watching Trumpers. The tour director didn't seem to know much about Irish history. Never visited a single site from the 1798 or 1916 rebellions. Total zero. Much regret it.

Review for England Ireland Scotland tour....Rae Webster was undoubtedly the best tour guide ever! Helpful, knowledgeable and just plain sweet. England, Ireland and Scotland were each beautiful and interesting in their own way. But the amount of bus time was unforgivable. And as for the buses provided by Manning- none had WiFi...in 2023! Really EF tours? And one bus had no working bathroom, which resulted in a very unfortunate and embarrassing incident for a gentleman on board. I have previously travelled with Go Ahead but I am not sure about future trips.

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Find out more about parking, travel, and the free public bus shuttle service to the 2024 DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates.

If you are traveling from Dubai on Sheikh Zayed Road, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, or Al Khail Road, follow the signs for Al Fay Road, go straight over the first roundabout and you will see the signs for DP World Tour Championship and Jumeirah Golf Estates on your right.

If you are traveling from Abu Dhabi, follow signs to E311 Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road towards Dubai/ Sharjah, then follow signs to the DP World Tour Championship.

VIP AND PLAYERS - CAR PARK 1 The closest entrance is Al Fay Road Located at the Clubhouse Main Car Park Area.

HOSPITALITY - CAR PARK 2 The closest entrance is Al Fay Road, as you enter Jumeirah Golf Estates follow the signs straight to the first roundabout and parking will be on the Fire Course. Complimentary shuttles are provided to transport guests to the main entrance tent where tickets will be scanned.

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MEDIA - CAR PARK 4 The closest entrance is Al Fay Road, as you enter Jumeirah Golf Estates follow the signs straight to the first roundabout and parking will be on the Fire Course.

PUBLIC CAR PARK (Terminal 1) The closest entrance is Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road from Abu Dhabi direction. If you enter from Al Fay Road, after entering Jumeirah Golf Estates, turn right at the first round and follow the signs to the public car park. There will be a free shuttle service to take you to the main tournament entrance.

BY TAXI / UBER / CAREEM / DROP-OFF (Terminal 4) Taxi/Uber/Careem and Public drop-off and pick-up will be available for all spectators and will be next to the Championship Village entrance. Once you enter Jumeirah Golf Estates, please ask your taxi driver to follow the signs to the taxi drop-off area.

BY METRO (Terminal 3) JGE Metro Station is the closest metro station to Jumeirah Golf Estate. Shuttle buses will be operated to pick up from that point and drop off at the Bus Terminal (Terminal 2) and back.

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BUS TERMINAL (Terminal 2) Located on the Earth Course between holes 14/15. The Bus Terminal will be the gateway for all shuttles going in and out from/to Public Car Park (Terminal 1) and JGE Metro Station (Terminal 3).

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Zvenigorod's most famous sight is the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, which was founded in 1398 by the monk Savva from the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra, at the invitation and with the support of Prince Yury Dmitrievich of Zvenigorod. Savva was later canonised as St Sabbas (Savva) of Storozhev. The monastery late flourished under the reign of Tsar Alexis, who chose the monastery as his family church and often went on pilgrimage there and made lots of donations to it. Most of the monastery’s buildings date from this time. The monastery is heavily fortified with thick walls and six towers, the most impressive of which is the Krasny Tower which also serves as the eastern entrance. The monastery was closed in 1918 and only reopened in 1995. In 1998 Patriarch Alexius II took part in a service to return the relics of St Sabbas to the monastery. Today the monastery has the status of a stauropegic monastery, which is second in status to a lavra. In addition to being a working monastery, it also holds the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum.

Belfry and Neighbouring Churches

Located near the main entrance is the monastery's belfry which is perhaps the calling card of the monastery due to its uniqueness. It was built in the 1650s and the St Sergius of Radonezh’s Church was opened on the middle tier in the mid-17th century, although it was originally dedicated to the Trinity. The belfry's 35-tonne Great Bladgovestny Bell fell in 1941 and was only restored and returned in 2003. Attached to the belfry is a large refectory and the Transfiguration Church, both of which were built on the orders of Tsar Alexis in the 1650s.  

To the left of the belfry is another, smaller, refectory which is attached to the Trinity Gate-Church, which was also constructed in the 1650s on the orders of Tsar Alexis who made it his own family church. The church is elaborately decorated with colourful trims and underneath the archway is a beautiful 19th century fresco.

Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral

The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is the oldest building in the monastery and among the oldest buildings in the Moscow Region. It was built between 1404 and 1405 during the lifetime of St Sabbas and using the funds of Prince Yury of Zvenigorod. The white-stone cathedral is a standard four-pillar design with a single golden dome. After the death of St Sabbas he was interred in the cathedral and a new altar dedicated to him was added.

Under the reign of Tsar Alexis the cathedral was decorated with frescoes by Stepan Ryazanets, some of which remain today. Tsar Alexis also presented the cathedral with a five-tier iconostasis, the top row of icons have been preserved.

Tsaritsa's Chambers

The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is located between the Tsaritsa's Chambers of the left and the Palace of Tsar Alexis on the right. The Tsaritsa's Chambers were built in the mid-17th century for the wife of Tsar Alexey - Tsaritsa Maria Ilinichna Miloskavskaya. The design of the building is influenced by the ancient Russian architectural style. Is prettier than the Tsar's chambers opposite, being red in colour with elaborately decorated window frames and entrance.

At present the Tsaritsa's Chambers houses the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum. Among its displays is an accurate recreation of the interior of a noble lady's chambers including furniture, decorations and a decorated tiled oven, and an exhibition on the history of Zvenigorod and the monastery.

Palace of Tsar Alexis

The Palace of Tsar Alexis was built in the 1650s and is now one of the best surviving examples of non-religious architecture of that era. It was built especially for Tsar Alexis who often visited the monastery on religious pilgrimages. Its most striking feature is its pretty row of nine chimney spouts which resemble towers.

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