Viator Ripoffs - Rick Steves Travel Forum Here are the details of how Viator (and their parent company Tripadvisor) pocketed $600 without providing anything to me and my family: I booked a Rome tour through Viator for my family of four It was quite expensive I went to the Viator web page and found a tour on June 17th
Viator vs Getyourguide vs tour operator??? - Rick Steves Viator is a third party company, they will pass the problem on to the local company they farmed the ticket out to I think you need to have a slight change of attitude- Just because it's US based, doesn't mean it's better or safer Thousands of Europeans and American tourists use European local tour companies and their websites without any
Viator (And Action By Tripadvisor) - Rick Steves Travel Forum If Viator wants Discover to pay to resolve this matter, that is between Viator and Discover I will continue to post unsatisfactory posts on every available travel forum and plan on filing a small claims action in Volusia County, Florida
Are Viator excursions trustworthy? - Cruise Critic As a broker Viator works to verify the products they are pushing out When we used them with a cruise they were cheaper, more suited to our desires, and much smaller than the cruise ship tours If you are looking for alternative tour ideas Air B and B has had "experiences" for a few years now
Viator Tours - Rick Steves Travel Forum Haven’t been on a Viator tour but understand that Viator is a middleman ( Viator is owned by TripAdvisor) and just sets you up with the companies actually conducting the tour You’ll want reviews of companies and guides offering Eiffel Tower and Louvre tours www TourScanner com has tour reviews and the museum’s www LouvreGuide com has guided tours from €9-€26 with admission another
Viator or Withlocal guides? - Rick Steves Travel Forum With Viator you can book either private or group tours I usually see if they have the provider listed and go directly to the provider website to book if possible For With Locals you are booking a private tour for your party You can pick your guide Depending on the guide city some have a written bio and others have video bios I prefer the video bios as you get an idea of their personality
Has anyone used Viator for shore excursions? - Cruise Critic Viator just sells vouchers tickets (and sometimes more expensive than booking directly) You're on such strict timings with shore excursions, it's not worth the risk For a stop in Vanuatu for example, I found a highly recommended day tour that bases tours around the times your ship is in port, I've communicated directly with the company to
Get Your Guide ? - Rick Steves Travel Forum Get Your Guide, like Viator, is a third-party website Quality can vary from tour to tour in that situation, because different tour operators guides are involved Get Your Guide is a lot newer to the party than Viator You can draw your own conclusions about what that might mean for a customer Both of those companies take a substantial cut from the person company offering the tour, so either
Viator - Rick Steves Travel Forum Viator is a third party that sells tours operated by other companies I would read the reviews of the tour before committing I've used Viator 3 times - once in Mexico and two times in Croatia The quality of the tour really depended on the local operator but my experience has been quite decent across all three tours I took (I read the reviews first so I knew what to expect) The reason I