"Exceeded expectations. Thoroughly organized. Fun. Excellent accommodations. Excellent tour guide. "

"one so-so meal in the whole tour. I was not used to the near constant rain in Spain's northeast, and I got a totally different view of Spain.Would like to have more time on many of the places we visited, but that is normal for most tours. Was a very interesting variety of places we visited. Sure is different from the U.S. "

"Go Ahead made everything from the booking process to my flight home from Italy so easy. They handled practically everything leaving me free to just enjoy myself. I made new friends within my our group and we had an amazing time. I am so happy I went with Go Ahead and with the Grand Tour of Italy and would highly recommend this experience."

"This was our second tour vacation and our most enjoyable. Northern Italy was so beautiful and accommodations the best. In addition, our tour guide was outstanding. Entire group was friendly, very sociable, which made our travels so much fun. Would highly recommend this trip. Jack"

"I took my granddaughter (age 21), and the trip was fascinating and exciting for both of us. The other travelers aged from the early 20s to 70-year-olds so we had companions with similar interests and abilities. Our tour director was conscientious and considerate, learning everyone's names and interests, then pointing out things we each might enjoy. The tour was well-planned with time in each city to learn about the area, history, and specialties. We all enjoyed a 3-night stay in Florence, half-way through the trip to do laundry and rest a bit. The accommodations chosen for us were wonderful! We all enjoyed the breakfast buffet offered us. The evening meals were also chosen with care, a diverse selection of places ranging from small bistros to large restaurants and the food was excellent. I have told many of my friends about our trip and our experience with Go Ahead Tours. I agree with my fellow travelers that this tour company is the best ever!"

"The tour was excellent. I must say that Go Ahead Tours put this together very well. Starting from the tour guide, to the tours, the flights, the hotels were excellent. The food was pretty good. Thank you once again for this amazing trip. Looking forward to going on my next trip through this company. I only have one complaint, I wish we would have received the tote bag oppose to the cook book. (I don't cook.) "

"Everything was excellent except the London Traffic. Our tour director and all of the local guides provided us with information and knowledge that we would have missed if on our own. The accommodations were very good and we had enough free time to explore on our own. This is our fourth trip with Go Ahead and we will tour with them again.
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"Amazing trip, even better guide!"

"Our Tour was really great. We would have liked to spend more time at the great wall and also at the zoo. Would have been nice to see more of the animals at the zoo. A little more time for shopping would have been nice also. Our tour guide was very knowable and a lot of dun. I feel he went above and beyond in helping us with my problems with walking and took the time to help us in any way he could.
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"Our tour of northern Italy was amazing. We stayed in smaller hotel properties and enjoyed the atmosphere immensely. The itinerary was very active. We never stayed anywhere for more than 3 nights, so we packed and unpacked a lot. Overall an amazing experience."

"This tour, our third of Italy with Go Ahead, was a great experience. The tour hit most of the highlights of northern Italy, with the Lake Como, and Cinque Terre areas being the most picturesque. Our guide, Andrea, was fantastic - knowledgeable, patient, sociable, just a great tour guide. The only constructive criticism for this tour is that it only covers approximately a day a half in Venice, which is really too little.
On the downside though, Go Ahead gave us conflicting information on our arrival transfers, and we needed to pay more to have a separate transfer as opposed to the group transfer. Word to the wise... confirm your transfers. Go Ahead needs to do better there, and with customer service.
But the tour itself was great, and would recommend to first time travelers to Italy, but especially to those who may have already toured southern Italy or Tuscany. Northern Italy is as different to southern Italy, as norther California is to southern California. "

"We greatly enjoyed our tour but, now that we have had more time to reflect on it, we have some thoughts about what would have made it much better, particularly in the following areas:
GET-ACQUAINTED OPPORTUNITIES: There was no list or other written information about the other members of our group that would have made it easier for us to get acquainted. If privacy were a concern, a sheet could have been passed around where we could have voluntarily written our names, cities, and statements about “why we came.” Copies of the sheet could have easily been made and distributed to everyone.
DAILY INFORMATION: There was too little information about our locations in the Galapagos. The day-by-day descriptions on the Go Ahead website were incomplete and sometimes confusing. It would have been better if the ship had provided us with printed handout sheets, preferably daily, with maps and information about precisely where we were and what we were doing. After returning home, I went to the ship’s website where we were able to learn much better information that was not in the Go Ahead writeup and would have been of great interest to us.
SHIPBOARD MEAL SERVICE SEQUENCE: Our seating at meals was such that our table was always served last. Sometimes that resulted in a mad dash to get to the next activity on time. Of course someone must be last, but it would be fairer if the order of table service were reversed on a daily or meal-by-meal basis.
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"The package was wonderful however, I experienced severe bed bug bites at one of the hotels selected by Go Ahead Tours which compromised my experience. I had welts and up to 50 bites that left me with sleepless nights, severe itching and discomfort for the remainder of the tour. I was disappointed when reaching out to share my experience with their Quality Control Department only to be informed it is not their responsibility to warn clients of this risk or to compensate for a poor experience."

"Well planned, flawlessly executed. Professional tour director and bus driver. Flight arrangements great. Tour stops wonderful."

"Everything was taken care for us while on our tour. We just relaxed and enjoyed Ireland. The tour director, Patricia O’Donnell, is so knowledgeable about living in Ireland and also about it’s vast history. Our bus driver, Ian, is a magician with that huge bus!!! We enjoyed our added excursions, but these were not necessary (but enjoyable) as GA includes so many tours. My two complaints are not with the tour itself but with communication prior to the tour and our flights: 1) You do NOT get an assigned agent so you get to explain your situation to a new person every time you call. And there is not a direct line so be prepared to wait on the phone or wait for a call back. 2) We had GA tours arrange our travel and our vacation took a bad turn coming home. GA made our arrangements with American Airlines who uses British Airways, we could not check in because neither AA nor BA could locate our confirmation numbers, so we struggled on the plane to have one of us sit with our grand daughter (we all had middle sits in different areas of the plane). GA tours should offer to check in clients in like situations. This really put a damper on a wonderful trip. "