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John Hull
Mar 2024
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Costa Rica Eco Adventure end San Jose
The tour provides a great mix of experiences: seeing exotic animals in the rain forests, personal contact with people from various socioeconomic backgrounds making a...
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Hilda Orama
Mar 2024
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Costa Rica Eco Adventure end San Jose
Perfect for all fitness levels!
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Gail Degrenier
Feb 2024
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Costa Rica Eco Adventure end San Jose
The itinerary was exactly what we hoped for. We explored the jungle, waterways, mountains and local farms. Our guide, who was from Costa Rica and a naturalist, provi...
Mato was just the skipper, handling the
Mato was just the skipper, handling the boat was only a small part of his expertise. He knew everyone, got the best restaurants, food, wine, marina spots. He added e...
Very well organized trip. Was able
Very well organized trip. Was able to see a large part of Croatia in a ...
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Trusted Customer
Mar 2024
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Thailand and the Temples of Angkor
As I said in my lengthy review above, there were certain areas in which we did not...
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Trusted Customer
Mar 2024
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Thailand and the Temples of Angkor
When you advertised something on the itinerary, please stick to it and give us the experience that we were supposed to experience. If you need to change something, ...
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Wayne Battle
Apr 2024
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Costa Rica Eco Adventure with Guanacaste Beach
The tour director was very knowledgeable and could answer any questions you had about Costa Rico. All accommodations and meals ranged from good to very good. There w...
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Ruth Stone
Mar 2024
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Costa Rica Eco Adventure with Guanacaste Beach
We learned by experiencing the wonders of Costa Rica throughout much of the country. We stayed and experienced the Rain forest and its wonders-the nature and the cre...
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Bruce Lavoie
Mar 2024
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Costa Rica Eco Adventure with Guanacaste Beach
Excellent hotels except for the lack of hot water. This was an eco tour and much of Costa Rica uses solat jot water tanks on the roofs. They work grest but can’t alw...
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Kathy Hoenshell
Mar 2024
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Costa Rica Eco Adventure with Guanacaste Beach
The itinerary let us see so much of the country, we loved every sto...
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Trusted Customer
Mar 2024
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Costa Rica Eco Adventure with Guanacaste Beach
Remember, this is Costa Rica. To get the full experience some of the accommodations were not luxury hotels. One did not have air conditioning and a couple did not ha...
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Trusted Customer
Feb 2024
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Costa Rica Eco Adventure with Guanacaste Beach
I liked all of the destinations and felt Trafalgar did a great job with giving us a glimpse of Costa Rica in 9 days. The hotels were clean and good. We had a hotel...
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Trusted Customer
Feb 2024
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Costa Rica Eco Adventure with Guanacaste Beach
Experienced many parts of the country. Learned a lot about Costa Rica.
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Sandra Manderfeld
Feb 2024
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Costa Rica Eco Adventure with Guanacaste Beach
We appreciated the options that were given. Also appreciated the fun stops to break up the bus rides. I feel like it was a well thought out itinerary and covered a ...
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Trusted Customer
Apr 2024
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Journey Along the Civil Rights Trail
The itinerary is phenomenal, both interesting and educational. Highly recommended to anyone who has interest in the civil rights movement. We had wonderful local gui...
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Trusted Customer
Apr 2024
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Journey Along the Civil Rights Trail
The Journey on the Civil Rights Trail was AMAZING! I loved all of the museums and locations. The local experts were PHENOMENAL. THey were alive during the fight f...
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Trusted Customer
Apr 2024
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Journey Along the Civil Rights Trail
The itinerary was wonderful. The bus and driver terrific. Some hotels were not of the quality expected and guide, a pleasant man, was not much of a guide and left us...
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Melvin Greene
Apr 2024
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Journey Along the Civil Rights Trail
The combination of the tour guide, speakers, music, and food was really good. All of this made the Civil Rights history tour come alive and become an unforgettable ...
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What to Look for in Small-Ship Cruising Reviews
Most trip reviews tend to focus on some or all of these 5 key areas, not all of which may be relevant to you: the tour guide, travel company, service level, country or countries traveled in, and the trip itinerary.
Remember, just because you see a 1 star review doesn’t necessarily mean that person disliked the country.
When researching your small-ship cruise destination and operator, read as many reviews as you can, but keep in mind that some of the reviews may not impact your own satisfaction. Given that small ships can access more remote destinations and offer more specific interest-driven activities, it is more important to get a good match than with the ocean-going mega-ships that can seem so similar.
Travelers who did not take the time to educate themselves fully on the small-ship trip they took may leave less favorable reviews. To make a good match and find the right small-ship cruise for you, pay attention to the number of guests, ratio of staff to guest, destinations visited, how much time is spent in each port, whether the itinerary is flexible, how you get ashore for excursions, what wildlife you can hope to see, what experts are onboard with you, what the best time of year for your destination is, etc.
If you want a professional take on small-ship cruising, see the Travelstride Small Ship Cruising Guide »
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