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236
Great
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Average
2
Disappointing
9
Terrible
46
Value
4.3
Guide
4.3
Activities
4.3
Lodging
4.3
Transport
4.3
Meals
4.2
Road Scholar Tour & Trip Ratings
4.3/5 Great
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There is a nonrefundable deposit
Please know that Road Scholar will always keep a nonrefundable $100 deposit. I cannot find that buried in all the paper and fine print but they state it is there???...
Air travel cancelled by airline
I love Road Scholar and have been on 14 trips. The accommodations are nice, the tours are interesting, and the guides are knowledgeable. I have always looked forwa...
Road Scholar flight bookings
I booked a trip and arranged my air travel through Road Scholar. I just discovered that Road Scholar travel never paid for my flight although I paid in full already...
Roadscholar travel department nightmare…
In dealing with Roadscholar travel department, it has been a nightmare. Hours on hold, and twice the dates were wrong. They had us arriving two days early, when we...
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Greatly Understaffed
So far it has not been great. First, they tried to send me to Texas in order to go home New York. it took me 6 hours to get a call back on that problem. I was tol...
Ireland at a Slower Pace-- Program Great, Flights with United Airlines Horrible
I recently went to Ireland (Ireland At a Slower Pace). The program, itself was fantastic, but the flights were horrible. Road Scholar arranged the flights and appare...
no response to refund question
We enjoyed out trip to Portugal, but air travel was a nightmare! Road Scholar arranged flights. Of the planned flights, one was cancelled and two were downgraded fro...
birding trip of Southern Costa was poor
Did a birding trip of Southern Costa Rica. 1. This trip is intended for people who are only interested in doing life lists and seeing birds not on their life list....
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Excellent experience
We are very experienced travelers, and this was our first time with Road Scholar. We recently completed a trip to Israel, Jordan and Egypt in March 2023 and it was ...
Think twice before you book your travel through Road Scholar
Think twice about booking your travel through Road Scholar: Recently I booked a trip with Road Scholar and used their travel department to book my trip. As luck woul...
Spent over $1100 on deposit and trip…
Spent over $1100 on deposit and trip insurance. We had to cancel because the trip was too strenuous for us. We got nothing back. Probably our fault for not doing due...
False itinerary
Extremely disappointed that Road Scholar is publishing an itinerary they KNOW cannot happen. This trip has 3+ days on Molokai and almost everything on the agenda doe...
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Did not get to go to New Zealand
Cyclone Gabrielle came to the north island of NZ which included Aukland our starting point of the program. NZ air cancelled all flights out of the US to Aukland. Thi...
Any Time Trip Protection thru Aon
In September, 2022 I booked a Machu Picchu/Galpagonos trip for $8499. I paid the $1000 deposit with the remaining $7499 due 2/28/23. I also paid $1089 for the canc...
Deposit is not refunded or transferred. Be careful
I booked a trip with road scholar and had to put a $500 deposit down. I thought I was told that if I had to cancel, that deposit could be used for another future tri...
Five Excellent Experiences with RS
We have traveled with Elderhostel/RoadScholar 5 times, and the experience has always been excellent. We have never had to cancel a trip (with them), but with most t...
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