Go Ahead Tours

Pros: Tour to Russia with Go Ahead was fine except Go Ahead made terrible air connections.
Cons: Shortly before the tour was to begin, Go ahead called that they cancelled tours.

I first took a tour to Russia with Go Ahead.  The tour was fine except Go Ahead made terrible air connections.  I feel that if they could save $5 but cost me 5 hours in transit, they took the $5.After the Russia tour, I decided I would book ...

Pros: Dinner, pictures I have, comfort of Hotels, Laughing, seeing things from another time and era.
Cons: Flying Home and missing Ireland already

I took my only daughter to travel back in time to the Country of my Father's ancestors.  She was so thrilled to come along and share with me the stories of the family which I had been researching for many years of my life.  We took the 16 ...

Pros: most everything on this trip would be a pro for me.
Cons: Take a fly net for Alice Springs and Ayers Rock. 

My husband, brother, sister-in-law and I just finished the Australia/New Zealand trip.  It was so much fun!  We had the best tour guide (Victor).  He really went out of his way for our group and for some of us with some personal ...

Pros: VALUE! The single supplements are lower than any I have seen
Cons: Customer service via email is bad after you pay deposit

I took the Walking the Amalfi Coast Tour in June of 2007 and had a wonderful time! As a woman traveling alone, I would not be comfortable in a country where I don't speak the language and this was perfect for me. Our group was only 26 people, which I ...

Pros: Great itinerary,tour director,bus driver, and better-than-expected accommodations
Cons: I would have liked a little more time at some of our stops.

On this, my first trip with Go Ahead, I expected great scenery and a few problems, but I thoroughly enjoyed the trip. Yes, the scenery was wonderful, but I also enjoyed the local color in the towns and parks that we visited.The snow-capped ...

Pros: Included meals very good. Hotels comfortable enough, reasonable price. Itinerary excellent.
Cons: Expense of optional excursions, GAT insurance not a good idea.

Two friends and I traveled with GoAhead Tours in May of 2008. We visited Budapest Vienna, Prague, and Salzburg. We flew Lufthansa and United (now partners) which I usually am not pleased with, but our flights were on time, and reasonably ...

Pros: good-sounding itineraries
Cons: pseudo-insurance, expensive optional tours that would be included by other companies

Go-Ahead Tours grew out of EF Education, supposedly the world’s largest private educational travel company (larger than Elderhostel?). EF provides knowledgeable guides for bare-essential student travelers, Go-Ahead more upscale accommodations for adults. ...

Pros: We did get to see the David! Also, the bus driver was great!
Cons: Most hotels, meals, except breakfasts, and tutorials, except for some local guides, were somewhat disappointing.

We had planned to book an additional trip with Go Ahead Tours. However, after being abandoned in Milan we are not convinced that we can trust Go Ahead Tours. When our LAX to Chicago to Milan flight was cancelled, and we were re-booked on a later ...

Pros: Wonderful Tour Director, great hotels and cruise ship, very well organized.  Excellent value.  Good group.
Cons: Fast-paced, not the tour for anyone who wants to sleep till noon each day.

I didn't think that anything would be able to top the Vienna, Prague, Budapest, and Salzburg tour we took in May, but the Egypt tour was indeed better.  Our Tour Director, Hisham Elsayad, who is completing his PhD in Egyptology, was extremely ...

Pros: - Tourguides - Hotel locations - Extra excursions
Cons: - Some of the included meals

A friend took the college version and she loved it so much that we decide to book with Goahead tours (after looking at another companies). We heard mix reviews but mostly positive so we were excited. The weather in US mess up our flights so we arrived ...

Pros: Great Fun. New Friends. Handsome Bus Driver. Amazing Tour Guide Mary.
Cons: Terrible flight arrangements, 5 hour layover both ways. Leaving at 4a.m. to catch flight home.

I traveled with Go Ahead Tours, stayed in Montecatini and took day trips to Lucca, Florence w/dinner in Fiesole and Pisa. 9/22/07--Saturday I arrive in the Aeroporti di Roma, a very large airport. As I navigate my way through the people heading to my ...

Pros: Great customer service, great hotels, fantastic tour guides.
Cons: none!

I was a bit skeptical about going on a tour at first, as I've always planned my own vacations, but a friend of mine kept telling me about how much she enjoyed her trip to Kenya with Go Ahead Tours. My family and I ended up going on their Journey through ...

Pros: Great service and interesting facts from Linda, the best guides in each market.
Cons: Not nearly as much fun shopping with the devauluation of the US to Euro conversion

This was our 2nd trip with GoAhead. The first 2 years ago to the Amalfi coast was so much fun we booked the Sicily trip. Linda was our tour guide and she took great care of us. Part of the fun was hearing her share her extensive knowledge on historical ...

Pros: You see a lot at a reasonable price.The tour director was good.
Cons: Bad hotels,Too much bad food,Group too large.

This is a good trip but it may be somewhat more tiring than you'd expect.Your on the go constantly.If your interested in art and history you'll find this trip quite worthwhile.I don't know of any other company offering a trip that covers so many of the ...

Pros: Great value for your money Excellent guides and for me Stuart Harvey
Cons: Air conditioning is not set high in most hotels.

Go Ahead tours is not for students. Go Ahead tours is part of the EF tours company. EF tours is for high school and college students. Go Ahead was established to fill a need for adult travel. (I took students on tours with EF for 12 years, and now I am ...