Go Ahead Tours

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: Tour Guides Knowledge. Great Hotel in London and Rome.
Cons: The hotel In Paris was small.

My wife and I returned from a superb trip to London, Paris, and Rome. We booked this trip through a travel company Go Ahead Vacations. Never having used them before we were a bit skeptical about what we were getting in to, by taking a guided tour. I ...

Pros: Safe, friendly, comfortable, informative, relaxed, fun.
Cons: jet lag, ugggg...nothing to do with company!

I just returned from London and Paris and had the time of my life. My husband is not a traveler so I decided to get up the courage to go by myself. I quickly found that I didn't need any courage because my trip was as smooth as butter. I was met at ...

Pros: Transportation between towns and luggage transfers included.
Cons: Large groups mean a lot of time organizing before anything is accomplished.

Go Ahead travel in Italy hopes to satisfy the American tourist with offerings that are of low quality and scream "tourist". We had traveled to Italy twice before -once on our own and once with an English walking group. There was no comparison - the incl ...

Pros: Good website
Cons: Poor service, no value for your money, irresponsible staff.

Tour Name: London & Paris City Stay Departing on: 8/8/2004 Departure City: Miami, Florida Cost: Air fare, hotel, local guide: $2059.00* Cost: Dep/Arr Taxes & Fees: $120.00 *excluding meals & gratuity I just returned on 08/15/2004 from a ...

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 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: Their tours are thorough and their guides are well trained and usually from the area.
Cons: When things go right you're OK but holding meetings is more important than customer satisfaction.

I used Go Ahead Tours for a third time this summer and I doubt if I will use them again. While the bulk of the tour was fine the trip home was a nightmare. We found ourselves in the airport in a foreign country with E-tickets that had been cancelled, ...

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: 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: 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: 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: Everything, including the knowledgeable tour guides who bent over backward for us.
Cons: Some hotel changes, but always very good hotels close to major sites, restaurants, shopping, etc.

I basically agree with everything the previous writer had to say: Go Ahead Tours is fantastic and I am booked for another tour with them in November. I did the London and Paris tour and the St. Petersburg and the Baltics tour, and never once encountered a problem. I also met some wonderful people who remain my friends to this day. Also, while in the Baltics, I wanted to spend an extra week with relatives after the tour ended, and for a very minimal charge, I was able to take the exact same flight back to the States only one week later.

Pros: tour guide, daily itinerary, optional excursions
Cons: too many transfers on the international flight

We just returned from the Go Ahead Tour - Walking Through Tuscany. The trip was very well planned out, and our tour guide, David, was phenomenal! David provided us with historical anecdotes as well as present day information about the towns and regions that we visited. Not only was he very knowledgeable and helpful, he also sang opera to our group on several occasions making the experience even more special.

We went on the off season (early March), so our tour group was smaller (about 20) which was perfect for the trip we were taking. The daily itinerary was plotted perfectly and provided a truly genuine encounter with the Tuscan countryside and small town living. The optional excursions served to enhance the culturally filled agenda.

I would recommend using Go Ahead Tours to travelers who would like a well organized vacation with some free time to explore on your own.