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Grand Circle Travel/Grand Circle Cruise Line
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Best trip ever!

I have never had so much fun on a trip! The best ever! Love all the activities they planned... read more

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Marcia L
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Damascus, Maryland
Eastern Europe

The Eastern Europen trip was awesome. I learned so much about this countries. A trip everyone... read more

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Reviewed July 6, 2023 via mobile

I can’t say enough how wonderful our trip was with Grand Circle travel! Our tour guide Bob Visser was the best! Grand Circle took care of every little thing you might need.

Date of experience: June 2023
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Thank you for the kind words! We're very glad to hear that you enjoyed your vacation with us.

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Reviewed July 5, 2023 via mobile

Unforgettable tour, highlighted by the breathtaking peaks of the Grand Tetons and the unbelievable Badlands.
Memorable stops at Yellowstone National Park geysers; Cody Wyoming’s Buffalo Bill Museum; Devil’s Mound; and the amazing Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. Stop into Wild Bill’s Bar for a Wild Bill draft beer and watch a shootout in Deadwood! You will have no regrets. Let the driver take you breathtaking vista and watch herds of bison with no worries about watching the road or wondering where the next stop or hotel will be. Tour guide Steph was outstanding! The tour of a lifetime.

Date of experience: July 2023
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OATModerator, Manager at Grand Circle Travel/Grand Circle Cruise Line, responded to this reviewResponded July 16, 2023

Thank you for sharing your experience! We are very glad to hear you enjoyed your vacation with us. We hope you join us again in the future.

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Reviewed June 30, 2023

Under NO circumstances travel with this company. They take NO responsibility for any travel upheavals incurred. The trip sights were great. The food they paid for was lackluster at best and awful at times. They used vendors that had not been vetted, the tour guide and bus driver realized how bad it was and out of their own pockets provided treats and beverages. This was NOT underwritten by the company. They made the airline reservations but when I had to rebook (not unusual today) they had paid the air fare but refuse to reimburse me when my friend and traveling companion's ticket was completely covered. If you must travel with them book your own tickets and plan on eating on your own.
They have changed the itinerary which needed to be done.n I would still not trust them to stand by their commitments.

Date of experience: June 2023
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OATModerator, Manager at Grand Circle Travel/Grand Circle Cruise Line, responded to this reviewResponded July 16, 2023

Thank you for your candid review. GCT takes feedback from its customers very seriously. Please contact us at request@oattravel.com so that we may review your situation.

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Reviewed June 26, 2023

Hard to select “favorite” part of trip…would have to say Number One was the planning, organization and ability to make changes when necessary. Guide,Scott, was fantastic and saw ahead to our needs. Driver, Jerry, consistently delivered us safely and on time to our destinations. Both provided “extras” - Jerry purchased plenty of water and candy for us; Scott had interesting stories and videos about our locations and superb cookies! Both consistently were pleasant and extremely patient!. The itinerary was fantastic - and the particular order of the various park visits seemed to build to a grand finish. Each of the hotels was delightful and the included and optional tours fabulous. ,This was my first GCT tour and I cannot WAIT to schedule my next!

Date of experience: June 2023
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OATModerator, Manager at Grand Circle Travel/Grand Circle Cruise Line, responded to this reviewResponded July 16, 2023

We are happy to hear you enjoyed your first trip with us! We look forward to having you travel with us again in the future.

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Reviewed June 24, 2023

This was our third trip with Grand Circle, and I have to say it has gone way down hill post-pandemic. Here are the reasons I say that:

1. Covid 19 policy: if you test for Covid, and the result is +, you will be confined to your room for 5 days and not allowed to leave unless results are negative. Our ship was a petri-dish. By the end of the trip up the Rhine, half the passengers had a dry cough and runny nose. We caught whatever was going round on the third day of the cruise, but did not have it tested due to the Covid policy. The day we got home I tested for Covid and it was positive.

2. Size of ship. Both of our prior trips (2013 Paris to Nice) and 2015 Prague to Berlin) used smaller ships (90 and 45 passengers vs. 160 for the trip up the Rhine). GCT no longer uses those small ships, its all about profit, not about the traveller's experience.

3. We signed up for a pre-trip visit to Brugge. It was a wonderful city to visit, but our trip leader was nowhere to be found most of the time, so there was really no reason to pay the high price to GCT, we should have just booked the travel through GCT and arranged our own accommodations.

Date of experience: June 2023
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