Austria Tour Companies

Highly recommend this trip. The days can be long but the views are worth it. Most of the route is paved so you can probably get away with hiking shoes or trail running shoes. There is luggage transfer available but I didn't need it. The route from Unken to Waidring could be updated but I was able to find an alternate route with the map. Before you start you're given the full itinerary with a navigation system on the app as well as paper copies of everything.

Luggage must be dropped off by 9 a.m. at the latest, but in the worst case it will not be delivered to the next quarters until 6 p.m. This means waiting several hours wet for dry clothes in bad weather. Very unpleasant!!!

The entirety of the whole tour is great… thanks for everything…

Overall the tour was great, Hugo was an amazing guide: he told us the tips and tricks of each city including the public transport which was really helpful, so was Javier where he created a WhatsApp group for the English speakers and the meeting points from Prague to Amsterdam: super helpful. Only drawback is to mix English and Spanish speakers which led to confusion during the trip.

We fully enjoyed our self-guided tour with WiseYatra. The tour was well organised and supported by the tour group on WhatsApp. It saved us time organising and we had the family holiday we wanted. Thank you WiseYatra team. 🫶

Excellent experience

I enjoyed the tour, the guide was very good. Felt the accommodation out of town was an issue. When experiencing a city in a short time frame you need to be central not spending time working out the best way to get the city. Additional time, additional expenses. Also not enough information given with the optional tours or free time, being left in a city for 7 hours and not being aware until you are there was a bit rich.

The places we visited were awesome

Tour advertised as 6-day tour but in fact the first day we were provided with hotel accommodation only. The second day was largely free time as well. Pre-accommodation in Budapest was difficult to organise having been provided with the name of our hotel only a few weeks before departure. As we arrived in Budapest a few days prior to the commencement of the tour, by the time we were advised of the name of our hotel, it was completely booked and we were forced to find alternate accommodation. Discussions with other travellers (who booked with Globus) advised their cost was lower than ours by quite a substantial amount - plus, they were provided with higher level accommodation on the boat. So, for us, TourRadar seems like an overpriced broker and we would not choose to deal with TourRadar again. The boat trip was really enjoyable, great food, great staff and the room perfectly satisfactory.

Although we did not actually do the river cruise because of high water levels, we were taken on excursions by coach.

Our tour was July 11 to 19, 2023, Prague to Vienna. I was incredibly disappointed with the two major components of our self guided tour, our accommodations, and my bike. I realized that my bike was in poor condition on the first day after our driver unloaded it and drove off--no bike fitting as stated, the rear reflector was a piece of red tape, and I was given a thin yellow strap to use. The helmet was well used and the back light didn't work. I could only navigate with 3 gears, my chain keep coming off, and the brakes were loud and I felt unsafe. Roadside assistance was slow and when I did hear back from our Ave contact hours later, hopeful he would be of assistance, he was still trying to find a bike mechanic for the following day, ugh, the following day! It was 32 degrees and we needed to be on the road early. I ended up tracking down a bike mechanic on my own, paid him in cash, and still had to chance gears and brake slowly and carefully. Our rooms were purported to be three star, however, they were substandard and one inn had us in the attic with no windows that could be opened and it was a heatwave. Our return transfer driver was organizing other work and was texting and driving for the 50 minute freeway trip, unsafe and unprofessional. Marianne

I have done self-guided cycling trips in 6 different countries and have never had any issues. However, UTracks was terrible. They subcontract to AVE Travel. 1. Bike not properly tuned up upon delivery and AVE Travel was not responsive in helping us find a bike repair shop along the way. 2. Accomodation was substandard or poorly located. For example, In Cesky Krumlov, we stayed in a small run down building located on a street with boarded up buildings. The tiny rooms were located in the attic with a small window that did not open in 30 degree C temperature. Another town, we were put up outside of the city centre in a truck stop. 3. They changed our itinerary with no explanation. The trip we booked and paid for clearly included an overnight stop at Vranov. However, we were shunted off to a much smaller village of Bitov 4 kms away where there is nothing of interest. The hotel was particularly grim. Hotel Bitov is run down and filthy. The toilet seat in my room was cracked and stained, the rugs were infested with dead bugs and curling at the edges. The drapes were coated with heavy dust that spread into the room when closed. Why was our itinerary changed? To add insult to injury, when we emailed UTracks with our concerns, we heard NOTHING back. All they are interested in is booking the trips with no concern for the comfort and safety of their riders.

Ebike fitting and briefing was totally inadequate. It lacked sufficient details and advice for proper bike usage, and battery charging. Proper information was not provided and lost in the presenter's attempt to be humorous and clever.

Itinerary and guide was very good. The supplied app was a bit clunky but once its rough edges had been understood it was ok. Organisation was excellent

Really enjoyed the cruise. The food was exceptional, the excursions fun and enlightening and the entire crew was exceptional, fun, and professional. Bully for the Captain and Hotel Manager for setting the tone onboard. The Amabella experience must be the best! P.S. Cruise Manager Stefan is is star.

We did not make the trip. I am waiting for the email that you are supposed to send for us to use next year.

Each of the tours was very well planned, with the schedules very well arranged. We were able to depart on time.

Overall it was a great tour and we got to see a lot of places and learn history of the areas visited. The transportation to the different locations was good and pretty much on time each day. Because there was a separate guide each day the total number of people each day varied and because of the number of people to was hard to hear the guides at times. I think the tour could have been broken up differently as there was a lot of walking involved. I think it would have been better to have the first 2 days broken up between the other days. So you would have a little more time to recover from the previous days tour. So maybe put them in days 3 and 5, because these days were only half day or less in length. As far as our hotel stay the hotel (Leonardo City Center) itself was really nice, but we were disappointed in the continental breakfast we had each day. The food was lukewarm to cold and the variety was a little weird. But the staff was friendly and helpful with any of our needs. So overall I gave the tour 5 Stars and thank the STM Staff and the Tour Guides for a wonderful experience.

Poor communication from the agents. Too many layers of agents. Go direct I say. Once travelling it was fine. A few long rides (70 and 60 kms) that could have been shorter. The ride into Linz was tough but doable - they are upgrading the bike track. Hotel choices were great.

A great hiking experience. Hotels and luggage transport was excellent. Make sure you have them send you the eurohike app with the appropriate maps. Try to avoid using the very detailed written instructions as you would have your head in the book and miss all the beautiful scenery along the way.

Riana made the trip! It was all organised perfectly making the travel stress free and loads of fun! Would recommend Contiki to anyone looking to travel.

Would definitely recommend Ri. She was an amazing tour guide.

A well organised tour. Our guide was fantastic and really made the trip for us. Communication was excellent. We were never in any doubt what to expect. Everyone on our tour loved him. The itinerary was good and we felt it was enough time in each place but that's because we're not really into cities. We felt we had time to see everything we wanted to do.

The places and the transportation organized are very well done. The flexibility of the activity enable us to still explore much of the city at our own pace. Only the hotel I wish can improve a level up. Everything else is very well done!!!