Best of the West 11 Day National Parks Tour Camping from Las Vegas to San Francisco

Customer Reviews

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  Christian

  · August 19th, 2024
  The natural parks were beautiful and the route was well chosen. The guides were helpful and friendly. The camping was well organized. The tour is made up of two individual tours (with different guides). This was a bit confusing at the beginning because the first guide didn't know that we would be traveling for 7 days and only ever talked about 3 days. As usual with such tours, sometimes the time is a bit short. If you want more time in the parks, you should book the two tours separately and replace the first part with the 7 day version. Some viewpoints in Death Valley were left out (without explanation/mention), which was a bit of a shame. Finally, expectations regarding tips are also quite high. Accordingly, the tour is relatively expensive but still recommended.
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  Bindlestiff Tours commented on this review

  Thank you for taking the time to leave a review on your tour. We appreciate the feedback as we are always looking to improve upon the guest experience. We are happy to hear you had a memorable trip and hope to see you again.
  Trip date: July 2024
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  Eva-Maria

  · October 17th, 2022
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  I would not make more with your agency...instead of Singleroom I got an expensive double bed room and it was never explained to me in GERMAN, how and what my services are....With not a word was mentioned that I except lunches, which I have paid yes, otherwise no breakfast and dinner in the price of 4,195 dollars was included and that was already a proud price for partly very unpretentious rooms. In 2 hotels there was no room service at all, although we stayed 2 days each. In comparison: 2 years ago I was in Australia for 18 days...With flight from Zurich to Melbourne, 2 domestic flights and all excursion program such as Uluru, Cairns, Great Ocean Road and all meals in excellent hotels and tips I paid 5,200 euro. And there were always new circulars from you in English, some of which could not be translated. Not everyone is so firm in English that one can understand everything. Too bad....my conclusion! NEVER AGAIN with Bindlestiff and Tourradar....for the high price, flights, tips and food were added...
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  Bindlestiff Tours commented on this review

  Eva, we are very sorry you feel this way. We explained to you numerous times what was included and what was not included over the course of 6 months leading up to this tour. This tour requires a food kitty to cover lunches- those were provided to... Show more
  Trip date: September 2022
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  Philip

  · August 25th, 2022
  Fascinating tour of unique and amazing and colourful geography and geology and lots of informative commentary from the guides. Would definitely recommend to others. Value for money. We had two guides, on covered Colorado plateau, the other Yosemite and on to San Francisco. Modern, comfortable vehicles.The guides were perceptive to the needs and physical abilities of the group.
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  Bindlestiff Tours commented on this review

  Thank you! We will let the guides know how much you appreciate their expertise. Please come back and take another tour with us soon! We love returning guests.
  Trip date: August 2022
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  Camila

  · July 4th, 2022
  It was the best experience ever! Loved all the places and the guide was great. The only not so well recommended is the food kitty cause the lunches were not good. We had opportunities to stop at places that we could’ve bought our choice lunch ourselves.
  

  Bindlestiff Tours commented on this review

  Thanks Camila, glad you enjoyed your Southwest Adventure with John! Communal lunches are still a little challenging with covid - trying to balance a healthy lunch spread with individual items is tricky especially when you think about the remoteness of... Show more
  Trip date: June 2022
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  Ben

  · January 17th, 2022
  Amazing team and experience thank you! Our family took this tour in Sept 2021 and loved every minute of it. We got to tick everything from our wish list, so many national parks and other sights! There was plenty of time for walks in the parks and a good variety of optional activities based on individual interests. Bindlestiff staff were excellent pre tour and gave us helpful tips and packing suggestions, the staff was always extremely prompt and courteous. Our guide Jon was outstanding. His in depth knowledge of the areas we visited and enthusiasm was incredible. He went above and beyond for the group at every opportunity. Thank you Bindlestiff- we are already planning our next adventure with you! x
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  Bindlestiff Tours commented on this review

  Thank you for your review, it sounds like you had a fantastic time and made a lot of wonderful memories. Jon is a great guide and we will pass on your kind words to him. Thank you again and we look forward to sharing another adventure with you and your... Show more
  Trip date: September 2021