Philadelphia should not be missed - if for nothing else then all the history at least. After all it is the US 'birth place' and also the capitol prior to DC. The tour after visiting the historic side - which included a visit to the first house of congress, takes you to the famous `Rocky ` steps - a must for all the fans! The absolute highlight for us was our visit to Amish Country and the family farm where you get a buggy ride around the farmland get to see the farm animals up close. We got a chance to speak to the residents of the farm and discuss the Amish way of life. It was informative, educational and above all adventurous. Surprisingly self sustaining community in the middle of no where. Amongst many produce they make fresh cheese in the farm which was delicious. If you are at all interested in learning and experiencing the Amish way of life then book right now!

Having just visited the world’s second largest canyon (Fish River Canyon, Namibia) in March, I was keen to visit the Grand Canyon, while my memories were still fresh. Usually a self drive tourist with a 4x4 and roof tent, this guided bus tour, allowed me to sit back and exclusively take in the grandeur of the sights. Selig, now who has not seen The Cars Movie three gazillion times and would not want to acquaint themselves with the source of inspiration for Radiator Springs ? The Grand Canyon, Antelope Canon Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park - Each so unique and incredibly beautiful! This is one of the most spectacular, trips I have the privilege of participating in. Our tour guide Mark, clearly passionate and enthusiastic about sharing his knowledge was a walking encyclopedia covering geology, history and sharing his thoughts and opinions on a variety of interesting topics concerning the environment. When quizzed, he even answered some questions I had on culture and anthropology. Mark and his assistant Walter, were both attentive to our needs and comfort. The value add was extraordinary, I highly recommend this tour operator. Incidentally, they even came to the rescue by locating a sentimental baseball cap that I left on the bus 5 Star ⭐️ +

Conceptually Empire Vacations' 3-day tour is definitely great: covering the significant distances to visit Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Zion Canyon without needing to worry about driving and itinerary details is a significant benefit. The potential availability of guides covering multiple languages would seem to indicate good tour design. Actual implementation of the tour, however, was somewhat mediocre. Communication was not great. Achieving booking, deposit and final payment took multiple emails. Empire Vacations did not provide any means of contacting the tour guides or for participants to be contacted, despite a reasonable assumption that almost everyone would have a mobile phone. Throughout the tour, timing was abysmal. On all three days, toilet stops and lunch stops were much longer than necessary. A long time was also spent at a Route 66 junk gift shop and a native Indian craft shop. Consequently, the key stops at the National Parks were more rushed than needed to be the case. The start in Las Vegas was more than an hour late. Every stop would run at least 10 or 15 minutes longer than indicated, not helped by the tour guide Janet repeatedly indicating that she did not mind people being late - so they were. The net effect was that by the time that the overnight stops were reached, any food outlets were closed or closing. There were no issues with two overnight accommodation venues. As the main guide, Janet was friendly but the level of her trip commentary was poor. Little to no effort was made in preparation for each of the national park sites. For example, at Zion Canyon a number of the shuttle stops and tracks were closed. One would have expected the guides to consult the park website and let the tour participants know what was available and what was closed, but they failed to do this. It was also unfortunate that the tour was undertaken with a truck type bus that was particularly prone to unpleasant vibration and noise and at times seemed to be travelling more slowly than other traffic, although there were no issues with the driver. Despite the particularly poor running of this Empire Vacations tour, I am still giving it a "very good" rating. Each of the canyon stops were great to visit and the overall cost of the tour was worthwhile.

Well organised tour of Philli,WashDC and the Amish County. The tour guide was very informative and made the journey interesting . It was a good insight into the early American History with the impressive personalities of the founding fathers of USA. The overnight stay at Virginia at the Confort Inn was very comfortable with spacious room after a hectic travel on the first day. The coach driver was also patient in handling the rush hour traffic at all the major cities along the route.

Too rushed in Philadelphia had looked forward to seeing the city no free time. Multi languages on bus confusing and distracting. As for the “buggy ride” in Amish county turned out to be a rickety farm cart carrying 20 folks around their farm, not as advertised…. I would not recommend this trip

It was nice to get some space & see some history in Philadelphia. I also enjoyed the countryside of Lancaster county. The guide was knowledgeable & interesting.

We enjoyed our trip to the Hamptons despite the very overcast and windy weather. There were several language groups on the bus so it was a bit annoying trying to listen to the English while the other guide was also speaking. The guide was very pleasant but not very informative- she did have to translate into German as well. The winery wasn’t ready for us and kept us waiting and the gentleman was not very friendly. The outlet shopping was of no interest to us - we would have rather spent more time in the Hamptons. We would have liked to have had some photo stops along the way.

"Take the bus and leave the driving to us"-an old advertising slogan, but very true here! Not something you want to rent a car and do yourself. Traffic in/out of NYC is nightmarish!! But our capable driver was up to the challenge and safely delivered us to our breakfast stop at a Panera location. Great food; extremely fast service. From there, on to the quaint local communities on the east end of Long Island. We had about 45 minutes off the bus to explore the Main streets of each of these towns, and then rode the bus past the beachfront estates of the rich but not necessarily so famous (think investment bankers, not media stars!) A stop at a scenic beach to feel the sand between your toes, then on to a whirlwind tasting at a local Winery. Lunch not included, but an hour was afforded in the final small town to choose an eatery that appealed to you. All the while, the very knowledgeable tour guide enlightened and entertained us with details of what we were seeing, delivered with a delightful German accent. The only downside for us...2 hours was alloted to patronize an outlet mall. We have those much closer to home, and would have preferred that time to have been used exploring more local color.

We booked a 2 day tour of Niagra falls by Empire Vaccations for the 7th and 8th of September.We gathered at the 42nd Avenue at time square infront of the Port authority station and were received by a wonderful guide Uttar.She was very informative and courteous .The bus tour had multiple stops though the bus had a toilet but they stopped after 2 hrs regularly.Our tour included entry to Watkins Glen State Park where we did a beautiful hike. Then we moved on and stopped at another stop for refreshments.Then we headed for the Niagra falls on the way we crossed the finger lakes the Niagra river and as we approached the falls we could see the rapids upfront.Upon reaching the falls we took a walk upto the falls and saw the horseshoe fall, brides veil fall ,Luna island and the American falls thereafter we checked into Comfort inn at the point which was a part of our itinerary .The hotel rooms were spacious and luxurious.At night we walked down to the falls to see the list up falls and the spectacular fireworks show at pm from the American side .It was just spectacular.Today morning we went to the Observation deck and were spellbound by the beauty of the falls.We took the Maid of Mist boat ride right into the heart of the falls and were awestruck by the beauty of the falls .Then we returned to the bus for our return journey through the New York state giving us the feel of the geography of the place.We loved the tour and recommend it.

Didn’t like the tour guides. I was left behind and none even noticed. Also this trip is not made for native New Yorkers who want to just get on guided trip out of the city for the day. It’s geared for travelers from other countries. The tours are listed as “bilingual “ but not much attendance is paid to English speakers at all. There were only 2 native New Yorkers and we needed English. Also it’s ridiculous that there were 3 guides on one trip and none knew I was missing but besides that we were dealing with Spanish, Italian and Japanese translators. That’s just too many languages on one tour. When we went in to places there were a lot of other group tours and the guides walked through super fast and several of us got lost within other tours because no one even looked back to check if whole group was following and also it was confusing with so many guides on our trip because they didn’t stay together. Everything was rushed. Also 1 guide didn’t like air conditioning and wanted to keep the bus hot and didn’t even ask others if cold, only said the Italians were. I was happy to get off the bus and go home.

Okai and team were absolutely brilliant throughout a long day. The commentary and tour around Boston was informative and pleasant. But for the unfortunate traffic delays, which made for an uncomfortable journey, this would be a 5 star rating!

Best town in the Hamptons. I'd suggest you say at 3 days. It has too much to offer for a day trip.

Moses is a beautiful man on the inside and out! He is oh so funny yet oh so kind and helpful. He loves to joke around so be prepared for some chortle along the way. I absolutely loved amish trip, they had spectacular home made food and lemonade, the amish were perfect humble people. This was oh so amazing. I highly recommend. Do it.

Our Tour Guide Utah was amazing, full of knowledge & very accomadating. Also great at "toilet stops" which i needed lol. The only thing disappointing was that rather than go to the "Amish Village" {which was just along the road} the market we attened i felt didnt give the amish experience apart from the kiosk selling ice cream. I would of loved to of done the proper Amish experience. John who took us the ride in the Amish buggy to the farm was also full of knowledge.

Services and hotels are great. We had a large 56 seater bus almost full. So ride was comfortable. Stoppages were as required. The falls themselves are of course outstanding. Once in a lifetime experience. Maid of the Mist very good. Not to be missed experience.