Richard and Susan Thomas
I think the Allure dining room was too small. The bikes, the staff and the guide was great. I would have liked appetizers every night before dinner.
Thank you for our review about the tulip tour! Regarding your comments about the appetizers, we will send your feedback forward to the crew. Great to read you’re satisfied about the bike, staff and guide.
sharon
The food was very good, the staff very helpful and friendly, and overall, this was a great value for the money. This is not a “luxury” experience – cabins are very tight spaces, and the biking is relatively short distances (roughly 18 – 32 miles per day), but we were looking for something low key to do with a group of friends, and didn’t want a high-pressure trip. We always had time to stop for photos, tour mills, walk through little towns, and, in this case, “smell the tulips!” I came home thoroughly relaxed but also feeling fit and healthy. Youngsters, take note: this is for the over 50 crowd! Loved it!
Thanks a lot for your enthusiastic review! We will forward your kind words to the crew of the Allure. We hope to welcome you again next year!
Cathy
Tour guides Francine & Ellsa were outstanding,.. knowledgeable , friendly, went out of their way to help!! Barge was kept immaculately clean.. bikes were very comfortable & well maintained!! Delicious meals cooked with local ingredients!! Gave a 4 cuz almost daily there were power issues!!!( fixed quickly)
Thank you for your review about the Tulip tour on board the Fleur. Sorry for the powerproblems, but we are happy the crew fixed them quickly. We hope to welcome you back on a different tour! The Boat Bike Tours Team
Joe and Joy Kubit
We had a great time on Fleur. The crew and guides were outstanding. There was no pressure if you wanted to take the day off and ride the boat rather than bike. Joe
Dear Joe, You can take the boat ór the bike, both is good. We will forward your kind words to the crew of the Fleur. We hope to welcome you again another year!
Michael and Sharon Taylor
Our experience with ” The Sarah” and her crew was amazing. From the friendly captain to the hostess and first mate to the cute little chef and then to our wonderful tour guide, it couldn’t have been better. We learnt so much from all of them, especially Cornel, our guide. Thanks to all for making our trip great.
Dear Michael and Sharon, thank you for giving us the perfect rating the Tulip Tour on board the Sarah. We hope to welcome you again!
Karen Christie and Bela Kapur
We loved this opportunity to explore the Netherlands in the fresh air. The boat was very comfortable and the staff were first class. The bikes were good but it would have been nice to have a holder for the water bottle, and toe straps on the pedals. Some raw veggies for the picnic lunches would have been a bonus to this lovely tour.
Dear Karen and Bela, We are happy to read you had a great time during the Tulip Tour. We will forward your compliments to the crew on board the Sarah. We will take the comments about the bikes and the lunch into consideration. We hope to welcome you back on a different tour! The Boat Bike Tours Team
Mary Haller and James Van Hove
Biking through the country side was so pretty and relaxing. There were many stops for coffee, etc. The guide was very knowledgeable and friendly.
Thanks a lot for your enthusiastic review! We will forward your kind words to the guide of your tour on board the Sarah.
Lisa Gore & Bruce Gore
We just returned from the tulip tour on the Sarah (out of Amsterdam), from April 7 through 14. We are from the United States (Georgia) and have taken more than a dozen Caribbean cruises, so we knew the boat-bike cruise was going to be very different. Travel time and expense is much more of a factor, but the cruise itself was just amazing. We hope to do more. Highlights include Keukenhof Garden which offers an amazing variety of showy flowers; not just tulips. The flower auction in Aalsmeer is huge in scale and activity. The cheese farm, the town of Gouda with its beautiful center area and the Church of St. John, canals, windmills, tulip and other flower fields … all were remarkable to see in person. Our guide Cornel offered the opportunity to do a little extra at times, including a short side trip to the beach on the North Sea. The bike riding is on primarily flat terrain, so very doable for even occasional bikers. On the boat, the cabins are small but effective, since you really only need a space to shower and sleep. Most of your awake hours will be spent either on deck, biking, or visiting the sites along the way. Pack light and follow the recommendation for layering clothes as our weather was on the cool / breezy side with one day of light rain. Overall it was comfortable if dressed appropriately. Food served on the boat was very good. We enjoyed full breakfasts with meat, cheeses, cereal, toast, fruit, etc. Lunch was self-made sandwiches with different sliced meat, cheeses, along with fruit and other small snack offerings. Cookies or some other treat were out each day as we returned from biking. Dinners were great with a choice of meat / fish each day. All the staff was friendly and accommodating. Perhaps the most different overall aspect of this trip versus a traditional cruise on the mega ships is that with only 20 or so other people on board, you actually get to know your fellow travelers. If you are a “people person,” this may in fact be your favorite thing about the trip. Cruise with 5,000 other people and you might not get to know anyone else, but boat-bike with 20 and you will know all their names after a couple of days. (Our group included a family of four from Brazil; two couples from France; with the others all from the United States.) Perhaps the biggest recommendation for the cruise is that we certainly want to plan more. We had a wonderful time.
Dear Lisa and Bruce, Thank you for writing this review! We are really pleased to hear you had such a wonderful time on board. Thank you for giving us the perfect rating and for recommending the Tulip Tour on board the Sarah to other travelers. We hope to welcome you again! Team Boat Bike Tours.
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