Washington Dc Minibus City Night Tour With Hotel Drop Off

It wasn’t anything that might happen to them. It was our timing around DC getting ready for 4th of July and some things were shut off. But we did get to see other things and learn about all the Embassies in DC that we were not expecting so it was a trade off, and a learning experience. Yohannes knows his history! Thank you

Our experience was fantastic. Johanes and Don did a great job and accommodated our wishes and kept us on track. I highly recommend this experience!

Bobby is very knowledgeable and funny. He stopped at all the places mentioned in the tour and gave us enough time to visit and take pictures.

Overall the tour was good, driver was knowledgeable and gave good time to get out and get pictures. This is good because the windows on the mini bus were incredibly dirty- actually hard to see through and made picture taking poor quality. Also pickup was confusing. There was not a clear location at the hotel to meet, and dispatch didn't call with instructions till 5 min before departure. Finally this said small van tour 14 people, it was bus with 25... That really wasn't the vibe I signed up for, but not a game changer.

The guide was good but you advertise a bus with only 15 passengers and that was not the case. Very deceptive

We did this the 1st night we arrived and loved seeing everything with lights - pictures are great - we used the next day to return to places in the day light! The mini bus is small snd the tour guide was.knowledge- stopped and let us view close and take pictures

Your felt rushed while driving. Thought there would be a few more get out to see stops. No water provided at all. Would have brought own had I know it was not being provided as the description stated.

Waiting in the hotel parking lot for tour operators. They were supposed to pick us up ,but refused Very unhappy

Always try to have visitors get this tour in the night of arrival if not in to late. It gives them a nice preview of the rest of the trip.

Our tour guide provided information and pointers for how to get more out of visiting our well known national monuments.

Driver was terrible. Didn’t have facts correct and was using foul language when standing outside the bus. Stopped and had us look at the roadblock for Cherry Blossom Festival.

We really enjoyed our tour guide. He’s very knowledgeable about the history of DC being a Washingtonian himself, but his use of humor to make a point and show attendants that history sometimes doesn’t take the path you would like to accept. But history is history. It’s was an awesome evening and we enjoyed it.

Rode in a van where you could not see out the front. Driver parked facing sights and talked and talked, not letting us out of the bus, while we could not see anything. Tour went 45 minutes over, we spent very little time off bus.

Our driver Robert did a great job. Saw a lot of DC. Only wish DC would light up more monuments like they used to. Not sure why so many are so dark.

Extremely disappointed. Bus did not turn up and our evening was ruined. We are from Ireland, in DC for a few days and this was meant to be a highlight of our visit.

The tour was not as advertised. Barley any AC.. super hot. Thank God I had a small hand held fan for my child. In addition upon getting on the bus the driver was rude about us having our baby on the tour. Didn’t really offer any help. When my mother in law asked about the ac the driver still appeared to be upset . In addition, the glass of the bus was SO DIRTY, making it difficult to take photos. The best part was seeing the city at night. Wish I would have used a different bus… or paid way less. Worse tour experience

Our Driver was excellent knowledge about the different places that he took us to. My only complaint is that the air conditioner in the bus was not sufficient. I would do again.

The driver was very polite and certainly knew all about DC. Unfortunately our names were not on the list but the driver sorted it out for us with my receipt

Our guide was very knowledgeable, and was very clear. Bus however could use some updates. And many update the website no drinks were available or offered.

The group size was larger than advertised and it was difficult to hear the narration in the tour mini-bus. The biggest issue, though, was that it took 90 minutes before we had the first nighttime view of a landmark. At that point, we chose not to get back on the bus. Note that sunset was late and the first stop was twilight rather and didn't offer the desired view.

The tour itself was very nice and the guide very friendly and knowledgeable. The dispatcher & staff however were not honest and neither was the booking information posted through trip Advisor website. The tour was promoted as a night tour with Hotel Pickup which I paid the extra for and was required to select one of the approved pickup hotel locations. It was not my actual hotel but the closest to me so we did have to walk to get picked up. Problem was, no one showed to pick us up at the time mentioned in the confirmation email and when i called, the staff told me that they don't offer hotel pickup anymore. They provided me the name and number of the dispatcher and informed me I would need to take an Uber to get to the tour starting point and Uber ourselves also back to the hotel afterwards but that we would be reimbursed. I corresponded several times with the dispatcher who assured me I would be reimbursed by start of the new week which never happened. Very dishonest marketing and customer service.

Late arrival. Misleading description - said 6 - 10 pm with a stop at National Cathedral (optional entrance fee). No stop or even drive by the Cathedral. Guide was mediocre.

We’ve done this tour before and love it. This time it was very rushed. Specifically looked for tour w/ a stop at FDR memorial. We had 18 min to use restroom, see MLK and FDR. We ran to FDR and skipped MLK And bathroom. 30 min At Vietnam/Korea/Lincoln.

This was by far the worst tour I have ever done. I spent a great deal of time researching the itineraries. We did not go to half of the sights listed in the tour. The driver was not a good resource and in fact gave inaccurate information. I was told it would be 14 people total. It was more. Others in the tour had booked a different tour through a different company and paid significantly less. I have requested a 50% discount. The k my reason I didn’t request a full refund is we did go to some of the sights listed and the monuments are beautiful at night.

We had taken an evening tour with another company about 8 years ago. While realizing that times have changed we found this tour lacking in a few areas. The driver/guide pushed the Black Lives Matter concept over and over again. Never got to the Roosevelt memorial or the WW2 memorial that were highlights of our previous trip.

When I booked the tour was told there would be 7 stops, there were 3 (Capitol, side street with glimpse of White HOuse, Lincoln monument). Another stop was skipped due to number of tour buses there at the time, driver told us we'd come back later. We did drive past later, only 2 other buses there but our driver did not stop--no reason provided. At beginning of tour, driver said best restrooms were at MLK monument, never went there. In written confirmation i was sent after booking, said we'd get water bottle--didn't happen. Could over look this if only issue. Driver didn't appear to have set route, just going where he felt like. Don't know if route varied due to increased security issues (just after Trump indictment) but, if this was case, wasn't shared with us. Had read reviews prior to booking, tour given wonderful reviews. Perhaps with different tour guide/driver it would have been better experience. Driver told us that Viator contracts with local tour guides--think Viator needs to periodically put unidentified employees on tours to ascertain if quality of tour/what is promised by company actually is happening. This was nighttime tour. Thought about booking a daytime tour to see monuments not seen that night BUT was hesitant to do so based on our experience--didn't want to waste more money or time, only to be possibly disappointed. I cannot recommend this tour based on our experience. Save your money and have an UBER driver take you to the various locations.

I paid more for this experience because I wanted it to be “small group”. Was to only be up to 12 people. There were over 45 that showed up, which was NOT what I paid for. The description states there will be water, there was not, and no where to purchase it along this hours long trip. Do not go with this vender, they have no regard for truth in advertising.

Not exactly as advertised. Ticket start time said 7:00 but was actually 7:30. Said you would be provided water- non provided and non available to purchase- everything closed at night. Was longer than three hours. Lots of driving around seeing things at night that couldn’t see. Best part- actually seeing main memorials at night.

Well informed and very knowledgeable tour guide. We learned a good deal of DC information from him, his name was Robert. Our only complaint was that the tour itself was not well run. The logistics of the passenger list were rather uncoordinated, also the meeting time was wrong. Perhaps the tour should have a local contact number for those of us who purchased tickets. We did enjoy the sights.

Not at all what I paid for. I searched several tours and landed on this one because of the itinerary. When we got to the tour pick up stop, none of the buses had the name of DC Legend Tours on it. I decided to ask the Loba bus and sure enough they had my name. Different route than what I purchased.

The tour was great, Bobby was a very knowledgeable and entertaining tour guide!!/ we were informed at the airport when coming that we would not be picked up at our hotel which was why we picked this tour/ cost us $20 more for Uber rides to pickup and back to hotel

Dr. Yohannes was fabulous! So knowledgeable, friendly and enjoyable! We were the only three on the tour due to cancellations! We so very much appreciated he did not cancel altogether! Instead, we ended up with a wonderful private tour! I would recommend this tour 100 times over! If you have not seen the monuments at night, you should!!

This tour was described as providing bottle water and being a 4 hr tour. The water was generic, hot and stored in a dirty empty dry cooler. It was raining, not the operators fault. We missed two very important monuments: FDR and Vietnam Veterans memorial. He didn't stop or discuss the Washington monument, and he failed to describe many of the Masonic connections in the architecture details of many building, including the capital. He didn't discuss when the light is on or off on the capital and its meaning. He missed a lot. I recommend paying $10 more for a big bus tour.

Unfortunately tour was cancelled once I arrived in Washington DC. No alternative was suggested. Disappointed as travelling as lone female and wanted night tour with hotel pick up. Ended up on the big bus night tour which was full. Perhaps is this tour was a little cheaper more people would sign up.

As this is a night tour, the areas being visited should have more lighting. It was a challenge seeing some of the statues in the night, as well as the walkways. The tour was a little rushed and there weren't much stops for pictures, so a lot of the pictures were taken from inside the bus.

We had 4 generations of our family on the night tour. So nice to have hotel pick-up, included our 3yo grandkid, and great grandma with wheelchair. We saw all the sites, very low crowds, driver/tour guide was quite knowledgeable and helpful. Highly recommend!

Our guide was very knowledgable and attentive with older visitors. Nice long tour with lots of sites. Saw a couple places i had not seen before. Well worth the cost

Our family had a great night time tour of DC with Legends tours. Was picked up at hotel on time and the driver was very informative. Would highly recommend it. Thanks for making this the best part of our trip.

Great driver and beautiful night tour. We had an issue with scheduling and the owner was so accommodating to us and letting us come a different time!

Our tour was very informative. It would have been nice if we could have seen more of Embassy Row. It was dark so it was more street lights than the homes. The night tour of the monuments was beautiful. We happened to be in DC while the Nationals were playing the World Series so there were a lot of Nationals displays like at the National Cathedral. The tour guide was very good and very respectful and very knowledgeable. Our pickup and drop off were perfect. We would recommend to the tour company to split the tour to some hours of daytime touring along with some night touring.

This was a wonderful way to see the monuments at night and it feels more personalized since it's a small tour bus. It was important to me to be picked up at my hotel, and I was actually picked up about 10 minutes early, so be aware that the time your given is an estimate. Johannes was a great, informative guide and was very friendly. The only downside is that his accent makes him slightly hard to understand. Lots of stops and more than enough time to get out and take photos. He provides bottled water, but it isn't cold. Overall, I highly recommend it.

There's something about seeing these awesome places in the dark. And there are a lot of says to do it. Our tour guide was great, told us everything we needed to know while driving, then let us go on our own to explore. The amount of time he gave us was plenty for each stop. The small size of our group\bus was much better than the bigger buses that had drivers trying to guide large groups around in the dark. Highly recommend this tour.

Excellent tour, highly recommend it, very prompt and professional. Lovely clean bus. Driver very well informed

What a wonderful time. Johannes was great and very knowable. Did alot more than a tour I had about 12 years ago. A very good value and had the full time as advertised.

My group of 5 friends toured DC with Johannes the evening of October 8. There were 3 other couples on the tour with us. Johannes was very accommodating when our train to DC was a bit late. He asked us to uber to a hotel closer to where he was and it all worked nicely. We covered everything in the tour description and had enough time at each stop to see the monuments. He was extremely knowledgeable about each sight. It was a perfect start to our visit to DC. NOTE: a previous review criticized him for asking a family's children to be quiet. He once asked us the same. But he was right in doing so because we were being a bit too talkative and were perhaps taking away from the other's experience. He was being mindful of all of his customers - and we did not take it as rudeness. And our tour lasted the FULL 4 hours.

Driver was great, knew more history than any school teacher, seen all the sites with plenty of time to walk each one out

Embassies, monuments, memorials and major sites are stunning at night. Knowledgeable driver/guide. Comfortable van. Small group of twelve. Perfect!

Our tour was a great way to see beautifully lit up monuments. Our tour guy Bobby educated and entertained us in a very enjoyable manner! Would recommend.

I was expecting MORE from what friends said of their experience. I wish the tour guide walked us to the sights & gave us history/facts etc. Suggest you have a driver & a guide. The White House, because of construction, was a bust. You had to run (time limit) a far way to see “a wall”. You can imagine the jokes.