TripOppo Reviews 

My family and I went on the 15 day tour through Korea and Japan. Overall, the experience was good getting to see various places that have been on my bucket list for a long while. With Covid, certainly delayed everyone's plans. First few days, we start our trip off at Seoul and making our way south to Busan, then take the next few days back to Seoul. The next week, we fly over to Osaka and make our way east towards Tokyo. Local tour guides from each country did a great job at providing details of each location we visited. Tour leader for us was ok, not very organized and barely interacted with the group. Suggestion for the next trip, during initial arrival in Seoul, guests arrived at different times, tour leader should have been there to greet each guest and go over details of when and where to meet. Same with the check out of each hotel, should have collected everyones room key to turn in all at once.

My biggest complaints for this trip are based on two huge factors, accommodations and time spent for each location. This tour advertises 4 star hotels which is definitely not the case, they start you off with a really nice hotel, but as you go they get worse. One hotel in particular for Korea was the Daegu province (hotel inter-burgo) says it's a 5 star hotel, but from what I recall versus the images on google are no where near the same. As we made our way through Japan, we had similar experiences. Grand Hotel Hamamatsu was by far the worst hotel of them all. Every thing there was old and outdated, we entered extremely hot rooms with no AC, old decor, actual physical keys for rooms access, just laying in the bed made me itchy.

Now for the time spent at each location, there were definitely a ton of old temples and shrines nearly every single day. Literally, you see one then you've seen them all. We spent so much time at temples and barely get any time to eat or shop. The only day we got to that was day 6 of Korea, we get dropped off at Myeongdong market for 3 hours to walk around and shop. Didn't really get to try any of the street food because they had planned an all you can eat pork kbbq for lunch. Then in Japan, one iconic place in Osaka is the Dotonburi where we were only given an hour to eat then we had to get back to the bus. Couldn't even take two steps and you've wasted 10 minutes because it was so busy there.

Planning could have been way better for the Japan leg of the tour, location of the hotel in Osaka was an hour ride from the main city center of Osaka by train. Rather than stay 3 nights in Osaka, one of those nights should have been in Kyoto. Especially on the day of the optional tour to Ayashiyama Bamboo Grove and the Fushimi Inari-Taisha Torii Gates. Such of waste of time to drive from Osaka to Kyoto for about 2 hours to get there only to be greeted with huge crowds. Same experience with the Shinkansen, we had to drive an hour into the city just to sit on the Shinkansen for 10-15 minutes, big whoopie!

Last remarks is for the optional Kaiseki dinner which is not cheap whatsoever, at $90 usd per person. You barely get any food and everything was cold. We would all meet up at the 52nd floor of the building where the food was all layed out ready for us. None of the waiters came to explain anything of the meal, was mainly just here's your food, have at it. Definitely skip this meal and take that hour train ride to the center of Osaka and you'll have more food with money to spare.

Our Tour of Turkey was great! Unlike other tours (competitors) I've been on, we never felt rushed and didn't have to wake up super early. Our days usually started at 9 AM. Often times, our group members came back before the set time which made things run smoothly and we were never behind schedule. Our local tour guide, Husnu Celebi, was very knowledgeable and helpful. He would recommend where to eat/buy certain foods that we wanted to try so that we got the best. He even offered to help us mail our postcards as we didn't pass by any post offices and frankly, most people do not send snail mail anymore. I would recommend this tour to friends and family.

Dear Tripoppo,
I am writing to you to give feedback about an optional dinner that we had on Day 9 in Korea/Japan Trip
(Kaiseiki Dinner in Osaka )
This dinner was not up to the expectation at many levels
The service was great and the restaurant was good ,but the food Quality and quantity are not what we expect at all
This is not my own view and evaluation but the rest of the group that attended that dinner (13 individuals )had the same opinion (giving the dinner very low rating and extremely low value for the cost) for that meal
Your attendance and investigation of this matter are definitely will boost the trust that we always put in your trusted and respectable company

Overall a very well constructed and extravagant trip. Tripoppo made an excellent for us at a very reasonable price. We felt safe and were humbled by how friendly the people of egypt were. Emad Enan was the absolute best tour guide I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. Made our expirence memorable for the years to come for us.

We just returned from the 9 day tour of Japan. Overall the trip was successful but a few problems occurred. The hotels were in the middle of nowhere and made dinner choices fairly limited. The optional Kaiseki dinner was a very expensive joke. How Trip Oppo can charge $90 US for what was offered to us, I have no idea. The food had been left in a Bento box on the tables before the group arrived. Tempura was almost stone cold, fried items were also stone cold and the service offering drinks non existent. We would get better food at our local Japanese Thai restaurant for about $20! A complaint has been lodged and we would like a refund. The eel dinner is described as being worth $100 US although offered ‘free’. Two tiny pieces of eel with a little sauce on white rice had been left on the table before we arrived. It was barely warm. Some Miso soup which was also luke warm was included. Such a meal would have cost around $10 US at that restaurant- we could see the prices! It was hardly enough to eat!
The hotels are most certainly not 4 star. The breakfasts were not good. Cold food which should have been hot and long lines to get into breakfast at the hotel in Osaka. The hotel in Tokyo was dirty.
The good parts of the trip were the informative guide and his kind helpful demeanour. Finally Popsey the Tour Guide from Trip Oppo took the group of 15 Vietnamese in hand and chided some of them for the group’s poor time keeping. Their time was not more valuable than the 8 other people on the
Bus.
We enjoyed many wonderful sights and sites but it would have been nice to visit a local market to see the local life and which had been offered in an earlier itinerary.
For the money this is a good trip but one needs to temper expectations. Also be aware that it is very crowded at all of the included venues.

Our trip to Egypt was amazing!! The best part about it was our guide Emad Enan! He was knowledgeable, funny, and just a great guy to be around. He took us to all the best places and really took care of us from start to finish. I really liked all the tours we did to the different temples and tombs. All the people we encountered were so friendly. I really liked cruising down the Nile for a couple of days of our trip. The boat was brand new and the staff was amazing. It was truly a trip of a lifetime!

Miracles of Turkey tour was amazing. We learned so much and our guide was so kind, patient and knowledgable. The hot air balloon ride was the highlight of the trip for many.

A wonderful two week adventure!!!

The accommodation was consistently of a high standard, although TripOppo could provide greater clarity around their choices (e.g. the first hotel - resort style - had facilities we had limited time to enjoy and was not ideally located; we were told by TripOppo that we would get an Nile cruise boat upgrade that did not occur; and the first hotel in Jordan was in Amman (wrong direction for us) which added to an already long trip to Wadi Rum. In addition, I thought for little cost, the tour company could have covered the cost of water and coffee / tea at the meals. The actual meals were buffet style which meant lots of food but which limited the chances to try "local" food. The desserts were great!

The sites we visited were, as expected, great, although sometimes we were a bit pushed for time. The trip to Wadi Rum, although great, was a stretch and perhaps logistically could be done differently (e.g. see above re the Amman hotel). Although we took most of the optional tours, there did not seem to be adequate planning for those that did not (e.g. Sakkara - how would you get back to the hotel if you didn't go?; and the tour guidance says Wadi Rum is on the way to Petra which is not really true (and if I had not taken the optional Wadi Rum tour I would have been disappointed to have been on such a long bus journey and forced to wait with little to do whilst the others did their tour).

Our tour guide in Egypt (Emad Enan) was fantastic! He was exteremly knowledgable and engaging. He was assisted by a great team - bus driver and airport assistance. Emad made us feel valued. I highly recommend him and without him I know my experience would have been so much less positive!

Our tour guide in Jordan was a disappointment. Although he was clearly knowledgeable, he did not live up to the standards set by our Egyptian guide. He could have easily spent more time with us at the sites showing us around and talking us through the highlights. I felt he was doing the minimum.

Travel on the bus in both Egypt and Jordan was of a high standard. However, plane travel from Cairo to Luxor and then to Jordan was poorly planned with not all people on the same plane, which lead to stress and delay.

Overall, I recommend the tour, however I think there is work to be done by TripOppo in their pre communication to travellers; service standards with organisations they use (including but not mentioned above how they ensure "tips" paid upfront make it to front-line
staff (such as hotel staff); and assessing how the tour could be made even better.

Our vacation was fantastic! All of the sites and the accommodations were incredibly good. Our tour guide in Egypt (Emad Enan) was excellent. He was very knowledgable, personable, friendly and helpful in everyway. He took time to answer questions and give additional information on many subjects and became our friend. I can't say enough about how good he was. Our tour guide in Jordan was a great disappointment. He gave us limited attention , limited information, answered few questions, did not attend all of the sites we visited and other he only went part way. This was very disappointing as we could see many other tour guides doing so much more and taking their group through everything. We actually tagged along with other tours to here the information about the sites from their guides.

Our guide in Egypt ( Emad Enan) was very knowledgeable, energetic and personable. He made sure the group was well taken care of. The accommodations were lovely, meals were all buffets which were ok. There was many very early mornings!Unfortunately our group was booked on 3 different flights from Cairo to Amman which was inconvenient as people were waiting at either end.
In Jordan our guide was polar opposite to the one in Egypt. He was more interested in his phone or talking to the bus driver than answering questions. He would give us some information and then drop us off ( while other guides went in with their tours) Our accommodations on the Dead Sea was spectacular. Overall the tours available were very good.

Turkish Delights
Guide very good, excellent English.
Tripoppo does not give information in a timely manner.

The tour guide in Türkiye, Safak, was excellent. Great sense of humour, excellent knowledge and shared freely to make the experience a good one.
Need to keep in mind that there was significant walking distance required, but pace was good.

Our trip to Turkey was excellent. The tour guide did a fantastic job with the group and explained things very clearly with extensive knowledge. He did a terrific job telling us lots of details on all places visited. As far as the tours and places, those were above our expectations so I want to thank Trip Oppo for the job of planning everything within the 12 days that we spent there. Again, thank you Cheleviv for the job you did with us and Thanks to Trip Oppo. Keep up the great job with all your schedule tours.

Rhine River cruise was a great tour. We have used the Canadian TripOppo in the past and we have never been disappointed. This cruise was well organized and executed. Every port had a tour, even one that we thought was canceled due to our small number of 8 guests. Our cruise director, Jessica, was just so amazing. She made sure everything went according to plan for our group and all the rest of the guests as well. We also have to mention the crew of Cruise Crucevita went out of their way to accommodate their guest’s needs, sometimes even before you asked. Can’t say enough good things about this tour. We have also recommended it to our friends in the US. Currently, we have already booked another tour to Egypt and Jordan in November.

Overall the S. Korea/Japan tour was enjoyable. The Grand Hotel in S.Korea was filthy, Kim the Korean tour guide was excellent, Sunny in Japan was ok. The tour leader Robert was always there for any questions but english language was not his forte. Quite a hectic schedule with the optional tours but well worth it. The Kaiseki dinner ($) was not as shown and quite disappointing. The hanbok dress-up (included ) was a lot of fun.

This is the third time we have travelled using Trip Oppo. We did the "Charm of the Rhine" tour and while the contingent of participants from Trip Oppo was small (8 people) we were treated very well. The cruise director on the Crucevita, Jessica, is amazing. She made sure we were all looked after and she went out of her way to see that everything was ok. She also spoke very highly of TripOppo which is always encouraging to get an endorsement from a third party. There is no question that if and when we deicide to travel again, we will look over TripOppo's offerings. Hopefully there will be something that will catch our attention.

We just had a 12 day tour of magical Turkey (Sep-Oct 2023) and our tour guide was Husnu Celebi. We had a very enjoyable tour - of beautiful & fascinating places with interesting histories, all made a live by our very knowledgeable guide. Our guide was also very helpful, kind, personable & attentive to details.
The hotels were mostly very good quality, of least 4-stars standard & the Double Tree Hilton in Canakkale & the Grand Hotel in Konya were the super hotels (to me). The Cave Hotel in Cappadocia was a disappointment- there were several issues but got resolved after the tour guide intervened. But the problem with the shower hardware were just not resolvable during our short stay.
A big disappointment was the cancellation of the hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia - suggest a contingency plan for the ride to be made possible in case of any cancellation due to weather, etc. it was so very very very, sad to miss it after having come such a long way for it!!
On the whole, a wonderful experience in Turkey - lovely land, rich in history, culture, food & people! Thanks for all the efforts of our guide, drivers & accommodating service staff!

Everything things went well, guides were excellent 👌

- the English language level of the tour guide provided by Tripoppo was not clear, I think he would be suitable to Cantonese speakers passengers. According to him, he hasn't been speaking English for years because he was living in Hong Kong.
- when he left his cell phone at hotel when the bus was moving already, the trip was delayed two times during that day and the schedule was rearranged because of his personal problem
- the hotel in Daego, S. Korea was dirty and below standards.

Tour guide who accompanied us for the whole Korea and Japan trip, was very helpful, funny and positive. He made sure everybody was ok all the time. Answered all our question when he could.

The guide in S.Kor, was also funny, helpful and guided us well to all the spots we were to see.

In Japan the tour guide is very knowledgeable, regarding the history, pointed out interesting spots, buildings, while driving and gave us time to explore on our own when it was possibly.

Great trip all around.