Excellent
Cool cities, great company to see them with
Overall, I enjoyed my experience with Topdeck. As a solo traveler, it was great to have people to experience my journey with and it was a trip that I will never forget. You are able to fit in a lot of cities for the amount of time you travel- yes, it feels like the time in each city is far too short and you spend most of your time on the bus, but that’s what a bus tour is. Note, that each travel day pretty much takes up the whole day, especially when traveling in Fall and winter when the sun sets early.
I must note, that in my experience, one must be outgoing to go on the trip. When I signed up for Democracy Road, I did not know that I would be jumping onto the last leg of a longer trip. By the time I joined, many friend groups were already established and as my trip was beginning, everyone was talking about how they couldn’t believe the trip was almost over. The group leader did not take any initiative to introduce new travelers, which would have been nice to know there were fellow solo travelers on the trip. Additionally, I believe the group leader could have done a better job providing tips and optional activities for days off.
Excellent
Democracy road shows the hidden gems of Europe. You can do the big name places yourself but if you want to see places like Hungary, Czech Republic or Austria this is the trip to do. We had a fantastic tour guide and bus driver that knew all the best places to go. Couldn't recommend Top Deck enough.
As above, needed more time in Vienna and more of a guide through these places. If I wanted to just make my own way through it all I would have done it myself not with a tour.
Un tour muy bien organizado además de que la guían es excelente
Un tour muy bien organizado además de que la guían es excelente
I only did a portion of the trip. But I wish I had done the whole thing! My first top deck experience was amazing and I can’t wait to do my next trip
Excellent
Good
Nice accommodation, walking tour in Berlin was excellent.
Really enjoyed Prague also
Además de lo que anteriormente escribí no me gustaron los lugares que nos recomendaron para visitar. En Amsterdam había mucho más que ver que el show de **** que si bien es una experiencia única en Amsterdam y que nadie me contará, no me pareció indispensable o como lo más importante e interesante.
Perfect for discovering these Eastern European cities. Lots of great tips and guidance provided for "free" days.
I loved how we went to so many different types of places.
Again accomodation and more structure. Trip manager and driver were amazing
Good
Beautiful and fun cities.
The trip was very fast paced which was a bit overwhelming and the hotels were pretty average. But our tour guide Sisley and bus driver Ionny were amazing at their job! Sis had so much knowledge about each and every place and always gave us a huge list of things to do on our free days. I created life long friendships and memories I will never forget!
Excellent
Fantastic tour with great activities included. I would always go for the hotel option.
Topdeck was well organized and our tour leader Danny was amazing company, knowledgeable and approachable. The hotels were of reasonable standard however being more centrally located especially in Amsterdam would of been preferred.
It was great value for money, and booking through Topdeck not only saved us money but heaps of time too because we didn't have to worry about where to stay or how we'd get from A to B. Plus we knew that the hotels would be of a decent enough standard which is a major concern when trying to find accommodation online in a city you've never visited before and know little about.