4-Hour Seattle City Tour

Mark, our tour guide was funny and knowledgeable, he brought the city to life. We saw things on the tour that we wouldn’t have seen otherwise. We especially enjoyed the photo opportunities presented.

Captain Steve incorporated music associated to the points of the tour and its stops. It made the tour interactive and fun.

Tour guide was entertaining and personable with relevant comments! He was on time and took us to several places both in Downtown Seattle and the surrounding neighborhoods.

Great tour! Joel was a great guide! He was very informative and we definitely saw a lot of Seattle. Would highly recommend especially if your are a senior citizen or have limited mobility.

While you see some amazing sites of Seattle, the tour description does not prepare you and is deceptive. The stops are up to the guide so my guide took us to HIS favorite places. I was picked up at 8:45am and dropped off after 4pm. I was advised beforehand that I would have to purchase lunch on one of the stops. Problem is only 2 stops had food and one we were allowed 20 minutes- at Pike St Market where any line is at least a 30-40 minutes wait, and the other at the Fisherman's Pier where we were allowed 10 minutes. Guide advised us each time to try and grab a quick snack as we wouldn't have time for food purchases. Tour was supposed to end at 2 but guide advised it would run long. I told him I had to be back no later than 4 for a work function and was back late. 15 minutes may not seem like a big deal but I had a work function at 5 and no time to shower and barely time to change and clean up. When I mentioned that the tour should advise you to pack water and snacks and that I was upset about being late the tour guide verbally attacked me and drove like a maniac while continuing to rant about how I didn't appreciate him doing a good job. When I tried to explain that the tour was good and he didn't do a bad job but I was hungry and late for work he told me to shut up so he could get me back and then proceeded to rant about being ungrateful the entire drive back. By the time we got to my hotel he had calmed down enough for me to tell him that his behavior was unacceptable. Again- we saw lots of stuff. But not the stuff we were expecting to see. A 5 minute photo op of the space needle from a distance? 25 minutes at pike street Market? There were several things that could have been shortened or eliminated in order for us to have more time at the main attractions. This needs to be described as a tour of unusual and obscure places in Seattle and tourists should be advised to bring food and drinks with them.

Discovered many parts of the city that we would like to visit on this tour. Helped to determine how we would spend our time in the city

I don’t know where to begin… First off, the tour didn’t even start on time. I was told I needed to be outside of my hotel at 9:40am and I was never picked up until 10:10am. The tour was supposed to be a 4 hour long tour and Captain Steve proceeded to say how it can’t be done in 4 hours but maybe 6. I had something else planned for 4pm, as well as many other people on the bus. Needless to say, we spent about 3 hours just driving around the city not seeing anything and half of the bus decided to get off and not come back once we got to pikes market place. We didn’t even get to see everything that we were supposed to. Things where we should have spent 30 minutes at or so, we spent 5 minutes because he was way behind. He had no schedule so no wonder why this can’t be done in the 4 hours. I was highly disappointed since I have a limited stay and was trying to see as much of the city and that didn’t happen. I did not recommend this tour after the experience that I had. Luckily I managed to get to my next scheduled thing but he was cutting it close.

The trip was very good and the guide was excellent. I had only one small complaint and it seems a little petty but, still feel it is valid. The guide told us once we were onboard that the tour was really more like a 5 hour rather than a four hour and was that a problem for anyone. We booked another excursion an hour after we anticipated the 4 hours to end. We were not the only ones but, he did mention several times that he would keep the tour moving and maybe we would not get everything in. In the end, he got everything in, the tour did not feel rushed, and we made our next tour. I hate to gripe about getting more. It just would have been nice to know in advance so as not to put the pressure on.

It was a nice memories we had and our tour guide was very good and give details of the tour. We’ll come back again and use Viator

All the stops were great. Excellent recommendations and the guide was very knowledgeable and the fact he was local was good.