Scenic Tours or APT?

[JJluvscruzin]

Hi newfirsttimer, did you prefer APT (AMA) or Scenic for the European river cruise? Thanks.

[roaming_kiwi58]

A land tour operator we are trying next month is Albatross Tours. Tips are included. We are led to believe there are no optional excursions, though there is some free time in various places to do your own thing. Many meals are included, but not all.

 

It is an Australian company, which markets to Australians and Kiwis. We have done about a dozen Insight tours, as we like their regional itineraries. We have also done many tours/river cruises with APT, which we have always found to be excellent. It will be interesting to see how Albatross compares. They do not have a very large range of itineraries, so it could well be the one and only time we use them unless they expand their repertoire!

[madda]

We have done two APT river cruises - Amsterdam to Budapest with Prague as an add on. Everything was inclusive including drinks with lunch and dinner as well as all tipping and excursions, except for one Mozart concert in Vienna, which wasn't much at all. This September we are going with Scenic from Amsterdam to Basel Zurich, mainly because they have a land tour to the UK and Ireland for three weeks prior to the cruise which we wanted to do. This land tour/river cruise with Scenic is also all inclusive. Our cabins on all three cruises have had balconies. It will be interesting to see if there are many differences. We were very happy with APT and would definitely go with them again.