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Rick Steves vs SmarTours

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4.9  Excellent  

1,112 reviews

99%

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Reviews & Ratings

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4.2  Great

78% Recommend

Value

4.1

Guide

4.2

Activities

4.3

Lodging

4.4

Transport

4.5

Meals

4.4
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4.9  Excellent

99% Recommend

Value

4.9

Guide

4.9

Activities

4.9

Lodging

4.9

Transport

4.9

Meals

4.9
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Recent Reviews

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Wendy

Apr 2023

Provided byRick Steves

This is about the store not the tours

We purchased two backpacks from Rick Steves Europe. One of them arrived damaged and unusable. Their website says that you must contact them if you receive damaged me...

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Ann

Aug 2023

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Epic Journey to Africa with SmarTours

Epic Journey to Africa with SmarTours Smartours was amazing in Africa. We had a great tour guide. 5 Star hotels and transportation. We embarked on many safari adv...

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Operator Overview

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# of trips

35

Travelers age

36 - 65

Type

regional Company

Trip prices

$1,795 - $4,995

Service level

standard

Tour languages

English

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# of trips

1

Travelers age

5 - 65

Type

global Company

Trip prices

$2,299 - $2,299

Service level

budget

Tour languages

English

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About Rick Steves

Our mission is to inspire, inform and equip Americans to have European trips that are fun, affordable and culturally broadening. We value travel as a powerful way to better understand and contribute to the world in which we live. We strive to keep our own travel style, our world outlook and our business practices consistent with these values.

About Rick Steves

Guidebook author and travel TV host Rick Steves is America's most respected authority on...

About SmarTours

smarTours was founded in 1996 with one goal in mind: to provide high quality, exciting group tour packages to some of the most fascinating countries in the world at the lowest possible price.  The team at smarTours believes deeply that high quality international travel should be affordable, and we work tirelessly to deliver affordability.

At smarTours, most of our travelers in any given year are repeat customers – they had such great experiences with us before that they decided to travel with us again.  And man...

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