Comments on: 5 Reasons to Take an Organized Tour

By: Gray

Gray — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:55:00 +0000

That’s a good point, Ryan! These guys know the land like the back of their hands–including where to spot wildlife.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:35:00 +0000

I recently spent the fall traveling through Central America involving plenty of tours and couldn’t agree more. Not only was it interesting meeting new people from all over but having guides who knew what they were doing was incredibly beneficial. But the most underrated benefit from going on a tours was animal spotting. Guides are so in tune with knowing where and what to look for that if I had been on the tour by myself I would have seen nothing but an empty forest or river.

By: SoloFriendly

SoloFriendly — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:40:00 +0000

Fantastic! I wish I had known about that delivery service while I was there. Agreed–sandals are no good on the cobblestones in Old San Juan. I’m so glad you had a great trip! And as to your comment above about tour guides, yes, I think a good guide is one that makes the trip interesting from the minute he picks you up. Jaime has the perfect personality for this. I’m so glad it worked out that you got him as your guide too!

By: Angelhoutx

Angelhoutx — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:23:00 +0000

Oh and by the way Jaime was our tour guy he was leaving the next day to Las Vegas, so we were lucky to have him on board. He was funny and a great guy tour guy. What a difference between him and the other adventure we took the following day. As I stated we went to Island Icacos and the driver didn’t speak to anyone during the 1 hr drive and ppl were wondering why and it would have been nice if the company would include that during the drive because you do go through areas you might want to know about. Thank God we went a day before to El Yunque because we pretty much took the same route and Jaime talked all the way.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:27:00 +0000

It’s definitely as beautiful as it appears on the site. Have you read this post yet? http://solofriendly.com/puerto-rico-culture-vs-the-beach/ It includes my reflections on my stay at the Caribe Hilton.

By: Angelhoutx

Angelhoutx — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:38:00 +0000

GREAT!! thank you so much. We are staying at the Caribe Hilton too. I hope the Hotel is as beautiful as the pictures on their website.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:10:00 +0000

Yes, I would recommend them. The name of the company was Travel Services Inc. and I booked them via the tour desk at the Caribe Hilton.

By: Angelhoutx

Angelhoutx — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:36:00 +0000

would you recommend the company you used for your tour? If so, can you give me the name so when we arrive we can look into it? I would really appreciate it. Thanks =)

By: Angelhoutx

Angelhoutx — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:31:00 +0000

Thanks a lot for the comment, I was just thinking to myself maybe my husband and I can go to PR with out getting a tour guy. But you are totally right I just purchased my first DSLR camera and I want to explore a lot of the island and take some amazing pictures. thanks again once we arrive we will ask the front desk for the tour groups.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:08:00 +0000

That’s another point some people don’t consider. Obviously, you have to crunch the numbers, but sometimes, doing that tour can be cheaper than paying for all the components involved in doing it yourself. Thanks for the comment, Becs!