Reviews

The boat, the food, the crew were wonderful. We enjoyed the bikes and the bike routes. We made new friends on the tour. I had a mishap with no fault of the tour. We had to make changes to our itinerary. We had tremendous support from the Swiss Crown staff related to the changes, especially the Cruse Director. She was a tremendous help.

A great holiday with excellent food, very good service from the crew on the fine ship “Swiss Crown”. Nice bycycling on fine bikes in the beautiful nature along the Danube. Could not be better.

Wonderful tour to Germany and Austria, boat and bike tours are the best, serviceminded tourleader and very good service on board. The biking tours were excellent. Stunning views.

My wife and I thoroughy enjoyed the Danube tour on the SE Manon (June 9-16). The cabins were comfortable, the crew was friendly and helpful, the food was fine. The scenery – well, quite spectacular. This was our first trip with Boat Bike Tours and it left us with a very positive impression overall. However, we do have a few comments and suggestions: – We found that the travel information that we received in advance did not make it clear where the boat would be docked. We had tried via email to get clarification before our arrival, but were unsuccessful. Upon our arrival in Passau, we were surprised when the staff at the Tourist Office directly across from the train station were not aware of our tour (run by SE Tours) or where the SE Manon was docked. After a number of phone calls by the Tourist Office, they found where the boat was docked and were able to provide us with the information. It was then interesting to discover (from fellow passengers) that taxi drivers seemed to know the location of every boat that was docked in town. – While snacks were provided every afternoon, it would be nice if there could be something other than cake with afternoon coffee/tea (a healthier option perhaps?) – It would be helpful if the bikes were equipped with water bottle holders. – For those who choose to go into cities on their own, it would be helpful if the crew could provide some basic and accurate travel information for common excursions (e.g., Vienna). When the boat was docked outside of Vienna, we were told to walk 200m in order to get to the tram station. This left us and a number of others from the boat scurrying around, asking shopkeepers and locals for information, as the actual distance was 1 km. Overall we enjoyed our trip and it left us with wonderful memories.

We had excellent, efficient service from all staff all week. The breakfasts were delicious and the choice of dinners were beyond expectations. The recommendations for the self-guided biking were very useful.

The trip was excellent and surpassed expectations with accommodation, food, bikes and support all very good. Boat and bike were super responsive when we had to change our train tickets on way back as a result of later docking and were most impressive with refunding our costs. I very highly recommend boat & bike Peter Barron, Cape Town

The Danube boat and bike tour was very good. We only did not understand when and why the original itinerary was changed?

Overall the tour was quite good. The boat crew were so hard working. Some personnel could benefit from better or more experience or training. Better mapping for bikers would be a good idea. We needed a better overview of Wien and more detailed transportation information. (Just walk up the road a little way and it will all be easy from there is not good direction.) We were looking forward to the concert in Wien and were not disappointed with the performance however there were no programs and the conductor did not introduce pieces or soloists. Surely a program should have been available.

The bikes were great, terrific boat, the staff was professional and helpful and the itinerary was a trip of a lifetime. Only a few minor criticisms: the food was often mediocre and occasionally not very good, the on board singer was rough, really rough; the daily directions for bikers were sometimes confusing, especially for English speaking guests (we (English speaking guests) discussed it numerous times). But other than those minor issues, we would go again in a heartbeat. It was fantastic.

Very well organised. The boat Swiss Crown is comfortable, and the catering was exceptional. Very solicitous staff. Jurgen was the team leader for the biking – good info but sometimes not terribly precise in English; best he uses photos to show turns on paths, etc. a few rainy days was not the tour’s fault, was good despite that!