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York College Testimonial and Video

I've taken college students abroad with other companies and have found Global Educational Travel by Adventures Abroad to be outstanding in every capacity. They worked with me from the beginning to ensure that our itinerary matched the academic expectations of my college as well as a very reasonable price tag for the students. It was amazing that when an airline strike a week prior to departure had canceled our flights for 61 passengers we were rebooked within 48 hours. Upon our arrival we found that the tour guides were friendly, very knowledgeable, and committed to working with me to incorporate topics from our classroom into the learning experience. Overall, students gained a better understanding of the cultural and environmental aspects of the region that a semester in a classroom would not be able to accomplish and this company made sure no details were missed. I have already booked another trip with Adventures Abroad and look forward to working with them for many years to come. I would highly recommend this company for any college/university classes with a study abroad component.

David Fyfe - Group Organizer

 

AA handled our flight disruptions (the BA strike) very efficiently and effectively. Couldn't ask for better service in a difficult circumstance (rebooking 60 seats to egypt with 1 week notice).

The food completely exceeded my expectations. Our dinners were almost universally excellent and interesting - and we never encountered obviously "tourist" sort of food, which was great.

We always had clear instructions on where/when we were meeting and what we were doing well in advance. Rob Kruse had us every place on time, despite multiple circumstances that could have made that task difficult. Most of the time Rob knew more about what we were doing/seeing than any of our local guides. I appreciated that he would step in and give us useful information when the local guide couldn't cut it. He clearly spent time during the trip studying up on the next places we were seeing to make sure he could answer questions from the group.

Rob is a truly exceptional tour leader - far and away the best I have had on multiple similar trips with other companies. I understand he is taking some much deserved time off soon and I think this will only make him more effective on those trips he takes in the future. If I decide to organize a trip myself from Penn State I would go out of my way to try and snag him as the tour leader.

Anthony Christian R. - Student

I was very pleased with the way in which Adventures Abroad handled the British Airlines strike. They made it very easy on us and helped ensure that we would be getting to our destination on time.

I really enjoyed the felucca trip on the nile. Getting to sit back and relax all while forming close relationships was a highlight of my trip. I also enjoyed going inside the pyramids, the camel trek, and the Valley of the Kings.

Meals were always very good, and I really enjoyed when we actually got to order something instead of a buffet style. I realize this is hard to do with such a large group, but having variety was very exciting after eating the same foods day after day.

I was surprised how organized all of our tour was. Even though we sort of wandered from the itinerary every now and then, whatever we did was always well organized and planned out in a very systematic fashion. We were always on time and at the places we needed to be, with Rob collecting any documents he needed to and taking care of passport and airport issues.

BRANDI F. - Student

 

I loved almost everything. The local places that we went to dinner at were probably my favorite. We experienced a lot of different cultures in a little time.

AMANDA H. - Student

 

The food completely exceeded my expectations. Our dinners were almost universally excellent and interesting - and we never encountered obviously "tourist" sort of food, which was great. I wanted Egyptian food and we got it every time.

 AA handled our flight disruptions (the BA strike) very efficiently and effectively. Couldn't ask for better service in a difficult circumstance (rebooking 60 seats to egypt with 1 week notice).

 ANTHONY R. - Student

 

About Tour Leader Rob Kruse:

He had amazing background knowledge of the sites visitied, and was able to provide information about the region.

BETHANY H. - Student

 

About Tour Leader Laura Rudderforth:

She is amazing. It truly impresses me how patient she is and how understanding she is. She took the time to get to know everyone. In the off-time, she would hang out with us. All the

information she gave was great. i would 100% go on a trip that either of them {Laura Rudderforth/Rob Kruse} are leading again.

 JESSICA H. - Student

 

I enjoyed Abu Simbel. I also really liked the feluccas. The experience on the feluccas was relaxing, and it allowed me to see how people live along the Nile.

KATELYN P. - Student