Kate
GBThe last disappointing trip I'll be taking with A&K Just returned from a Cruise down the Mekong River. So disappointing, the guides, the side trips, the lack of preparatory information about clothing to bring, unbearably hot/humid tmeperature, the food (I got bad food poisoning on board, it was the only food I ate and A&K just ignored the whole issue). I made two other trips with them - Egypt and Peru - and see it's a real pattern with them. In Egypt and Peru, it was so amazing to be there that I ignored the lackluster tours. A&K doesn't seem to monitor the job their guides are doing at all. In Egypt, the guide droned on about every hieroglyphic but nothing else, in Peru how the rocks were chiseled together and on the Mekong no over view as to the 3 countries we were visiting. Moreover, there is really nothing to see along the Mekong except mud, and poverty stricken Cambodians trying to eek out an existence. What a waste of time and money. NEVER AGAIN!!
Linda Lee
GBWe have just finished 12 days 7:28-8/8 Africa Safari We have just finished 12 days 7:28-8/8 Kenya and Tanzania Africa holiday. A&K has pride itself to be a luxury tour operator which is definitely not our experiences. It’s more like flying economy plus. Issues are 1. A&K cars are old and have lots of wear. 2. We were stuck at a air strip in Kenya border for over 2 hours. The local representative of A&K did not give us updates and told us it’s operation issues in different cities (Arusha and Nairobi). I kept on calling the A&K customer service lines and was promised he would call back and he never did. 3. 1st Guides in Anbrosi English is difficult to understand. 4. Many members in our group all have stomach issues during our trip. 5. Our departure from our last spot was moved up about 2.5 hours and from our perspective, it’s for A&K convenience and cut short of our enjoyment 6. Our main guide instead of apologizing to guests to mid-handling and poor A&K operations, he keeps on saying “Let me tell you…”….this is my 3rd trip to Africa and have travelled over 110+ countries around the world and this supposed “luxury” experience has to be the worst. Our fellow travel members ran into various issues and very unfortunate.
Christopher James
GBExtremely unhelpful and unresponsive Extremely unhelpful and unresponsive. I place at several calls with the agent assigned to my trip to assist in logistics. None of the calls were returned. For assistance they refer you to 3rd party vendors that charge you an arm and a leg... not the kind of service one expects for even the least prestigous of tour companies.
Tom Alexander
GBSimilar experience to the other posters… Got there eventually on a credit note due to COVID disruption. Next time less stress and hassle please!
Sandra
GB.Refund of monies SCAM . June 1st, 2020 cancelled a trip to Egypt & Jordan due to COVID 19 concerns. To my great shock, I was told it would take 4-6 weeks for A&K to process the return of my monies (over $20K). Now I am not stupid....it does not take that long to enter my credit card in their machine and hit the button "refund money". I asked the agent if I was booking a new trip and needed to make the required deposit, how long would it take them to process my payment....her quick response was "oh, it would be done immediately!" The takeaway is that when A&K wants money...that transaction can be done immediately....but when the guest wants a return of their money.....gee that transaction takes 4-6 weeks. It is obviously NOT a priority to return money to a guest. It's best for them to have my money sitting in their bank account. You have to wonder....what else is not a priority for A&K?