Tower Tours

03/20/2008 Posted by tipper2

The bus itself was nice and the driver was actually a very nice and jovial person. Unfortunately, it was hard to understand him about a third to half the time and found it annoying after a while to hear him go on and on and on when it was hard to understand him. I'm on vacation with my family and didn't want to have work so hard to enjoy what I was seeing, and after awhile I gave up trying to enjoy it. I wanted to get off the bus and stay off after 30 minutes into it, but couldn't leave my family behind. Also, a little irked at the 5+ minute infomercials for their other tours that we heard twice within the first 30 minutes of the tour ; instead I wanted to hear more about the city of San Fran than the other tours they offered. After a while, I didn't want to hear anything and couldn't wait for it to be over.

Pros: Nice bus and very nice shuttle driver who picked us up from hotel

Cons: Hard to understand the driver's english!

03/09/2008 Posted by MLMartin32

We took the wine tour with Pete Wilson as our guide. He was an excellent tour guide and I don't know how he does it but he kept us constantly entertained and informed throughout the entire trip. Tower picked us up at our hotel door promptly at 8:30 am...we were on a beautiful tour bus and on the road by 9 am. We visitied 3 wineries and had 1.5 hrs for lunch in Sonoma square which had plenty of restaurants to choose from. We came back into Charlotte early enough for Pete to give us a litle extra ride through Pacific Heights. It was a great way to spend the day and we were back around 5 pm in time for dinner.

03/06/2008 Posted by TuristIndo

My family took the Monterey and Carmel Tour at 27 February, 2008. The first 2 hours of the drive, we kept having fogs on the way so we could not see everything. Then, we arrived at Santa Cruz, then Monterey and later the 17 mile drive. The 17 mile drive is a wonderful drive with Pebble beach golf course on the view. When we got to Carmel, we are a little bit confused by the streets because there is no street signs. When it was time to get back to the bus, we had a hard time finding the bus. When we finally found the bus, it was already running!!! We shouted and shouted and shouted calling the bus, but the bus driver kept going. How can a bus driver left without making sure that everybody is on the bus. The bus driver might be the worst Tour Guide we ever had. We had a wonderful time with Tower Tours on the Muir Woods Tour. I hope Tower Tour Tour Guides can make sure that all customers is on the bus before leaving.....

Pros: Wonderful view

Cons: The bus driver left us in Carmel

11/17/2006 Posted by dmenkes

I did the Muir Woods tour and it was well worth it! I had flown up for a weekend of walking around the city and wanted to go to Miur Woods without having to pay for a cab, so this worked out perfectly. Unfortunately, we only stopped there for an hour or so, so I wasn't able to get much of a hike in. I did manage to get away from the paved areas and get away from the group a bit. We also stopped at Saucilito for some shopping and to get some salt water taffy. I had a blast!

Cons: stops were short

10/17/2006 Posted by srmsandiego

This was my first trip to San Francisco and Tower Tours really made it a memorable one. I was here for my anniversary, and they just treated us like family. The person checking us in had a great big smile on her face, just warming up our day. The drivers were so knowledgable and funny. We took three tours, the city tour, wine country (of course) and monterey and carmel. The tours were so much fun, and I laughed so much on the wine country bus, our driver was Bill. I can't wait to come back for more. We miss it already.

10/17/2006 Posted by prescottsf

I took the San Francisco City Tour with Vincenzo and had a BLAST! This was the most amazing tour ever! It was fun, exciting and just a great time. The driver was thorough and had such an exciting personality. I was originally recommended for another tour company, but when I saw their bus pull, I had to take it. Trust me, I have never had so much fun in my life. My wife and I could not belive the sights, and the skyline and what a beautiful day it was. I recommend this tour to anyone that wants to have fun and see a lot. Tower Tours is supreme!

Pros: The customer service, the buses are beautiful and the tour guides are brillant!

Cons: The only con, was there not being one!

08/14/2006 Posted by tlewis07

While in San Francisco, a friend and I did three of the tours offered by Tower Tours (Guides were Bill, Vincenzo, and another gentleman fairly bald, had an accent, took us to Muir Woods and Sausalito, very positive attitude...can't remember his name). Also, we had Norma who picked us up on a shuttle prior to the tour one morning. These four people were phenomenal and the tours were equally wonderful. We could not have been happier with the whole experience. Would use them again if ever in San Francisco. They went out of there way to make it a pleasurable experience for everyone involved.

Pros: staff, transportation, pick up/drop off

Cons: costs, however, you couldn't rent a car

07/14/2006 Posted by kenneth26

Beautiful scenery interesting tour. Magnificent bus. Fine fish restuarant in Cannery Riw, called "Fish Hopper", believe it or not. Guide Wolfgang very knowledgeable and entertaining. Should have own comedy show.

Pros: Bus Guide Interest of tour

05/12/2006 Posted by ghermez13

Bus was late, mediocre guide, and unhelpful employees. I was totally dissapointed and will never use them again

Pros: bus

Cons: late, crowded, expensive

01/27/2003 Posted by Drew22

This tour company by far has the nicest equipment and the tours they offer are by far the best. I should know - Drew

Pros: clean, friendy, on time

Cons: have competition, I should own it