Switzerland

This was our first VBT trip and we thoroughly enjoyed it. The guides were knowledgeable, positive, friendly, helpful and very professional. The GPS navigation was great. The routes were scenic, culturally diverse, and well thought out. The excursions/tours were interesting too. Recommend the ebike for the hills!

This trip was better than anticipated. We expected a great time, but this was outstanding in service, leadership and bike friendliness.

We loved our trip with two great tour guides! We enjoyed the food, the wine, the culture, the scenery, the lovely villages and of course the fabulous Alps! Biking was through some very scenic areas with agricultural fields and gardens everywhere! My luggage was lost for four days, but the representatives from our travel insurance company were very good about tracking it down and getting it to me on a timely basis. I would highly recommend this trip to anyone! Croissants anyone??!!

The scenery is spectacular! The guides were knowledgeable and helpful, as well as entertaining. It would be nice to have local tour guides for the towns where Ride With GPS walking tours were included. This was a refreshing vacation.

We throughly enjoyed our first VBT bike trip. Our leaders (Marijn and Mathilde) were amazing and quite knowledgeable of all four countries we visited. We both used the E-bikes which made the biking super easy. (We do not bike much at home.) The Bike with GPS app was fantastic and you didn’t need to be on cellular to use it. The Emerald Luna ship that we sailed on was great. (Though, don’t worry about which side of the ship to pick your cabin, we mostly sailed at night and during the day when at port there was usually another ship tied up next to us. We were not on the ship much during the day)

VBT needs to improve the connections at the airport. It was confusing. They were late plus made us wait. Also they had difficulty communicating. Poor start. We lost someone to a fall on the first practice ride. Possibly better detailed do’s and don’ts. The association with the Emerald made it difficult to thoroughly enjoy our excursions because we always had to hurry back to the ship. No time to leisurely ride and stop to enjoy the picturesque little villages (unless it was planned into the day by our guides.). What they were able to schedule was wonderful!..the cheese and wooden shoe factory, the winery tour, lunch. We enjoyed the varied landscapes (farm, vineyards, villages, mountains). Tho the gps was very detailed, there were a few times it was very confusing and no one there to guide us. One couple got lost and left behind! They finally showed up at the lunch stop late. What I do all of this again? Yes, but separate from the emerald cruise line.

What an amazing trip! We saw gorgeous sites, experienced many different modes of transportation, got rained on, hiked in the snow, met some awesome people, had some great hikes in varied terrain, and just plain loved our trip! The guides were great and helped make the trip special. We would highly recommend this trip.

Had a wonderful hiking trip to Switzerland, starting in Zurich and ending in Montreux—gorgeous scenery, wonderful food and wine and two of the best guides. Claire and Corinne made our trip extra special with informative, fun and well organized hiking trips over five days with pre-trip in beautiful Zurich and a final day in Montreux with its lovely setting on Lake Geneva. The hiking was varied with something new or special everyday. We loved taking the trains and gondolas punctuated by amazing hiking trails. We had a friendly and enthusiastic group, and the hikes were well planned with special events included like yodeling, cheese tasting and alphorn music, which provided interesting local culture. The accommodations were lovely with great amenities and wonderful locations. Highly recommend this tour.