We had an amazing experience with Tom. We were in town for a cruise out of Long Beach and found we…read morehad 6-7 hours to kill before jumping on the ship. I reached out to Tom to see what he could come up with to maximizing seeing LA and Hollywood. He picked us up at our hotel and at the conclusion dropped us off directly at the cruise terminal. Some of our highlights included a nice up high shot and view of the Hollywood sign, then the Star Walk, Chinese Theater, Beverly Hills and the Santa Monica pier. He was very adaptive to what we wanted and flexed to meet our needs. He had great recommendations and insights along the way. You could tell he really enjoyed what he did. He personalized the trip by having California tunes as a part of his song playlist. He took great pride in his work and executed flawlessly. Yes the private tour may have been a little more but it was worth every penny and I would do it all over again if I had the chance.

What a great tour with Cody of the Anaheim Tour Company. I set the private tour up with Tom and…read moreeverything was smooth and the trip was just perfect. Our private tour took us to Santa Monica Pier, the Griffith Observatory, Hollywood Sign, and a couple of cemeteries including Hollywood Forever. We had such a great time with Cody and he even made some suggestions because of traffic and if we were interested. It was great and everything worked out perfectly. We took Cody to lunch before our full day tour was over. I've been on many tours, in many cities, and this is by far the best company I have ever worked with and one of the best private tours that I've done. Thank you, Tom and Cody for an awesome experience. Don't change...you're perfect the way you are! Thank you and next time I'm in the area, I'll be back doing another private tour!

I've used Lux Bux for traveling to Vegas more than 6 times the past several years. It departs from…read morean Anaheim hotel around 8:45am and arives at Harrah's Hotel around 1:30pm. Return is from 3:15pm to around 8pm if there's no traffic. These include a 20 minute stop halfway in Barstow Station. It's cheaper than a flight I get to avoid aiport TSA hassle. Pros: - Comfy seats and always a nice clean bus - Free drinks and snacks form tour guide person, often an old russian lady who likes to tell jokes that are hit-and-miss. - Free checked bag service where the bus driver can store roller bags in the under-bus compartment (although I just carry my small duffel bag onboard and tuck it under the seat) - Two free movies on overhead screens - Now there is assigned seating so no more needing to rush to get in line early to grab preferred seats. Cons: - No longer provided free earbuds to watch the movies. Bring your own standard jack earbuds or else they charge $3 to buy one. - On one trip back from LV the bus broke down, but they got another bus out for us in less than 30 minutes to continue our trip. - The free Wifi can get spotty at remote locations in the dessert, probably not good enough for continuous video streaming.

Buses themselves are fine and clean…read more School used this company as a charter for a local field trip. One of the 3 buses "broke down" en route to pick kids up, but chose not to communicate this until all the kids were waiting in the hot sun, on the asphalt to be picked up. Didn't send another bus, didn't try to solve the problem... Just seemingly didn't care. Unbelievable. Do NOT recommend.

This was well worth it, and I would highly recommend it. Johnathan had great communication, the van…read morewas very clean, and he made it fun and easy for the whole family to enjoy. Very knowledgeable and accommodating. The best tour in SoCal!

We had Joseph as our driver to Temecula for a wine tour day and man, he was awesome! Let us pick…read moremusic and crushed it on the DJ front! This is my second tour with this company and we will be back again! Smooth driving = happy moms wine day!

I first would like to say that I went on "A Day In LA Tours" back in 2019 (pre-COVID). And the…read moretour was great. But I noticed a lot of amazing upgrades from new and bigger buses to more LA stops and coverage. I see you "A Day In LA Tour" team! I just took my brother and his partner yesterday (Monday) and we all truly enjoyed it. Keoni (Kee) was our tour guide and driver; she did an amazing job! We learned a lot of historical and fun facts about LA! She even gave us great restaurant and store recommendations. We especially enjoyed being able to take a little nap after a great lunch and didn't have to worry about having to drive in the traffic and craziness. Lol. Kee was great at enduring that traffic and very accommodating in letting us know how much time we had to our next stop! Thanks Kee!! Oh and thanks "A Day In LA Tour" team for the parking recommendation as well. I was able to park in the garage the entire day for $20 and there was a Mcdonald's up the street we grabbed breakfast before checking in. Like I said in my previous review, I highly recommend this tour team and when my family visits I will bring them on this tour. Keep up the fantastic work and great upgrades (the AC vans, water, reclining seats, and USB ports to charge my cellphone are a brilliant upgrade). I will definitely be back! Thanks again for giving us a fantastic day in LA.

We thoroughly enjoyed our tour today. Jeannette was very informative and had a great sense of…read morehumor. She picked us up promptly at our hotel in Anaheim and led us on an enjoyable day. We definitely recommend.

Our tour was awesome. Nate is a great tour guide. Very friendly and knowledgeable. He knew stuff…read morefrom when LA was just getting going up to the most current stuff. He even gave us advice on stuff to avoid as we walked around and saw the sights. We will definitely recommend this tour to our friends and hope that they get Nate as their guide!

We were in Anaheim for the Yankees v Angels series and wanted to do something on Monday before the…read moregame, so the hotel concierge recommended this. Did the Los Angeles tour. They pick you up at your hotel (they return you there as well). You are transported to a central location nearby, where you are split up onto specific tour buses. Then it's off to downtown L.A., in rush hour traffic, not fun. Stops include the Hollywood Walk of Fame, The Farmers Market, Santa Monica Pier and Venice Beach Pros: Pick up/drop off at your hotel Enclosed air conditioned bus One hour lunch break at The Farmers Market (Meet me at Third and Fairfax) (Get the Brazilian BBQ, THE BEST) Cons: L.A. traffic (both to and fro) Enclosed bus (not good for getting the best camera angles) Dirty windows on bus (not good for getting a clear picture)

We did a private tour around LA. Our guide was Johnny and he was fantastic! Lots of interesting…read morestops and he was very knowledgeable of the area. We had a great time sightseeing, shopping, eating and taking photos. Highly recommended!

We had a great day touring the sights with Johnny! He was a great guide, who was very knowledgeable…read moreand fun! He had a full list of sights to see and some great stops planned. He gave us plenty of time at each of the stops and made sure we knew the best places to get photos, souvenirs and food. I would totally recommend this tour to anyone who would like to see all the highlights. Thanks Johnny!!

We took the 'Grand Tour of LA' earlier this week…read more We really enjoyed the tour, although with two kids under 10 the day was a little long (more about that in a minute). Our guide, Charles, was very informative from the moment we set off and was happy to be asked questions as we went along. We loved Nuestra Señora Reina which was so peaceful and had such a magical aura. Amazing that such a vibrant, influential city has grown from such beginnings. The tours around Hollywood, Sunset Strip/Boulevard and Beverly Hills were great too. The latter was almost TOO perfect! We were not keen on Venice Beach... at all! It was a shame it was our last stop as it therefore left a lasting impression. We're not conservative people by the way (family of 4 Vegans) but I just fail to see the appeal of a place inhabited by zombies! I've read about the places supposed bohemian vibe and, yes, some of the murals and graffiti were really cool but what is exciting/appealing/alluring about a place where vastly large numbers of people look grossly unhappy, seriously unwell, completely oblivious to the outside world or, in most cases, a combination of all three? The tour should really take this into account. We were with our kids but others on the tour had really young children with them and looked really uncomfortable with Venice Beach. I can understand maybe stopping the bus there but not giving us time to explore. Other than my comments about Venice, a few other gripes: *There was a couple on our tour that repeatedly returned to the bus 15-30 mins later than instructed. As a result the tour overran by nearly 3 hours and we were stuck in commuter traffic coming back. I suggest threatening such people with abondonment at Venice Beach. That should prove to be sufficient deterrent! * Our guide, Charles, was also our driver. A separate guide and driver would be much better as it made communicating with him more difficult * Not sure why the longest stop was at The Farmers' Market. We would have much preferred more time in Hollywood, Beverly Hills, LA or an additional stop at Santa Monica All in all though, we enjoyed the trip and loved LA (except for 'Zombieville'...)

As Richard experienced, we too had a delay at their office waiting for 3 phantom tourists who we…read morewaited for and never came. Our bus driver to Universal Studios told the supervisor that they aren't coming and that we should get a moving, the supervisor wanted to hear none of it and wanted to stuff the 3 missing tourists in to maximize his profits. After 30 minutes the supervisor let us go. The supervisor, either a white dude or Arabic, was really condescending to his drivers and treated the Asian tourists with disrespect; he counted buses for them and spelled out the numbers (1-O-N-E, 2-T-W-O, 3-T-H-R-E-E). The dude was a mega d***. The company gets redeemed though with their incredibly friendly and warm drivers we had the pleasure of having 2 different drivers on the Universal + City Light tours, a guy named Bjorn and a Cedric the Entertainer clone. Both were excellent tour guides and human beings. That supervisor on the other hand, complete meh.

Our family of 13 just got back from a tour with Family Tours this past week and I must say that I…read morewas thoroughly impressed with my experience. Having been on other bus tours by different companies before and it not going so well, I was very hesitant to go again. But I'm glad I got talked into this because everything was wonderful! Our tour was a 4 days, 3 nights tour visiting Grand Canyon, Sedona, Slide Rock Park, and Las Vegas. For our trip we had 2 buses with over 100 people but both the guides and drivers worked diligently to ensure we were all taken care of. On the bus that I was on, Lisa and Nghia took care of us. John was in charge of the second bus. They were friendly, entertaining, and accommodating. During the ride they played movies to pass the time. They made stops about every 2 hours to make sure everyone can use the bathroom. Complimentary snacks and water were passed out throughout the trip. At each stop, we also had adequate time to take photos. Our tour guide Nghia walked around and snapped photos of us too on his professional camera and after the trip they made every family a CD so we can all have photos for memories. That is a very nice touch to everything that they're doing right so far. The hotels they chose for us to stay in were clean and has complimentary breakfast. I felt like we were so well taken care of and I cannot thank you enough to Lisa, Nghia, and John for giving us such a wonderful experience! I will definitely recommend Family Tours to friends and family and am looking forward to our next tour.

My husband and I were a bit hesitant to take a tour but as we were rapidly "matured", we decided to…read moregive it a try. Our first tour with Family Tours was in 2016 and they have been our "Family" since. We have taken several trips and their services have been nothing but exceptional! We just completed the Lake Tahoe tour with 5 friends this past weekend with the private sunset dinner, cruising the scenic Emerald Bay. We especially appreciate Mike, the bus driver, who always carefully drive with his passengers' safety first in mind. Many thanks, Family Tours, keep up the great work!

We were met by Mike, our very friendly, welcoming guide! He picked us up at our hotel and the…read moreservice had been recommended by the concierge at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel! Our family enjoyed the day touring the LA area and saw many sights along the coast and in the city. Our tour was held on the day of the Emmy Awards 2024 and also on the MLK Holiday, which made for less traffic in the city!

We enjoyed this tour! We typically stay in the "Disney bubble" but had an extra day to sightsee…read morethis trip. Mike picked us up at our Anaheim hotel and he was prompt and friendly. We were able to see a lot of the area in one day (from beaches to Griffith Observatory, Beverly Hills, etc). The van was comfortable, tour was informative and relaxing, and we would highly recommend.

Good information fun experience highly recommend as an intro to LA! Got to see lots of cool stuff…read morethat isn't even part of the tour!

Pick up was 1 hour later than communicated. Made multiple calls to check on the bus's status and…read moreweren't given any information. We were starting at the first location so having a bus arrive 1 hour late wasn't expected. Very poor experience. Book another tour service.