I signed up for a tour with RealTOUR because I'm new to the area and wanted to get an in-depth…read moreoverview. I was blown away!!! The tour operator was so intimately knowledgeable about the various neighborhoods but that was so overshadowed by her passion for what she was showing us, with lengthy and detailed stories with every turn! I hated it to end!!!!

What an amazing tour around the city of Tampa! There are so many beautiful landmarks and places to…read moreexplore. So well worth doing. Thank you, Michele!

We had the pleasure of attending The Original Ybor City Food Tour on Sunday afternoon. It was a…read moresmall group - 3 attendees plus our amazing hostess Kristie. We were excited to learn about the history of Ybor City as well as its blended culture and the amazing food. We were not disappointed. Kristie's knowledge of the city and its history is unsurpassed. This could have been a historical tour instead of a foodie tour. It is that in depth. Now the food. I hope you brought your appetite. We started at Café Quiquiriqui with the local staple - the Cuban sandwich. The pressed Cuban bread was crunchy on the outside and tender on the inside. The layers of mustard, pickles, cheese, pulled pork, ham and salami were perfect. Then we moved to The Bricks for The Rooster - a rice bowl with shredded chicken, tomato, pickled red onion, roasted red pepper and mixed greens served over rice with a cilantro lime aioli. Delicious! Fresh and crisp with flavors that pop! We then started a big portion of the history tour. We visited José Martí Park (Isla de Cuba) - a park that is actually Cuban soil inside of the United States. Amazing history at this location. From there, we moved to the cigar factory district and visited the museum quality displays inside the lobby of the Scientology building. We made our way to the Ybor City Visitors Center where we watched a brief video on the history the city and picked up a few souvenirs. We then headed past the historic casitas near Centennial Park and the Italian Club. Next was the German influence food stop - Barrio Tacos. What? A taco restaurant? We had a full sized taco called "Das Taco". It is a combo of shredded chicken, chorizo sausage, fried onion crisps, a homemade cabbage/brussels sprout slaw with a delectable horseradish sauce. German influence all over this dish. This taste treat is only available on this tour. You can't order it off their menu. Plus, we had fresh corn chips and their terrific salsa. We finished our tour at Nicahabana Cigars for a cup of Café Con Leche in some of the most comfortable chairs in Tampa and a sweet treat from New York New York Pizza - fresh zeppoles with powdered sugar. All throughout the tour, we got snippets of the local history and local folklore. We laughed and took tons of photos. This was seriously one of the best food/history tours we have ever been on. Bring your walking shoes, stay hydrated and have a blast. There may be other tours in Ybor City but don't waste your time on those. Pick The Original Ybor City Food Tour. You won't be sorry!

Very educational, food choices and sights were amazing! Surg was an amazing host/guide! Over all an…read moreamazing experience highly recommend!

Payless Flights is one of the smaller online travel agencies (OTA), which you might come across…read morewhen you search for flights on momondo or other meta-search engines. The price they offered for my flight was several hundred dollars (~25%) less expensive than what I could find on one of the larger travel agencies (Expedia, Priceline) websites or even with the airline itself. Suspicious, I went on a quest to figure out why this is the case. Googling this company, one finds terrible reviews on competing review websites. However more googling and a closer look revealed that all those bad reviews have no clue how those smaller OTAs work and their limitations. While those small OTAs have searchable front ends which allow you to look for flights, the actual booking of the eticket happens by a real human. This has a bunch of consequences which one has to consider before booking: (1) The booking does not happen in real-time but delayed, meaning the good price, you just saw, might no longer exist. (2) Humans make mistakes, so you have to verify that the actual information on your e-ticket is correct! You should definitely also login at the website of your airline to cross-check that you booking is correct! (3) The travel agent is a middle man. Therefore information about flight changes, etc. from the airline have to be relayed several times before they reach you - and, of course, can get lost at each relay point. Consequently, can have to verify the flight details again a few days before your departure, because they might have changed in the meantime without you being informed. You might also sign up at the airline's website to always get the latest updates about your flight. Now to the prices. It looks like the travel agency got their hand on some consolidator fares. Meaning the airlines sold them a bulk seat capacity for a reduced price, and I got to take advantage of it. But this has consequences of its own: (4) The deeply discounted tickets are usually not refundable or rebookable. Thus NEVER EVER book this type of flight if there is even the slightest chance you need to reschedule. (5) In many cases (as in mine) you will not be able to select a seat! Thus if you travel with family or friends you might not sit together... And finally: (6) You might be offered a flight where you would have to change airlines. Never book such a flight since when the first flight is delayed the second airline will not rebook your flight for free (it is not their fault) and you will have to buy a new ticket - with a much higher fare! (7) If you need to book a flight last minute, always book with an airline directly. That was my due diligence, and I decided, I can life with the consequence, thus I was ready to book with them. The booking process was without problems. They even called me to tell me that a member of my travel party might require a visa. That was a positive surprise. This would have not happened if I had book with the airline directly. In the end, everything went smoothly and I would recommend Payless Flight - assuming you are aware of the caveats I listed above.

DO NOT USE PaylessFlights, unless you want fake flight tickets…read more Even though we received confirmation of our flights and payment from PaylessFlights, when we went to the airport yesterday (13th February 2018) we were not booked onto the flight. We called PaylessFlights to ask why and they simply said that they had cancelled our flights. That's all. No apology. No reason why. We then had to buy last minute flights at the airport, which were more than 5 times the price. We only used this company as it came up through SkyScanner. Normally I trust SkyScanner, but now I will be a lot more careful. I will definitely NEVER be using PaylessFlights ever again and will go with more trusted companies like Tripsta or GoToGate etc.

Map shows PSTA Corporate Office…read more Bus route is between St. Petersburg Beaches, Clearwater Beach and downtown Clearwater. The Suncoast Beach Trolley (SBT) leaves from Park Street terminal. Service to Island Estates effective only 6am-10am. Jolly Trolley services Island Estates after 10am. Somewhat confusing. Until further notice, all rides on Jolley Trolley and PSTA are free. This is an attempt to minimize coronavirus exposure.

We go to St. Pete often and have recently started using the trolley. The price is $2.25 but if you…read moreare senior its $1.10. We love it for getting up and down the beach. Crowds make it hard to park a car around the beach areas so we are happy to leave the car behind! It also connects to other trolleys that take you over to St. Petersbrg (town) which is a charming place to walk around.

This is one of the best travel agencies I have worked with in a very long time! Cassy is extremely…read moreknowledgeable in the services she provides and is professional. She was able to book me and an additional (6) people a trip to Jamaica with limited time and we were so satisfied. The rooms offered were great and all services were on time. I highly recommend working with her in the future!

My husband and I planned our recent trip with Cassandra (Cassy) Sumlin from Selfies & Memories…read moreTravel Agency LLC. She made the process smooth, seamless, and stress free! Once we chose our destination, she handled everything from flights, to transport from the airport, accommodations and even activities and excursions. Everything was on one itinerary that we were able to print out and take with us, and included detailed descriptions and instructions including where to meet our driver at the airport, what their uniform would look like and what type of car they would be driving. Our trip was wonderful - lots of great memories were made. All the arrangements (flights, hotels, transportation) went as planned. Overall our trip was a huge success. We have never used an online travel agency before and will continue to do so from now on.

I've ridden the streetcar only a couple of times in the last 15 years. This last trip was by far…read morethe best ever. There was a band playing...we knew this in advance and purposely got to the Centennial station prior to the start time so we could get a good spot and ride for as long as we wanted. The band was Row Jomah and will be playing at GMF this year. There was a GMF rep on board promoting the event. I'm not sure why - it seems like it's over packed every year anyway (I've been every year since inception). But I digress.... The band was awesome, the ride was so much fun, we got off when they were done and went back to James Joyce for another drink. Rode the streetcar back to downtown where our cars were and had such a great time! Need to ride the streetcar more often!!!

While visiting Tampa, FL for a convention, we found a great transportation system and it is the…read moreTECO Streetcar. The best part is that it is free. The Streetcar takes you from Ybor City to Tampa Downtown. It runs every 12 minutes and it was an easy way to get from Ybor to Tampa. We actually stayed about 20 minutes away but took an Uber to the train station daily once we found out how convenient it was to travel this way. I highly recommend staying outside of Tampa and using the Streetcar. My only gripe was that it was 98+ degrees daily and many of the operators of the cars did not have the AC running. I was shocked when we boarded trains where the air wasn't running.

Are you a fan of history? The Ybor City Mafia walking tour will provide plenty of insight on the…read moregrowth of Tampa from a little cigar town called Ybor. It highlights the growth, expansion, historical markers and people. Only about an hour and a half, the leisurely stroll past old cigar factories, gambling establishments and bar/restaurants is well worth it. The mafia had a hold on this little town for most of the 19th and 20th centuries. The tour included stops where many mobster "hits" occurred and houses where Ybor Mafiosi lived. Worth the time and money. Our 13-year experienced tour guide, Scott Deitche, related stories from mobster affiliates he actually had the opportunity to interview for his book, Cigar City Mafia.

This excellent walking tour of Ybor City is an outstanding experience that locals, visitors,…read morenewcomers or anyone interested in the colorful, past of this multi-cultural community will enjoy. Manny Leto guided the group through decades of fascinating facts, very descriptive detail and really entertaining information while navigating through the busy streets to point out various landmarks and significant locations. The pace was easy and the total amount of walking was very manageable. Comfortable walking shoes and dressing for whatever weather awaits would be wise. To get the insights of author Scott Deitch presented in such a knowledgable and personable manner is really exceptional. The narrative never dragged and the information was provided in a very conversational manner. You won't feel like you are being lectured to or being read to from a script. This isn't strictly about Ybor's past but some of the shady characters and questionable activities (bootlegging and gambling, for instance) found throughout Tampa. Leto mentioned movies that have highlighted some of Ybor's history, prominent Tampa families who played a role in this community and blended in some basic history that helped to give everything, and everyone, context. Loved it, laughed at parts and learned lots.

My experience with Prestige Travel has been an extremely professional experience. They were lucky…read moreenough to have Mark Kirin on their team. Mark is more detailed oriented than I could ever think of being. He has planned 4 trips for me so far. They have ALL been well executed. He anticipated my questions before I asked them. As a senior handicapped woman, it can be more than challenging. Mark researched every option to be sure I would be comfortable and safe. For example, I was in South Africa and the tour guide was not what I expected. I contacted Mark, apprised him of the situation and how unhappy I was. The next day he had set me up with another more professional tour company. The next day!!! What more could one ask for.....

This has been a horrible experience deaing with Prestige Travel and Getaway Vacations. I would not…read morerecommend them. Don't waste your time and money.