Ryan Walker

Ryan organized our hotel and walking tour in Quebec City, and our train trip to Montreal. We were quite pleased with our arrangements. Our walking tour guide in Quebec City with Terry was outstanding. Terry was extremely knowledgeable about the history and evolution of Quebec City. He had interesting facts that we never would have known had we not taken this tour. It was a highlight of our trip.

Robert our guide in Montreal was adequate. Friendly and knowledgeable but lacking in historical references. On the other hand our guide in Quebec Terry or Thierry was exceptional. He shared a lot of his historical knowledge and willingly spent more time with us and answered all our questions. Both cities were fantastic! People were friendly and helpful. Great restaurants, shopping. Not enough time for the museums. Art galleries were fun. Cobble stone streets were tough on my knees. Loved the Aura illuminati performance at Notre Dame. The train ride between cities was organized and relaxing although we almost missed our train to Quebec which wasn’t far from our lodging and the taxi driver didn’t speak English. But we made it with 3 mins to spare! Ryan did a great job along with Sarita and AI in coordinating the trip. It was all a wonderful vacation! Thanks Kimkin

Hotel Review

Lofts de la Barricade

Québec

Clean nice space. Great location. No front desk and when we arrived it started to rain and we didn’t know how to get in. Luckily other travelers let us in the vestibule out of the rain. We called the number on the entrance door and we confirmed our stay and were given the pass code to enter. No paper towels in the kitchen

Location

Close to old town

Cleanliness & Comfort

No tv instructions or wifi

Activity Reviews

Private Walking Tour of Quebec City

Québec City

Our guide was exceptional! Very knowledgeable and loved sharing what he knew. He spent more time with our group and he received a nice tip.

Quality of Experience

Private Walking Tour of Montreal

Montréal

I wish our guide would’ve shared more history about Montreal. He took us to see the metro shops. We rode the clean Montreal subways to get around. A lot of construction going on around St Catherine. I enjoyed riding the double decker bus and it was a beautiful sunny day. Definitely recommend the bus tour.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Loved the subways. Clean and efficient

We were very pleased with the planning and outcome for our trip.
An amazing highlight was the incredible tour guide we had in Quebec/ Terry. He was knowledgeable on history and architecture , had great anecdotes and was continually asking us for feedback from us as to our questions and interests! He was exceptional.

Ryan helped me book a trip of a little over a week to Newfoundland and Labrador, starting in Gros Morne National Park (Heritage Site #1) and working my way to Quirpon Island. The itinerary and lodgings were great - the Gros Morne Inn in Woody Point was a great place to start - wonderful hospitality and food in one of the most stunning natural settings on the planet. A boat tour of the Western Brook Pond is not to be missed.

From there, I headed north to Port au Choix and over to Labrador. Accommodations were more basic, but very comfortable and conveniently located. Spent an afternoon wandering Red Bay, Labrador (Heritage Site #2). Returned to Newfoundland and drove north to L'Anse aux Meadows (Heritage Site #3), which was the original reason for my wanting to visit Newfoundland.

The icing on the cake, however, was a two night stay at the Quirpon Lighthouse Inn on Quirpon Island. The island and its lighthouse are accessible only by Zodiac, and almost entirely outside of cell service. While perhaps not for everyone (you can bring only what you can carry, in a backpack, the Inn is located some distance from the dock, and the weather can present challenges), the scenery and solitude were wonderful. The owner, Ed English, took the 5 guests out for a boat tour on the first morning we were there, and we spent some time observing two humpback whales (a mother and calf) feeding in the cove right next to the dock.

Drove back to near the Deer Lake airport on the last day and stayed at the Sugar Hill Inn in Norris Point, which is another wonderful hotel and restaurant.

All bookings (hotels, Western Brook Pond boat tour, Labrador Ferry, Quirpon Zodiac tour) were taken care of by Ryan with no problems whatsoever. Ryan was incredibly responsive as we worked on the itinerary, and had a very clear sense of what was possible to fit within the time I had allotted.

An absolutely fabulous trip.