Kimkim Trip Reviews

This is a lovely hotel with an EXCELLENT breakfast buffet, wonderful location and excellent service.

Fancy! This is a beautiful hotel.

Gorgeous locations and we even got some complementary matcha soft serve while we waited for our driver.

We learned so much! We got to see the monkeys, too.

Super fun!

Lots of walking - cool sights.

This hotel is the best. It has everything to offer the traveler - central location, friendly staff, exceptionally clean rooms, gorgeous architecture and design, and off-the-charts breakfasts.

This was our favorite activity of the trip! Our hike guide was extremely knowledgable and we learned a lot about the glaciers of Iceland.

This hotel was so cool, it was located close to everything.

This was so authentic, and so beautiful.

Our tour guide Somo was knowlagble and so nice.

It was so interesting.

Destino Hotel was very comfortable for our family. A new hotel with wonderful included breakfast and friendly staff.

This was our first night in Indonesia. It was very basic but absolutely fine. Bring earplugs though-the night sounds of frogs, geckos, cats, and birds are very loud all night long!

A fantastic experience but so crowded with tourists. There were at least 40 other tourists with only 3 basic toilets to share. You sleep on mattresses on the floor with no mosquito nets side by side with 25 other people. The meals are very basic-one egg and rice and some watery greens. I advise taking some snacks along. It was a great experience, but just be aware that it’s an experience, not a relaxing vacation!

Great hotel with gorgeous views! And they bring breakfast to your room!

The highlights of the Komodo trip for me were seeing the fruit bats fly out of the mangroves at night, seeing the Komodo dragons and other wildlife on the island, and snorkeling. Our boat, the Mutiara Flores, was average. There were comfortable accommodations and a place to sit at a table out of the sun. The cook made so much food that we felt guilty we had so much left over. Overall a good experience, despite me getting sick with diarrhea on the trip.

The Artini 2 was well located and comfortable. The breakfast was not great but it was a very interesting hotel. The rooms, however, are SO dark. Where there should we windows, there are intricate wooden carvings!

Fantastic little oasis in crowded Yogyakarta! Loved the pool, the room, the hotel staff!

The views from the Lava Lodge are great, but the rooms are dank and the bathroom was very stinky with a sewage smell permeating the room. The cleanliness of the restaurant is atrocious as well with stains all over the tablecloth and the dinner gave my daughter food poisoning so that she was vomiting all night and had to miss the Bromo hike the next morning. The staff was friendly and the beds were comfortable though and we survived the night. If you go, just be prepared with a good jacket (the nights are very cold) and keep the bathroom door closed!

This was a blast! It was fun to see the countryside and my daughter and I stood up in the back of the car for a long time holding on to the roll bar. Very fun and perhaps not so safe to stand up but the driver was careful.

This was one of my favorite activities of the trip. We rode through rice paddies and villages and our guides were so knowledgeable and informative. I learned so much about Bali culture on this trip!

So amazing! We made 6 different dishes and ate them all! I can’t wait to try out my new cookbook when I get home! Truly a stellar experience.

They say the hike takes about 4 hours but anyone with any athleticism at all can get there in 1 1/2-2 hrs even with stopping for photos. It’s a beautiful hike and quite muddy so wear some sturdy shoes. I also recommend not starting out too early. We got there by 11am and really had nothing to do all day except wander around and talk to the other tourists. Some of the young people played soccer with the local kids, which looked fun. So start your journey later in the day-and bring snacks because every meal is the same-one egg, rice, shrimp crackers, and a watery vegetable. It’s fine for a day, but we were rather hungry for nearly 24 hours and wished we had some snacks.

This was definitely one our favorites.

The room was very disappointing. It didn’t have the charm that I think it was selected to provide. Bed was uncomfortable to the point that it made sleeping difficult.

We enjoyed the hotel’s character but it may not be for everyone. Location was good and the staff was very accommodating.

This was by far our favorite hotel. Breakfast was amazing! We would definitely stay here again!

The room was small and did not have adequate space for our luggage and belongings. Compared to the other hotels we stayed in, the breakfast was disappointing.

We should have asked more questions upfront before staying here. There was no air conditioning and no lift. However, the location was within walking of the metro station.

Our guide was fabulous and since we were the only ones on the tour, she tailored her tour just for us. Definitely would recommend this for anyone visiting York for the first time.

We felt like this was a tourist trap but we enjoyed anyway.

This is something we never would have considered without the help of Jane and her team. The docent was fabulous and we learned a great deal about Oxford University.

Again, this is something we never would have done on our own and we’re so glad that we were able to experience.

Again, we would never have booked this on our own but an experience we will definitely remember.

What a great experience. Our guide was very knowledgeable and we were able to experience restaurants and local cuisines that we would not have done on our own.

This was a highlight of our trip that we will always remember.

It was great having private transport! It was always on time and the vehicles were spotlessly maintained. In particular, our idrivers in St. Andrews were knowledgeable and enjoyed sharing their home with us.

This was not what we expected but still enjoyable. Feel that there was too much time spent at the Tower of London (90 minutes) and not enough time at other sights on the tour.

Great location. We were able to choose which of the five rooms we wanted. The dinner and after-dinner entertainment was wonderful -- a great first-night introduction to Morocco! The staff was so friendly and helpful.

Very, well, palatial! Way above our "pay grade" but a special experience (probably for that reason). Our suite (and it was a suite with multiple rooms, two bathrooms, several sitting areas, and a walk-close) was spectacular. It opened out directly adjacent to the pool area.

Very satisfactory accomodations. Nothing fancy, but clean and comfortable. The provided meals (dinner and breakfast) were excellent. It's located well north of Midelt and there's not a lot to do, but we did buy a couple beers at the front desk and took a short walk to a nearby lake which was very pleasant.

Wonderful lodging in the desert (almost, if not truly, literally). Our room was large, elegant (in a Moroccan, desert-y way), and very comfortable. The common areas are very spacious and nicely decorated. We spent some time around (and in) the pool which was very welcome after a hot day of travelling. The provided dinners and breakfasts were delightful. Highly recommended!

We would rate this hotel near the top -- relative to what we need in a hotel. It's definitely not "over the top" but it is so pleasant and comfortable. We had our own balcony overlooking the pool (and exterior dining) area as well as the gardens and farms and rocky cliffs of the Dades Gorge. The dining experience was exquisite -- some of the most elegant meals that the had on our whole vacation in Morocco.

This riad is "buried" (in a GOOD way) in the Marrakech medina. To get to it, we had follow a maze of narrow pathways, corners, and junctions. Delightful. Once through the front door, you're in a modern, elegant riad. The room was modernly appointed and very comfortable.

This is like having a bedroom in a palace! The common areas are stunningly elegant -- both the main areas on the ground floor as well as the smaller common areas outside the private rooms. Our own room was very neat, clean, and good-looking -- perhaps not on par, elegance-wise, with the common areas, but so suitable for our needs.

The location was absolutely perfect for exploring Nice. We had a car so their parking lot was invaluable. The staff was lovely and the room was actually quite big by European standards. The downside to the location was that it was incredibly loud at night and then once the restaurants in the area closed, it got loud again when the trash was picked up before dawn. Overall, I would stay here again if in Nice.

This was a very unique hotel and we enjoyed our time there! While it was nice to be able to check in with the machine, there were a few times we had questions and it would have been nice to have an actual person there to ask. The Aircon stopped working the last two nights and since there was no one to ask, we just dealt with the higher temperature which was not preferable. We loved the location - just outside of Aix and we could easily drive all over Provence from here - yet in a small town where we felt like we got to experience living in France vs staying in hotel chain. We loved walking down to the restaurants and the bakery was only a couple blocks away - it was fabulous. I would recommend this place to anyone visiting the area who was looking for a more authentic and unique stay.

Justine offered this option to us and I am so glad that we agreed to do it! We would never have signed up for this on our own. Cyril was fantastic. He gave us some history of the area while visiting the market and we were able to try a lot of different foods that I don't think we would have picked out ourselves to try. Then cooking it was so fun! We were in a real apartment and it just felt like we were cooking with friends for a dinner party in Nice rather than being part of a tourist experience. Cyril told us about cooking with his grandma and everything about the whole experience made us feel so welcome. This was such a great way to start our trip - plus I knew that we wanted to order the squash blossoms on every menu afterwards!

We had such a fun time visiting the vineyards with Remy! The first vineyard was big and a bit corporate so that wasn't our favorite, although we did enjoy doing the chocolate pairing. The second vineyard was lovely and we enjoyed talking with them and tasting their wines. However, we LOVED the last vineyard, Jas Monges! We really enjoyed speaking with the owner and learning about their vision. We also loved his wines and ended up shipping 2 cases home to the states. We could have hung out there even longer, enjoying wine out on their patio. Remy also took us to explore some local food in Aix during the day (we chose that over sitting down for a long lunch) and that was another true highlight. He was a wonderful guide. What a great day!

This was another fun day with Remy! Arles was a cute city and we enjoyed learning about the history and seeing the Van Gogh painting, and scenes where he painted. While this wasn't our favorite day of our entire trip, it was still a really lovely day. It was just tough to compete with Cassis, Luberon, vineyards, etc.

I felt like royalty while staying at the Hotel Victoria! Not only are the rooms pleasant with modern amenities and soothing wood paneling, but you also have the benefit of staying in a historic building with an amazing view of the old town tower right outside our room and a view of the old town platz. Breakfast was exceptional with high quality ingredients and presentation, along with exceptional coffee!

Amazing hotel near Alexander Platz; central location, welcoming, clean, stylish with amazing breakfast! Our only complaint was how hot, humid and stale the rooms were--no air movement and they ran out of fans for guestrooms, so it was unpleasant to stay in your room and hard to sleep.

Great hotel with stylish and comfortable rooms and pleasant staff!

Lovely 2 bedroom apartment

The best it could be! Great bus ride, gorgeous country and fun and informative guide who was easy to understand.

Ronan was a top-notch tour guide who made history come alive and was interesting to speak with and made everyone very comfortable.

Very good tour that gave us a wonderful overview of Munich. Our only tiny complaint is that our guide was a bit difficult to hear amid all the noise of the city and crowds and size of our group. He really needed a headset with a microphone.

Very hard but necessary tour in the area. Despite the heaviness of the nature of this tour, Carlotta our guide made it fascinating and she was such a delight to spend the afternoon with!

The uniqueness of this tour and the private atmosphere was incredible. Carl's knowledge and intimacy with the wine regions made this trip so special and we felt treated to experiences and encounters we would not have enjoyed if this had been more conventional or in a large group. 10/10!!

This guesthouse was located in the most beautiful area on top of a canyon providing incredibly scenic views. The food provided was absolutely amazing and the hosts were kind and gracious, going above and beyond for my friends and I to ensure we had a fantastic stay.

This is a modern hotel which is very convenient to the airport. The shuttle runs regularly. If you have a room which faces the railway line expect some noise, but there are few trains and it finishes early enough. A good restaurant with Costa Rican food a short walk away is "Rosti".

This is a small family owned and operated hotel with a super friendly and helpful staff! If you have your own wheels it's easier to go to the center of town, otherwise it's a taxi or long walk. But it's also quiet so you will probably sleep better than at a hotel in town. The freshly prepared breakfasts (no buffet) were also good.

Spectacular view of the volcano from the room! The view changes depending on the cloud cover and the sun angle. The room was clean and comfortable. The music and partying at the swimming pool can be loud sometimes but it stops early enough that you can sleep. Fantastic breakfast buffet. Easy walk into town.

I have the impression that part of the hike was skipped because it was raining. Part of the group returned to the van early and the guide took us somewhere on a normal road, not a hiking trail.

Fantastic! Saw many animals. The "surprise" at the end (after lunch) was also good but I don't want to spoil it here.

Very good tour. I would do it again and hope to see different animals next time. There are many people on other tours in the same area at the same time, so be prepared to be on a crowded trail. I would like to suggest a night tour with night vision glasses in a less crowded forest.

The zip lining and the hike through the forest and over the hanging bridges was fantastic! I highly recommend paying extra to be put into the "superman" harness for the last zip line so you can lie flat as if you are flying. A pity that they don't make a video of that for you, only the regular zip line at the beginning. The zip lining is rather rushed but they need to run many people through the system. Try not to lean back when you are zip lining because then you will start to brake with your brake hand to prevent yourself from leaning back further.

Excellent guide! (Sorry, forgot his name.) And finally a good strenuous hike.

The freshly made chocolate paste was amazingly delicious!! I wish there was more chocolate tasting instead of just coffee tasting (with 1 hot chocolate).

Great guide, wonderful experience.

Beautiful location, wonderful restaurant, and great staff.

We loved this hotel, it is beautiful and located in a great place to get around the town and access sights, food and shopping.

Authentic hotel in a beautiful city. Only slight negative was no elevator for our travel or who uses a walker/rollator. But, when we asked her, she also said she enjoyed the hotel’s charm and location.

Great fun for the kids. Hotel was comfortable and good for adults as well.

Beautiful hotel with amazing views of the elevated and great location to access different parts of the town. Wonderful staff who were helpful.

Wonderful for the kids! Playroom, kids buffet, and fun-this hotel was a hit for kids and adults alike. Great location in Copenhagen.

We were able to tour the Cathedral at the recommendation of our tour guide/bus driver. It is beautiful and a great place to visit. We had a wonderful stay in Roskilde

Fantastic museum for the kids and adults alike. It was an interactive experience that was so interesting and we really enjoyed it

Svend Erik was so helpful and patient at the airport and throughout our trip. He waited for our arrival and helped sort out the walker/rollator that didn’t arrive with us. He took care of that and found a temporary replacement for our traveler to use so she wasn’t held back from enjoying our trip. His hospitality, concern and care for us was felt throughout our wonderful 10 days in Denmark. We loved that he was our bus driver and tour guide so he could get to know our interests and needs while on our trip ( which is quite a feat considering our group size and diverse personalities)! He was also so great with the kids who ranged in age from 5-14 years old. He took time to teach them about the Royal Guard and how to drum. He also added a quick stop to a place we were interested in going at the last minute. We are so grateful to have met him and have him show us Denmark!

Tivoli Gardens was so much fun and a beautiful place. The kids and adults had a great time in the rides. There was great food and fun had during this activity.

This. Zoom is awesome! The animals are beautiful and we could see all of them and felt so close to them. We were able to take the boat to and from the zoo which was a great hit for everyone, especially the kids.

Our Lego lovers had a great time here. The Lego House was fun and had diverse activities to do with the legos.The mini Chef restaurant was a big item for some in our group and we were able to eat there and have a great experience.

This was a great activity where we learned how to row and sail in the Viking wooden ships. They were able to let the adults and children learn different tasks on the boat and I thought it was wonderful.

Wonderful horseback riding experience. The staff taught all of us about how to ride, how to tack the horses and then we rode. It was a beautiful and fun experience that everyone from 5-76 years old enjoyed!

Lot of things to do an see here at the Viking Center. The kids learned about Viking training and how to fight. We were able to see how their houses were made and different things they made. It was a very cool place to visit and learn about the Vikings.

Legoland was fun and easy to get around. The park wasn't too busy and our hotel was attached to the park, so it was a great set up!

Very cool boat that was fun to explore and learn about how the sailors worked.

Great area to explore. Our Florida kids thought the water was cold, but they still enjoyed themselves.

We had a new guide for the walking tour of Copenhagen. It might if put her at a disadvantage because we were brand new to her and we were a large group. She weals able to teach us about Copenhagen and show us really cool things. The canal tour was good, better for the adults than the kids.

We loved the hotel and the location. It felt like a super cool boutique hotel, very bright and vibrant, great little pool area, loved the beautiful restaurant.

The one part of our trip that we didn't LOVE was this hotel. It is in a good location in terms of being very central to everything but the area around it felt a bit sketchy. Our original room felt like a small, dingy hotel room but we upgraded to a suite and the room felt better. The hotel was very dark overall but not in a great moody kind of way. It wasn't terrible or anything, we just didn't love it.

Our guide was extremely knowledgeable.

The trip around Oslo was beautiful. The food could have been a lot better.

Beautiful landscape and sites. Weather wasn't great so views were limited.

Bergen is a beautiful city and the walk was nice. Probably a bit too long or perhaps a little far off the beaten path.

This was a lot of fun. The folks at the restaurant did a great job making it a fun evening

Our guide Joanne was fantastic. Very knowledgable and lots of enthusiasm for Copenhagen. Canal cruise was great.

Castles were amazing and our guide was very good,

This was terrific. Our guide Vincci was great, very knowledgeable and passionate about the Copenhagen food scene and the cultural vibe of the city.

Very busy but with full amenities that a tourist seeking comfort would look for

This is more of a stop over hotel, amenities are there but not great. However, nothing beats the boat tour in Chobe National Park. So so special.

Absolutely wonderful!

Very beautiful hotel and overall proposition. More tailored to bird watchers.

It is a clean hotel that is good for a stopover. Has a beautiful manmade water hole where you can see elephants up close.

Very beautiful game reserve.

What really makes this destination is the OH SO SPECIAL WATER HOLE in the back. So much to see there. But other than that the amenities and rooms are ok.

Very nice lodge.

Very beautiful location.