Kimkim Trip Reviews

A great countryside bed and breakfast outside of Caen for our stay in Normandy. The owners were quite friendly and delightful. The residence was built in the 16th century and was bombed on D-day, which made it that much more special to us.

Right in the heart of Paris! What more could you want!

Relaxing evening on the Thames with great food and sights from the river.

Great place to start your stay by getting your bearings and layout of the city.

One of my favorite tours as a World War II buff. Plenty of history and gives you and understanding what went on in the bunkers!

The location of the hotel was great -- close to tube stations and great restaurants. Our room was large; however, the bathroom was small. My biggest complaints resolved around service. Our room safe wasn't working when we arrived. I reported it multiple times and was assured that maintenance would look at it. Even though we were there four nights, it was never fixed. I requested extra blankets twice -- they never arrived. I also requested a room that didn't face the street and was assured the room didn't. However, when we checked in, it did.

The Grand was amazing. The hotel itself is beautiful. The location was fantastic - close to the train station but also close to local attractions. Our room was extremely large and well appointed. The bathroom was amazing. And the food was great. We ate in the bar as well as having afternoon tea in the restaurant. Both were delicious. And the afternoon tea was everything a proper English tea should be.

The location of the hotel was fantastic. Close to the train station while also being close to the local attractions. It's a renovated prison which gave it an interesting character. My biggest complaints were that the rooms were very small, only one elevator worked, and the restaurant was overpriced.

Our black cab tour was awesome. Our driver was so friendly and knowledgeable. Despite having a grumpy teenage girl with us, he was excellent at making her laugh and enjoy the experience. We really enjoyed the tour and learned a lot!

The Tower of London was pretty much everything I expected. It was an enjoyable experience and full of history.

The Thames Cruise with Dinner was really enjoyable. The food exceeded my expectations, which were initially low due to it being a cruise. My only subtle complaint, unrelated to the tour itself, is that it was summer, so it didn't get dark until towards the end of the cruise, but the skyline was gorgeous once it did.

Our driver, Eddie, suggested a substitute tour for the planned Stonehenge & Jurassic Coast tour due to weather, and it ended up being awesome! We visited a couple of castles, Canterbury Cathedral, the White Cliffs of Dover, and an old pub from 1610. It was a day full of surprises and great experiences.

The Changing of the Guard tour was fun, although our tour guide wasn't as engaging with kids compared to others we had on the trip. She mostly talked to me and my husband, which was fine, but it could have been better tailored for my daughter.

The British Museum was good and offered a large collection of exhibits. We enjoyed our self-guided tour there.

The London Secret Food Tour with Tom was so much fun! He engaged with different couples throughout the evening, making it personal and enjoyable for everyone. We had a great time tasting various foods in a small group setting.

Westminster Abbey was wonderful, although I preferred York Minster as it was so much less crowded. Regardless, the history and architecture were stunning.

The Harry Potter Warner Bros Studio tour was fantastic, definitely a highlight of the trip for my daughter. Our driver was flexible and even got us there early, allowing extra time to enjoy all the magical details.

The Iconic Oxford Private Walking Tour was a great experience, led by a charming Oxford student. Unfortunately, it did fall during their school finals though so we weren't able to view all of the rooms of the Bodleian Library which I had been looking forward to.

The Cotswolds Tour from Oxford to Bath was a wonderful experience, greatly enhanced by Christopher, our driver who engaged well with my daughter.

great location history and a very accommodating and friendly staff

great location - great views and super fun to be in this cave hotel

Guides were great - bikes were great- super fun day!

this restaurant had a great view and the staff was super friendly but the food didn't feel super authentic and was a bit fussy. that said, the plates, bowls and the serve ware was very artsy and amazing!

Fantastic location in the historic center and near the park overlooking the bay, kind and helpful staff. Room was a bit cramped/lacking privacy with 2 kids. Great spot to explore and get lost in the streets - and the room was quiet in spite of the action outside.

Clean, spacious, unique. Wonderful views from the terrace--also a delicious restaurant!

Peaceful and intimate boutique. Great for lounging by the pool. Great location from which to explore the Itria valley and visit the beach.

Great ride for a family - smooth roads, easy pace, with multiple stops to learn about the history and olive groves we rode through.

Come hungry! Our guide was charming, fun to speak with and learn from. So happy we booked this around dinner - a beautiful time to explore the city and seaside restaurants on an otherwise hot day. Very accommodating for our crew's mixed dietary needs (allergies, some vegetarian).

Really lovely clean hotel, with friendly staff and well appointed rooms, great Japanese breakfasts. Felt a little businessy and corporate, so perhaps not the ideal holiday vibe and the desk staff level of English was competent rather than fluent - but million times better than my rudimentary Japanese!

Beautiful secluded setting.

Beautiful beach location

Awesome adventure!

Highlight of our trip!

Great day on the water. Plenty of time on the boat and in the water. The staff was attentive and the food was great!

Rooms are much smaller than pictured.

Once you enter the gates to the hotel property, it is an amazing experience. The property was beautiful and the service was beyond our expectations!

Amazing view! Perfect place!

Just wish we had across to a pool! We had hot tub but a pool would have been great for June weather!

This was absolutely amazing! Captain Dimitris and Sailor George were the best! They took us to several amazing spots, always asked to take pictures for us and served us the best dinner! The sunset was beautiful and the experience was a must do for sure!

This was an awesome activity!

Amazing photos! Vasilis took our casual couple photos and they were perfect! He knew the best spots and made the experience fun and memorable!

Our guide for the Acropolis was amazing! She was so knowledgeable, in every single area, and we learned so much from her! There wasn’t one question she didn’t know! I highly recommend the private tour because I felt like it was so educational and personal!

Great views but water in the pool and plunge pools too cold to allow us to really enjoy the amenities.

Great service, amenities and location!

Nice and simple, good location. There was no water one morning but they were able to resolve within half a day.

The folks at Walaker attend to every detail. Perfect grounds, wonderful staff, comfortable accommodations,

This place was awesome.

Is nice but not Tokyo nice

The hotel does its best to be a very nice place. The place feels like it needs updating.

Beautiful hotel but we felt stranded in the middle of nowhere. It was really a way of breaking up the drive but I wish we had stayed 1 night instead of 2.

We did this on our own and it was entertaining but very hot.

Completely and utterly amazing. We were there on the summer solstice and it was HOT but amazing. Sokin is a great guide.

We really didn't like the food. Fancy shmancy with tiny serving sizes. Not my cup of tea.

This was fine. It costs $8 each and we paid for our own drinks and walked from our hotel, so I'm not sure why we signed up in advance. There are many options.

Sokin is a great tour guide.

Sokin is a great guide.

The basket weaving itself and the firehouse ants were interesting, but our guide talked the entire time in Khmer with the hosts and didn't translate very often, leaving us just watching. We felt like spectators.

This would have been really fun if we hadn't boiled on the bike. We made it for a couple of hours and then switched to a car, which was gloriously following us. I imagine we were not the first to not want to die of heat stroke. The stops were interesting insights into rural Cambodian life.

Len is an amazing tour guide and this is an amazing place.

Udong was an interesting place to visit. Len walked us up to the temple and through the market, which was awe inspiring.

Inspiring

This place was fine. I wouldn't want to return.

Pretty cool to see a temple from the year 657 if I remember correctly. Pretty run down but that's to be expected in the countryside.

We loved the circus

Not a fan of the food.

This is a glorification of French colonialism. We left half way through the trip and tipped the tuk tuk driver who was not at fault for the content of the ipads and the blah blah about architecture from a French perspective without once acknowledging the cost to Cambodians of the French occupation. We complained and we were only given reasons why they offer this tour. Skip it.

The Made in Cambodia market was great. We ended up going there twice on our own. The Satcha market is super fancy and overpriced, but you get to see artisans at work. I guess if you have unlimited funds then you would get the nicest crafts there.

Fun to see the sights by Cyclo. We also visited Wat Phenom, which was great.

We loved visiting the pottery place. The family was interactive and super fun. And we were with Sokin who translated everything. It was great.

We stayed a very short time to see a traditional Khmer house and hear some family history.

Holy long day of touring! This was completely amazing and completely exhausting! Come rested and enjoy every stop!

We kept hearing about the bamboo train and it didn't disappoint.

Mind blown.

This adventure to a floating village is not for the faint of heart. I found it very challenging but it's one of the experiences I think about most often now that I'm home. Crazy to see 500 families living in floating homes. The river is their life and the sanitation made me woozy. I didn't eat a thing that was served since there was no clean water or soap in the vicinity, but it was eye opening, to say the least.

We loved our dinner at Spoons. It was delicious and the staff was great. What a great organization!

We loved our dinner at HAVEN. It was delicious and the staff was great. What a great organization! We went back on our free night and wish we had gone there again rather than going to Chempey.

Sokin is a great guide. This is a beautiful temple even though we were pretty templed-out by this time.

Not my cup of tea. Beautiful place but the food is super fancy with tiny portions.

This was the only hotel I didn't like on our trip. The lobby was nice but the rooms need renovating.

Lampang is not a place to stop that is worth stopping. Neither is this lodge a place that is worth staying. It was dingy and musty and not a place I would recommend to anyone. But it's probably the best that Lampang has to offer.

Gorgeous, amazing place and staff. Excellent location. Just great.

Beautiful hotel. Wish it was closer to town. Food is mediocre.

Glorious hotel with amazingly responsive staff and good food.

Clean and basic. Close to the airport.

This would have been completely amazing if we hadn't felt rushed. We were only there for 1 1/2 hours and it's a HUGE and BEAUTIFUL place.

We were unable to go on the rafts due to it being rainy season. The caves reek of bat poop and you have to walk through dying birds on the rickety walkways to get inside the caves. I would have never gone if I had known what it really would be like. Don't trust the photos.

This was a very long day on a boat to see some mediocre places. There was no snorkeling as the water was not clear due to the rainy season, which we were not told in advance. And they kept us out fishing even as a storm came in, so the ride back in was terrible. And the staff smoked the entire trip, which made finding anywhere to lounge really challenging. I did not enjoy this day on the boat so we canceled our boat tour the next day because none of us could face being stuck back on the water all day again.

This was fun to see. It's a long drive, which I didn't expect.

This was sweet time as a family to soak and hang out. There is nothing particularly fabulous about this place but it was nice downtime that was much needed by this point in our trip.

This provided us with a bunch of food, but we were so exhausted from our international flight that it was hard to enjoy. We had also just had lunch and our guide suggested that we do this tour in the afternoon instead of the evening. I'm not sure why we said yes when none of us were hungry.

Sukhothai is gorgeous. We only saw a tiny fraction of what is there. It was fun to be on bikes but it was also very HOT.

Beautiful experience at an actual sanctuary that cares for the elephants.

There is absolutely no reason to visit Lampang.

We loved this activity. We were all tired from a long drive and really didn't want to go, and we all still LOVED it. The food was amazing and getting the recipes was an extra bonus.

Wonderful accommodations!

Convenient and updated apartment!

Great quiet location with restaurants and water taxi stands close by. Friendly staff and a more than adequate breakfast.

nice location, small apartment with free access to laundry machines. Bathroom was a little small but workable

We did this on the day we arrived. The guide was very knowledgeable

Great activity that both the grandparents and the grandson enjoyed. The masks made it all the way home.

It was a very hot day but Peter made sure we were safe and well hydrated. See the country side on a bike was special.

Great fun time. The chef was great and enjoying the food you had just prepared was a treat.

Our guide was extremely knowledgeable but provided too much information for our grandson.