Santa Ynez Wine Country Shuttle in Santa Barbara booking from $132.25

Santa Ynez Wine Country Shuttle

Overview

Our Wine Country Shuttle service allows you to experience 2-3 wineries at your leisure for the day. At each winery you can opt to purchase a tasting or enjoy wine by the glass or bottle. Food options will be available for purchase either at the wineries or in the quaint town of Los Olivos. If you want to explore the breadth and diversity that the Santa Ynez Valley Wine Country has to offer this is the tour for you! Our incredible guides will offer interpretation & history about the Santa Ynez Valley throughout the day.

City: Santa Barbara

Sat 19 Oct

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Sat 19 Oct

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What's Included

Pick-up and drop-off from a selection of wineries (tasting fees are not included)

A friendly and knowledgeable guide

Shuttle pick up from your hotel or private accommodations in Santa Barbara or Santa Ynez Valley

Gratuity for Your Guide

Discussion on winemaking and historical insights

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
You must be 21 or older in order to consume alcohol
Our wine shuttles require a minimum of 4 participants to run. You will be emailed with options if you have less than 4 people in your party.
If you are a single traveler, please free to call our office to confirm availability
Departure and arrival times are flexible, depending on your location & other pick-ups that day, but generally range from 9:45am to 10:45am. Pick-up times will be confirmed via phone or email the day prior. We are usually done by 3 or 4pm, heading back to town and returning by 5pm.
If you do not require hotel pick-up, or are not staying in in Santa Barbara or Santa Ynez, you may meet the shuttle at the Santa Barbara Visitor's Center, 1 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
If meeting at the Visitor's center, the parking lot is immediately behind the Visitor Center building. Parking fees of $9 per day per car may apply.
Face masks provided for travellers
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
We are actively following directives & guidelines of local, state & federal authorities to mitigate the possibility of COVID-19 exposure for guests & employees. You can read more about our policies.

What To Expect

Santa Barbara

Meet your guide at your central Santa Barbara hotel and board a comfortable air-conditioned luxury passenger van. Enjoy the views as you leave the city behind and head into the Santa Ynez Valley to explore the vineyard filled countryside. Pick ups are also available from Santa Ynez Valley and Solvang.

Santa Ynez Valley

Explore the stunning vineyards and quaint towns of the Santa Ynez Valley while our guide shares some of the history and wine production secrets of the valley. We will visit three full production wineries and lunch will be enjoyed amidst the vineyards. We spend about an hour at each winery and allow approximately an hour for lunch at one of those stops. We have a few "local favorites" that we may visit on this tour, with great reviews from our clients and guides. You can read more about our partner wineries on our website. ~Brander Vineyard ~Vincent Vineyard ~Roblar Winery ~Rideau Vineyard ~Rusack Vineyards ~Andrew Murray Vineyards ~Fess Parker Winery ~Epiphany Winery ~Petros Winery ~Folded Hills

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (13)

LoveTravel700370

Oct 2021

What was advertised was transportation including discounts for wine tasting and information regarding wineries and history of the area etc... . What we got was a shuttle service for $100 a head that could have been a uber with less COVID potential exposure. The VAN was crammed with people. My partner and I couldnt even sit together I was wedged up next to a complete stranger and falling off the seat, where I couldnt fasten seatbelt. Driver did talk about Geography of santa barbara a tiny bit, and seemed like a nice young man, but it was just for a few moments. When we arrived at each of the three wineries, I was upset to see that our arrival was greeted with an inquiry of who are we, are we paying for ourselves or not etc... We all got pricelists that were identical to everyone else that walked it. No special pricing. No deals. No discounts. We could have driven ourselves here in more comfort and saved lots of money. Then we literally drove across the street to the next two places and got identical standard off the street treatment. Absolutely nothing special for this group.....no special pricing, no discounts, no special access. We just got an expensive jammed shuttle ride that cost too much. Save your money... go with a real tour, or use Uber or something or drive yourself.

Response from Host

Oct 2021

Hi There! Customer satisfaction is super important to us, especially as a small family business. Our shuttle service is simply an Uber/Taxi service outside of the fact that we make & confirm all of your reservations for the day, which are required for most wineries in the Santa Ynez Valley due to COVID. We strongly encourage guests to book our all-inclusive tour as it includes your tasting fees & lunch for the day but offer the shuttle as a more economical option for the day and/or it is very popular for guests who are members at wineries. An Uber from Santa Barbara to for example, Fess Parker Winery, is $75 one way, so we see the shuttle service as reasonably priced since it includes transport to 3 wineries/tasting rooms and all your reservations. Our vans seat 14 passengers and as of now we are operating with a reduced capacity of 12 guests which we definitely hit on the weekends as one of the more popular vendors in the area for tours/transportation to the valley. We will follow-up with TripAdvisor to ensure they are not falsely advertising any aspects of our tour -- we don't advertise as a company discounts/deals at the wineries. We hope you'll join us in the future for our all-inclusive tour.

jessica_P

Oct 2021

Beautiful day and excellent tour guide. Very informative as to where we were going and time frames at the vineyards.

Margaret_L

Jul 2021

First time that we saw the real vineyards. The wines were all very good. We met some great people in the tour. Most importantly, the small group tour bus was very comfortable.

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