BEWARE: We took the Washington after dark tour on 10/7/22 and it was not a good experience. I responded to the request for a review and was anticipating that I would be contacted in follow-up by the company but was not.
I have to be honest…. The tour was awful. The bus was not the Zohery Tours bus depicted on the tour website. Instead, a Tours By Loba bus with dark- tinted windows pulled up and you could see ALMOST NOTHING outside that was being pointed out. We basically rode around in the dark except when we exited the bus. The driver was pleasant and informative but not enough to overcome the lack of visibility on the “sightseeing tour. “ It also would have been better if he exited the bus to provide on site information for the monuments we did see when we exited the bus. The driver also made several remarks acknowledging that we could not see outside the windows and that this is “not the usual bus that we use.” So everything he pointed out on the “pass by sites” was not able to be seen or viewed. It was a total waste and multiple families around us were complaining. I took the same tour with another company a year ago and it was fantastic. No visibility issues from inside the bus after dark and the driver got out and provided on-site monument narration, which was very informative. I noticed that the following morning the “Zohery Tours” bus pulled up in front of the hotel for the tour, not the “Tours by Loba” bus that we were in. I really do not think I got what I paid for…not even close. This was not at all acceptable and so disappointing for those with us that had not seen the monuments/DC before. I called the company on 10/17/22 and explained my concerns. I was directed to a number and asked to "text" my concerns to that number for a response. Again, no response. Unfortunately, we left the tour very underwhelmed. Just as unfortunate was that the company completely ignored my attempts to contact them. Poor business practice in my opinion.
This illustrates how poor the visual quality of the tour was. We could not see anything outside of the bus and the tour was marketed as a sightseeing tour with pass by sites.