My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our red- route tour on the first day of our $120 package, but the yellow- route tour then spoilt the last day of our vacation.
We understood that it was taking us to interesting places, rather than showing us interesting things seen from the bus, views,etc. However, we were tired after our very full day, and just wanted to be able to see parts of the street scene we hadn’t seen before, and get an idea of the whole Washington picture. We’re older, and were tired at the end of a long vacation, so felt we couldn’t safely manage the bus stairs or the hit sun on the top deck.
However, the downstairs windows were so thickly covered with ads that we could actually not see out of them at all, and a photo showed only dots.
Paying advertisers should not take precedence over passengers who have paid a lot of money to go on a tour bus, for whatever reason. The windows should be completely clear, not impossible to look through.