siximpossiblethings
Oct 2019
If your thinking about booking an airboat tour, DO IT! But go directly through Louisiana Tour Company. They were fantastic, start to finish. The tour was worth every penny. Viator, the booking company (not the actual tour company), seemed shady. I called in for the $40 tour. They said it wasn't available, but could do a $59 boat large airboat at 4:15 that day or 2:15 or 4:15 the next day. Ok, no problem. Said I'd call them back after running it by my friend. Called back literally 1 minute later from my same phone. Suddenly, oh no, now there's only a $75 tour available, but you'll get a smaller boat which is safer anyway. Um..no. at this point, I'm seeing a pattern as the price keeps jumping up and up. So I decline and use my friends phone to call back immediately. Sure enough, the $59 tour is suddenly available again the same day, at the time we wanted. I book it & decline all the various other tours they wanted to sign us up for. As it turned out, we weren't able to make it on time to the tour. I called the Louisiana Tour Company directly as I didn't trust Viator. They were incredible! Not only did they immediately get us switched to the next morning (which Viator told us was unavailable unless we went for the $79+ option), they were so kind and made it hassle free. The next morning, we showed up for the tour and had the time of our lives. The guide was phenomenal. We saw alligators and all kinds of beautiful things. The boat ride was plenty safe, but a blast. I would definitely do it again (and am planning on it) but I'll be booking directly through the tour company in the future.