The monuments in moonlight are awesome. The electric carts are great transportation. And our driver, Monty, was fantastic. Very knowledgeable, very personal, kept things fun, played to his mixed audience (adults and children) very well. But 2 hours just isn't enough time for this tour. Our group was only allowed out of the cart just twice. Once at the Lincoln Memorial, with so little time that you couldn't both run up to the top of the Lincoln Memorial and run over to the Korean War Memorial, and if you did there was no time at all to even really glimpse the Vietnam Memorial, all of which was right there. Then a second time at the Martin Luther King Memorial, which we didn't really even care to spend time at, but it was a bathroom stop for the group, too. Otherwise, we literally only stepped out to photograph the White House, and that was only because we asked. The rest of the sights were drive-by only, with driver narration. Which was very good, of course. But we came to SEE the memorials, and took this trip supposedly because of the ability to see the war memorials at night-time. Frankly, just driving by the World War II Memorial is a disservice to the nation! My recommendation to the company running this tour is that you increase it to 3 hours....assumingly, of course, it would cost more...but that would make all the difference in the world! Until then, my recommendation to drivers would be to poll their participants' interests, and customize the tour accordingly. And to participants, to express your priorities openly at the start of the tour.
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Aug 2018
We're glad you enjoyed your time with Montie and our all-electric Red Roadsters and are disappointed you didn't enjoy our itinerary. While we would love to stop at all the incredibly moving and important Memorials on the National Mall but we strove to design an overview tour that touches on the history of Washington, DC and allows our guests to visit some of the most popular Memorials. We agree that the World War II Memorial is a must-visit, however without parking and located on a busy road it is nearly impossible to visit on our daily tours. However, we are happy to work with our guests to include it in any Private Tour booking.