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Egypt Tour: My honest opinion

I recently went to Egypt for a week with a few friends. Here is my honest review. Organization I absolutely love the way the trip was organized, considering we had a flight cancellation, the itinerary was organized in such a way we did not miss any activity. I loved the coordination the travel company had along with the local organizers in Egypt. Communication Excellent communication from the minute we booked …

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sama f 1 Nov 2025
tripadvisor
Egypt

Jordan & Egyot Express Review

This was my first time to book with Encounters Travel, on their 13-day Jordan & Egypt Express. This provider is well-organized from the point of booking to the actual tour. Their guides were exemplary, providing just enough information on the sites to keep you interested, and also flexible, accommodating, and amiable. My only complaint was the long bus trip to Luxor from Cairo in Egypt. What was supposed to be …

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Connector28943319364 1 Mar 2023
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Egypt

Loved Jordan will not return to Egypt

We absolutely LOVED the entire Jordan experience. There is so much to see in Jordan and it is completely underappreciated. Jerash is beautiful and I run out of words to describe Petra. The Bedouin camp was amazing. We found everyone, except our guide Ayman who was GREAT, rude in Egypt. The street vendors were annoying beyond words. If you like being hounded incessantly, pulled and tugged at by people that …

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Kevin H 1 Oct 2019
tripadvisor Jordan Experience
Egypt

Too much, disorganized

I am used to travelling solo and having a set schedule to my liking. Being my first time in Africa and in a risky area, a group tour for full trip was my safest choice. Unfortunately, I was not overall happy with the organization. First off, we lost a day and never got to experience Cairo, we were shipped from place to place with no time schedule given (no matter …

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Solo Black Traveler 1 Jan 2019
tripadvisor
Egypt

Discover Egypt Tour via the LivingSocial deal

So, we bought a Living Social deal in March this year for our trip to Egypt w Encounter Travels. Since we have traveled earlier on a groupon deal to Greece w a different co. we knew we did our research on Encounter Travels- revies, their website, trip details etc. before we bought the livingSocial deal. Everything looked great on paper and we were happy after we made our booking w …

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Rhea and A 1 Oct 2016
tripadvisor
Egypt

Encounters Travel- Buyer Beware

We recently returned from the Ancient Encounters itinerary (Egypt & Jordan). The Egypt portion of the itinerary felt rushed and exhausting with multiple 4 am wake up calls. The Nile river cruise (MS Royal Elite) was old and leaked diesel and exhaust fumes into our cabin making it unusable for two days. In both our cabin and dining area, black particles fell on the tables and plates due to the …

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Lana A 1 Nov 2025
tripadvisor Jordan Encounters
Egypt

Overpriced adds on / long drive

We did the Jordan & Egypt Express tour. The Jordan part was very nice, smooth organisation, no issues faced, all good and clear since day 1. This trip exceeded our expectations. In Egypt the situation was different. Poor choice of hotels. Some parts of the tour were rushed (pyramids visit). LONG BUS Driving. We were not fully aware of how long and difficult the drive from Cairo to Luxor would …

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anitaflli 1 Sep 2023
tripadvisor
Egypt

Avoid them! Disorganized and bad guide

Egypt was mind-blowing but this tour company was among the worst I have hired. (For context, I have lived in five countries, three developing, and traveled to over 40.) We did the Egyptian Family Adventure. First, the organization was terrible. We had three kids and a senior citizen with diabetes traveling with us and we could not get them to figure out how to have us lunch between 12-2, no …

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Kim V 1 Dec 2022
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Egypt

Jordan & Egypt Express

I have originally booked Jordan and Egypt Express via Clymb website and later learned that this trip is organized by Encounters. Previously, I have never heard of them. My trip was scheduled for 2020 but unfortunately cancelled due to pandemic. After the cancellation, I have spent 2 years trying to get a refund from Encounters. I had to charge back adds on (hotel and add on tours) that I prepaid …

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Lucyan 1 Apr 2022
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Egypt

Discover Egypt trip - NOT a good value for your money

We just returned from our trip and felt very ripped for what we paid for the trip and what the actual cost and prices of the trip was. Right now, the exchange rate for the USD is very good and everything is extremely cheap in Egypt for Americans. Now that we know the exchange and the strong value of the US Dollar, we know that we overpaid for all of …

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isabelle410 1 Jan 2017
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Egypt

I bought the package to Egypt from the Groupon on April from Chicago. Next day I received the email from the encounters travel that says the...

I bought the package to Egypt from the Groupon on April from Chicago. Next day I received the email from the encounters travel that says they don't have a flight from Chicago available and I need to pay extra 450$ per person and take a flight from New York. Why do you advertise something you don't have? Then I called them and no one knows nothing. No one can answer …

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Mikhail B. 30 Apr 2025
google
Egypt

I never visited Egypt with the encounters travel

I want to share my experiences. I bought the Egypt package from Groupon for my birthday in April. The price was 1600$ per person (3200 for me and my wife) the flight from Chicago on April 12/2025 . Next day I received an email from Encounters Travel that says they don't have my package, they don't have the flights from Chicago at all and don't have that price. The only …

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Mikhail M 1 Mar 2025
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Egypt
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