Reviews

This was the third tour we have taken with Wendy Wu and, as always, every thing was perfect.

Petra was awesome, Mount Nebo a special surprise and floating in the Dead sea a real experience.

Guide very knowledgeable and looked after us well

We are planning on touring with Wendy Wu again.

Excellent guide- friendly and knowledgeable. Lovely food. Everything interesting but Petra and Dead Sea were highlights.
Administration from Wendy Wu excellent with pre guide information being detailed. All logistics went smoothly. Very professional.

Excellent in all respects

All as described. Very enjoyable holiday with good hotels, guides and visits.

Mostly reactive rather than proactive. It would have been so easy to send a group email as soon as the issues began in Israel/Gaza saying that they were monitoring the situation. Instead they answered each travellers concerns informing them to follow Foreign Office guidelines, did not instill confidence in the tour company. The tour was hectic with early starts and some late finishes.

The tour is amazing. Jordan is a fascinating country with a rich history and culture. Our guide was excellent. He looked after everyone and was very knowledgeable and friendly. The food was very good.
Most of the hotels were excellent. The exception was our ‘Deluxe’ tent at Sun City Camp in Wadi Rum. It was apparently and to say it was basic is an understatement. There was great chunks of plaster that had come off the walls in the bathroom. The furniture was extremely old and shabby with peeling veneer. There was no drinking water and we couldn’t use the wardrobe as large rattan chairs were in front of it and there was no room to move them to. The management is rude and unhelpful. We tried to get an upgrade or some sort of compensation but no upgrade was offer and our ‘compensation’ was a can of fizzy drink with dinner. I don’t drink the stuff.
One other complaint is that I had been told that our hotel in Petra would be within a5 minute walk from the site gates but was a 10 minute bus drive away. This may seem a bit petty but I had specifically enquired about the Petra hotel as my husband has some health issues so he doesn’t tolerate heat very well. I was advised that it wouldn’t be a problem because due to the proximity we could return to the hotel very quickly at anytime. As it turned out we had to wait 1.5 hours for all the party to return to the hotel

An excellent holiday in general but a few issues in Jordan over accommodation.

Somecof the days were long but the history and beauty of Jordan was outstanding.

Although rated level 1 difficulty by Wendy Wu I found that the lever of exertion in the heat exhausting.

An enriching and well-organised tour which took you to all the must-see sights in the presence of well-informed and helpful national *******.

We really enjoyed our holiday to Jordan with Wendy Wu, but it fell down on a couple of areas. We had extended our stay to take in Aqaba on a half board basis, but when I queried the meals the reply I got was 'you'll have to sort that out yourself - we can't help'. It took one email direct to the hotel to sort out, so I wasn't impressed with the firm's lack of assistance.

The other part I wasn't impressed with was the 'deluxe' tent at Wadi Rum - it was terrible - cracked glass in the door, windows that didn't fit - staples holding the walls and door decor together - dread to think what standard accommodation would have been like. The 'bedouin hospitality' resembled the worst family wedding party you could imagine - a disco sound system that kept cutting out and the residents at the camp performing the hokey-cokey type dances. I had had visions of authentic bedouin musicians and dancers - how wrong can you be!

All in all an enjoyable holiday and it met all my expectations for sights, but Wadi Rum was a let down and the service of Wendy Wu when you venture outside the standard tour was not great.

Would I travel with them again, probably....

A very good tour with an excellent tour guide, in a wonderful country only marked down due to the quality of some of the accommodation.
Our tour guide, Oria, was excellent; very knowledgeable she evidently enjoys her job, keeping us informed about our tour itinerary and entertained with the right amount of information. She also 'looked after' the group, for example attending to any specific dietary requirements.
Jordan itself is full of amazing locations with the highlights being Jerash, Petra and Wadi Rum. Other perhaps less well known places that are also worth visiting include Ajloun, The Citadel and Mount Nebo. Amman is a big and busy capital city, but you still feel safe there. The Dead Sea was the only disappointment, if you want to float in the Sea then simply visit a public beach and then drive on.
Unfortunately Jordan seems to have its own hotel ratings system; 4 and 5 star hotels there would be 3 and 4 stars (at best) anywhere else in the World. Two out of the four hotels were not of the necessary & expected quality.
Overall Jordan is full of history and definitely worth visiting.

Fantastic trip again. Great couriers, hotels, food, information, infact everything!

Very well organised and takes away all hassles. Food choices were very good. Tour guide Rami was great.

Though it was a tiring holiday I expected that with covering many sites and long distances. Some things I didn' want to do but everyone else did. Give and take on touring holidays is to be expected. Meals were to a high standard. On balance 5 stars.