点评:Context: we are 3 adult Americans, fairly experienced travelers who speak English and some basic Spanish. We booked a 3-day vacation package through Panama Canal Tours, which included the full transit tour, a tour of the city and visitor center, transportation, and hotel.
The full transit was *amazing.* Yes it takes a long time: we left our hotel before 5 AM and got back around 6:30 pm. But if you have the time, money, and interest, I highly recommend the experience. Truly unique and unforgettable. Gabriel the narrator was excellent.
However, I have to recommend *against* booking a vacation package. I had to hound the company for weeks to get confirmation / bare minimum details of our reservation, after I had paid them almost $4000; they made mistakes booking our hotel, which caused some problems, and there were other minor issues as well. It worked out OK, but if I'm paying thousands of dollars to a company to organize my trip, I expect them to make my life easier, not harder.
If you speak English or Spanish, and can use the internet, then you can organize the exact same itinerary yourself more conveniently and cheaply. Book the canal tour separately. Book your own hotel. Take Uber to/from the airport and around town. Buy visitor center tickets online so you don't have to wait in line like we did. For a driving tour of the area, you can even hire your own guide directly (Alex Marriott did a good job for us: knowledgeable, accommodating, and always on time). Don't waste your hard-earned money on an ineffective middleman.
翻译:背景:我们是 3 名成年美国人,是相当有经验的旅行者,会说英语和一些基本的西班牙语。我们通过巴拿马运河旅游公司预订了为期 3 天的度假套餐,其中包括完整的过境游、城市和游客中心游览、交通和酒店。
完整的过境游 * 很棒 *。是的,需要很长时间:我们在凌晨 5 点之前离开酒店,大约晚上 6:30 回来。但是,如果您有时间、金钱和兴趣,我强烈推荐这种体验。真正独特而难忘。解说员 Gabriel 非常出色。
但是,我不得不建议 * 反对 * 预订度假套餐。我不得不缠着公司数周才能获得确认/最低限度的预订细节,而我已经向他们支付了近 4000 美元;他们在预订我们的酒店时犯了错误,这导致了一些问题,还有其他小问题。结果还不错,但如果我向一家公司支付数千美元来组织我的旅行,我希望他们能让我的生活更轻松,而不是更艰难。
如果您会说英语或西班牙语,并且会上网,那么您可以更方便、更便宜地自己安排完全相同的行程。单独预订运河之旅。预订您自己的酒店。乘坐 Uber 往返机场和市区。在线购买游客中心门票,这样您就不必像我们一样排队等候。对于该地区的驾车游览,您甚至可以直接聘请自己的导游(Alex Marriott 为我们做得很好:知识渊博、乐于助人,而且总是准时)。不要把辛苦赚来的钱浪费在一个无效的中间人身上。