Program Reviews

I have gone on many trips before this one, but I had never been on a tour before. My friend suggested I go on one for my trip to Thailand since it would my first time going abroad by myself. I went into this trip with no expectations although the experience sure looked fun in the brochure pictures. Little did I know that I would be embarking on a 16-day tour of just non-stop, balls-to-the-wall fun and leaving with memories and mates for life. Dean and Papsii were the best tour guides ever! They kept the trip very organized and timely even amidst all of our craziness! I had the most fun with these guys and they rest assured kept the experience fun for everyone else as well. I can't imagine touring with anyone else now and truthfully wish I could just keep traveling with them since we were all able to have so much fun together! It's so hard to pick favorite memories since I loved the whole experience overall! Floating bungalows, the actual full moon party, pub crawls, elephants, laughing at the moon, waking up to the sun. Its so hard to pinpoint my favorite moments because I was honestly just so happy that our group could experience this beautiful journey together. Truthfully, I never wanted it to end and was so sad when it did. Good thing that there are more travels to come and I would personally love to go on another one of these again. So thank you Dean, Papsii, and Tru Travels! Thank you for helping me achieve another small piece of my dream to travel the world and make a shit-ton of friends along the way! Love you guys and hopefully see ya'll soon <3 #MOREFUNSHIT

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I went on this tour at the end of July 2018 and had a great time.

The tour is well organised and packs tonnes of awesome activities into the 10 days that you’re there. The tour guides go above and beyond to make sure you’re having a good time and are full of handy tips and facts about the area. You’ll meet some great locals, taste amazing food, learn about the culture and have the opportunity to get involved in awesome adventures.

It’s a great way to see Bali, especially if it’s your first time out there. If you want to go out and party, there’s plenty of opportunity for that but it’s cool if that’s not your thing either. I found that there’s plenty of time to explore on your own as well as spending time with the people in your group :) all in all, I had an awesome time and I’d definitely do it all over again! I’d recommend leaving some time at the end of your trip to have an explore too :)

Was great fun you literally do everything a tourist could long for! You will go and see temples, you will go and do activities! I would highly advise bringing suncream, wouldn't want to make the same mistake as me... One of my strongest memories was meeting up on the first night, everyone's a bit nervous and then after a few beers everyone's best friends! One more tip I would have is don't sleep, its for the weak just go and enjoy yourself, its a once in a lifetime opportunity make the very most of it! Foods pretty decent! Bali is like buying off amazon, goods at low costs but in prime condition! Excuse the pun, its currently half 2 in the morning here and I'm probably going off tangent slightly! Worth mentioning that trutravels were also fantastic with dealing with earthquakes that were occurring, very reassuring which is of course what you need... P. S. Riannas an awesome tour guide! Big up bali big up Indonesia BIG UP IRELAND

I had such an amazing time with tru travels going from Ho Chi Mihn to Hanoi. Right from the start everything was well organized which made me have no stress and be able to enjoy the journey. The accommodation and transport well exceeded my expectations. Tour guide pinky was very knowledage about history and the culture. My other tour guide Darrin really made the trip for me, if it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t have enjoyed myself, he was always went above and beyond to make me feel comfortable and made sure I was having fun and doing the things I wanted to on the trip. Anytime I had an activity that was outside the tour he figured out the logistics and came along to make sure I was happy and everything went smooth. On the group excursions he made every situation fun even which bad weather, couldn’t ask for more. He really seemed like a friend which made things easy, his upbeat personality and positive attitude was great when some group memeber were down. When I cut my toe wide open he was the first to help and did all the organizing of getting me medical attention and made sure i got the help needed. Being his first trip in Vietnam he still had all the answers and was knowledgeable and simply made the trip for me really fun. The places and excursion we did in the 17 days were amazing, don’t think I would have known or done these things if I was on my own. What a great experience. Makes me want to come back to Vietnam again :)

We finished our 10 day Bali experience a few weeks ago and couldn’t recommend the whole trip enough due to how amazing it was! We got to see beautiful Bali’s best bits all in the space of 10 days, including the famous temples, rice terraces, monkey forest, local cusine cooking class (so yum!) surfing, snorkelling etc which was smoothly organised by the team allowing us time to still chill by the pool or explore the markets in our own time! Along with the many activities we did, we also got to stay in gorgeous hotels with luxurious pools and yummy breakfast each morning! Our group leaders Phoebe and Freddie were super fun, chilled out legends, who made each day full of knowledge, experience and banter! The group we shared the tour with became almost like a little family which is great for travellers on their own or just a great way to meet different, new people! We recommend this trip to anyone wanting to explore Bali in a short space of time, we will always remember our Bali experience from the amazing memories we’ve made all thanks to Phoebe, Freddie and the Trutravels Team.

I have just finished the 27 day total Thailand tour, and honestly cannot recommend this tour, the company, or our tour guides Art, Arther and Mickey enough. We were kept well informed and taken care of before, during, and after the tour. The tour itself has a great mix of activities to suit everyone from temples, river cruises, boat parties, elephant bathing, and waterfalls. The highlights for me were the elephants, bottle beach, koah sok national park, and the pirate boat party. Every single day of this tour has been incredible, everything is planned excellently to make the best use of our time, I still cannot believe the amount of things we managed to do. The accommodation was much better than I expected, with the majority of nights spent in twin shared rooms in hostels/hotels. This has been amazing, and I cannot thank Art, Arthur and Mickey enough for the roles they had to play in making this an unforgettable trip.

We met our group in Bangkok and since day 1 the whole group including our group leaders Dean and papsi had an amazing Time. All the trips and tours were great and very good organized. From culture to Party and action everything was covered.
We saw amazing Beaches on different Islands and also went snorkeling multiple times. Dean and Papsi would always make sure everybody has a Great time.
The very unique Thing about this Trip were the People we had it together with. I have Never Made very good Friends this fast. After the First few Days it felt like a Trip with good old Friends. Dean and papsi would always Stay professionell but they would also Feel like Good Friends After just a few days into the Trip.
It was an amazing journey with even more amazing people and I can recommend this trip to everybody who wants to have a Good Time.
I must thank Dean and papsi again for Making this Trip possible. You guys are just Amazing and we Hope to See you again sometime!
- The Germans!

I would never have experienced some of the things I have done without going on this tour with true travels! Everything that was included was fantastic!
Mickey and Arthur are true assests to the company, their personalities bringing every moment to life! They couldn’t do enough for us and even when the tour finished they were at hand to help if we needed!
My experience of Thailand has been fantastic and I will definitely be recommending Trutravels to friends and family!
There was a great mix of experiences, Hikes to view points, chill time, snorkelling and boat parties! It was great that Mickey and Arthur joined us on nights out too! Also that we got to experience Bangkok and patong as well as the fantastic islands with their beautiful views! It was great that we were giving an option for cerythibg, although I don’t know why you would want to not to what was planned as all activities were fab!
Thank you for such a great time and to Mickey and Arthur xxx

I joined on to this trip late after seeing how much fun the group were having at the same hostel as me. It was quickly arranged with the leaders for me to join the group.

Dean and Papsii couldn’t have made me feel more welcome and so did the group. I had such an amazing 8 days with everyone. The view points and beaches were incredible and the partying was just something else.

Papsii never failed to have a smile on his face and was always trying to make the group laugh! Same goes for Dean... top banter all week! You can tell that the two of them just absolutely love what they do and are so passionate about making the group happy. They were always happy to help with anybody questions and queries and Dean even helped me to plan my diving course after the trip had finished.
They really do know the best places to go for partying, food, shops, etc. There wasn’t anything about this trip that I didn’t enjoy.
I honestly couldn’t recommend the trip more for anybody considering it!

I am a Thai girl, living in the the country full of well known culture and beautiful nature, Thailand. I love snorkeling and try new things&vibes, specially foods!. I have been traveling more than 45 provinces around Thailand and tried every Thai foods I can, take lots lots of pictures that I never counted how much, till one day I decided to explore somewhere I had never been in South East Asia! Philippine is one of best country in my bucket list! My dream come true when my feets touch Philippines land 🇵🇭... So excited in every minute! First of all their English skills in general are better than mine lol. Oh oh it is so easy easy for everyone! They just open their country for tourism so I can say, I was so lucky that now everything hasn't been changed. It looks like Thailand in 20-30 years ago that nature is still completely beautiful and not too busy. Everything in the tour was well organized. All of us love each other and get along too well😂... We all had a good time. The weather is sunny and not too hot, no humidity. I am so brown now😂. I love every beaches where we had been. Christal clear water and coral leaf are unreal. The highlight of the tour is Red Carabao Beach, OH My Buddha, It is stunning. We were staying in the beach huts that mad of me feel like bamboo and woods. We had seen Platon on the sand in the night. A billion stars on the sky, listen to the noise of wave when laying on Hammock. I like Phillipines pp and felt safe like at home 😍😍😍... So sad that it was only 10 days there. Will go back for sure! 😘