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1603 Farnam St

Omaha, NE 68102

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Come travel with us for the best deals! We offer quality bus tours and charter buses for all kinds of groups including groups, business clientele, travel agencies, sports teams, schools, civic groups, weddings, churches, just to name a few. We ensure comfortable tour accommodations, fun entertainment, and affordable rates to generate memories that will last a lifetime. We base our business values on honesty, integrity and giving you, the customer, excellent service at an affordable price. Customer satisfaction is our number one priority, providing our customers with safety, security, convenience and luxury accommodations at some of the top casino resorts and hotels in the U.S. …

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I'm a Hotel Sales Manager with a large, well-known brand of worldwide hotels. I have worked with Steve at Elite for about the past 8 years now. What a pleasure to work with! He is a great negotiator and consistently seeks THE BEST available accommodations-- at the best possible rates ---to meet not only his clients needs---- but their expectations as well! Since the beginning of our working relationship, I have found Steve to be very fair, honest, and GENUINELY kind! In my many years as a Sales Manager.....I can honestly say that unfortunately.... in this business...it's hard to come by a really "genuine" and caring Tour Operator that has their customers' best interests in mind. Steve is the kind of Tour Operator I WOULD WANT if I were touring and would be my FIRST pick if I had the time to do so! No question....Steve is truly devoted to the satisfaction and enjoyment of Elite's many tour clients! Good for you Steve! Keep it up! That's what we are in this business for! Always a pleasure!

ELITE GOODE MACKINAC ISLAND TOUR This was our first and possibly last bus tour. Other than a delightful day on Mackinac Island the trip was fraught with problems. Apparently, this was the first time this tour - from Omaha to Mackinac Island was over five days - previous tours were six days. Unfortunately, the tour group didn't change the itinerary so the other stops along the way were either late or rushed or both. Accommodations were hit and miss - two of the hotels were okay and two were substandard. Only one of the hotels had a full breakfast, another was out of everything except pancakes. Our attractions included: - Abraham Lincoln Museum - outstanding but what should have been a 4-hour tour was shortened to less than two - Meijer Gardens and Sculpture - fascinating but again 2 hours when at least four was needed. - Tulip Festival - this tour description was misleading. We expected to see over five million tulips in bloom instead we set in the rain and watched a two-hour parade hosted by the city of Holland, Michigan - that apparently has 50 school marching bands. (The rain obviously was not the fault of the tour. - Tour of Notre Dame was cancelled due to 'protestors' at the school. No other tour was substituted or suggested, and we deadheaded for 12 hours back to Omaha. Meals - Lunch at Coral Ridge Mall food court that included several good options - Dinner at Peoria Waterfront area was a bust. The tour guide didn't have any idea about what restaurants were there and apparently did not understand that many restaurants are closed on Monday so we ended up driving about for 45 minutes and finally parked on a side street in walking distance of a Chili's and Texas Roadhouse. - Tuesday lunch was a little better. The schedule was to eat at Wendy's. Someone suggested that dumping fifty of us at a Wendys' at noon was not a great idea, so we parked in another parking lot within walking distance of a Subway and another fast-food place - Wednesday night was almost a disaster. When we stopped at Meijer Gardens at 4pm and given 2 hours to tour I mentioned to the tour guide that spending two hours (which really wasn't enough) would get us into Mackinaw City after nine o'clock and most restaurants would be closed. The guide, said: "no, it is a two-hour drive." We arrived at our hotel at 10 pm. Part of the delay was the terrible storm. About three hours into the drive passengers begin to complain that the diabetics on board needed to eat. This resulted in the guide screaming at a passenger that she was "working on it." To her credit she called ahead and had several pizzas delivered to the hotel. - Lunch on Thursday was at the 'parade' and several food trucks - nice variety (a Walking Taco was kind of cool.) - Dinner Thursday was at Bob Evans. A little slow but given that two tour buses arrived at the same time, it was okay. - Lunch on Friday was back at Coral Ridge mall. - Mid-morning breaks were at truck stops or once at a Highway Rest Stops Some high points included: - Baggage handling by the bus driver - bags delivered to the door at night and picked up outside the door in the morning - The driver, Van from Navigator Busses out of Fremont, Nebraska, was excellent especially on a scary four-hour drive from Meijer Gardens to Mackinaw City in a horrendous thunderstorm with tornados on our tail. - Our trip to Mackinac Island on the ferry and a lovely day on the island (the sun came out) The carriage ride around the island and brunch at the spectacular Grand Hotel were the highlights of the entire trip. Some low points - We have a saying in Texas that you can say just about anything about somebody if we preface your comment with "bless his/her heart." I expected a running dialogue of interesting facts along the way and other than learning that Grand Rapids was the River City with a population of 111,000, there was very little of that. The entire tour seemed to be run by the seat of your pants - last minutes decisions. - Having never been on a bus tour we expected comfortable seats and socializing with other passengers. The seats were less comfortable than an airline seat - without a fold down tray, cup holders, or storage. So if you came on board with a cup of coffee you held in your hand until it was gone. We struck up a conversation with the folks across the aisle and had dinner a couple of times with others that was the extent of our socialization. - We expected at some we would have gotten together as a group and introduced ourselves and 'mingled.' - Cancelling the Notre Dame tour on the last day and not even suggesting an alternative was very disappointing. The tour guide seemed almost giddy that 'we get to go home early Guys!!' That is hardly the point of a five-day tour. Summary We take much of the responsibility for our disappointment because we failed to look more carefully at the itinerary and look at reviews of the tour company.

we took the tour to michigan with elite tours I have written on review and it has dissappeared so I will rewrite another,I was in the tour buisness for 8 years and never in my entire life have I ever been subjected to such a mismanaged unorganized misrepresented advertised trip not only were we forced to be held on the bus without stopping for food,the bus leaked we were told that things were closed that werent stops were eliminated,our highlight stops that were promised were shortened to a hr and 15 minutes,our bus coordinator was rude and unaccomadating to several passengers,the hotels 2 were filthy and definetly 1 star my husbands queen bed had soiled sheets,filthy toilet seat,,,arriving at river front in peoria on monday night several restraunts were closed,passengers were forced to use their app to direct bus driver to restraunt to feed bus,trip was nightmare...stops were made at gas stations to grab food if you are hungry..while bus filled up..very very unorganized,have never experienced such a rude escourt,when called elite contacting owner who was in fla was told we will talk with her,then she would get worse..it was like being held hostage on a bus.the driver was nice..however bus was old no back up cameras seats were uncompfortable we were told to refrain from using bathroom,bus leaked when raining,stopped at walmart to get towels to soak up water running down isle of bus...entertainment consists of a couple movies,the trip to macinaw from illinois was staight shot no stop for supper 2 pm on bus no stop no supper didnt arrive till 945 pm has to call home office owner to get her to order some food as restraunts in macinaw closed.she ordered pizza to hotel cold pizza no drinks 48 people who had not ate since 2 pm been on a bus many srs some diabetics yes it was a nightmare!!!! DONT BOOK WITH THIS COMPANY IF YOU WANT TO A RELAXING CARE FREE TRIP!! AND I FORGOT TO MENTION READ THE OTHER REVIEWS ON HERE!! I have filed a complaint and I HOPE this never happens to another person..

if you are fortunate enough to have Pam as the bus driver from Navigator, she makes the trip. I got caught up in luggage and tour guide cared less if I was hurt or not. fast trip to the North East. More time in Boston. Would have been nice to have had seafood while there.

I've been on five tours with Elite and had a great experience with all five. The first trip we had Beth as our tour guide, Lori twice and Janice twice on the other trips. Each trip we had experienced tour guides who worked extremely hard, had to be creative at times (because things don't always go as planned) and made sacrifices to insure everyone enjoyed the tour. I like Elite tours for several reasons: 1) They pack a lot of good sites and places into the tour which I like. I like to see as much as I can. 2) The cost is very reasonable considering all you get to see. 3) Steve is the sweetest man and so pleasant to deal with. The list goes on. My husband especially liked the DC tour with all the history. I loved South Padre and Maine but like I said they were all good. I highly recommend Elite Tours and you can be sure we will travel with them again. Teri Reigert Thaden

Just did my 9th trip with Elite had a great time. Going to New England in the fall

DO NOT Recommend anyone use this Travel company. Our Seniors group had a trip to New York for next week. Well, when the caronavirus PANDEMIC came around, no one wanted to go. Plus, All the Attractions we paid for were CLOSED UP. Steve said he was still sending the bus line, because HE would lose lots of money. He has All OUR money. We know the Attractions are giving refunds. He bought non returnable rooms. Why would a bus load of SENIORS go to New York City at this Time, risking their lives? Also, Nothing to do when you get there. Any Reputable company would work this out, not pocket the money being refunded. Why should the insurance have to pay us back, minus our deposit? This is what we call GREED. Do the right thing.

Elite Tours offers customers a variety of destinations at affordable rates. I have been on several tours with Elite and have been satisfied with my experiences.

I recently went on Elite's Western Wonders Tour....what a horrible experience it was! They advertise deluxe coaches, what we got was a bus with over 400,000 miles on it and no footrests. They advertised quality accommodations, what we got was cheap, crappy motels. Many did not even have elevators. There were several elderly people on our tour and they had to climb 2-3 flights of stairs to get to their room. One poor lady fell on the uneven steps at one of the crummy motels and ended up in the ER! Also, one place had bugs in the rooms and moldy showers. They advertised luggage handling, we stayed at two different places with no luggage handlers. One of the places didn't even have access for the bus. Several of us had to unload the bus and carry everyone's luggage to their room....and the next morning lug all of luggage back to the bus. The other place, I had to haul my luggage up 2 flights of steps to my room. They advertised knowledgeable tour guides. While out tour guide was a very lovely lady, he didn't know anything about any of the places we went. In addition, the route was very poorly planned. We had 2 days in a row when we were on the bus for 17 hours!!! Didn't get to our motels until after midnight. Being on the bus so long resulted in many people's legs and feet swelling. This was a huge health risk for the elderly diabetic people on the bus. I will NEVER tour with Elite Tours again. I ( and many others) have asked for a refund from this horrible company. Karen Page

I just got back from Tour to New Orleans. My 15th tour with Elite Tours. We stayed in the French Quarter at the Drury Inn. Which was good because reception every day. Toni Beth and Steve went out of their way to make sure the tour was full of good things for us to do. I posted here before and somehow my post is not here any more. Thanks ,for reading my post. Jim

Recent Branson Tour with Elite. Thought i would share highlights Day 1 Little long nice hotel Day 2 Great breakfast Hughes Brothers show good Daniel O'donel best show Lunch average Dinner at Sadies good Day 3 Great breakfast Miracle of Christmas good production Kirby VanBurch did not care for Shopping not me so was a little long at Landings Lunch at landings good Dinner at Macfarlins good Christmas lights nice Day 4 Great breakfast Doug Gabriel best he has done Lunch at Burger Shak good Showboat Branson lot of fun Baldkobbers hookie Day 5 Great breakfast tired ready for home Lady on bus got sick glad elite had eveyone fill out forms all and all good trip would give it a 8 lot for the money

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