YMT Vacations Reviews

This is our second trip with YMT. Went on a Yellowstone and the Black Hills tour in Aug 2025. We did have a great time with everyone on the bus. Great stops for the most part, but not very long for a stop and wonder around. WE had to stay on schedule was the response. OK. The places and scenery we visited were very nice and I did get many photos of the stops and views. Per their documentation we were told several places we were on our own for all meals except Breakfast. OK no problem for dinner in several cities, but a couple we not so close to a place to eat. One of the hotels was not prepared to have 42 people have continental breakfast in their location. That was Jackson, WY. Room was nice but only 3 TV stations to relax before bed and American Pie kept repeating over and over.

I booked a trip to Ireland with YMT (Young Men's Tours). I utilized YMT previously in 2024 and had a wonderful experience with our tour guide and bus driver who were fantastic. This year, our bus driver was both the driver and tour guide. Amaen was an independent contractor and was an excellent driver and tour guide! However, YMT utilized a second-party motorcoach provider based in Ireland called Pierce Kavanaugh Coaches. So instead of a YMT trip guide greeting our group at the welcoming and information dinner, a representative from Pierce Kavanagh coach bus service spoke to the group.

WE went on the Alaska discovery trip in Aug 2024. We were very happy with the whole tour. We had good communications with reserving and setting up the trip with Tammy. I did not have any of the problems some have had. We did book our own flight and had to find our way to the hotel, as expected. We are experienced world travelers and this was not an issue for us. The agent met us at the hotel in Fairbanks and gave us a run down on the itinerary for each day, and what we were doing in detail for the next few days. Our guide was a a local to the area and was very knowledgeable about all of Alaska. The train ride from Fairbanks to Denali was fantastic. The hotels in Denali was perfect. The trip down from Denali to the Kenia peninsula was enjoyable and nice. Though we did not see any whales or such on the little boat ride. The glaciers and the other wildlife were great. I recommend this trip in August as all the flies and bugs are gone.

Our first experience with YMT was an Alaska cruise tour in 2018. We had no complaints. We scheduled and paid for YMT's Best of England tour for May 2023. We booked our own airfare and saved money. Soon after Great Britain's royal family announced King Charles' coronation we received notice from YMT that our trip was canceled due to "an issue with a vendor." The coronation was to be on about day 4 of our trip. Clearly, that was the issue. YMT offered a modest discount on a replacement trip to be taken within just months. There was no way we were going use our non-refundable airfare for a trip, then go on another trip two months later. YMT refused our polite request for a refund. The good news? We curated our own Best of England tour, enjoyed festivities related to the coronation, and got our money back from YMT via credit card chargeback. Beware.

This is our third trip with YMT. Probably won’t be a fourth. Paid for first class airfare for the entire trip. Booked us on Delta which has first class about equal to a BUZZ airline coach. No legroom whatsoever. Terrible food. Were told they were out of meat dish and we could have a salad (which was awful). Then on our bus tour on a Sunday we were all dropped off in the middle of a city that nothing opened until 11:30. Mind you it was 9:30 and raining. A few people asked if they could stay on the bus and were told "no, you have to get off." They said they had to go to a secret place and would be back at 12:30. So everyone got off, in the rain, and had to walk around. Then, our departure was a nightmare. We had to leave ship at 9:00 am. Our flight wasn’t until 8:45pm.

My husband and I did the best of Scotland and the best of Ireland, back to back tours In 2019. We had excellent tour guides. Coaches were very comfortable and the hotels were nice. Even tried Haggis. We made some great friends that we still keep in touch with. One of our best trips.

We have been working with YMT since April on a cruise to Hawaii with 4 couples. The response has been horrible. We have been on about 30 cruises and basically book on our own. We decided to use YMT for this vacation and what a joke. They assigned us all rooms together and then a week later we are all over the ship. We call with questions and nobody ever returns our call. After many frustrating call with no results we asked to have a supervisor return our call. Well as you can imagine that also has not been received. We are less than 70 days out and have 0 information and still have no room assignments. I would not recommend this company basically for their service or I should say the lack thereof. Book directly. Save the aggravation. Poor service.

Sept 11, 22 bus excursion Las Vegas to Denver. Tour guide - picnic lunch, went to WALMART!, of all places. I came down with COVID several days into the trip while we were in Brice Canyon village. Called tour guide to let her know and that we were not going to attend dinner that night and that I had tested for COVID. The next morning she tapped on our door and said "Good Luck", got into the bus and left. She just dumped us there with no transportation, no car rentals, no pharmacies, nothing. My husband had to go to the hotel (Ruby's) to see if we could quarantine there. They were very kind. My husband came down with COVID also. We ended up using the volunteer ambulance service 3 times to get us to the regional hospital. Both my husband and I also got pneumonia. And the terrible coughing burst my husband appendix and blew a hole in his colon. He was transported to a larger hospital where he had 3 surgeries.

WE booked an escorted tour with optional air, optional meals, and optional tours to celebrate our 50th anniversary. The departure date 10/1/22. We were paid in full and excited to be going. The day before the final payments were due (this was 6/22/22) they killed the tour, cutely calling it "Suspended" rather than "Cancelled". This was 101 days before the start date of our tour. Two hours after receiving an email, I replied stating that we wished to have a refund and did not wish to take an alternative tour next year.

I find from my friends that the the trip was cancel. No notice from YMT. I was calling them many times ask about return my deposit. I send email with the refund and I get only info so that deposit is not refunded. I did not canceled. The company canceled and hold my money. This is how company with no any services make the profit. Some attorneys have to make more closing looks and we all need to find someone who can teach the company doing the business.