Board the Boomerang to cruise through Virginia's beautiful landscape and sample the flavors of the four best wineries along the way!
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| Rating: 5 |
Great Tour of Virginia Wineries
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| Sat, Oct 24, 09 10:00 AM | grahamar | Male | 20-29 | Combination | Group of Friends | |
The tour was fantastic because it provided just enough structure to facilitate getting to the Wineries, but enabling fun and relaxation were the primary objectives of the tour guide. Highly recommend Boomerang... we're already planning to do this again soon! |
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| Rating: 4 |
Bluemont was wonderful; Veramar was mediocre
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| Sat, Oct 10, 09 10:00 AM | karenbaetz | Female | 20-29 | Local | Group of Friends | |
Your staff was friendly and well-organized.
The only request I have regarding your service is that I wish you released the names of the vineyards included in the trip at the time of ticket purchase - we've been to Veramar before and just like our previous experience, Veramar's staff was unwelcoming and the wine was disappointing.
Bluemont was an amazing time - the staff was very friendly and willing to give us a tour of the facilities. Their wonderful wines made up for the "no food" rule. |
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| Rating: 5 |
Fun, Fun, Fun
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| Sat, Oct 10, 09 10:00 AM | trendybabe12 | Female | 20-29 | Local | Group of Friends | |
We had a great time! Our host Joel was awesome and enthusiastic, and the wineries were a blast! The only thing I'd suggest is maybe trying to find a closer meeting place to where the actual wineries are located or giving people a heads up about how long the bus ride will be or maybe even stopping for a bathroom break halfway! It is a little bit hard to drink and then sit on a bus without a bathroom for close to an hour, maybe more with traffic! All and all, I think it was a good experience and would definitely do it again!
Also, I have been on other Boomerang bus rides before (the ones that go to bars in DC) and the only thing I would suggest about those are posting in advance the bars that people will be visiting. It's nice to know ahead of time what bars you are getting yourself into! |
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| Rating: 5 |
Awesome
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| Sat, Oct 10, 09 10:00 AM | bgatens | Female | 20-29 | Local | Group of Friends | |
Other then the fact of getting kicked out of a wine vinyard because of two drunk girls, it was an awesome time |
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| Rating: 5 |
Amazing
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| Sat, Oct 10, 09 10:00 AM | markley5959 | Female | 20-29 | Domestic Tourist(s) | Group of Friends | |
My group of friends, well the entire bus, had an amazing time on the winery tour. Good wine and good times. La Grange Snort is some of the best wine I have tasted. |
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| Rating: 4 |
Great for a small group
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| Sat, Oct 3, 09 10:00 AM | 1hrenjohnson | Female | 20-29 | Local | Group of Friends | |
The bus itself was nice, although organizers may want to oversell seats a little less on a day trip than they probably do for bar crawls- its fine being squished close to people you don't know at night when you're partying, but this trip would have been a bit better without an hour long ride squished to strangers before anyone was the least bit drunk!
We visited only two vineyards- Veramar and Bluemont. The tasting at Veramar was very technical, but the staff seemed overwhelmed and irritated by the number of people in our group. The wine was also sub-par- this place needs a few more years for the grounds to get better and their staff to get more training in customer service.
Bluemont was also a bit on the small side for the influx of people from the tour bus, but the staff was quick to get tables together for two different tastings and the quality of the views and the wine was much better. |
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| Rating: 3 |
Good Trip if looking for Party Environment
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| Sat, Oct 3, 09 10:00 AM | mnmuench | Male | 20-29 | Local | Group of Friends | |
I enjoyed the trip, but it wasn't as relaxing as I had hoped. They played good clubby music on the bus ride, but listening to it for 75 minute each direction was a little much. I also didn't like the wine, but the atmosphere at the second winery was great. All in all, I enjoyed the trip, but probably would not go again. |
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| Rating: 5 |
Great Time
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| Sat, Sep 26, 09 10:00 AM | DaveGup | Male | 20-29 | Local | Group of Friends | |
Excellent event to do, highly recommended. |
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| Rating: 5 |
We had a fun trip- wish we had a different host.
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| Sat, Sep 26, 09 10:00 AM | clemjl01 | Female | 20-29 | Local | Group of Friends | |
My friends and I were on a "bachelorette day". We had requested one host but he wasn't scheduled for our event. I think that the host we did have- had a hangover and wasn't interested in entertaining. He was grumpy and not very enthusiastic.
We paid extra for the card game but they forgot it at the meeting spot. Our money was not refunded but instead we got the deck of cards when we came back to the meeting spot when the tour was over (????).
The overall tour was really fun though. The bachelorette had a great time despite that aggravated host (several of our group members and other people HAD to stop for a bathroom break on the way home). The stripper poles on the bus made it very interesting and fun. Everyone was nice on the bus and we all mingled outside of our group which was nice. I would highly recommend the winery tour and don't wear white. Many people who did left with purple/red stains from spillage and dancing on eachother (still good for memories though!). |
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| Rating: 4 |
Good times
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| Sat, Sep 26, 09 10:00 AM | Meldec635 | Female | 20-29 | Local | Group of Friends | |
This wine tour bus was really fun. We got to visit wineries without the worries of a sober driver and the bus got CRAZY by the end of the tour. Everyone in our group had a great time. |
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