Martin Tours has been providing affordable group and educational bus tours out of Kentucky since 1988. We are a fast-growing, family-owned business with small-town values. We know our customers are our greatest asset and our goal is to make your trip fun and worry-free!
We had a great mother-daughter trip! What a great way to travel! Delicious meals and met new friends. My mother is 86 years old and what memories we made! We didn’t have to plan or decide where to go or what to do next. It was the no hassle way to travel! From the Broadway show to the 911 Memorial and all in between, it was top notched! Tim, our driver, and Debbie, our guide was the best! Highly recommend to anyone of any age.
Debbie was a great tour director, and Mike was the best bus driver I've encountered. The sites were wonderful.
The motels were good EXCEPT for the one in Mackinaw City. That hotel room was dirty and had numerous other issues. The breakfast room was on the 2nd floor up steep stairs. The only other access was walking to the end of a long wing, taking an elevator, and then walking half way back down the wing. Since I walk with a cane, I didn't eat breakfast when there.
Also, the Lexington bus point was a Walmart in Hamburg shopping area. When we got back at 2:30 am Saturday morning, a homeless situation had set up 50' from my car. I had forgotten my car keys in my suitcase when I packed 20 hours earlier in Michigan, so had to put my suitcase on the parking lot within plain view of the homeless. Thankfully, a fellow traveler saw my situation and stood next to me while I dug around my prescription medication to find my keys, as the bus had already left.
It was scary!
I do want to travel again with Martin Tours, and would like to go to Charleston, SC.
I had a good time! The tour guide, bus driver, and travelers were fantastic. Mackinaw Island is beautiful and the meal was superb. Amish tour and Frankenmuth were good.
Some things could have been done differently to improve the experience.
The bus seats were uncomfortable with little leg room in some areas.
The room accommodations were mediocre. The one in Mackinac City at the Clarion was very unclean, safety lock had loose screws, and no room cleaning was done the second day. I do not recommend using the one for future trips.
Too many meals at Cracker Barrel.
The trip home was 20 hrs. Would have been nice for an overnight stay possibly with a tour on the way home then spend night before going rest of the way home. Didn't get to Lexington until 2am with an hour drive home from there.