Trek America

For the past three months I sunk into obscurity on this site having embarked on my own little American adventure - and what an adventure! For two and a half months, I worked in Ohio and became acquainted with all the quirks of American culture. I developed an unhealthy love of Lucky Charms cereal and Reese's Cups; an ardent Republican taught me how to shoot a hand gun (scary!); I taught several kids how to ride horses Western-style and I made a few of the best friends of my life. How could I possibly top this experience? None of my friends were able to travel with me post-camp and so I was pretty much on my own and desperate to visit a number of locations to ...  Read the complete review

I have booked a trek with trek america starting in August but so far I have been very disappointed with the companys customer service. They overcharged me by 100 pound due to me paying in dollars rather than pounds, as I was automatically taken to the american site because I used a computer in America. They are now refusing to give the difference back and came across as very rude on the phone. I hope I enjoy the trek (especially as its now cost me 100 pound extra) but at the moment I definetly would not book with them again.

I chose to use Trek America when I travelled on my own in the States. Partly it was because this was my first time travelling on my own and also because it really reassured my parents that it was an organised tour. **What is Trek America?** Trek America runs trips all across the United States, Canada, Mexico and parts of South America. These vary from 7 days up to as long as 6 weeks in some instances. The majority of the trips are camping based although most will have some nights in budget hotels or hostels (these are normally in cities). However, there are some treks which are all lodging based and therefore no camping required. The trips are ...  Read the complete review

I'll keep this one short and concise. I travelled with Trek America in 2000 after working on the Camp America programme and had the best summer of my life to date. Trek America tours various regions of America for periods of 7-64 days. The reasons Trek America worked for me are as follows: - The Group. The groups consist of 12 people. In my case they were 12 people my age that had just finished working on camp like me. The cheap price tends to attract young back packers and the amount of travelling means that friendships are established very fast. -The group leader. Mine was excellent. Shaggy was his name. Others weren't so good. Trek America's ...  Read the complete review

Trek Rocks. The people you are travelling with have chosen exactly the same adventure from a huge list of options and are there for pretty much the same reasons as you. This means that you WILL get on very well with them. Most of my people were camp counsellors too - so were very much up for everything, being that they were so exhausted after 2 months trapped with American kids! The staff are outstanding. The trek leaders have chosen a very tiring job which gives them the perks of meeting new people al of the time and travelling around America for a whole summer - they too, are there because they want to be and love travelling. It was much ...  Read the complete review