We read the Viator catalogue market by market and apply the same three tests to every experience. There is no editorial discretion in the filter and no operator can pay to pass it.
Price above 500 dollars. Below that we are not looking at private travel, we are looking at a coach with a microphone.
At least fifty verified reviews. A five star rating on two reviews tells you nothing. This is the test that removes most of the expensive inventory, and it is why Monaco, Zermatt and Dubai do not appear here despite listing hundreds of costly experiences.
A combined rating of 4.5 or better. Across the operator platform and TripAdvisor together, not one of them alone.
The price is the lowest published starting price at our last catalogue read. It is not a quote and it moves with season and availability. The review count combines the operator platform and TripAdvisor. The rating is the combined average across both, printed to two decimals so you can see the difference between 4.75 and 4.99.
Every figure on this site is read from the catalogue on each build. Nothing is typed by hand. When an experience is withdrawn, its page disappears rather than showing a price that no longer exists.
We earn a commission when you book through a link on this site. It never changes what you pay, and it plays no part in the three tests above. We would rather tell you the cheaper option is the better one and lose the booking than recommend the one that pays more.
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