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Name: ETT
Tour: Tour #1
Year: 2021

General review

Tour was great. Second time I went. Saw 1 on first day and 3 on last day.

Tour guide review

Guides were great. David answered all of my questions in detail. I learned a lot.

Vehicle review

Vans were large and comfortable with plenty of room
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Name: DannyDoMore
Tour: Tour #1
Year: 2021

General review

The tour was great. The first 4 days were packed with amazing weather and the team got us to all the action we could get to. Unfortunately the weather kind of left us with blue skies for the rest of the tour, but that's the risk you take when trying to book for weather; it's unpredictable. But the team made the best of it for us and took us on a fun road trip showing us some unique sights and cool eats. At the end they had a cookout for us and we watched TWISTER, which was a lot of fun too. :)

Tour guide review

The tour guides (there were 4) seemed very knowledgeable and into what they were doing, and always seemed to have the goal to get us into the storm, but also to keep us safe when things started to get a little wild.

Vehicle review

The vehicles were good! I'm 6'3" and had a seat in the back with no seat in front of me....so lots of leg room! :) I had a super long window to look out of and take pictures from too. They weren't anything real posh, but they did the job and they got us from point A to point B numerous times and I never felt overly uncomfortable.
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Name: tornado one
Tour: Tour #1
Year: 2021

General review

Even though the weather produced a cold front that extended down to the Mexico border, the guides seem to navigate us to a storm on all chasing days capable of producing a tornado Day 1, Day 3 Day 9 and Day 10. Although the tornado never touched down, there was no lack of excitement. One negative was that on the down days, the our guides normally did not ask the guests for a consensus of available tour sites, only just that we are going. We stopped at a casino, Greensburg, The Riverwalk and Couple famous restaurants on our travel days. All and all they did a good job finding things to do. Being fair, I don’t think any of the other tours operate much different than this one. All guides were approachable, they were friendly and ready to go when it was time to chase a storm.

Tour guide review

The tour guides seem to be very knowledgeable. They answered any question asked. However, the morning briefings seemed to be presented impromptu, and sometimes disjointed for the novice chaser. It would of helped to have a tornado development guide with definitions and different ways tornadoes develop. The vans were capable of having a microphone for all to hear but was not used. Only the two people up front could hear any discussions. Meal locations were decided with little input from the guests. We ate mostly fast food or Convenience store food. We did however, eat 4 times at a nice sit down restaurant. Many dinners wouldn’t begin 8-9pm and end at 10-11pm. Especially on chase days, as the chase wouldn’t end before 8-10pm . The mornings would usually begin at 11am without a discussion whether if we were to eat breakfast before or if our 1st stop was going to be a food stop. Lunch was usually done 2 hours after even though we just ate breakfast. If you like fast food this is your trip. Bathroom breaks were plentiful during non chase times. It was explained to me that sometimes hotel quality might suffer a little in some of the areas we were to travel due to a lack of availability. But if available, we would stay at a quality motel. Well, the hotels we stayed at 6 out of the 9 times were less than desirable. Most had a lot worn decor, dirty floors, or sink, or tub, and sometimes the sheets that had odors. If this doesn’t bother you, then you will be fine. Even though a Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn, or comparable nice hotel within 1 mile of the undesirable and for $10-$15 more a night. I think the hotels we stayed at was a little misstated by the tour director prior to sign up.

Vehicle review

Because of the cold front, we had to drive 3000+ miles during the tour to find adequate storms. The vehicles seem to be well maintained. The seats were basically comfortable, some leg room issues. USB and 110vac plugs were provided. The drivers seem to drive the speed limit or 10+ over during storm chasing. Safety issue, The driver would take pictures of the storm while driving. When chased the storms we would get as close as possible sometimes a little too close. For me they didn’t seem to have a good exit route in the event of a tornado touchdown. I will say, they seem to explain it in a way that we weren’t in trouble and had control of the situation. These guys love this stuff and are confident in what they do sometimes too confident. If you are an adrenaline junkie this is your tour.
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Name: Skysister
Tour: Tour #1
Year: 2020

General review

Our tour guides bent over backwards to find storms, answer all questions, and were very knowledgeable. The van was well equipped, and comfortable.

Tour guide review

This was a top notch experience tour. Great professional service, and I definitely will book another tour.

Vehicle review

The guides and vehicle was great.
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Name: Justin N.
Tour: Tour #1
Year: 2020

General review

I have gone on 2 tours with this company and will likely go on more tours with them. I had similar experiences both times. This tour was great. Expect to stay in hotels like Comfort Inn, motel 6, and super 8's. They provided a ton of cold water for guests. This is a very professional tour group and I highly recommend them. I have even reached out to ETT when I've done some chasing on my own and they were willing to help point me in the right direction. Customer service is really great at ETT. Dont expect them to do this, but both of my tours had a chance of a good chase just beyond the set end date of the tour, and they worked it out so we could chase it without charge.

Tour guide review

Kevin Rolfs was our navigator and Alec Scholten was our driver. These two were great! Easy to get along with and both had a great sense of humor. These guys really know their stuff and did a great job getting us onto the best storms that occured during our tour. Each morning we had a weather briefing and they took time to answer any questions we had.

Vehicle review

The 15 passenger vans they use are set up for 6 guests and 2 guides, so there was plenty of space. They had power outlets and USB charging ports for everyone. The van is also outfitted with a large TV screen for movies, radar and other things. The van was also equipped with a cell phone booster so we could still get updated radar and other data while in poor service areas. The bench seats were fairly comfortable. We had a minor issue with a tire pressure sensor and they brought the vehicle to a shop to get it fixed just to be on the safe side. I personally checked the tires to make sure they had good tread and they looked brand new. It looks like they take very good care of their vans.
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Name: Dave
Tour: Tour #1
Year: 2007

General review

This tour went as well as it could. It was fun learing how storm chasers go about their business, and we were always kept in the loop about what we were trying to do that day. The motels were nice and there were good restaurant choices available.

Tour guide review

Our tour guides, Kevin and Blake, showed a really deep personal interest in trying to find the best storms possible. They went above and beyond the effort they could be expected to make to put in the hours necessary for us to be as successful as possible.

Vehicle review

We had a full van, but there was plenty of room. Making sure everyone had a window seat and plenty of space made it really nice.
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