whoah Posted September 17, 2023 #1 Share Posted September 17, 2023 We booked this bus for London and I wish the reviews I read mentioned that there is very little commentary and that mostly it’s music. If I wanted music, I have my phone. This is the pre-recorded commentary which was only a few sentences here and there along the route. I found myself seeing things along the way and wondered what it is but of course the recording doesn’t tell you. I recommend doing research into which tours have a live person doing a commentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolafan Posted September 17, 2023 #2 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Thanks @whoahfor the heads up on this. Appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted September 17, 2023 #3 Share Posted September 17, 2023 9 hours ago, whoah said: We booked this bus for London and I wish the reviews I read mentioned that there is very little commentary and that mostly it’s music. If I wanted music, I have my phone. This is the pre-recorded commentary which was only a few sentences here and there along the route. I found myself seeing things along the way and wondered what it is but of course the recording doesn’t tell you. I recommend doing research into which tours have a live person doing a commentary. We did a HOHO (red bus I believe) can't remember the company name but it was great live commentary. Agree...do your research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John Bull Posted September 17, 2023 #4 Share Posted September 17, 2023 It would be very unusual for a ho-ho operator to choose to provide music rather than in-depth commentary - perhaps this was due to the bus making slower progress than usual. On ho-hos worldwide audio-commentary for each sight is triggered by GPS. The length of commentary for each sight allows a short gap between each segment for a bus which is running to schedule Butt if the bus is held up by traffic there is a longer gap before the next sight is triggered. This can't be resolved by more in-depth information because commentary for one sight would be chopped-off by the GPS signal for the next sight. For this reason we've experienced periods of silence from earphones in various cities - perhaps music rather than commentary has exacerbated these gaps. Those are times when a live guide earns their corn 😏. JB 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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