I agee with the comments about this trip, I thoroughly enjoyed the sights of Prague, Vienna and Budapest with a bunch of great people, especially those on the Manchester flight! I also spent more than I expected as there were three optional excursions that I had not budgeted for but I guess it was my choice to book them.
It was the hotels and food that were a disappointment, having travelled to Europe a lot, I knew not to expect modern quality hotels but this is not a cheap holiday so I did expect a better standard from Just You. The rooms varied in size and quality and it was a bit like a lottery as to which type of room we were allocated and my complaint is that we all paid the same price for the holiday and so should have had equal rooms to a minimum standard.
In Prague, some people had two sleepless nights due to the non-stop rumple of passing trams. The eveining meal was a set meal with no choice and was really rather poor quality. The hotel in Vienna was a bit like Fawlty Towers with toilets that did not flush, showers broken, water pouring into a room from the shower in the room above and some ladies were initally expected to sleep in some old staff room accessed through a doorway off a main corridor and up some stone stairs into the roof space!! It was apparent that some rooms had not been cleaned before our party booked in and we got the impression that if people had not complained then they would not have been re-done, My room there was a cupboard, with just room for a single bed and a small table, it did not even have a wardrobe just a coat rack affair for my clothes and a broken shower! I had to have a hissy fit to get moved after one night but really I should not have to do that, Just You might need to look into using a better value hotel next year, it really was not value for money and many rooms were badly in need of refurbishment.
Most of us struck lucky in Budapest as it was a more modern, mid range hotel that could have been anywhere in the world, with airconditioning and newish fittings. The food though was a different matter, back to a set evening meal with no choice and pretty poor quality.
However, if you have booked already for this season, do not be put off, it is a great holiday and our tour guide was brilliant, you will have a whistle stop tour of three amazing cities with some good excursions of you want to go - just make sure you allow £90 for them.
Just You do need to consider if they are providing vaue for money for their clients though, there were a number of first times in the group who have said that they will not go with Just You again based on the quality of the hotels used - a shame as I have been on other wonderful holidays with Just You and will again in the future - as long as there is more choice of August dates!