Venice Private Gondola Ride

A gondola ride is an iconic Venician experience, however, half of the 30 experience was spent leaving embarking area and waiting to get to a disembarking spot. The time travelling through the canals was disappointing. It f out d not feel like a value for money experience.

The guide didn't even acknowledge our presence while we were on the boat Not so much as a ciao. We rode parallel to another boat & the 2 guides talked to each other the whole time. Not what we should get for 160 euro.

Prior to buying the ticket, I tried to clarify both the site of entry and that is was to be a private gondola ride for 2. When we arrived in Venice it was clear that a) there were plenty of gondola ride options, 2) though we requested Ca'Rezonicco embarcation site, we were assigned San Marco, 3) we were charged for 2 gondolas (over US$300), not for 2 people in one gondola. While in the gondola, the gondoleer was informative and provided a nice experience. Due to these confounding factors, NOT a result of our gondoleer or any of the staff at the site, our ride was rather disappointing.

Much cheaper to buy on site (90€) than online (130€)

I have proposed to my GF and she said yes. Thank you for the amazing ride, and the sailor was a pretty chill person.