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Definitely the weakest of all the expansions.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I didn't like vacations much on Sims 1 and for Bon Voyage it's the same case. It doesn't have as much "replay value" in it as one would want for paying 30 bucks. The best things about it are the following:

*A multitude of new ways to dance (such as hula and slap dance)
*The beach locale is pretty cool to look at (the ocean looks really neat!)
*The ability to purchase vacation homes at the 3 locations.

However, overall, it's just isn't too exciting. The hotels are very expensive as well and someone who doesn't use cheats would be highly disappointed to have their sim spend that much money and get so little out of it. If you have limited money and can only get one or two expansions, do yourself a favor and pass Bon Voyage up. I highly recommend purchasing Seasons or Open for Business, the best expansions of the franchise!

No glitches here, just loads of fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 14
Date: September 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Whisk your Sims away to tropical islands, have them sunbathe until they're rosy red, build sandcastles, comb for seashells, dig for buried treasure, learn how to hula and fire dance, learn how to give each other hot stone massages, let them wyle away the hours in natural hot springs, send them on risky guided adventure tours (there's three!), have them explore an old pirate ship, find hidden treasure maps to new locales, keep pickpockets at bay, learn foreign customs and gestures, swim in wave filled oceans, have them earn new talent badges, or buy a vacation home in their favorite hotspot, and better still, your Sims will earn point rewards for every vacation they take depending on how well or how poor their vacation went. There's also the ability to have your Sims take photos of each other while striking several new goofy poses.

New and cool objects are included in this expansion as well, such as an awesome large camping tent (where woohooing is allowed), an ax throwing object, hot springs, saunas, massage tables, log rolling, backyard hammocks, cool new vacation duds, new hairstyles, and more!

New exotic food menu choices, too, served up by the locals or if your Sims want to order in, there's room service!

This is a must have addition to your Sims 2 collection! Great get-aways for individual Sims, groups, families (no babies or toddlers allowed though), or for weekend retreats or honeymoons.

Just remember to explore, explore, explore each destination, you never know what you might find..and talk to the natives!

Nice!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: September 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a good expansion pack. It's a little buggy, as all are when they first come out, but I have experienced fewer glitches with this one than any other EP I've gotten. The vacation lots tend to lag a little, but the normal lots do not. I imagine (hope) this will be fixed when they put out a patch.

While Seasons is my favorite, this makes a very nice addition that I have spent hours and hours playing. Some new things you can look forward to:

Tai Chi
Two new dances
Beach lots
Digging for treasure

And more. I don't want to spoil the surprises for you, so I'll leave it at that.

Bon Voyage has Been Getting a Bad Rap

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: March 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I honestly think that Bon Voyage is getting an incredibly bad rap. Sure, I wanted it. Then I didn't when I read from A LOT of angry simmers about Secu-ROM and it's affects on their pcs, but I haven't had any problems with it *knock on wood*. I would like to say that this is an amazing game. You get to go on vacations, which are amazing! There are 3 to choose from, which are versions of the Far East, and Island, and the Mountains (I'm sorry, I forgot the name). But these vacations are so cool. You check into a hotel and you can literally rent out the whole place. There are saunas and community lots to visit, not to mention features unique to each destination. the Far East one has ninjas that teach you how to teleport and if you find the map, you visit an old man who tells you a dragon tale you can tell to others. You can go on tours, which have good or bad outcomes (you get a chance card like you would at work). There are new greetings to learn that you learn from a specific place, sovieniers to buy, and your sims can now wear jewelery that isn't custom content! I would recommend this game because it is a good game. Just make sure that you know everything about secu-rom before you buy it and make your own conclusions. h&m stuff, freetime, and bon voyage have secu-rom, and i have no problems *knock on wood.* this is a good game!

Response to negative feedback

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 35
Date: September 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Ok, first of all, the negative reviews from customers are bogus, they are complaining because they have a crappy computer and the game makes them crash, its not the games fault, its your fault. Now, about the game.
The game itself is great, the best in my opinion, very entertaining, fun locations. If you are a sims fan or if you are not, get it, its amazingly fun.

Great if it worked

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Installed this expansion and it caused random Sims 2 crashes. Looked the problem up on the internet and it was pretty common. Uninstalled and problems disappeared. I'm disappointed to say the least. I DON'T recommend this expansion.

Best of Them All

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: September 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is a much better improvement than the other expansion packs, but I will say Seasons was a better improvement also. If you have most of the expansion packs and you have been looking forward to something a bit different then buy this one. There is a lot more strategy than just watching your sims grow up and making families all day long, you can visit cute resorts, that have very good graphics [like the beach, ship, etc]. You will definetly love playing Bon Voyage, the accesory option is pretty cool too, sims are actually starting to look like normal people instead of Barbie.
lol. EnJoy!

One of the best expansions in the series!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

When I first heard about Bon Voyage, I got very nervous, since Vacation is my least favorite expansion from the previous game. And guess what: this one turned out to be my favorite! It's a shame so many people don't see how rich this expansion is.

Bon Voyage offers you three destinations: the tropical island, far east and moutains. What I really like about them is how different from each other they are. The whole architecture, decoration, the local gestures, food and everything are very singular. You can differ each location, and I think that's amazing.

While traveling, your Sims have tasks, called mementos. They are things like eating a characteristic food, learning a local gesture or buying souvenirs. This adds some challenge to the game, since some of them are quite tough. Unfortunately, after completing them, you don't fell like doing it all again.

The replay value is very low, because of the mentioned mementos and the loading screens. Your sims can now walk between lots, but the loading screens are killing and are the negative part of the expansion.

Graphically, Bon Voyage is the same as the previous expansions. The biggest graphical innovation here is the sea. The water is very beautiful and the waves are very charming. You can build a home in beaches and they are very beautiful.

Giving your sims a vacation can also bring many advantages if they have a good time travelling. When they come back home, you can select some of them, and if you use this resource wisely, you can achieve good advances in the sims's careers and relationships.

Bon Voyage is a great expansion, but loading screens and the-so-talked-about bugs and glitches make the playing experience not so good as it could be. But it's still worthy a try!

What this game is about

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: May 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

For those who want to buy this game here are some things about the game.

Their are 3 places for your sims to visit and first i'll start with Twikki Island.

Twikki Island is a big ialand that has about 4 beaches and 2 temples. Your sims can swim in the occean, dig for treasure, look for sea shells, watch the waves,ect. You come with many items like saunas, log rolling, hot springs, massage tables,ect. In twikki island you can learn the fire dance, hula dance, and the hot stone massage. In where you look at your sims memories theirs a suit case. If you click on the suit case you will see forty things you can do while on your vacation. Your sims will also come with long hair with the green leaf necklace thin on your sims head and many new outfits.

Takesumi Village is the second one which is a japanese village. Your sims can learn to teleport like if they have to go to the bathroom and your far away from it your sims just jump in the air the appear in the room. Here you can buy japanese dresses to fit whith the theme. You can learn an achient exersise, and the acupressure massage. You can also sit down and enjoy tea.

Three Lakes is the last one which is a mountain land. In all of the places you can find a secret map. In three lakes you can visit bigfoot. In this place you can learn the slap dance and the deep tissue massage. Theirs an axe range for axe throughing. Lastly I foregot to mention the gestures. In Twikki Island it's hang loose. In Takesumi Village it's a bow. An in Three Lakes it's a chest pound.

Then you leave which is the saddest part. But if you took pictures you can go on the computer and click order photos. Then people will send you a scrap book to show to your friends.

I would recommend this game for sims 2 fans.

SIMS 2 Bon Voyage

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 10
Date: October 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is a very interesting one and keeps the children busy and happy. They enjoy traveling with the families they've created.

My kids enjoy all the SIMS 2 P.C. games.
Keep us updated on new releases.

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