Once in a lifetime - “This is the only time in the next century you will see this.” Mount Vernon is going through renovations and you can see the exposed woodwork and architecture of the mansion. This is a limited edition experience is worth it.

Visiting Mount Vernon - The guided tour was good, I was disappointed that most of the house was closed nut that's understandable.

Visit Mt. Vernon! - Worth the drive and money! Excellent history experience. It will be even better when the restoration work is done and the entire home is open for tours. The staff are amazing!!

Timing is everything - It was good. The thing I would ask you to change is the way you list this tour. It only gave a tour time of 9 am, which was hard to get out there in morning traffic. Upon arriving & checking in, I was told there wasn’t an actual tour at that time but probably list as that’s opening time. That was a frustrating. I was then given a choice of times to start the virtual & walking mansion & grounds tour. Ticket times should correspond to when (virtual) tours start so people may choose a time that works for them, leading to more ticket sales. (This was written during the mansion renovation so a virtual tour was added to see the parts closed due to the renovation.)

No interior viewing per se - Currently under renovation - very limited viewing ••• disapointing :( Beautiful location - well organized historic site.

Good audio-guide, bad guides for the house tour. - I had seen this estate and house tour on a French tv show (Secret d'histoire) which is why I knew I could visit it. It took us a few minutes to figure out the audio-guides but one we did, we were glad we had them. We did enjoy the slave quarters and other historic houses on site, as well as the tomb of Washington and his family. The grounds were well kept, with a nice view, and easy to walk around on well maintained path. Parking was easy to find, free and I like that the stores were all grouped together for shopping at the end. We did have lunch at Mount Vernon's Inn, which had a great combo price-quality for a touristic place. My shrimp roll was tasty as was hubby's chicken and waffles. The house tour was dissapointing. Although we had reserved a time when purchasing our ticket, we were to line up behind school groups for about 20 minutes before we got access. As it was towards end of day (3:30 I think when last tour was at 4:30), all guides seemed to be totally exhausted. Of course, it was abnormally warm for that time of year, but still. Spoke to a first guide in line which just pointed to where we needed to line up. Before we 'crossed' the street to line up again by the house, the guide spoke at length to the tour group before us, but nothing for us, she moved instead on to talk to a colleague. Having known that, I would have moved forward to listen in to what she was saying to the school kids. Then by the house before we went in, the guide there was in a foul mood and actually swore at someone that was filling their water bottle. Then we were herded in by huge groups, could barely hear what the guide was saying - in any case, she wasn't saying much; or didn't know the answers to basic questions people were asking. While we knew not all of the house was to be open, I would have appreciated a good tour, well narrated and made to feel like like history is fun. Would not recommend.

A bit disappointing - I think this is rather expensive for what you actually see. I really felt I did not learn much about George Washington because the focus of every exhibit where the staff was telling the history was focused on enslaved peoples. I understand that is part of the history but not the entire story.

Reduce the price please... - Very disappointed. Found out only one room in the house was open to see AFTER paying full price admission. No notice at the entrance. No prominent notice on the website. To be fair, the admission price should be reduced a bit since the highlight of the tour isn't accessible.

Disappointing - The mansion is currently undergoing renovations, but for Washington’s Birthday Weekend, it was open for a walk through. Well. It’s definitely a work in progress! The interior was devoid of any furniture with the exception of a harpsichord (piano). We were walking on taped down paper, and there was really nothing to see. So glad it was free this “special “ weekend. There were ceremonies on the “bowling green” but it was so cold and windy, we left. I’m sure during the spring and fall it would be a magnificent site with everything either booming or turning to fall colors. Front facing the Potomac is an exceptional site. Call before you go to make sure it’s a real tour. The guides who were there barely said or did anything as there wasn’t anything for them to tell you about. Sad.

Disappointing “tour” - Very disappointing Mansion “tour” was 2 of the 20+ rooms due to construction, and still charging full priced. We paid over $150 for 6 family members to “tour” the mansion, and it really was a let down to not have any additional supplements to the tour offered and still charged full price.