European Whirl Trip by Trafalgar Tours. OMG!
Jul 18th, 2010, 05:31 PM
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no matter how many hundreds of words . . . . .
(No one made fun of, or condemned anyone BTW - you seem to be reading between the lines and seeing things that are not there. We have been commenting on THIS specific tour - not on people who take tours)
(No one made fun of, or condemned anyone BTW - you seem to be reading between the lines and seeing things that are not there. We have been commenting on THIS specific tour - not on people who take tours)
Jul 18th, 2010, 05:41 PM
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No janisj...I understand it is this particular tour and I still with the utmost respect disagree with the generalizations some have made about it. I'm through commenting on it but it can serve a very useful purpose to some. That's all I said.
Jul 19th, 2010, 05:21 AM
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It's difficult when I agree with everyone! Is anyone old enough to remember the movie "If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Belgium"? Some vacation. But yet, for many it is.
When we were on our tour of Greece, we were in our early 30s. There were people who could barely get on and off the bus and for whom the walk up to the Parthenon was not going to happen. DH and I wondered, in the arrogance of our youth, why they bothered to come. As I approach the age of some of those travelers, I do understand that seeing some of it was making the best of infirmity and at least getting a glimpse of a faraway place.
Even those of us who return each year and say we are travel pros, make incorrect generalities based upon visits and not the context of really living in a place.
When we were on our tour of Greece, we were in our early 30s. There were people who could barely get on and off the bus and for whom the walk up to the Parthenon was not going to happen. DH and I wondered, in the arrogance of our youth, why they bothered to come. As I approach the age of some of those travelers, I do understand that seeing some of it was making the best of infirmity and at least getting a glimpse of a faraway place.
Even those of us who return each year and say we are travel pros, make incorrect generalities based upon visits and not the context of really living in a place.
Jul 19th, 2010, 06:26 AM
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janisj - LSky certainly did make fun of and condemned others and was not commenting on "this specific tour" when he said, "I think these are tours for people who don't know any better. Saddest of all, for them, is that they really don't want to." That is an arrogant overgeneralization that really has no place on this board!
Jul 19th, 2010, 06:40 AM
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I suppose this could be a good tour for people with mobility problems - pretty much your whole time is spent on a coach looking out the window at things you drive past. There's only a couple of actual 'visits' included plus a minimum of free time to explore by yourself. For some people, it might be a good trip.
I know I'd hate it with a passion.
I know I'd hate it with a passion.
May 23rd, 2014, 06:54 AM
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I read this thread with great interest. I'd like to "gift" my daughter with a European trip for her grad school graduation, so she and I can get a taste of places she hasn't been to and then go back on her own at a later date. I think a pre-planned tour is the most efficient way to do that. What tour would you recommend? My daughter has lived in London, Paris & Aix.
May 23rd, 2014, 07:10 AM
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Just give her the money and let her plan her own trip. If she's already lived in London, Paris, and Aix, she knows her way around and might not appreciate such a tour as you're envisioning. She probably has lots of ideas of what she wants to see and where she wants to go.
May 23rd, 2014, 08:28 AM
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GraceCO: this is a very old thread that was topped by spammers. You'll do better to start a new thread of your own.
that being said, very few tours are geared to both your age groups. And if she has already lived in Europe most group tours would be waaaaaay to shallow for her. Plus tours really aren't cost effective when everything is doubled.
You and she should plan where she would really like to visit - and go there.
that being said, very few tours are geared to both your age groups. And if she has already lived in Europe most group tours would be waaaaaay to shallow for her. Plus tours really aren't cost effective when everything is doubled.
You and she should plan where she would really like to visit - and go there.
May 23rd, 2014, 12:21 PM
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Sassafrass was OP of this thread, Dukey. I'm guessing she fully understands "whirl."
I agree that anyone who's lived in Europe would go completely bananas on a tour like this. And no, tours aren't "the most effective way" to see Europe, though they might be fine for folks who don't want to do any planning, and they're certainly not the cheapest way, either.
I agree that anyone who's lived in Europe would go completely bananas on a tour like this. And no, tours aren't "the most effective way" to see Europe, though they might be fine for folks who don't want to do any planning, and they're certainly not the cheapest way, either.
