How to select a tour and get the best value for the dollar

HOW DO YOU DETERMINE THE VALUE ON A TOUR?

The best shopping experience is to get the BEST QUALITY at the LOWEST price. If you only focus on the lowest price, you are not a smart traveler since the dollar is more important to you than the experience. If this is for you, I suggest you don't read more. If it is not you and you want to take a tour, the first question is whether you should be accompanied or independent. The descriptions of the independent tours are simple and consist of combined airfare, hotel and transportation. But on a guided tour it has higher prices due to hiring a full-time guide and the cost of a coach and full-time driver. In short, you have a more intense, well-organized and well-thought-out itinerary that gives you the ultimate experience. However, not all tours do this. If you look closely at most of the tours, they are routine, boring, poorly thought-out, and inflexible. When making such a decision, you should compare at least 3-4 tours to ensure you get a broad perspective on options.

The following are steps to follow.

1. Calculate the cost of the trip per day by taking the total price and dividing it by the number of days. Doing this will allow you to compare overall travel costs overall. However, since price should not be the only consideration, please continue with the following items. Since most tour rates are PER PERSON, to get the TOTAL cost of the Nice Walking Tour    for you, multiply the # 1 figure by the number of people traveling with you to get YOUR TOTAL. Please note that if each person pays $ 150 per night, they will stay in a room that costs $ 300 per night, a rate that is generally out of reach for most people.


2. Examine the number of hotels used. A well written itinerary will use very few hotels and each will be used as a central location. The higher the number of hotels, the worse the quality of the tour. You will spend half your trip packing and unpacking!
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3. Look for the hotel rating (one crown (basic) to 5 crowns (luxury)). Make sure you will have a private bathroom if it is a requirement. Does the quality of the hotels justify the price of the tour?

4. If the tour price is at least $ 100 / person / day, you must have a FULL TIME BLUE LOGO GUIDE. If the tour operator is using step guides only in cities, if a member of your group or the driver takes over between locations, and if your tour leader does not have the history and culture qualifications in formal education, you are NOT getting your money's worth!

5. How many meals are included? If the tour price is relatively low and only breakfasts are included, it's probably a fair deal. Just make sure that if dinners are included, you won't be charged $ 50 per person. No matter where you travel in this world, you can eat at any cost you choose. You don't have to eat expensive meals in hotels when there are perfectly good pubs and restaurants at moderate prices just down the street. However, some hotels give the tour operator a good financial incentive to include meals, and that is for their benefit.