
I, on the other hand, usually grab the Lonely Planet Guide, my hand sanitizer, and my backpack and hit the road.
However, I see the appeal of pre-packaged tours, and I have even been on one. When I traveled by myself to India, I felt more comfortable tagging along with a tour group. I guess it wasn't exactly grandparent-style because it was the economy version of the tour and we stayed in budget accommodations and traveled on public transportation, but it was still a tour.
I appreciated traveling with a group. During the days we would do our own things, but we would always come together for dinner at night. Since I traveled with a British company that focuses on eco-friendly, community-minded tourism (Intrepid Travel), my travel companions were mainly Australian. It was fantastic to meet new people and build camaraderie.
For our honeymoon, I don't think we'll want to go on a tour because I think we'll want to focus on each other. But, I realized I can get good travel advice by looking at tour group itineraries--for free! It's brilliant!
For example, if we go to Italy, I can find tours that travel in Italy and look at their sequence of cities and activities for ideas. It's very fun.
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I agree with your summary, tour groups have their pros & cons. I've been on a couple, one to Greece & Italy with a college class & one to Italy with my bf & people from our school. Both had schedules of things, such as checking into a hotel & going to another location (the 1st trip, we moved every 2 days! The 2nd trip was all in Florence). The tour group can take care of the complicated arrangements, such as hotel rooms, transportation & tickets to events, but you don't want to be stuck in a rigid schedule so you can do your own thing at times.
If you want, do some searching on tour groups & get opinions about the flexibility of their schedules & their reliability.
Love your blog, thought this page would be useful in helping with your honeymoon options!
http://www.dailycandy.com/travel/article/37640/In+Good+Company
Thanks so much for the link! It's very helpful.
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