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Re tours’ expected hotels

Travelers' Intercom, March 2008 issue
My wife and I have been either traveling or living abroad for nearly 50 years. With rare exceptions, we have always traveled independently. Being 69 and 71, respectively, and getting a little leery of traveling by ourselves to the more underdeveloped parts of the world, we decided that we would experiment with group tours. We took ...

Report Cards

Report Cards, December 2007 issue
From PARIS, France, Oct. 10… • We used Capitol Shuttle (www.airport-shuttle.com) in Paris for airport/hotel transfers. Beware! We had a one-hour wait for pickup at the airport (“caught in traffic”). Pickup at our hotel was on time, but they attempted to drop us off at the wrong terminal! Then they dropped us off at correct terminal ...

How much to tip on tours

Travelers' Intercom, October 2007 issue
Richard E. Smith of Long Beach, California, opened up the topic of tipping on tours (April ’07, pg. 4). Questions he asked included 1) “Should the cost of tipping be included in the tour price?,” 2) “Should there be an existing standard for tipping adhered to by most tour companies?,” 3) “Should an escrow tipping ...

Driver in Dubrovnik

Travelers' Intercom, October 2007 issue
While on a Mediterranean cruise with Holland America in May ’07, one of our stops was Dubrovnik. We were fortunate to have hired, online, a wonderful driver, Tomislav Radulovic (e-mail tomislav@taxiservicedubrovnik.com). Tom met us at the ship when we docked and was exceptionally pleasant and informative. He speaks English quite well. His cost without a guide ...

Group travel on a big bus

Travelers' Intercom, June 2007 issue
Group travel on a big bus
Many of us prefer traveling with a group, since it is cost effective. This often means, especially during busy travel seasons, being tightly packed in a big bus. In the last six months of 2006 my wife, Marlene, and I took three such tours, which I compare below. All prices are per person and include ...

Boarding Pass

Boarding Pass, May 2007 issue
Boarding Pass
Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 375th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine. Do not try this at home. . . or even away from home. Several tourists on a bus in Costa Rica fought back when three muggers held them up on Feb. 21 this year. A group of 12 passengers on the Carnival Cruise Lines ship Carnival ...

All Aboard! » Railpass roundup 2007

All Aboard, April 2007 issue
All Aboard! » Railpass roundup 2007
They buried the Eurailpass this year. Without so much as a memorial service, their marketing team renamed their flagship pass, the mother of all railpasses and far and away the best-known brand in European train travel, the “Eurail Global Pass.” It costs 5.3% more but doesn’t provide any more free travel than the 2006 Eurailpass ...

Boarding Pass

Boarding Pass, April 2007 issue
Boarding Pass
by David Tykol, Editor Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 374th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine. If you are reading this magazine for the first time, having received a sample copy, the concept behind it is very simple: ITN is written by travelers for travelers. Readers each send in their candid appraisals of a tour they’ve taken, a ...

Ancient Macedonia with Explore

Tours in Review, February 2007 issue
My goal was to visit all of the old Yugoslav republics. I had been to Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia before, so from Sept. 10 to 24, 2006, I took Explore’s “Ancient Macedonia” tour (booked through Adventure Center, 1311 63rd St., Ste. 200, Emeryville, CA 94608; 800/227-8747, www.adventurecenter.com). The 15-day tour took the group of 20, mostly ...

Focus on Archaeology — Pula, a Roman treasure in Croatia

Columns, January 2007 issue
Focus on Archaeology — Pula, a Roman treasure in Croatia
by Julie Skurdenis “You’ve come at just the right time,” commented the cheerful young woman in the Tourist Information Office. “If you look just outside our front door, you’ll see the archaeologists excavating the Roman Forum. They just started six weeks ago.” My husband, Paul, and I were in the Croatian town of Pula at the tip ...