The subscriber who wrote the letter “On Canceled Tours” (June ’13, pg. 26) was disappointed at not being able to take several tours with the company Adventures Abroad.
I have taken 12 trips with Adventures Abroad and, despite having six other scheduled trips canceled by them due to an insufficient number of clients signing up, I would readily recommend them. In each case, I received notice a couple months ahead of departure so that I had plenty of time to make other plans.
Adventures Abroad runs great trips, but they do have a large catalog with many unusual destinations and itineraries, so the interest in particular trips is not always high. It is a Canadian company, and the makeup of each group generally runs about 50-50, Canadian and American tour members. My experience is that they have a very loyal following.
The travel bug bit me when I retired. I’ve visited the following places with Adventures Abroad: Kenya & Tanzania, 2006; Poland, 2006; Ireland, 2007; Copper Canyon, 2008; Iceland & Greenland, 2008; Namibia & Botswana, 2009; Panama, 2010; Tunisia & Malta, 2010; Italian isles & Corsica, 2011; Brazil, 2011; Guyana, Suriname & Trinidad, 2012, and Far East Asia, 2013.
I have two trips scheduled with them for 2014: Paraguay, Uruguay & Bolivia, and Azerbaijan, Armenia & Georgia. I usually have three to five trips scheduled in advance. I travel with a number of companies and I have had a few trips or extensions canceled by some of them.
STANLEY GORCIK
Buffalo Grove, IL
