My husband, Gerald Liedl, and I had a one-day layover in Johannesburg, South Africa, on March 19, 2017, and ended up arranging a private 4-hour tour of the city with The KFP Tours (P.O. Box 16426, Leondale, Germiston, 1424, South Africa; cell phone 27731616063, www.kfptours.co.za [under construction]). The tour was excellent.
Diane Robbins of Penfield, New York, wrote (Dec. ’16, pg. 53), “I would like to hear of the experiences of… travelers who, after having purchased travel insurance, had to cut short their vacations because of medical issues.
Villa Romana del Casale
My, oh, my! After reading the readers’ letters about Airbnb (Nov. ’16, Dec. ’16 & Jan. ’17 issues) and all of the hoops some travelers go through to get the right accommodations (corresponding back and forth, checking locations and facilities, arranging payment, etc.), it boggles my mind!
My wife and I couldn’t be happier about the satisfying arrangements we make when we travel.
Having visited Cuba twice (once almost 15 years ago and again two years ago) — traveling all around the island, alone, independently by bus — I was happy to see Birute Skurdenis’ helpful advice in “Suggestions for filling some free time in Cuba” (Jan. ’17, pg. 44). She noted that “Traveling independently [in Cuba] can be a challenge.”
My experience confirmed that, but it also revealed that traveling independently in Cuba was no more of a challenge than it was in some of the other 68 countries I’ve visited.
In several previous issues (including last month’s), we printed letters from subscribers who responded to the information request of Yvonne Richter, who wrote, “My husband and I like to take customized private tours, and we prefer to use tour companies and guides that are local to the destinations. I would like travelers to write in about foreign tour companies and guides they’ve used for private tours, including as many of the following details as possible:
