If you have read some of my previous posts, you may have come across my previous (partially blogged about) trip with the tour company Globus to Central Europe. Earlier in January, I once again ran across a good deal for a Globus tour to Switzerland named "Swiss Escape". Since this is part of Globus's "Escape" …
Continue reading Swiss Escape (A Globus Tour): An Introduction
On the morning of the third day, I finished packing and left my suitcase outside my door for it to be collected and placed on the bus. Your tour director gives you a luggage tag to attach to your bag to make it easy for it to be collected and placed on the correct bus. …
Continue reading Central Europe (A Globus Tour): Vienna, Austria
When I arrived at my hotel in Budapest, my tour group already finished their introductory meeting and was headed into the hotel restaurant so I missed all their introductions and review of the itinerary and optional excursions. Luckily, my parents had arrived in the morning so they got all the information otherwise I would have …
Continue reading Central Europe (A Globus Tour): Budapest, Hungary
When you book a Globus tour you have a few options when it comes to airfare. You can book your own flights and pay only a land tour price or you can have Globus book your flights with an air + land package. If you choose to have Globus book your flights you can choose …
Continue reading Central Europe (A Globus Tour): Traveling to Budapest
As a quick summary, this next series of posts will be about an escorted tour I took with my parents through Central Europe last December. I'll start by going over the booking process and everything leading up the the trip, then review the actual trip and lastly my final thoughts on taking an escorted tour …
Continue reading Central Europe (A Globus Tour): Introduction
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