When the school holidays coming or the end of the year, regular national newspapers filled with ads on vacation packages. The packages were packed so attractive both for domestic and abroad. Vacation destination offered are more diverse, ranging from domestic, regional, Asian and Australian, Middle East, America and Europe. The price varies depending on long flights, the aircraft used, the chosen, and the date of departure. The too much Bid giving a lot of alternatives but sometimes becomes difficult to choice. Well, if you have a plan and are still confused determine holiday tour package which one will be selected, it is worth briefly looked quick tips to choose a package tour follows..
1. Choose an experienced Travel Bureau at your vacation destination. Usually the travels or travel that specializes in your vacation destination should be selected. There is a simple way to measure how big of a travel, ie, with the number of branches it has.
2. Itinerary. Read a good summary of the trip (itinerary) offered. Information that should be observed is a tourist attraction visited, length of trip, the facilities included in the package (meals, transportation, entrance fee). List of hotels used should be known from the beginning. This will help you to know the location of the hotel early, especially if there is free time will be easier the streets around the hotel.
3. Abstinence from food. You sould know the food served in the package. This is important especially for those who are Muslim or have certain dietary restrictions. While on some airlines, you can order food khsusu during the flight.
4. Airport Transit. Some long-distance tour packages usually use aircraft that requires transit at an airport. Check how long you have to wait for change planes. This should be a concern, especially if you are vacationing with children / babies. If you have to transit for more than 4 hours, ask if there is a break outside the airport facilities. For example, if you are on vacation to the west coast of the United States, you may be transiting in Hong Kong (Cathay Pacific), Singapore (Singapore Airlines), Bangkok (Thai Airways), Tokyo (JAL, ANA), Taipei (Eva Air, China Airlines). For example.
5. Facilities Stop Over. This facility can be utilized to stop by for a moment in the country between, of course, with an additional fee. If you are on holiday to Egypt using the Emirates, you can stop over in Dubai on the way home. Of course all affairs after a stop-over to your own affairs because of other tour participants make a connection to their owen country.
6. Luggage Policy. Each airline has different rules on free baggage are allowed. Excess baggage will be charged quite expensive. If this information is caught early it will be easier to determine how much your luggage and extra heavy luggage while back. And remember when returning to your country usually you will add this baggage.
7. Traveling connection. For long-distance holiday, it's possible you'll use a different transport using either another plane or overland by bus, train, ship. Make sure the link path is known from the beginning. For example, to Western Europe vacation package, you will land into one of the airport there (could be French, Italian, Dutch) and then connected by land. Or if you follow Vietnam Tour, domestic travel will be serviced by other airlines, from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi and vice versa. Or if you follow the package Hongkong, Senzhen, Macau then between the three cities that you would use the ferry.
8. Certainty departure. As we all know a package will usually be opened if the tour participant reaches a certain minimum amount. Certainty departure becomes very important that your holiday according to the time you allocate.
9. Processing of documents. For the purpose of a particular country tour abroad you are required to take care of visas. Ask if the travel agency can help the maintenance of this document and at what cost. Assistance of the documents by the travel agency will help you especially do not stay in Jakarta. Ask early this visa requirement, because the failure to obtain a visa will make the holiday you also fail.
10. Tour Guide and Tour Leader. Ask if they exist in the package. Tour Leader will escort you from the airport of departure to return. While the tour guide will guide you for visiting tourist objects. It is better to ask the language used by tour guidenya. Using the English language may not be enough of a problem, but imagine if your tour leader using the local language such as, Canton, Viet, etc..
11. The costs are not included in the package. These costs are usually the cost of the documents, the cost of personal use, tips for tour leader and driver. Verify that the airport tax is included in the package. It's a habit you should set aside for tour guide, driver during the tour (if the tour by land). The amount of tip is calculated per day ranges from $ 2 per day per person.
12. Currencies. For the currency needs are easily available in your country you should prepare before leaving. Foreign money is obtained in your country such as the U.S. dollar (USD), Euro (EUR), Canadian dollar (CAD), Swiss Franc (SFR), Saudi Arabia Real (SAR), Hong Kong Dollar (HKD) Chinese Yuan (CNY), Thailang Baht (THB), Malaysian Ringgit (MYR). You will not be bothered must exchange your money at the destination, in addition to the possibility of getting the exchange rate is not good if the exchange at the airport. Do not take dollar, because you'll be hard to exchange the local currency. Just take popular currencies like the U.S. dollar and Euro, wherever you are both going to be easy money exchanged.
13. Tour cancellation, it is important to note from the outset. If you are forced to cancel the participation of the tour, what are the consequences, what is the cost that can be returned.
If there was something unclear, do not hesitate to ask directly to the travel bureau. Once you determine which package you choose, prepare all other purposes. With good preparation, will be spared from the difficulties and unexpected costs during the holidays. Happy holidays hopefully fun.
Monday, October 8, 2012
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