At 02:40 PM 7/22/03, Thomas Heide Clausen wrote:
Ahmm...well, I have once, and once only been on a "group tour". I was
on Hawaii (Oahu) and wanted to get out of the Waikiki area so I
signed up for an all-day around-the-island thing with a tour
guide/driver person. We were, I think, 12 adults. Well, suffice to
say, I disapprove of being shuffled around like a cattle on a farm
from comercial venue to comercial venue (which, of course, had
agreements with the tour operator) and talked down to as if I was a 6
year old with comprehension problems.
I was out 150 USD from a trip which did little but upset me severely
and which just evokes bad memory of what I think otherwise is a
wonderful place.
Never and never again will you find me on a tour bus. Never.....!
ROFL . . .
I did **one** tour bus excursion in Germany. I don't need to describe the
experience. The one you provided of yours on Oahu fits exactly; just
change the location names.
Never and never again will you find me on a tour bus. Never.....!
After that experience I did continue to use charter buses for
transportation, but *only* if they were just that, transportation to and
from a specific location, and *not* a mis-guided tour with tour guide.
-- John
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