ROAD SCHOLARS TRIPS FREE

ROAD SCHOLARS TRIPS FREE

I agree with the others who have traveled with Road Scholar that there is less free time and somewhat less active. I have done 5 Rick Steves tours and 3 Road Scholar tours (one US, 2 in UK). Good luck, also read the reviews on Road Scholar's website. The tour itself was not very active.ĭid we enjoy the Road Scholar trip to Australia? Absolutely, but we prefer Rick Steves' tours style. On the Road Scholar tour, there were some early retiree folks like us, but it tilted more to 60-early 80's. While the information was very informative, didn't like sitting in a classroom environment when we would have enjoyed exploring the cities. A few were college professors and our 'lectures' were held in a breakout room in the hotel.

The local guides were very good (except for one who read word for word a handout she gave us). We did eat at an Aboriginal restaurant in the Outback. We were bused back to the hotel for lunch on occasion and a few dinners were at the hotel as well. In fact, the breakfast set-up and food options we nearly identical each place we stayed. We stayed, for the most part, at generic, chain hotels. We enjoyed our trip down under, but we both agreed that for Europe - Rick Steves, the rest of the world Road Scholar. This spring to took the Road Scholar tour to Australia. My husband and I are signed up for our 4th Rick Steves tour in the spring of 2015. not a big 'commercial tour', learn about the history and culture of the country, be exposed to the population as well as see the major sites etc. In many ways they have similar philosophies. My suggestion would be to pick the tour which sounds best to you.

I will be touring with both companies again in 2015. I will also say, although I've been to over 20 countries, I was the least traveled person on my last Road Scholars tour. generally they were natives of the country who were very knowledgeable about the country/region, pleasant and attentive to tour members. A few differences that come to mind: a bit more 'free time' on the Rick Steves tours, a few organized lectures (often with a guest lecturer, some of whom were excellent) on Road Scholar, a slightly older population on Road Scholar with a bit less activity (although I must say a camel ride in India just about did me in), the quality of the tour guides was similar. I have taken tours by both companies although not tours of Italy.

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