Rick Steves tour VS Road Scholar tour -- tour decision made My Road Scholar tours have been 11, 18 and 19, which is a better travel group size I prefer Road Scholar's pacing The Rick Steves' tour is all 2 night stops The Road Scholar is 5 nights, 4 nights and then one night near Rome as you head home The Rick Steves' tour is $4300 for a 10 night tour in September
Japan tour: Tauck vs. Road Scholar - Rick Steves Travel Forum Road Scholar is the renamed version of Elderhostel Are you familiar with Elderhostel? A low budget travel experience for seniors Elderhostel Road Scholar does an excellent job within its framework Has great appeal for a travel segment that is willing to do a lot of their own work on tour Tauck tours is at the other end of spectrum
Road Scholar - Rick Steves Travel Forum I did a Road Scholar tour of France in October and I absolutely loved it Great itinerary, good hotels, and the best guide!!!! The people on the tour were fun, well-traveled and open-minded I sent you a Private Message on this site I liked my tour so much, I signed up for two more for 2022! I’ve done one Rick Steves’ tour and one Road Scholar tour, so far Philosophy seems similar enough
My thoughts about Gate1 vs. RS Tours - Rick Steves Travel Forum I have done 12 Rick Steves tours, 13 Road Scholar tours and now have done 3 tours with a very small group company (10 or fewer tour members) The thing that attracted me to both the Rick Steves and Road Scholar tours to begin with was the fact that tips are included And yes, I realized that was folded into the total cost up front
Rick Steves tours vs. Road Scholars tours Road Scholar refers to their tour leaders as "Instructors" rather than guides, which is interesting In terms of the ages of tour members on Rick Steves tours, I've encountered people from about 17 to over 70, so quite a range
Rethinking Road Scholar trip - Rick Steves Travel Forum The Road Scholar tour I LOVED was the one to Cuba in 2013 They really do a wonderful job all around on that tour All this being said, I still look at Road Scholar tours If I find a topic and itinerary that looks interesting I may give them another try I'll just have different expectations than when I go on a Rick tour
Looking for Women’s Only Tour to Italy - Rick Steves Travel Forum Hello Andrea in Darien I'm in Woodridge I could not get the link provided by Mary in Massachusetts to open I just typed "road scholar org" in my search bar and the site opened Click on the "find a trip" tab, and then "group size and type" and select "women only" Road scholar offers a number of options for women only tours to Italy I'm headed to Italy in May on a women's only tour with a
Cuba - Rick Steves Travel Forum I went to Cuba in Feb 2020 with Road Scholar Loved Cuba If you go to the Road scholar site and find any of their Cuba trips, they have a recommended reading list We met with a lot of people in the arts, played dominos with some senior citizens which was a great time They take dominos seriously Enjoy, it is a special place with warm and friendly people
Cuba - Rick Steves Travel Forum If you decide to explore travel with Road Scholar, I suggest you join two Facebook sites One is Women of Road Scholar and the other is Friends of Road Scholar There are a number of people on both who have done one of the Cuba tours
Costa Rico - Rick Steves Travel Forum There are 2 pretty active Facebook groups for Road Scholar participants One is Friends of Road Scholar and the other is Women of Road Scholar (if you have a female companion who wants to join) There are many posts on there about the Costa Rica programs and I can't remember anything but positive comments