You are welcome, Derek. We’re glad our perspective was useful. Let us know how it goes on your trip. Also let us know if you have any additional tips for those considering taking organized tours.

Glad these tour and travel tips resonated with you, Georgia. Recharging while traveling — however you need to do it — is essential to keeping yourself in top mental shape to interact with the place you are visiting. Thanks for stopping by!

Am glad this resonated with you, Raj. Communication is the key.

Feel free to share with the travelers on your tours 🙂

You’re absolutely right, Dylan. Not a movie, but something to actively take part in. Looking forward to hearing more from you.

Glad you found these useful.

Regarding your anedote: Agreed, a little unreasonable, if not crazy. You can’t satisfy all the people all the time.

Thanks for sharing!

Agreed. I suspect the reason that so many travelers do not take advantage of the information that is out there is that it sometimes is a little daunting and not always well organized.

You point regarding experiencing the moment — something we refer to as “getting out from behind the lens” — is essential.

I especially agree with tip number 2, it’s a shame not many tourists take advantage of it. We live in the era or information, it’s time we put all these available knowledge to good use 🙂

I would also add, enjoy your experience and take the time to really take it all in. Many are so preoccupied with taking photos or wanting to do everything (as you have also mentioned), they end up missing too much of the whole experience…