Travel

we have just been retired 8 months and now want to travel overseas possibly to uk. and ireland..

Travel

Posted by: melchel

17th Nov 2010 07:12am

hi we have just been retired a few months and now would like to possibly go and look at the uk especially ireland.. havent checked out the travel shops as yet.. but am looking at maybe march to june next yr.. we are feeling quiet well and reasonably relaxed now so want to do it before our health maybe starts to fail us.. so any ideas.. on travel.. i think i would prefer a tour bus scenario..as i do not drive.. and think that hubby would also like to take in the scenary as well as myself. without having to concentrate on driving especially in another country.. has any one in cafe world experience organised tours.. are they rushed from daylight to sunset.. or time to take it all in.. would like some info before the travel people tell us all the sales blurb. happy to hear from all your aussie travellers.. as we have never been out of oz..


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  • 24th Nov 2010 06:13pm

yes travel in uk is easy to drive yourself as it is the same as here at home,the city busy but the countryside very quiet.travelling this way you can decide when to stop,take a detour and take as much time as you wish ,but there is the possibility of missing some sights you dont know about and no-one to tell you all the history about what you are looking at.It is the knowledge of the coach tour directors that really sells coaching to me.I would neverhave found out half the knowledge of what ive seen. Very important when viewing the brochures about the places they go to- SEE means you do see it probably from the coach, VIEW means you stop and look at the place from the outside and have photo time and VISIT means that you actually enter and tour the place they are talking about, so be careful when choosing any tour. Also with the very popular tourist attractions some coach companies are on a tight schedule, so included is not only the entrance fee, but you jump the queue.That means eg.instead 4 hours wait to enter the vatican city , we went straight in after getting of the coach and the same happened for all the major attractions and please believe me the queues are nothing like i have ever seen before in my whole life any where , they just queue for hours in the sun,rain or snow and nowhere to sit.Its unbelievable.


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