The Top 4 Mistakes most travelers make:
•Not getting to see key sights due to inefficient planning
•Frustration from trying to see the complex city on your own
•Spending more time in line than sightseeing
•Getting lost
• Waiting in Line on Vacation :
After standing in line all day, we can be too tired to enjoy what we waited to experience:
–Standing uses about 20% more energy than sitting, so we get tired more quickly
–It also causes swollen feet…then blisters and cramps
–And can also lead to back pain that can ruin your trip.
–A visitor standing in line for 15 minutes to view each 1 hour attractioncan expect to feel the pain!
Don’t make these mistakes because you didn’t ask a local expert how to plan your trip.
Best Way to Begin Your Holiday
You should always take a sightseeing tour to start off your trip. It will help you get the lay of the land, and show you where to spend the rest of your holiday. You will learn more about the city and will have a much better vacation if you take a tour when you start.
How Should I Plan My Trip?
1.Develop a plan in advance of your trip
2.Find the insider secrets the locals know about the city you are visiting ( shops, restaurants, best places to visit, etc.)
•The right local expert has to be:
–An attraction expert
–One who knows where to go and where not to go
–Knows how to save you money …but still keep you safe and happy
3.Use resources available such as trip planners, travel agents, and hotel concierges
4.Create the best experience – a “European-Style Tour”
5. Use Newspapers and local information
The travel websites review restaurants but they may not have any correlation with where the locals actually eat. Read the local newspapers’ food sections to get the local information . It’s not easy but you can dig and find local suggestions by focusing on columns aimed at locals , not visitors. For the very latest, ask the hotel’s concierge, a local friend or find a reliable advisor.
6. Call a sightseeing tour company.
Whether you take a tour or not, any sightseeing tour company worth their salt should be able to give you advice on your trip. They should know the best things to see and do.
Make sure you find a high quality sightseeing tour company that can help you plan a fantastic trip.
How to Make Sure You Have the Trip of a Lifetime:
Can you imagine if you had your own personal travel expert on how to best experience the place you are visiting? How much money could you save if they kept you away from tourist traps and other pitfalls? What would it be worth to have another person make all your reservations for you and get you the lowest price for each item? What if you had a team of professionals you could ask any question about Washington DC or Los Angeles ? The way you get all of the above is by obtaining a sightseeing tour that provides personal service like the ones available in major European cities that offer a higher level of personal customer service.
You can find lots of information at this sightseeing tours site.
How Important is a Sightseeing Tour?
There are hop-on, hop-off buses in some cities that will take you around with an audio recording. On these buses, when you are completed seeing a site, you walk to a bus stop and wait… and wait… for the next available bus that has an open seat. This type of “tour” won’t help you.
Look for a tour that has personable, knowledgeable tour guides. You want to see the city through the eyes of a local.
When is a tour not a tour?
Fear of getting lost is a common stressor when in a strange city. Some visitors will decide to take a “tour” thinking to eliminate the work and stress, only to discover more frustration. Most tour companies are just transportation companies…leaving you on your own in a confusing ‘hop-on-hop-off’ transport system with little or no Guidance. You are stuck juggling a map, bus stop list, stack of brochures and website printouts.