TeeKo
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- Oct 23, 2016
Yes it was a Tauck Bridges Tour. Our guide was Federico. He also was excellent. We already signed up for another Tauck trip in 2019.
Did he go by Fico?
Yes it was a Tauck Bridges Tour. Our guide was Federico. He also was excellent. We already signed up for another Tauck trip in 2019.
What is "Fico"?
We're looking for a trip for 2020, saving up and not traveling in 2019. My plan is to bring brochures on our vacation this summer and have the kids pick where they want to go next. I'm usually the planner and tour guide, but want one trip where I just show up and let someone else do all the work. In my research, I've been thru this thread more times than I can count, and have made a list of most (surely I missed a few) companies mentioned. I've put a few notes by some of the companies. Feel free to add to my list, or pm me and I can edit them all into one post. It's in no certain order. Most offer family trips specifically. Some are definitely more "luxe," others are pretty basic. Some offer fully private tours. Some are specific to certain regions. Some have age restrictions. Don't hold me to any details, as I'm no expert. Consider this a jumping off point for your own research.
ABD
Thomson
Tauck (Bridges for families)
Nat Geo Adventures
G Adventures
Inside Japan - Asia
Intrepid
Classic Journeys
Queenslander
Austin Adventures
REI Adventures
Road Scholar - age over 47, offers some multigenerational trips to include grandkids
Overseas Adventure Travel - age over 50
Backroads - active travel
Insider Journeys - Asia
Rick Steves - Europe
Alexander and Roberts
Quark - Arctic, Antarctica
Micato - luxury
Alluring Africa
Butterfield and Robertson
Abercrombie and Kent
Uniworld - river cruise with multigenerational trips
Zicasso - travel clearing house that seems to match your preferences to travel providers
Trafalgar
Gate 1
France Just for You - (a shout out to the awesome company that did our France planning last year)
I did the same while reading this thread. I have a note on my phone with a long list of tour companies to check out. A couple others I noted that look interesting are:We're looking for a trip for 2020, saving up and not traveling in 2019. My plan is to bring brochures on our vacation this summer and have the kids pick where they want to go next. I'm usually the planner and tour guide, but want one trip where I just show up and let someone else do all the work. In my research, I've been thru this thread more times than I can count, and have made a list of most (surely I missed a few) companies mentioned. I've put a few notes by some of the companies. Feel free to add to my list, or pm me and I can edit them all into one post. It's in no certain order. Most offer family trips specifically. Some are definitely more "luxe," others are pretty basic. Some offer fully private tours. Some are specific to certain regions. Some have age restrictions. Don't hold me to any details, as I'm no expert. Consider this a jumping off point for your own research.
ABD
Thomson
Tauck (Bridges for families)
Nat Geo Adventures/Expeditions
G Adventures
Inside Asia - Japan, Viet Nam, Burma
Intrepid
Classic Journeys
Queenslander
Austin Adventures
REI Adventures
Road Scholar - age over 47, offers some multigenerational trips to include grandkids
Overseas Adventure Travel - age over 50
Backroads - active travel
Insider Journeys - Asia
Rick Steves - Europe
Alexander and Roberts
Quark - Arctic, Antarctica
Micato - luxury
Alluring Africa
Butterfield and Robertson
Abercrombie and Kent
Uniworld - river cruise with multigenerational trips
Zicasso - travel clearing house that seems to match your preferences to travel providers
Trafalgar
Gate 1
France Just for You - (a shout out to the awesome company that did our France planning last year)
Natural Habit Adventures
We're looking for a trip for 2020, saving up and not traveling in 2019. My plan is to bring brochures on our vacation this summer and have the kids pick where they want to go next. I'm usually the planner and tour guide, but want one trip where I just show up and let someone else do all the work. In my research, I've been thru this thread more times than I can count, and have made a list of most (surely I missed a few) companies mentioned. I've put a few notes by some of the companies. Feel free to add to my list, or pm me and I can edit them all into one post. It's in no certain order. Most offer family trips specifically. Some are definitely more "luxe," others are pretty basic. Some offer fully private tours. Some are specific to certain regions. Some have age restrictions. Don't hold me to any details, as I'm no expert. Consider this a jumping off point for your own research.
ABD
Thomson
Tauck (Bridges for families)
Nat Geo Adventures/Expeditions
G Adventures
Inside Asia - Japan, Viet Nam, Burma
Intrepid
Classic Journeys
Queenslander
Austin Adventures
REI Adventures
Road Scholar - age over 47, offers some multigenerational trips to include grandkids
Overseas Adventure Travel - age over 50
Backroads - active travel
Insider Journeys - Asia
Rick Steves - Europe
Alexander and Roberts
Quark - Arctic, Antarctica
Micato - luxury
Alluring Africa
Butterfield and Robertson
Abercrombie and Kent
Uniworld - river cruise with multigenerational trips
Zicasso - travel clearing house that seems to match your preferences to travel providers
Trafalgar
Gate 1
France Just for You - (a shout out to the awesome company that did our France planning last year)
Natural Habit Adventures
They're hard to find. Some of the companies have reviews on their facebook pages. Yelp has some reviews. I've been trying to find reviews of Abercrombie & Kent family trips, as they have a couple we're interested in, but not getting much luck. Makes you appreciate how helpful this board is.Does anyone know of any websites for reviews of group/guided tours & tour companies, besides the companies own websites?
I've done G Adventures/National Geographic tours (they have co-branded tours), but those are the only ones I've done.
How do you find the co-branded tours? What were your thoughts?