Comments on: Taking the Bus to the End of the Road http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/02/21/taking-the-bus-to-the-end-of-the-road/ a camera, a passport, a ukulele Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:18:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Travel Tuesday: Weekly Highlights for 1 Mar 2011 : Gobbledy Goon http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/02/21/taking-the-bus-to-the-end-of-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-86972 Travel Tuesday: Weekly Highlights for 1 Mar 2011 : Gobbledy Goon Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:23:41 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4439#comment-86972 [...] Nerd’s Eye View: Taking the Bus to the End of the RoadI’ve been enjoying Pam’s chronicles of her trip to Antartica. Follow along! [...] [...] Nerd’s Eye View: Taking the Bus to the End of the RoadI’ve been enjoying Pam’s chronicles of her trip to Antartica. Follow along! [...]

]]> By: Travel Tuesday: Weekly Highlights for 1 Mar 2011 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/02/21/taking-the-bus-to-the-end-of-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-85101 Travel Tuesday: Weekly Highlights for 1 Mar 2011 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:00:41 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4439#comment-85101 [...] Nerd’s Eye View: Taking the Bus to the End of the RoadI’ve been enjoying Pam’s chronicles of her trip to Antartica. Follow along! [...] [...] Nerd’s Eye View: Taking the Bus to the End of the RoadI’ve been enjoying Pam’s chronicles of her trip to Antartica. Follow along! [...]

]]> By: GBK Gwyneth http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/02/21/taking-the-bus-to-the-end-of-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-85095 GBK Gwyneth Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:16:54 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4439#comment-85095 I'm not at all a fan of bus tours. Too much time on the bus, too much time being shepherded in and out of "Disneyesque" type stops intended for us to see a cleaned-up, cartoonish version of reality. I’m not at all a fan of bus tours. Too much time on the bus, too much time being shepherded in and out of “Disneyesque” type stops intended for us to see a cleaned-up, cartoonish version of reality.

]]> By: Gray http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/02/21/taking-the-bus-to-the-end-of-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-85093 Gray Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:35:33 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4439#comment-85093 Yeah, that's definitely the downside of bus tours. Too much time on the bus and not enough time spent doing the things you want to do. And of course, the people factor. You have my sympathies. Yeah, that’s definitely the downside of bus tours. Too much time on the bus and not enough time spent doing the things you want to do. And of course, the people factor. You have my sympathies.

]]> By: Katie Hammel http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2011/02/21/taking-the-bus-to-the-end-of-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-85071 Katie Hammel Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:29:05 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=4439#comment-85071 When my husband and I went to Mendoza, Argentina a few years ago, the owners of our B&B suggested a day trip into the mountains. It was a there and back (2 hrs each way) drive, they said, and only cost $30 US per person. Turns out it was a 10 hour tour that stopped for souvenirs (twice), stopped for a $15 pp lunch (we only brought a few snacks and $20 between us so we waited in the bus for an hour) and then to rent skis and snow equipment before making a 2 hour stop at a ski resort, during which time we shared a few overpriced beers and a bag of chips. I don't book many tours, but now when I do I have them specify in writing: how many stops we make, where and for how long; how long the overall tour is; and how much money we should bring and for what. It's since saved us from similar frustrations. When my husband and I went to Mendoza, Argentina a few years ago, the owners of our B&B suggested a day trip into the mountains. It was a there and back (2 hrs each way) drive, they said, and only cost $30 US per person.

Turns out it was a 10 hour tour that stopped for souvenirs (twice), stopped for a $15 pp lunch (we only brought a few snacks and $20 between us so we waited in the bus for an hour) and then to rent skis and snow equipment before making a 2 hour stop at a ski resort, during which time we shared a few overpriced beers and a bag of chips.

I don’t book many tours, but now when I do I have them specify in writing: how many stops we make, where and for how long; how long the overall tour is; and how much money we should bring and for what. It’s since saved us from similar frustrations.

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