Aus Traveller Posted September 23, 2023 Author #76 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Thanks to everyone, firstly for reading my reports and secondly for the kind comments. While I was on the Coral I emailed a detailed report to my family. I used these as the basis for the reports I posted o this forum. I added details about the tour company to help people who might be considering booking a similar tour. I worked pretty well full time for nine months prior to the cruise planning and booking tours. I loved every minute of it. I started off researching what was available and deciding what I would like to do. Then I looked for a company I could book through. Obviously I needed a group to get a good price. Some of the tours were for seven people in a van and others were for a larger number. I posted details on this forum and later on the 'other' site. In some cases I had so many people wanting to book that I decided to book two vehicles. The vehicles were 12-seaters (Barcelona) or full size coaches (Petra and Holyhead). I have to confess that the organisation required more time on the ship than I had anticipated, particularly when there were changes in our arrival time at a port. Anyway, it all worked out very well. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisers47 Posted September 23, 2023 #77 Share Posted September 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, Aus Traveller said: Thanks to everyone, firstly for reading my reports and secondly for the kind comments. While I was on the Coral I emailed a detailed report to my family. I used these as the basis for the reports I posted o this forum. I added details about the tour company to help people who might be considering booking a similar tour. I worked pretty well full time for nine months prior to the cruise planning and booking tours. I loved every minute of it. I started off researching what was available and deciding what I would like to do. Then I looked for a company I could book through. Obviously I needed a group to get a good price. Some of the tours were for seven people in a van and others were for a larger number. I posted details on this forum and later on the 'other' site. In some cases I had so many people wanting to book that I decided to book two vehicles. The vehicles were 12-seaters (Barcelona) or full size coaches (Petra and Holyhead). I have to confess that the organisation required more time on the ship than I had anticipated, particularly when there were changes in our arrival time at a port. Anyway, it all worked out very well. I am sure everybody appreciated the work you did with all the organising. It is also a lot of responsibility, good on you. a friend of mine once said that she thought I enjoyed all the organising of flights, cruises, hotels and excursions as much as the cruises. We recently booked a trip through a travel agent in Queensland for our Azamara med cruise. We got to the airport and the flight had been changed so we had a new ticket number, she had not advised us, I prefer to do it all myself. Eileen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted September 23, 2023 Author #78 Share Posted September 23, 2023 In summary, this is my opinion of the tours/ports I visited - Komodo Island - Once was enough. It probably didn't live up to my expectations. Singapore - Always great, but very hot and humid. Colombo - Interesting but I wouldn't need to go again. Dubai - Fascinating. I loved the desert tour. Aqaba (Petra) - Petra is a 'must see' even though it is very hot in the northern summer. Salerno - Coastal drive was lovely. Civitavecchia (Rome) - I love Rome and enjoyed visiting again. Elba - interesting Marseilles - Aix-en-Provence and Cassis were interesting. Barcelona - I loved Montserrat and Barcelona, particularly the Sagrada Familia. Malaga Spain - Ronda and Mijas were very scenic. Tangier - interesting Lisbon - good half day tour Holyhead Wales - great tour. Belfast - good tour but I have never been impressed with the Giant's Causeway (one of the highlights of the tour). Glasgow - Stirling Castle and the Falkirk Wheel were very interesting. Cobh - I wouldn't bother going into Cork. I would stay in Cobh. Dover - Leeds Castle was interesting. Canterbury was gorgeous. Invergordon - Loved Dunrobin Castle. Tour was good. Akureyri - loved the scenery, particularly Dettifoss waterfall. Reykjavik - The Golden Circle Tour is a must for anyone visiting Reykjavik. Fantastic. Nanortalik - an interesting village. Qaqortoq - Quaint colourful houses. Interesting to visit. Corner Brook - not much to see Quebec - Lovely city. The Sugar Shack experience was interesting but I wouldn't go again. Saquenay - OK Sydney Canada - The Cabot Trail drive was lovely. Halifax - Peggys Cove is very scenic. Titanic cemetery interesting. New York - always fascinating. I disembarked here and flew home. 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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