Do you enjoy tours? When traveling it seems most people want to go on tours – walking tours, bus tours, museum tours, etc. I honestly hate tours, I find them slow and boring. I much prefer to explore on my own and learn about the place by reading about it before we go or as we go along. It feels very much like I’m in the minority on this, but how do others here fee…

Respectful nature tours? How to vet rainforest/jungle tours? Hi, I have been planning out taking a trip to South America for nature (not decided on location) and I was looking at tour companies and at ecological workaways (thinking against workaway because lodging and food is so cheap I’d just pay hotels and an Amazon tour) but most tours seem to advertise with people holding animals (one was selling off …

‘Free’ walking tours in a city Exactly how do ‘free walking tours’ work for the guide? I get that the guests are expected to contribute SOMETHING at the end, but how does one know exactly how much? Bear in mind you’re in a strange city, so you’d really have no idea what to give in terms of payment except if you do some research beforehand. Also, I’m sure that some guests wil…

Any recommendations for Mine/Dam/Infrastructure visits or tours? A few of the travel experiences I’ve most enjoyed are the Lackawanna Coal Mine tour in Scranton PA, and the Oahe Dam powerhouse in SD. I also got to look around a natural gas pumping station in Armenia which was really cool. No tour there, a guy just saw I was interested and let me in. I’m hoping at some point to figure out how to tour a mine i…

Trafalgar tours Hello all. I’m considering a Trafalgar tour to Argentina and Brazil in January. Any positive or negative experiences with this company? Thanks! submitted by /u/ThinkerSis

Tours from Belgrade to Sarajevo Hello all, so we’ve looking at tours that passes Tara national park and mokra gora from Belgrade to Sarajevo. Funky tour, which was our first choice, couldn’t confirm the ride with us on our travel day. We try another tour provider on TripAdvisor but it isn’t suitable (the 2 of us need to pay for a 3-ppl group to secure the tour). Question: are…

I love tours Hello travellers! Throughout my life and in Reddit I often hear people dismissing tours as not ‘real’ travelling. That you never stray off the beaten path and get to explore at your own leisure. This has bot been my experience at all. I have lived and worked in 4 countries over the last 15 years and have had the opportunity to travel as part of…

Doha Transit Tours We land 17:30 in Doha for a 14ish hour layover (depart 8:05). Thinking about doing the 3 hour transit tour. https://www.discoverqatar.qa/transit-exclusive-discover-doha/overview We can probably make the 20:00 or 21:30 one. Anyone have experience with this/Doha? Is it worth it that late at night? Are things open? Ty! submitted by /u/CW_…

Tourist Traps Warning: Viator Tours My Dad who’s native language isn’t English booked a guided tour of Pearl Harbor on Viator for our Family for – $69 per person x 3 = $207. Today, I looked at some of the reviews of the same tour on Viator and found out the paid “tour”in question was actually just shuttle ride to Pearl Harbor offloaded to a third-party tour operated by the Nationa…

Airports with transit tours I’ve flown to Incheon Airport (ICN) and had long 10+ hour layovers. I was able to avail the free transit tours and they took us to Gyeongbokgung, Myeongdong, Hongdae and the FIFA Stadium. I heard Dubai and Singapore have transit tours as well (not sure if they’re free tho) Can y’all suggest more airports that offer transit tours (free if possibl…