Actually happen On A Single Tour (2)

I had always wanted to go to Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany and they had a trip that went during this time and they spent 2 (glorious) days there.

I had the best fun of my life and I haven’t looked back since. I've been on over 15 tours to nearly 40 countries.

So What Actually Happens On A Singles Tour?

These are great questions, and questions I asked myself and a whole host of other people who had been on trips already, and here are mine and their answers together.

So what happens on a singles tour?

On singles tours like Contiki you travel around the country in a big bright bus with about 40 other people, depending on where you want to go.

You see the sights of where ever you are, you get most breakfasts and dinners throw in to the price of the tour (which usually does not include airfares) and you get your accommodation and travel taken care of for you (which is included in the price of the tour).

The only bad thing about these sorts of tours is flexibility, you don't get much of it. So if you are in France and there’s something you want to see but the tour bus does not go that way, you will more then likely not get to see it.

Since the bus has to keep up with a schedule, you only spend short amounts of time in each place to. So you won't get the in-depth knowledge of a country with this sort of tour, but it's great for a first timer who wants to get their bearings then come back by themselves at a later date.

What Do You Do?

Well (using the Contiki example) during the day you are usually on a bus traveling around the country side (whether that be in Europe, Australia or America) stopping occasionally to view the sights.

Some days you can spend up to 8 hours a day on the bus and there is one big problem with that. While there are toilets on the bus, you can only do number #1's, not number #2's in the loo, but luckily the bus driver by law has to stop every 2 hours.

Some days are called free days, where you can go and see the city you are in at your own leisure and there is very little bus travel at those times.

At night, depending on the tour you are either booked into your hotel or camp site and go out for dinner with the group.

There may or may not be an optional excursion which costs extra money.

What Makes It Different? Why Would I Want To Travel With A Group Of Strangers?

The people make it different!

Ever wondered where these "An Irishman an Englishman and an Australian were sitting in a pub" jokes come from?

This is where, I swear it! I've never met a more diverse group of people in my life then on one of these tours.

The people make the tour, I'm still great friends with a heck of a lot of people from my trips, we have reunions all over the world every year (or few years) for every trip. Last year I went to 3 reunions and went on 4 new trips.