The Road Scholar office staff are undertrained and difficult to deal with. I'll also say that the Road Scholar guides/leaders/instructors are awesome (as are Rick's). I'm in the process of cancelling that tour. ![]() It takes too long to get 40 people fed, pottied and back on the bus/coach. Would have been too big pre-Covid as well. I signed up for a Garden tour for May and realized a few months ago that it was a 40 person tour. Sometimes it will have a "Small Group" tag on it but ask to be sure. They used to include it on the Overview section of each program but have stopped doing that. I'd go for the Greece tour with Road Scholar!ĭeb, I'll also add to check to make sure of the group size for a Road Scholar tour. I would recommend you keep up with Greece's rules for entry from Turkey so you can stay properly informed. The guide on the ground in France had an excellent grasp on what was needed but the staff in the Boston office did not. I was thoroughly exasperated with Road Scholar for my Fall trip as they were not sending out information regarding the need for France's Pass Sanitaire with enough emphasis on how and when to apply. TBH, I do trust Rick more on being on top of Covid rules. Both have all tips included and do not include any shopping stops (you can shop on your own time). I have not looked at their Greece trip so don't know if this holds true for this location or not. Road Scholar sometimes has some hour-long lectures and as Valerie says tend to stay in fewer places and do more day trips. I find their tour philosophies similar - Rick focuses more on teaching you to be an independent traveler. They still have more meals than Rick's tours generally do. Over the years I've seen Road Scholar have fewer meals included which suits me fine but it does bother some who are used to every meal being provided. Some Road Scholar tour members need a little more hand-holding and are sometimes reluctant to go out on their own for dinner, etc. ![]() I also have the Rick Steves Best of Italy scheduled for late September.įor myself, I find the Rick Steves tour members to be a little more independent. I've got a Road Scholar trip for this spring to Belgium and Holland - have already done the Rick tour of this area but this is specialized on Art History of the area. I choose which program based on the itinerary and would not hesitate to take either one. ![]() I've done 12 Road Scholar tours and 11 Rick Steves tours. Yes! I'm here! Valerie and I did the same program a week apart last Fall.
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