a timetable somebody else keeps
Escorted Vacation Packages Where Every Hour Is Held
Escorted vacation packages where a timetable somebody else keeps runs the whole trip. On four of these five there is genuinely no other way to do it.
Nobody chooses this shape for its own sake. It gets chosen because the alternative is not going.
A country that requires a guide for the whole stay, a permit that is dated and non-transferable, a convoy in the middle of a steppe, a ship whose landings are decided by that morning's ice: in each case the timetable is a condition of entry rather than a service somebody is selling you.
Which is worth knowing before you book, because it also means the timetable cannot be bent for you. Every page here says what happens if you want a morning off, and on three of them the honest answer is that you cannot have one.
Five of them, from $4,180 per person
- Ethiopia vacation packagea fixed-date flying circuit
Mongolia vacation packagea driven convoy with the day already placed
Bhutan vacation packagea fully held timetable with a guide on every day
Rwanda vacation packagea permit-led schedule somebody else holds
the Antarctic Peninsula vacation packagea fully scheduled small ship voyage in ice
What each page here prints before you ask
- Why the hours are held, named: a permit, the ice, or the law
- The earliest start, and how many mornings carry one
- What a skipped day costs, in dollars, before you book
The other three shapes
- Nothing in the diaryBeds and transport are booked. Nothing else is, and every hour is yours to spend or waste.4 trips, from $1,780 per person
- One fixed thing a dayOne booked appointment each day. The other seven or eight hours belong to you.4 trips, from $2,190 per person
- A program with gapsA guide holds the route and the mornings. The afternoons are left loose on purpose.4 trips, from $3,120 per person
- Every hour heldA timetable somebody else keeps. On four of the five there is no alternative to it.5 trips, from $4,180 per person
The bar on each is a proportion, not a color: it shows how much of an average day is already spoken for.