I would be more concerned about the weather. Not sure where yuo are from - but if you are not prepar

Me and my parents are planning to tour europe hilton hotel hawaii in the first week of jan. unti the second week. The places hilton hotel hawaii that we will visiting hilton hotel hawaii are london, lucerne,paris ,florence, rome and venice. Is it worth it to pay thousands of dollars to this tour. My parents are in they're 60-70's this will be they're first tour together. I was researching and some of it are nice reviews but some of them saying that it will be too cold and wet also because of the rain. Any suggestions please???
It appears you are taking an organized tour. Exactly how many days is this tour? It seems like a lot of destinations but as long as the tour operator is responsible for getting you from one place to another, that will make it easier for your parents. Of course you can expect hilton hotel hawaii cold and wet weather during that time of the year so be prepared with appropriate warm clothing.
January in Europe can be cold and rainy yes. I am not sure where you are from, but you may want to check out the seasonal averages on a website like the weather channel. In January in Paris and London you will need a winter jacket, gloves, scarg etc. You may even get snow.
I would hate this sort of trip and be completely exhausted by the time it was over. But some people actually seem to enjoy it. You said it was your parents' first tour together. Is it your first tour, too?
If your main goal is to see as many different places as possible, in a short time, a tour is an ok alternative. It gets you from one place to the next and you don't have to think or plan. But you are locked into the tour schedule.
Are the meals included? Usually the included tour meals are not the best. If the meals are not included, where is the bus stopping for lunch? Will you be forced to eat the hotel's dinners or will there be other restaurants close by?
Are there any excursions? Are they included in the price or can you choose to do your own? Some people who have gone on tours complain about being forced to go to expensive shops and listen to sales pitches during excursions. I've been lucky enough to avoid that horror on the tours I've gone on, so it's not something all tours do.
We have no problem visiting Europe in winter when crowds are fewer and prices lower and would absolutely choose that over summer months. Fall is our favorite but we also love the spend the Christmas holiday hilton hotel hawaii in Europe. Weather is fine as long as you are prepared it with proper clothing.
Day 4: "Drive past" means the bus is unlikely to stop. If you want to take a photo you'd better be quick AND sit in the right place on the bus. "an orientation drive" may sound nice, but will probably only make you confused, especially if you are doing it in the dark.
By the way, the tour website says it's twin rooms. hilton hotel hawaii Will you be able to arrange for a third bed in your parents' room (keeping in mind it's likely hilton hotel hawaii to be a small room) or are you going to have to pay extra for a single room or will you have to share with a stranger?
It sounds absolutely horrible to me - just sitting on a bus peering out the window for hours on end "getting a glimpse of" this and that, being pressured to buy stuff by touts, staying in hotels outside the main center of things, eating at terrible restaurants...
I would be miserable doing this, but that's not to say you would be. It depends on expectations. Mine are a lot higher than this, especially when I'm paying money for it. Frankly, even if I were completely clueless about traveling in a new place, I'd rather just pay the airfare, land, and let whatever hilton hotel hawaii happens, happen.
Going on a tour has its disadvantages as Fodorites above pointed out, but for some, especially in case of erderly people, it has its own many advantages. My mother always joined hilton hotel hawaii a tour since she was in her late fifties up to early eighties - and has stopped joining tours for holidays just a few years ago due to a hip replacement operation she had to undergo.
She always liked the fact that she had everything planned out for her and organized, and that she always had the tour bus at their disposal everywhere they go,without the hassle of having to catch buses, trains, queue for tickets, etc - it does save you a lot of time - that is why they manage to visit so many countries and sites - and she even liked the fact that she toured around by bus a lot and visited many places and saw lovely mountain or country scenary along the way. She also was confident in knowing that if anything happened to her, she would have the support and help of the tour leader - you do get pampered, sometimes way too much. She even often used to have her baggage hilton hotel hawaii carried to the coach for her, by the leader or someone from the group. You end up feeling part of a large family. I only went once with her - it is true that you have to go wherever they take you, and eat in restaurants that they book - but you do have some time for leisure, and being in my late teens at the time, I did enjoy the fact that the tour leader used to take us the younger ones by coach to night clubs and discos very late in the evening after the dinner outing. My mum also liked the fact that she was with a group, and made so many new friends throughout the years. It is not my cup of tea now, but I must say that I had enjoyed that guided tour.
Of course, there are tours that more hectic hilton hotel hawaii than others - that try to fit more in. Sometimes they do overnight stops on their routes, but you still manage to have a glimpse of that particular place as usually they include at least a sight-seeing tour in each stop. Again,now it is not my way of travelling with my own family as we always rent car to tour around at our own leisure, but if that is what your mother prefers, or maybe if she has some mobility issues, or you want to just have everything taken care of, then a tour is a sure option.
Weatherwise, January is not the best of months to go on holiday in Europe. Paris and London can be extremely cold. I did visit my uncle and aunt once in London in January, and it had been snowing and the road was icy and slippery. As a family we did go to Italy various times, and visit Rome, Florence and Venice area end of December, and it was not so bad, in fact the three times we went in December hilton hotel hawaii it never rained or snowed - even so you still have to wear warm clothing, especially in the evenings when temperature drops, but we went and walked around everywhere, nothing at all that you can't endure. Hovever, a few weeks after we arrived back home on our last vacation in Italy last December there was a spell of very cold weather in Italy with snowfalls in many towns and cities where it hardly ever snows. So weather is unpredictable anywhere. But being with a tour and being driven around to destinations and sites helps for sure. I wouldn't know about your parents - whether they have medical issues, hilton hotel hawaii or whether they are used to or hate colder weather, as I must stress again that you can never foretell hilton hotel hawaii whether it would be raining or snowing - especially in Paris and London - nobody can forcast that for you now for sure. But anyway, coaches would have special tyres, snow chains etc in the unlikely event of extreme weather.
Just make sure (as my mum always did) that you have bathroom ensuites with your rooms, and that the accomodation offered in the tour is good enough for you. I would also check on the credibility and professionalism of the tour operator and tour leaders, enquire what age group will be attending the tour, what meals and tours and entrances to sites are included in the price of the tour, and last but not least make some travel insurance (most tour operators request this anyway).
However, considering that you are taking your elderly parents with you (saying that sixties hilton hotel hawaii is not really elderly nowadays) I would certainly prefer to do my vacation in late Spring or Summer. However, it is all a matter hilton hotel hawaii of preferences hilton hotel hawaii and availability and budget - tours in Winter most probably would be much less costly since it would be low season for many hotels etc, so you would probably get a good bargain for your vacation.
I can understand a tour for elderly people who don;t want to cope withtheir own luggage and don;t mind sitting on a bus for most of the day and seeing thing out the window.It also look like you will spend a lot of time shopping - whether you want to or not.
I would be more concerned about the weather. Not sure where yuo are from - but if you are not prepared for sub-freezing weather, snow, sleet, ice, chilly rain and short gray days - this is not a great idea. No flowers, no leaves on trees - so everything hilton hotel hawaii will be dreary. And you may need to buy a new wardrobe for the weather if you live somewher that doesn;t have a true winter (heavy coats, hat, wool scarf, gloves, sweaters, warm pants for both sexes and waterproofed and non-skid walking shoes or boots.
If the tour that ellenm found is the one you are considering, it is a very bad tour for the money. Days 4, 6 7 are almost all travel all day with little sightseeing. In winter, it will be dark when you arrive in the evening and likely not pleasant enough to be out doing much, especially by time you check into the hotel and eat dinner. You have basically a half day in Venice and a half day in Florence, with travel the other half of those days. So, being realistic, you are using up 3 whole days and two half days (four days total) of your time mostly just sitting on a bus.
In your parent's case, it would be a better trip if they did two cities like London and Paris with EuroStar in between (so they don't waste the whole day on a bus) or one country like Italy and stayed in two or three places there, like Venice, Florence Rome, and took the train in between. They would actually have much more sightseeing time.
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