Organized group travel woes I went with my partner on a 10…
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Organized group travel woes
I went with my partner on a 10 day tour of Ireland. We booked with Brendan Tours, which he had been on before, but we were not aware that they were bought out by Trafalgar. It was a group of 49 people. I had never been on a group tour before. I was not ready for changing hotel rooms every day, getting up so early, and having very little time at each site. We even had to take food to go and eat on the bus. While the tour guide and bus driver were very good, the itinerary was crazy. When we got to our hotel at night and had dinner we just had enough time to pack up for the next day and shower. Then there were group dynamics. Everything seemed fine at first, but things turned. People I had previously talked to started to ignore me. I was friendly, but I'm not an extrovert. I cried the last day, and my partner said it was just that the people were older. I'm in my early 50's, but I look younger. Also I was just overwhelmed with information on the bus continously, and at multiple sights throughout the day that I would get headaches. I wish I had brought on ear headphones. I was also getting extremely exhausted as the trip progressed. I am so glad to be home now, but feel angry that we were misled by what we thought would be a smaller group.
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I went with my partner on a 10 day tour of Ireland. We booked with Brendan Tours, which he had been on before, but we were not aware that they were bought out by Trafalgar. It was a group of 49 people. I had never been on a group tour before. I was not ready for changing hotel rooms every day, getting up so early, and having very little time at each site. We even had to take food to go and eat on the bus. While the tour guide and bus driver were very good, the itinerary was crazy. When we got to our hotel at night and had dinner we just had enough time to pack up for the next day and shower. Then there were group dynamics. Everything seemed fine at first, but things turned. People I had previously talked to started to ignore me. I was friendly, but I'm not an extrovert. I cried the last day, and my partner said it was just that the people were older. I'm in my early 50's, but I look younger. Also I was just overwhelmed with information on the bus continously, and at multiple sights throughout the day that I would get headaches. I wish I had brought on ear headphones. I was also getting extremely exhausted as the trip progressed. I am so glad to be home now, but feel angry that we were misled by what we thought would be a smaller group.
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