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A playful term for a guided tour that crams in too many historical monuments. The “ABC” stands for “another bloody church.” |
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A tour designed around a specific theme. Most such tours provide an expert tour leader and visit places and/or events of special interest to the participants. |
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Specifically, a travel package meeting the airline requirements needed to be assigned an IT (inclusive tour) number. |
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A tour that offers all or most services: meals, lodging, transportation, sight-seeing (etc), for a pre-established price. However, the terms 'all-expense' and 'all-inclusive' are normally much misused, as almost no tour rate will cover everything. The terms and conditions of a tour contract should specify exactly what is covered. |
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A tour package that provides the guest with transportation, food and beverage service, entertainment, and lodging for one price. Service charges may also be included. |
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A tour available for sale through retail and wholesale travel agencies, which provides for a payment of an agreed upon sales commission either to the retail or wholesale seller. |
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A travel product that combines a cruise with a land-based segment. |
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Travellers who desire the highest degree of control over all of the elements of a tour will often select a custom-designed tour. Travel professionals create custom-designed tours, usually by working closely with the client, to accommodate all of the individual needs and requests a client makes with respect to the tour elements. Some of these considerations include:- Accommodations, Transport, Meals and Entertainment. Custom-designed tours are generally more expensive to operate than pre¬packaged tours and are usually organized for leisure travel. |
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A bus tour that lasts less than 24 hours and has no accommodation arrangements, usually in one specific region. |
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Escorted tour for traveling within one's own country, typically used to refer to US tours |
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Tours designed to contribute to the conservation of the sites visited, generally considers local opinion and tries to assist in the preservation of local customs and ways of life. |
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A tour designed around an educational activity, such as studying art. |
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A group tour that features a tour director who travels with the group throughout the trip to provide sightseeing commentary and coordinate all group movement and activities. |
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Escorted inclusive tours are arranged for group of peoples who will travel to gather throughout the tour and have all the component of the independent inclusive tour but offer the service of a qualified tour escort in addition to the normal arrangements. Escorted tours usually include some or all meals. |
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On an “escorted tour” participants travel together as a group and are always accompanied by a professional escort. |
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Tours that can be added to an existing tour, before or after, to create a longer trip. |
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Destination inspection tour designed to increase product knowledge, develop new products and build future sales. They are complimentary or reduced rate group programs available to key travel agents, tour operators and wholesalers. |
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Discounted or complimentary tours that are offered to travel agents or wholesalers also known as (familiarization tours). |
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Discounted or complimentary tours are offered to travel agents or wholesalers to introduce them to a destination or product also known as “fam trips” |
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A tour that combines airfare with an escorted bus tour. |
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An independent tour that allows travelers to visit multiple destinations during their trip and usually includes air transport, a car rental and lodging at several hotels. |
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FOREIGN INDEPENDENT TOUR (FIT) |
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An international pre-paid tour, usually unescorted, although guide service is often offered on some segments. An FIT is designed to the specifications of an individual client or clients. |
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FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR (FIT) |
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Fully inclusive tour- These are holidays tailored to the clients requirements as opposed to buying a package holiday. |
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A lengthy journey which takes in the major sights of a continent Usually used to refer to "The Grand Tour of Europe," on which people of means saw all of the best the continent had to offer |
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GROUP INCLUSIVE TOUR (GIT) |
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A pre-paid tour of specified minimum group size, components and value. The special attention must be given to various points when producing group inclusive tours are transport – possible splitting of the group, special group fares, color coded baggage labels if participants are accommodated in different hotels, avoid having too many people at the same place and time, accommodation – give choice of several hotel categories request choice of rooms and provide the hotel with list of participants, restaurants – ensure dining area is large enough allow sufficient time for meals (1½ to 2 hrs), clarify question of beverages, guides and lectures – language spoken by participants. If necessary recruit guide to coordinate land arrangements, reservations – must be made as early as possible and costing – variable and fixed costs. |
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