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Re: What kind of experiences do you want?

tdavidson — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:19:07 -0000

I wouldn't say packaged tours are taking this right away, they're merely providing an opportunity to people that want to experience travel in that way. Taking a packaged tour is a choice for a traveller, not a requirement (at least in most countries).

Re: What kind of experiences do you want?

kameswarimala — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:57:18 -0000

Yes, you are correct...tourists have their own right to experience a place in their own way. Packaged tours are trying taking away this right. Now the reasons of traveling also changing drastically, people are traveling to get surgery done abroad. There are many reasons for this, for example - low costs and also to avoid long waits in their home countries.

Re: What kind of experiences do you want?

tdavidson — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:48:52 -0000

In many areas it is indeed like a package tour: everyone does the same basic set of activities and see the same basic places, whether we choose to create it locally or not. But at the end of the day, we create our own experiences: it's up to us to create what we want.

It's not just what we do, but how we do it.

Re: What kind of experiences do you want?

Nomadic Matt — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:41:32 -0000

in many ways it is like a packaged tour. but it is still a lot of fun and you can do it locally too, it just takes more time....