Frequently Asked Questions about our tours

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Self-drive is package tour that includes accommodation and the car rental. You will get your journey all booked for you, so it will make your travel worry-free. All you have to do is to choose where you want to go and we can help you with that.

You sure can, but why would you? We received special rates from the hotel and car rental providers, so your final price is little affected by us making all the work for you. Besides, we covered a lot of ground in Africa and have knowledge of the area. It takes countless hours to put together a tour like that when you do not know much about the place you are going to and we can help you create regret-free travel experience. 

It is overwhelming to navigate a sea of information that you need to look through when you are planning your travel.  Country's entry requirements, car rentals, transfers, places to see and to stay, ferries, schedules, tours, dive shops,  best beaches or hikes, it is all need to come to one master plan that you can stick to. And if you have a plan you can see more and spend less. 

Any one who wants to explore! It is for people who want to travel, but want to be on budget and who are not afraid to go places on their own. It is for those who does not know where to start their bucket lists. For moms whose children abroad for a semester and they want to visit them, but do not know where to begin. 

The idea to create this service began with me realizing that lots of people asking  questions about traveling. It startled me that some don't know where to search for tickets or what is visa and how to understand entry requirements. People do have desire to travel and many times just some guidance is needed.

Compare to the price that you would pay for a tour, not at all! 

For example, a tour to Egypt for 10 days would cost with an agency 900$-1000$ per person sharing a room, so 1800$-2000$. It includes transportation, lodging, some meals and a guide, but without airfare and entrance fees. 3 of us went to Egypt in 2018 and here are some prices: A flight from Boston to Cairo was about 600$ per person, private tour to Alexandria was 350$ for all 3.  Great hotel with Pyramids view is around 60-80$. Taxi is dirt cheap, from Giza to Cairo about 2,5$ and 40 min ride. Food in a hotel is about 10$ per person for a full meal with drinks, but if you're brave you can eat in local places and spent less than a couple of dollars.  Museums and such are cheap, all under 10$. To secure a place on a tour bus to Luxor was about 35$ for a whole day with all the meals and tickets. So even without much calculation, one can see that for the price the agency offer, one can spend as much for the whole trip with everything included. Now it is just a matter of planning.

 The reality is that there are plenty of travel agencies, that could sell preplanned tour packages, but the price is never as self-planned travel. Planning services are not as common and often are being considered a  luxury. When you buy a tour package there is an array of inconveniences. Most agencies are not flexible, so one cannot stay in multiple locations, has to stick to the hotels that the agent have a contract with (or pay a little extra for something outside of their choice), or could not, for example, come from different locations.  Other times you'll have to travel with a group, which is not always convenient. When you are planning your trip yourself the whole world is open. And when you buy a tour from us you can rest assured you will get what you want.

 An escorted tour means that someone will go with you on your trip. A person on tour will be responsible for executing the plan and making sure all goes as organized. In our case, for some destinations Russian-speaking countries) it also will include translator services.