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Like I’ve been saying, some people don’t tip, some people tip less then suggested, some more than suggested and some just can’t afford another penny once they have paid for an expensive tour. It should be at your own discretion .
However, please remember the Tour directors have to do a ton of things behind the scenes including a recap of what the day was like to headquarters, any things that did not work out, did anyone get injured, was there a bad meal etc and most surprisingly, a report on every single person on the tour. The driver cleans the bus and goes to get gas, resupplies the bottles of water on the bus and maybe empty the bus toilet!

Great conversation.
I’ll make this short and sweet. I put all Tauck phone numbers, all foreign embassy (depending where I’m going) in my contacts in my cell phone including all of Tauck’s emergency numbers and transportation numbers under the letter A in my contacts so if I need to call Tauck, I just have to press “call”. It has happened which makes that much easier than searching for a phone number under a stressful situation.

Really tired of Henrypoon trolling the Tauck forums. Every post is a criticism and put down of Tauck. We get it Henry, you don’t like Tauck travelers, you don’t like Tauck tours and A&K is the bestest in the world. We get it.

And Leigh, I’m sorry your first solo trip was so traumatic. I started traveling by myself right out of college, Long before there were wheels on luggage and people had any sort of thing resembling a cellphone. I traveled with my little plastic fold out map and a little notebook that I used to write every detail I needed to know in case I got lost. Being solo does mean you have to rely on yourself to be prepared. Hopefully the beauty of the trip will leave you with good memories.

A super well thought out reply Claudia. You are certainly well qualified to understand the logistics of river cruising having been on so many. I’ve only taken one river cruise with Tauck but maybe 5 small ship cruises with them. I can’t recall an exact number right now. Again, I hate it when people are not on time but this did appear to be an exceptional choice by a TD if indeed there was no real important deadline. A reminder to all on the bus afterwards that lateness is not tolerated would have cautioned people going forward And all for Paris, I’ve never understood the big deal about Paris.