Someone told me most on this tour would be speaking French and that it would be very rainy in June.

Question

I'm a single senior who will be traveling with 2 other single seniors. One of us was told most of the folks on this trip speak French, not English, and that it would be very rainy in June, which is when we want to go. Also, she said getting on and off the ship at the different ports meant having to be ferried over in a smaller vessel. Is any of this true? I sure didn't get that from the website.

Ken from Vegas · Answer

Just a clarification of what others have said: Ponant is a French cruise line that Tauck uses for most of it's small ship cruises.  However, the Tauck tour directors and Tauck activities are only for the Tauck travellers. People who book with Tauck get shore excursions and perhaps some shipboard activities that are distinct and separate from the people who book with Ponant.  So it is unlikely that there will be French people on the "Tour" (i.e. the Tauck portion). However, half or more of the people on the ship may be French. You will see them at meals and in the lounge, but they tend to keep separate from the Tauck guests.

Sealord · Answer

British proves once again that there is something for everyone.  We are boat people, and we plan our trips to avoid buses as much as possible.  We might do one of the ‘train’ trips sometime.

AlanS · Answer

For good average weather info based on 20+ years of data and presented in an easy-to-interpret graphical format, go to WeatherSpark.  You enter a city, airport, etc. in the area you are interested then select a day or month from a calendar.  It will give you temp, precip,, wind, etc., etc., etc. data for your criteria.  (data for Dubrovnik)