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Include airfare and travel insurance?
Our family (2 adults; 2 teenagers) is hoping to go on the Aug 3rd riverboat adventure. We have never joined a formal tour before so wondering about some basic questions - is it advisable to book the air travel through Tauk as well? I'm used to making our own air reservations, usually leveraging some FF miles so wondering if it is worth paying more to have it be included with the cruise. Also, never needed travel insurance (never booked this type of trip before) so wondering if that is worth doing as well, since it seems like a lot of money, though I'm sure it won't seem like that if we need to use it! Any advice from more experienced tour travelers would be much appreciated!
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Hi DMC, Our family did this trip last summer and it was great.If you are doing the Bridges tour than it should be a good mix of kids and adults spreading the whole range from early teens to grandparents. I did our flights on our own and scored some pretty good fares. The price is pretty steep so it does pay to keep on top of the fares. We flew Lusftansa and they were SUPER! Good fares but excellent service even in coach. So much better than the American carriers. We did get to the Tauck hotel by local cabs and it was really easy. I always get insurance just because some things have happened in the past and we feel more secure because the total investment is pretty expensive. We went on from Munich to Prague after our trip for a few more days and really recommend that city. Beautiful and rich with history. We did all that on our own and it was quite easy. You can get local currencey easily in Budapest at the airport or bank and we used our credit card for the hotel and cash for small purchases. It is against the law to exchange money on the treet and I was approached once and declined easily. If you are leaving from Budapest you should plan to get there a day or so early for that too is an amazing city very walkable to sightsee all the ethnic areas as well as a fabulous market with locak vendors.The food on the Swiss Jewel was very good and the crew were very very nice. The Swiss company that owns and operates the ship are 1st class all the way.
Luckily I haven't had to actually use the Tauck policy, but I have seen it in action. From the point of view of the insured, it was effortless. The TD took care of everything. As for the fellow travellers, it was all very reassuring. I take the Tauck package on the grounds that if I need assistance, I want to make it as easy as possible for Tauck to give it! I don't want there to be delays because of time zones and international dialling codes! I think the premium is very reasonable compared to local packages.
Cheers,
Jan