MCD

Over the weekend, I pulled out some za'atar that I had bought on the Israel/Jordan tour and used it on chicken breasts. (Marinated the breasts in olive oil, lemon juice, za'atar, garlic, salt and pep… (View Post)

Tauck just changed the starting date of my "Jerusalem, the Red Sea & Petra Tour." It meant that I had to change my Turkish Air flight, which cost me about $65. Tauck told my TA than the… (View Post)

On both of my recent tours, Hawaii and Adriatic Treasures, we had a second Tauck employee shadowing the TD to train to direct each tour. In both cases, the trainee had worked for Tauck on riverboats … (View Post)

I don't disagree that a Tour Director who knows the area can make the trip more memorable. My TD on Grand Australia and New Zealand was half Maori, and his personal experience was a wonderful additio… (View Post)

I have never had the experience of learning who a Tour Director will be, much less meeting with him or her before the day the tour starts. I always plan things to do on my own either before or after … (View Post)