MCD

You could tell your TD that you don't want to do the tour options and want to spend the time on your own in the city. Find out whether Tauck has a bus going into and out of the city, and check the ti… (View Post)

If you have extra local currency that you don't want to bring home, you can use it to pay for hotel incidental charges (and make up the difference on your credit card). (View Post)

I, too, responded to the e-mail survey saying that I had no interest at all in the shorter tours because of the need to amortize the airfare over more days. (View Post)

I have changed planes at Istanbul airport several times. Just FYI -- when making a connecting flight, you have to show your boarding pass for the second flight to an agent stationed along the corrido… (View Post)

"The Covenant" by James Michener; "Cry, the Beloved Country" by Alan Paton. I also agree with Nelson Mandela's "Long Walk to Freedom." (View Post)