Methods to choose the most suitable tour

Both are people who love adventure travel, however, Nguyet Digi (30 years old, Khanh Hoa) and Thuy Binh (35 years old, Thanh Hoa) cannot always travel independently but need to learn about available tours.

According to Nguyet Digi, with some rather complicated destinations, she will buy an outbound tour or land tour program depending on the situation. On the one hand, buying a tour will help optimize costs, adding many interesting experiences that are only exploited by travel service companies. On the other hand, for Thuy Binh, when following a tour program, the safety of the trip will be more guaranteed. They also give some ways to be able to choose and decide to buy a reasonable tour program at an affordable price.

Understand your own needs and abilities

First of all, you need to understand your travel needs and financial capabilities. Nguyet prioritizes trips with many experiences and contacts with many local people. Therefore, she always looks for travel programs that suit her wishes to meet her needs.

She informed that most of the travel service companies nowadays have detailed programs (proposals) for the trips. Therefore, customers can freely analyze, compare and contrast with their travel needs and financial capabilities to choose a suitable tour. So what factors need to be analyzed to buy a reasonable tour program at an affordable price?

What factors should be analyzed and compared before purchasing a tour program?

• Tour schedule

First, you need to carefully check all the activities in the tour program. You need to remember the service providers (accommodation, food, transportation) to see if you are using the services as signed in the contract or not.

Next, you need to know the exact departure date of the trip. Many travel companies are vague with the "expected departure" time to collect deposits from customers. This causes your schedule to change a lot, and can also upset existing plans.

In fact, there are many travel companies that want to increase profits and reduce customer experience time by maximizing shopping activities. This makes your travel program "shortened", so if you want to have more experiences during the trip, it is best to "avoid" as far as possible programs with a lot of shopping activities.

• Travel expenses

"Depending on your financial capacity for the trip, you can balance it by discussing with travel companies," Nguyet Digi shared. For example, if you only have 60,000,000 VND for a trip to Mongolia, while the tour price offered by the company is 70,000,000 VND. You can negotiate with the company to reduce the number of destinations or change some accommodation and food services to bring the price down to a reasonable level for both parties.

Thus, based on the allowed budget, you can completely discuss with the company to come up with the best solution instead of necessarily "following" the announced tour price, which is not only financially disadvantageous but also affects your emotions during the trip. You also need to pay attention to whether the public price is all-inclusive, whether there are additional taxes or fees or any special notes on costs.

• Organizing company

Nowadays, there are countless tour programs "on sale" everywhere, especially on social networking sites with schedules and prices that are not too different. You also need to be wary of some "shocking sale" programs that are surprisingly cheap to avoid losing money. It is not uncommon for brokerage companies to only resell tourists to other companies to make a profit without paying attention to customer needs.

In addition to information on websites and social networking sites, you can also refer to reviews from people who have purchased tours to "check" the company's reputation. For Nguyet Digi and Thuy Binh, who have had quite a bit of travel experience, they choose to consult a lot through acquaintances in the travel community. This way, they can both know the company's reputation and "verify" the tour programs that the companies provide.

How to buy tour to get many incentives?

In fact, the earlier you book a tour with a larger group, the more cost incentives you will receive. In addition, when planning in a group, you will be able to have more wonderful moments with acquaintances who understand your personality and travel style. There is no need to worry too much if you book a tour alone, because this is also a way to have more interesting experiences and make new friends. However, your trip may depart later, and it is also difficult to negotiate programs and price policies.

With the accumulated experiences and knowledge, Thuy Binh said: "Referring is one thing, but the more tours you participate in, the more you really understand which program and which company is suitable for your style. I think that each company will usually have an outstanding product or specialize in organizing a specific type of tourism, such as mountain climbing tours, pilgrimage tours, experience tours, etc. Once I feel satisfied with a tour program, I will continue to choose to accompany that company on the next trips."

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