the penguins Posted March 11, 2023 #26 Share Posted March 11, 2023 9 hours ago, NMTraveller said: Well at least they defined small on this excursion. Most times they do not. Almost as your quote says "approximately" which gives X another way out and a reason to cancel if only 15 book. Or they can sell 28 and still meet the "approximately. Better would be a minimum and maximum figure. Whichever still way to big for us and you are still stuck with a fixed schedule to which you have no input. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NMTraveller Posted March 11, 2023 #27 Share Posted March 11, 2023 1 hour ago, the penguins said: Almost as your quote says "approximately" which gives X another way out and a reason to cancel if only 15 book. Or they can sell 28 and still meet the "approximately. Better would be a minimum and maximum figure. Whichever still way to big for us and you are still stuck with a fixed schedule to which you have no input. Another way that they can get around this is have two small groups tour together. I have seen this one. One of the tour guides was in "training". I have also seen the small group tours on a full size bus. The ones that were closer to small groups were ones that visited small exclusive restaurants on the tour. I feel like this limited Celebritys options in adding additional tour guests at the last minute. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the penguins Posted March 11, 2023 #28 Share Posted March 11, 2023 1 minute ago, NMTraveller said: Another way that they can get around this is have two small groups tour together. I have seen this one. One of the tour guides was in "training". I have also seen the small group tours on a full size bus. The ones that were closer to small groups were ones that visited small exclusive restaurants on the tour. I feel like this limited Celebritys options in adding additional tour guests at the last minute. The variations and options are almost limitless and always in X's favour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidhiker Posted May 10 #29 Share Posted May 10 Just finished a small group excursion in Rome. Group size 32. Title is “small group …” but definitely not as the bus held 50. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted May 10 #30 Share Posted May 10 On 3/7/2023 at 7:00 PM, terrydtx said: We no longer book any cruise ship sponsored excursions, we now book small group private tours often at less cost than the cruise line. Most small group private tours are 12 or less people. We are just tired of being hosed by the cruise lines. I think the most accurate way to say this is "independent semi-private" tours 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted May 10 #31 Share Posted May 10 X small group tours = "Probably smaller groups than alternative tours" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusieAV8R Posted May 22 #32 Share Posted May 22 On 5/10/2024 at 12:55 PM, NutsAboutGolf said: I think the most accurate way to say this is "independent semi-private" tours On 5/10/2024 at 12:55 PM, NutsAboutGolf said: I think the most accurate way to say this is "independent semi-private" tours DH & I now book only "independent semi-private" or small group tours. We got tired of booking "small group" tours with X to discover 25+ or in one instance 30+. X told us repeatedly this was SMALL group. So we lowered our blood pressure and now book elsewhere 😄 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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