Group travel tour or free and easy travel

I, for one, cannot survive on a group travel tour, especially for a group travel tour to China.


I cannot imagine waking up at 6 in the morning, and rush here and there until nearly midnight.

I cannot withstand this kind of torture.

For me, a vacation means a time to unwind and relax, and to experience life and culture in wherever I choose to go.

It is not a matter of rushing to a place to see the famous building or mountain, then up the coach and travel to the next place.

Group travel tour tends to pack too many activities and places of interest in a day.  As a result, tourists just have the time to use the toilet, snap a few photos, and then it is time to board the coach again.

When the weather is bad, the group travel tour still goes on.

The tourists do not have the luxury of staying in bed an hour longer, and to visit the natural scenery another day.

The worst type of group travel tour is to stay just one night in one city.  A group travel tour of 8 days means staying in 7 cities.

That is why I prefer the free and easy travel.


I prefer to make decision based on the weather condition.

If the weather is bad, such as snowing or raining outside.  The best is to stay in the cozy hotel room, make a cup of tea, and just enjoy the snowfall.

What is the point of going out in this kind of weather?

The mountain route is hard to access, and the cable car service probably shuts down due to bad weather.

The best way to experience a country is to have a combination of group travel tour and free and easy travel.

That means to join a day tour or short 2 to 3 days tour starting from the hotel, and spend the rest of the holiday with free and easy travel.

While the cost of a free and easy travel seems more expensive than a group travel tour, in actual fact, it is cheaper.

Many group travel tours bring tourists to shops that sell very expensive items that locals do not patronize.

That is how they operate to improve the profitability of the tour group.

For those who join group travel tours due to lower cost, they have to bear in mind all their expenses due to shopping at those shops.  Even if they can stop themselves from buying a single item, the time lost is irreplaceable.