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I am 55 years old and used to be a teacher before I took a
French degree and decided to become a tour guide,
director, manager whatever. I sympathise with all of you
out there who are having difficulties with your choice of
company for European trips. Basically you get what you
pay for. You might be offered incentives e.g. free trips,
akin to airmiles if you book with certain companies.
Explorica is basically the same as EF because someone took
EF's ideas and set up their own company. EF and Explorica
are companies who provide basic trips with hotels which
are situated some way out of the centre of European
capitals. Their hotels and meals are 1 or 2 star. Many of
the companies pay their tour guides a basic wage which
equates to about USD 80 a day and the tour directors (call
them whatever you will) rely on their tips to make a
decent daily wage. Although you might give your tour
guide excellent ra...See More


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