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Package tourism is an important component of tourism . The package holiday market has boomed in the past couple of decades, and although people are not choosing to book their package holidays in quite the same way nowadays, package tourism is here to stay.

So what is package tourism and what does it mean for the face of the tourism industry? In this article we take a look at this important part of the tourism industry .

What is package tourism?

The history of package tourism, major package tourism tour operators, types of package tourism, benefits of package tourism, disadvantages of package tourism, the death of the package holiday, further reading.

Package tourism is when elements of a holiday are grouped together and sold as a package by a tour operator at an inclusive price. Typically, a package holiday will include the three core elements of; transport (e.g. flights), transfer (e.g. coach or car) and accommodation (e.g. hotel).

Package tourism is traditionally associated with the production of mass, standardised holidays, for example beach holidays to Europe . However, in recent times tour operators have been promoting a wider range of package holidays that facilitate niche tourism and allow for tourists to design their own personalised tour packages.

The growth and development of package tourism is largely down to one (famous) name in travel and tourism – Thomas Cook. Thomas Cook wasn’t just a company- there was a face behind the name!

In 1841 Thomas Cook organised the first package holiday as we know it today. It may have only been a short trip between Leicester and Loughborough, but it was revolutionary in terms of the growth and development of tourism industry. In the proceeding years, Cook took many tourists on similar trips, which were becoming more varied and exotic. Increases in disposable income, having paid time off work, an increasing desire to explore new destinations and significant developments in transport and technology meant that Cook’s business grew and grew. You can read a detailed account of the history of Thomas Cook here.

In the years that followed, other tour operators and travel companies opened up, hoping to offer services similar to Thomas Cook, whilst many succeeded in doing so, none were ever real contenders for the package tourism giant. In 1990 the EU Package Travel Directive was introduced, offering protection to travellers in the case of a tour-operator or airline failure and by the mid 1990’s more than half of all holidays taken by UK citizens were package holidays.

Package tourism was an easy way to book a holiday. It wasn’t until the growth of the Internet that package tourism started to decline in popularity. The advent of Web 2.0 meant that tourists could now do their own research about their holidays and they no longer had to rely on the advice of a travel agent and for a tour operator to package together their trip for them. The growth of travel blogs, comparison websites and online travel agents all contributed to the gradually decline in the number of tourists booking package holidays.

Whilst package holidays do continue to be sold around the world, many of them are now known as dynamic packages, whereby the tourist selects the elements of the package and puts it together themselves, with the assistance of an operator, usually an online travel agent.

There are many different travel and tourism companies around the world that provide package tourism services and package holidays.

Up until 2019, Thomas Cook and TUI were the two major market players in the package tourism business. The companies held a duopoly, meaning that they were the two major companies that dominated the package tourism market and therefore had most of the business. However, in 2019 Thomas Cook ceased trading, leaving a monopoly- TUI remains to be the major market leader in package tourism.

However, there are also other companies that offer package tourism products. These include:

• Independent tour operators
• Online tour operators
• Niche tourism tour operators

Traditionally, package tourism is based on a holiday to a beach destination that includes a flight, transfer and hotel room. You can have all-inclusive package holidays, half-board package holidays and self-catering package holidays.

Travel agents will also often try to sell the tourist extra services in addition to the core package, known as ancillary products and services. This could include insurance, tickets to tourist attractions , car hire etc.

Nowadays, there are more options for package holidays than a sun, sea and sand holiday. For example, I booked a package tour when I went to the Galapagos Islands for my honeymoon! This tour included nights in 3 different hotels, multiple flights and a cruise- it certainly wasn’t your traditional package holiday! With the growth in popularity of holidays that are a little bit different (known as niche tourism), many tour operators are now offering bespoke, tailor made package holidays to suit the needs of their customers.

Another popular way to book a package holiday is on the Internet. Many tourists will choose to use on online tour operator to book their package holiday. There are plenty of companies that offer this, such as Expedia, On The Beach and easyJet.

Package tourism has been a popular type of tourism for many years, and for good reason!

Package tourism is easy and convenient for the tourist. There is no need to do any research, no need to research flight times or bus timetables and no need to do anything before departure except for packing your suitcase! Prior to the 2000s, this was perfect for many people. However, with the growth of the Internet, many people felt that they no longer needed this help and that they could now research and book these elements of their holiday themselves.

Package tourism is often cheaper than other forms of tourism. This is based on the basic rule of supply and demand- tour operators, using the traditional Fordist model of mass production, create standardised package holidays in bulk. Because they are putting together a large number of holidays, they are able to offer them at a cheaper price to consumers.

Booking a package holiday typically comes with added protection, at least within the EU anyway. ATOL and ABTA are two major organisations that provide insurance and legal security for tourists. Most package holidays are covered by these organisations.

There are also disadvantages of package tourism. One of the major disadvantages is that that package holidays often have few economic benefits of tourism to the local destination, especially if the package encompasses an all-inclusive hotel . This is because much of the money paid by the tourist will be retained by the tour operator and other foreign organisations- this is an example of economic leakage in tourism . This is a negative impact that hinders the ability for sustainable tourism to take place.

Another major disadvantage of package tourism is the association that package tourism has with mass tourism . Because package holidays are typically mass produced, the result is large amounts of tourists all visiting the same place often at the same time. This causes many problems, from environmental degradation to negative social impacts of tourism and more.

From the tourists’ perspective, package tourism isn’t always the best type of tourism either. This is because it is not personal and it is not (usually) tailored to the needs of the specific tourist. In recent years we have seen consumer desires change- people want to see new things and explore new places outside of what the traditional package holiday model typically offers. People are more interested in niche tourism than ever before. Whilst there are some packages that cater for this, this often comes at an expense for the tourist and it isn’t so easy to come by.

Many people have suggested in recent years that package holidays are dying, heck- the collapse of Thomas Cook told us that was probably the case! However, I disagree with this, yes- the traditional package holiday is dying, people are less interested in sun, sea and sand holidays than before, but there is most certainly still a market for package holidays, they just look a bit different nowadays!

Many people are opting to book dynamic packages. This is when the tourist can select their own elements of a package (i.e. which flight they prefer, which hotel they like the look of) and combine them together to create a package. People tend to prefer this because they can tailor their holidays to better suit their needs and requirements, yet still have the ease and protection that comes with booking a package holiday. Many people don’t realise that they are booking a package holiday when they book their holiday through websites such as Expedia or easyJet, but in fact, they are!

Alongside this, niche holidays are also growing in demand. A person may be interested in painting or diving, for example, but they don’t know where the best place to go for their specific interest is or how to organise their trip. This is where a niche tourism tour operator comes in, who can develop a package for them.

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Package tourism is formed when several tourists travel in an organized way by using pre-arranged services. It is produced, marketed, and sold by commercial tourism companies (tour operators/wholesalers) at an inclusive price. Package tourism was initially based on the mass production of standardized inclusive tours offered to tourists searching for sun, sand, sea, and sex holidays at competitive prices. The related term “ mass tourism ” sometimes carries negative connotations, even though it is based on the simple motivational premise that mass tourism’s positive offerings are predicated on matching the touristic desire for safety with the comfort zone of familiarity.

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Official data on the global economic scale of package tourism are incomplete. Often based on different forms of assessment, in many cases the statistics significantly understate reality. As a result, misconceptions occur when trying to understand mass and other forms of tourism....

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Tour Package

Package holidays, popularly known as a tour package or simply the word ‘tour’ in the travel and tourism industry refers either to a package tour escorted or not escorted by the tourist guide.

When we say tour package, it means a pre-arrangement, prepaid trip that combines two or more travel components like airfare, airport transfer, accommodation, and other services . Practically, to define the tour package concept is complex one rather understand.

Holloway defines a tour package as “a total tourism product consisting of transportation from the market area to the destination, accommodation at the destination and recreational activities promoted by the tourists.”

According to Gregorg “a tour package is advertised journey including specific features, arranged and promoted with tour literature by a tour operator and paid for in full by the tourists  before starting the tour.”

Technically, a package tour/tour package is a total tourism product as it generally includes transport from the origin place to the destination, accommodation at an en route place or at the destination and other recreational or travel services. These components are purchased by an individual, firm or company called the ‘ tour operator ‘. He combines all the travel components in a package and sells them at all-inclusive prices to the clients.

History of Tour Package

The term ‘tour’ was in vogue as early as 1670. The Britishers traveled to widen their knowledge of the continent, especially to study the culture and social life. This practice was gradually adopted by other lovers of cultural centers.

The result of the process was that many European historic and cultural centers were opened to the British tourist. By the early 1730’s the small fishing resorts around the British coast begin to attract tourists seeking to their diseases by drinking the sea-water or by immersing themselves in it.

The introduction of a rail link between the major centers in 1830, had a profound impact on the pleasure travelers for the first time. Many entrepreneurs began to inspire rail travel by organizing excursions for the public at discounted offers.

However, to ‘the origin of package tour’ the credit goes to Mr. Thomas Cook in 1855 , Cook, extended his business operation to different countries by introducing the first ‘ inclusive tour ‘ to Paris.

Mr. Cook put together all the components of tourism products and sold them as ‘inclusive tour’ to the tourists. His pre-packaged tour inspired other tour organizations in the travel industry to organize similar tours to all parts of the globe.

Most of Cook’s tours were a linear tour i.e., the person went from place to place on a single destination. Basically, Mr. Cook developed the concept of ‘grand tour and escorted tour’, the concept which is still used.

Incidentally, World War II has tremendously developed the package tour concept because of the following reasons:

• Social and Economic Conditions
• Increase in Aircrafts
• Marketing Conditions
• Legal Requirements
• Integration took place.

Today, package tours are a vital segment of the world’s travel and tourism industry. According to WTTC, the package tour sales generate $25 billion annually in the United States, $18 billion in Europe, $19 billion in Britain, and $21 billion in Asia. Today tour sales represented 50 percent of all leisure travel sales and 35 percent of all travel agency revenues.

Types of Tour Packages

A travel agency/tour operator deals with variety of ‘tour packages,’ catering to the diverse needs of tourists such as adventure, beach, architecture, cultural, business, conference, incentive tours, ayurvedic packages, Buddhist, religious, incentive tour, special interest tours, cruise tour group tour, educational tour, heritage, monuments, wildlife lovers, etc. These are broadly classified into five categories :

• Independent Tours
• Escorted Tours

Hosted Tours

• Incentives Travel/Tours

Freedom Tours

Independent tour.

Independent tours are prepared/formulated for those tourists who want to travel independently. The components of such tours are air travel, air transfer, accommodation, travel documents, sightseeing, boat riding, entertainment, and other travel services.

However, in some cases, the tourists are free to purchase every single component separately. Thus, this type of tour provides the tourists considerable freedom to plan the activities according to their own choice.

An independent tour may or may not be an all-inclusive tour. Therefore, tour price varies depending on the type of air travel, air transfer, accommodation and is inclusive of other tour components. The foreign independent travel (FITs) and domestic independent travel (DITs) are examples of an independent tour.

Escorted Tour

When a travel agency includes the services of a well educated and trained tour manager in its package, the tour is called an escorted tour. Basically, escorted tours are meant for those travelers who are planning to visit a foreign country first time.

The escort’s responsibilities and duties are to provide comprehensive information and assistance to the group or individual traveler, at the origin, en route and the destination place. The excursion tours are the example of escorted tours.

A hosted tour means when an agency utilizes the services of another agency at a particular destination. Suppose a group of French tourists is coming to India. When the group arrives in India, they are greeted at the airports by TCI, which assists them in clearing their baggage and transfer them to the hotel.

Their tour-host (TCI) is available to offer device and information about the local attractions and entertainment. Further, when the group arrives at another designation in India, a different travel agency greets them at each tourist spot. Thus, a hosted tour provides the tourists maximum level of pre-arranged and personalized services.

Incentives Travel/Tour

It is a motivational programme or a fully paid holiday which is given to the employees by the enterprises as a reward. Mostly in medium and large-scale companies and usually too distant destinations to spur them in maintaining their track record, to increase output, improve the image and moreover to earn the long period loyalty of the employees.

There are a number of the other packages offered by a tour company such as a custom tour an excursion tour, an adventure, and special interest package tours.

Freedom tours are becoming very popular these days among the working class. These tours are designed as per the choice of tourists. The tourist is free to choose and plan how they want to travel and enjoy their holidays. These types of tours are meant for that kind of people who like to decide how, when, and where to travel.

This tourist may an individual, family, group holidays for families and group travel for business. These tours are promoted and developed by the ORBIT.

Components Of Tour Package

What is to be included in a package tour largely depends and varies from one tour organization to another, or from the one country to another, or from one destination to another and from one market to another market. But there are certain well-defined travel services which always turn a part of a package tour irrespective of the tour operator/travel agency, destination and even the market condition.

If we study and see the package tours offered by Thomas Cook and Sons Ltd., Cox and King Ltd., and other international travel companies, we find that a package tour has two major components. Therefore, a standard package tour has two basic components namely:

• Ground Arrangements

Travel industry experience has shown that the first component, i.e. ‘Travel’ is directly bought by the agency from the principal providers like airlines and transport operators and for ground arrangement, the travel agency management asks the ground operators.

The reason behind buying ground arrangement from a handling agency is that it represents as a ground operator at a particular destination for the numerous tour organizations. Secondly, the price offered by it are much lower than an individual agency obtain. Thirdly, it is very difficult to get credit from the supplier and finally, it ensures professional travel services.

Factor Affecting the Tour Package Formulation

Generally, the business of package tours involves great risk, high breakeven, high-quality product, and competitive prices. Therefore, the tour management requires in-depth tour planning and market survey. However, before a tour is designed the tour manager should take into consideration certain factors which are crucial in the formulation process.

These factors have a profound impact on the tourist’s satisfaction. The main factors are:

• Purpose of Tour
• Choice of Destinations
• Tourist Budget
• Legal Requirement
• Types of Tourist Accommodation
• Tour Period
• Departure and stay information
• Tour price; inflationary condition
• Tour Reference Tools
• Tour Features – political stability
• The relationship between the host and tourist generating nation

Tour Package Design and Selection Process

The quality of a package tour is entirely based on the above factors. Essentially, to design/formulate a travel product, the tour manager has to take the biggest responsibility, intuitiveness, imagination, and innovation coupled with a lot of business activities which range from finding new exotic destinations and planning, organizing or promoting such tour.

The following are the main stages in the tour design and selection process:

1. Initial Research

(i) the destination research.

The decision to develop and formulate a new package is a multi-stage process that involves various positive and negative points/steps. Normally, the idea for a new product comes either from the tour executive within the company due to a review of the questionnaire completed by the previous tour members because of the political, economic and social development in a particular area.

When a tour manager see that a large number of old clients are interested in taking a trip to particular destinations, naturally, those destinations become the nucleus of a new ‘tour concept’.

(ii) Market Research

Since tour package is a complete tourism product, obviously, before formulating/designing this product, market research needs to be analyzed and assessed in a systematic manner. Market  research provides us the answer to the following questions:

• What is the size of the tourism market?
• Who are the existing clients?
• Where do they live?
• Who will be their potential buyers?
• Who are their competitors – their strategy and area of business leisure?
• How many tourist ones want to cater?
• What price will the clients accept?
• What facilities are available and required?
• What are the constraints viz., license, permission, finance, restrictions, taxes, and others?

Once we know the basic components of the package tour, distribution channels, market conditions, constraints in the tourism market, we can develop the marketing strategy. It enables the smooth functioning of the agency and also offers a clear picture of the tour programme. Practically, market research is conducted by the private tour companies/ private tourism enterprises in order to penetrate the market.

2. Itinerary Preparation

By itinerary one means the designing of a programme which one wants to sell and it includes destinations, stopping points, number of days and the travel services that are to be included in the programme. Whether it is a lean season or an offseason, escorted or not escorted, consumer-oriented or readymade tour programme, the itinerary is prepared to identify the origin, destinations, stopping points, accommodations, sightseeing and other travel services on travelers’ trip.

3. Handling Agency or Destination Company

The appointment of handling agency not only ensure excellent travel services to the tourist but also make the operation smooth and profitable. It is a matter of great significance as the success of travel business largely depends upon the clients are actually taken care of during the tour.

It is a positive match between the promised services and tourist’s actual experiences or feelings. Thus, the tour operator should consider the experience of the handling travel agency in the business, the area of operation, reputation, credibility, professional staff, credit facilities and the competitive price in appointing a handling agency.

4. Negotiation

It is another important management decision area in tour designing and planning. Once the decision has been made regarding the destination’s concerning their date, duration and number of clients to be carried during the trip, the tour management starts negotiations with the principals’ suppliers for a normal contract.

Negotiation means talk between the travel companies and the principal suppliers for the terms, conditions, and prices of the components of a tour package. When both parties are satisfied, it leads to a formal or informal contract between them. The tour company negotiates with the following tour vendors/suppliers:

• Accommodation
• Transport Operations- Rail and Road
• Ground Operators
• Cruise Companies
• Car Rental Companies
• The overseas representatives
• Ancillary Service Organizations

5. Coasting and Pricing a Package Tour

The cost of a package tour encompasses the air ticket, the hotel room, car rental, entertainment charges, administrative costs, promotional costs, and other travel services. The confidential tariff helps the travel company in preparing the cost sheet which will enable the concern to determine its price strategy.

Tour pricing is a big factor in the success of the company’s tour programme. The price of a package tour is, whether it is an escorted, independent or hosted the tour, often lower than the combined costs of the same components purchased separately from the principals. However, the purchase price of a travel product is based on three factors: Cost, competition, and demand.

Every tour package sold by a vendor has a quantifiable cost. To produce profit the price paid by the tourists must be greater than the agency’s cost.

6. Tour Brochure

The tour package is an intangible product which has to be purchased by the tourists/clients without inspection and sometimes even without adequate knowledge. In these circumstances, the brochure becomes the principal instrument to perform the major tasks to inform the clients about the products and to pursue them to purchase it.

Designing, printing, and distributions of tour brochures require necessary skills and knowledge about the components of the tour package. Basically, in the era of specialization and intense competition, tour brochure creates awareness and provides the description of the holiday programme.

Thus, tour management should consider various pros and cons while preparing a tour brochure. A brochure should contain the following information:

• Name of the Travel Company
• Means of transport
• Details about destinations
• Accommodation, types, location, meals
• Name of the overseas representative
• Duration of each tour
• Booking, reservation and cancellation conditions
• Details of other services – insurance, currency, entertainmentTravel documents required
• Details of price

7. Development of Reservation System

The next step in tour formulation process is reservation system. The agency management in order to put a package into operation must develop and implement a scientific reservation system. The system depends on whether the reservation is to be handled manually or with a computer working on the distribution method.

Whatever method the agency may adopt, the agency management should always keep in mind the sole objective of the reservation system.

8. Marketing of Tour Package

Once a tour package is ready, travel agency management has to make a careful decision regarding promotion and marketing of the particular package tour. The basic objective of management is to make a tour package widely known to make it more and more attractive.

To achieve these objectives, the management must consider the budget available, promotion mix, potential market, easiest and most effective media, campaigning through the international, regional or the public/private sector etc.

The promotion of a package tour means increasing its sales potential and creating an awareness of the existing and potential markets. The following methods are commonly used to promote package tours:

• Middlemen – Retail Travel Agents, GSA, consolidators
• Familiarization tours
• Building Brand Loyalty
• Encouraging Potential Buyers
• Competitive Market

9. Tour Handling/Actual Tour Operation

After the successful marketing and achieving target sales, the next and final step in the process of tour designing is tour handling. It means an actual operation of tours, which generally includes administrative work and passenger handling like maintaining reservations, handling deposits, sending advice to ground operators, arranging travel representation, analyzing the feedback received from clients/escorts/ground operator and so on.

All this is not an easy task. At every stage, one has to face different types of queries and problems due to lack of coordination and communication.

Significances of Tour Package

Tour package is beneficial to travel companies, travelers, destinations and other organizations which are directly or indirectly involved in the tourism business. The main benefits are:

• Increase the seasonality of a destination cost/price
• Earn foreign currency
• Better quality of products professional services
• Wide-variety of the tour package
• Provide bulk business to organizers

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Packaged tours or DIY travel: which is better?

Any trip involves a significant amount of time and preparation to plan. When deciding to go on a trip and before you plan your itinerary , you have a choice between booking a packaged tour (also known as organised or guided tours) or do-it-yourself (DIY) travel. DIY travel planning involves planning your trip from scratch , including planning and scheduling all your flights, accommodation, travel insurance, transfers, and activities yourself using the internet.

Both types of travels will give you a pleasant trip. Each type has its benefits and costs. Let’s see what the considerations are when choosing between DIY travel and packaged tours.

Packaged tours

Packed tours have several costs and benefits.

Benefits of packaged tours

The benefits of organised tours include the following:

Convenience factors

• Guided tours are perfect for new travellers who feel overwhelmed at the prospect of planning their trips .
• With a packaged tour, you don’t have to worry about any planning as the tour operator does everything for you. This is convenient if you dislike researching and doing comparisons between different websites.
• For travellers who don’t want to travel alone, a packaged tour can provide security and be a great way to meet new friends.
• There is safety in numbers.
• The transportation provided on packaged tours is very comfortable and convenient. Coach travel is usually on luxury buses with free wi-fi with enough legroom.
• You never have to wait for public transport to move between sights and activities.
• Tour operators offer guided tours to suit different budgets and styles, from basic backpacker-style tours to all-inclusive guided tours.
• Some countries require the booking of an organised tour before considering your visa application.
• Many packaged tours also include priority access to signature experiences to save time and stay on schedule.
• Packaged tours may also include destinations off-the-beaten-path that may be difficult to get to for DIY travellers.
• The accommodation on packaged tours is comfortable and the tour operator has tested the hotels and bed and breakfasts.
• As long as you stick to your tour group, you will not easily get lost. And if you do, the tour guide will look for you.
• Packaged tours are easier to arrange than DIY group travel.
• Depending on the type of packaged tour, you can have more peace of mind as you never have to worry about flight delays or other surprises. With a packaged tour, that includes flights, your tour operator will take care of any consequences because of unexpected circumstances.

Local expertise

• Most tour guides on packaged tours are locals and have expert knowledge on places to visit, where to eat, etc. They can also give you insight into the culture of the people in your destination. This could be a way to discover hidden gems, which can give you a more in-depth experience of your destination.
• A packaged tour can make visiting a country where you may find communication difficult much easier since the tour guides can speak the local language.

Budgeting benefits

• Usually, packaged tours include accommodation and transfers. Packaged tours may make budgeting for an upcoming trip easier since it will include most items, leaving little extra details for which to budget.
• Signature experiences could cost less on a packaged tour since the tour operators have built relationships with suppliers and “buy in bulk”.
• Once you have paid for your packaged tour, you don’t have to worry about exchange rate fluctuations requiring you to pay more for your hotel or sightseeing.

Costs of packaged tours

Packaged tours also have some costs, including the following:

Lack of depth & flexibility

• Some packaged tours cover many of the major sights and activities but are fast-paced with little time at each stop. Not only does this mean you may not see everything you wanted, but it can be exhausting.
• With a packaged tour you may end up seeing sights you had no interest in or not seeing something you wanted to see.
• Sometimes tour groups are large, and you may not get an opportunity to ask the travel guide all the questions you want. Large tour groups can also waste precious sightseeing time if it takes longer to get the tour group together before leaving a stop.
• These tours allow no flexibility for sightseeing options. With these tours, you will see the main sights in a city only. If you see something from the bus or near a sight your group has stopped at, you cannot go off to explore further.
• Packaged tours can lead to frustration. Some people do sightseeing and browsing museums faster and then have to wait for the rest of the group.
• Other travellers are not too fond of large tour groups since they can take over an entire activity or sight leaving little space for DIY travellers to explore.

Budgeting concerns

• Make sure what items are included and excluded from a tour package as it is not always clear. You need to know what you will have to budget for outside of the price of the tour package.
• Not all packaged tour have guaranteed departures. You may pay for your chosen tour only to find out that due to limited bookings it has been cancelled.

Possible packaged tour options

These companies are excellent for packaged tours:

• Intrepid Tours
• Encounters Travel
• G Adventures

You can also make use of a website that aggregates packaged tours from different tour operators. Here you can choose from:

• Love Holidays

DIY travel planning

As with the packaged tours, DIY travel planning has many costs and benefits.

DIY travel planning benefits

I love DIY travel. For me, it has significant benefits, which include:

Flexibility

• You have complete control over your itinerary and can spend as much or as little time as you want at each sight. If you wake up one morning and feel exhausted, you can decide to have a quiet day instead.
• Being in control of your travels, you may discover hidden gems and local favourites instead of just focusing on the best-known sights.
• You don’t have to wait for a tour group to finish sightseeing at a stop before moving on.
• Introverts may prefer DIY travel as they can control the level of socialisation they can endure on a trip.
• DIY travel gives you the ability to find cheaper deals, but this may take time and effort.

Local Experiences

• Since you don’t have a tour guide to rely on, you are sometimes forced to reach out to locals, which can be an eye-opening experience.
• It is easier to get lost on your own, but that also gives you the opportunity to get to know a place better!

Best benefit

• Planning everything yourself can be an empowering and exciting experience. Planning a trip teaches you new skills.

Costs of DIY travel planning

DIY travel has some negative aspects as well:

• It is challenging to plan a trip to multiple destinations as you have to consider so many elements. You have to consider the costs for each element, which requires significant research.
• Planning your trip yourself can take a very long time, especially if you like to explore many options.
• Being responsible for all the aspects of your journey can overwhelm you and be extremely stressful. For many people, this would completely negate the idea of going away to relax.
• You have to depend on yourself when there is a crisis during your trip – there is no tour guide you can turn to for help.
• Waiting for public transport between sights and activities can waste precious time, which can be frustrating.
• DIY group travel may be difficult to coordinate between all the members of the group.

Alternatives to DIY travel planning and packaged tours

There are some alternative options instead of having to just choose between DIY travel and packaged tours.

Shorter packaged tours

• A packaged tour is ideal if you want to have a specific cultural or activity-based tour lasting from half a day to several days. If you like food, a food tour is an excellent example of a speciality tour.
• Consider booking full or half-day tours on your trip instead of a packaged tour that includes a multi-day itinerary.
• Packaged tours that limit the number of participants may be a better option than large group tours.
• Some packaged tours have a fixed itinerary, but also allow free days where tourists get time to explore their destination on their own. This could be a better option if you do want some flexibility to explore a city on your own.

Alternative options

• I firmly believe that everyone should consider free city walking tours. Almost every famous town has free walking tours; volunteers of tourism offer usually manage these tours or you can consider an audio walking tour for a different experience .
• For a more in-depth experience of a destination, consider hiring a guide. This will give you not only more insight into the destination, but the tour guide can provide guidance on other less known sights and activities in the destination and the best places to eat. Hiring a guide gives you complete control over your itinerary.
• Another option you can consider instead of a packaged tour is is to hire a driver and a car. This is ideal if you visit a large country with sights that are far apart. Even with hiring a driver, there is a choice between fixed itineraries vs flexible itineraries where you have more input into what you would like to see and do. If you get a driver that speaks English and knows his country well, you have found a treasure!
• An alternative to a packed day tour is the popular Hop-on-hop-off buses that usually have a circular route that allows you to hop off when you want to spend time a specific stop and hop back on when you are ready to explore further. This is one of my favourite ways to explore a city when I have little time.

The verdict

The best option will depend on the travelling you like. You also need to consider the following factors:

• Legal requirements for visa purposes;
• The duration of your trip;
• The sights you want to see;
• What pace you like to travel at;
• Your budget; and
• Your desired level of structure or flexibility.

Answering these questions will guide you in the direction you should take. If you just want to explore a destination without worrying about any of the arrangements, then a packaged tour is best for you. On the other hand, if you want flexibility and control over your itinerary, then DIY travel is the way to go. If budget is your deciding factor, first find a packaged tour you like and do a rough estimate of how much a DIY trip will cost you. Compare the results and see whether there is a big difference between the two.

Both resulted in pleasant trips…

A friend of mine usually uses packaged tours. She does not like making travel arrangements, especially when visiting multiple countries on a trip. However, she has told me when she is on one of these tours, she always wanted more flexibility regarding sightseeing and exploring lesser-known restaurants and sights. She also wonders whether she could have paid less by making her own arrangements.

My preference is for DIY travel planning with a scattering of shorter organised tours, depending on the destination.

The best way to find out what you like is to try both types of travel and then decide which one you prefer for future trips.

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Travel planning is a valuable skill and can help you save tons of money over the long term!

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American tourist facing possible 12-year prison sentence after ammo found in luggage in Turks and Caicos

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Updated on: April 25, 2024 / 7:28 PM EDT / CBS News

Valerie Watson returned to Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport in tears on Tuesday morning in a drastic departure from how she imagined her long weekend trip to Turks and Caicos would end.

Watson is home, but her husband, Ryan Watson, was jailed on the island and is facing a potential mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years behind bars after airport security allegedly found four rounds of hunting ammo in his carry-on bag earlier this month. 

"We were trying to pack board shorts and flip flops," Valerie Watson told CBS News. "Packing ammunition was not at all our intent."

Valerie Watson, who learned Sunday she would not be charged and would be allowed to return home, said the trip "went from what was supposed to be a dream vacation to a nightmare."

Ryan Watson was released on bail after two nights , but must remain on the island and check in with police twice a week.

The Watsons are not the only ones going through this ordeal.

Bryan Hagerich is awaiting trial after ammo was found in the Pennsylvania man's checked bag in February.

"I subsequently spent eight nights in their local jail. Some of the darkest, hardest times of my life, quite frankly," Hagerich said. "These last 70 days have been kind of a roller coaster, just the pain and suffering of having your family at home and I'm here."

Possessing a gun or ammunition is prohibited in Turks and Caicos, but tourists were previously often able to just pay a fine. In February, however, a court order mandated that even tourists in the process of leaving the country are subject to prison time.

Since November 2022, eight firearms and ammunition prosecutions in total have been brought involving tourists from the United States, three of which are currently before the court with each of the defendants on bail.

Last year, a judge found Michael Grim from Indiana had "exceptional circumstances" when he pleaded guilty to accidentally having ammunition in his checked bag. He served almost six months in prison. 

"No clean running water. You're kind of exposed to the environment 24/7," he told CBS News. "Mosquitoes and tropical illnesses are a real concern. There's some hostile actors in the prison."

The judge was hoping to send a message to other Americans. 

"[His] sentencing was completely predicated on the fact that I was an American," Grim said. 

The U.S. embassy last September posted a travel alert online, warning people to "check your luggage for stray ammunition," noting it would "not be able to secure your release from custody."

In a statement, a State Department spokesperson told CBS News, "We are aware of the arrest of U.S. citizens in Turks and Caicos.  When a U.S. citizen is arrested overseas, we stand ready to provide all appropriate consular assistance. In a foreign country, U.S. citizens are subject to that country's laws, even if they differ from those in the United States." 

Last year, TSA found a record 6,737 guns at airport security checkpoints, and most of them were loaded.  

"I can't even begin to think that this very innocent, regrettable mistake would prevent me from being able to watch my son graduate or teach him to shave or take my daughter to dances," Ryan Watson said. "It's just unfathomable. I do not — I can't process it."

The Turks and Caicos government responded to CBS News in a lengthy statement confirming the law and reiterating that, even if extenuating circumstances are found to be present, the judge is required to mandate prison time.   

Kris Van Cleave is CBS News' senior transportation and national correspondent based in Phoenix.

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A Brooklyn film producer is suing Amazon for $1 million, claiming he tripped over a “carelessly” placed package and was “launched” five feet and shattered his arm — all in the wake of his mother’s death.

Chris Gambale, who was once an assistant to Bill Cosby and later a writer on Martin Scorsese’s “Dueces Wild,” was living with his elderly mother in May 2023 when she died in his Bath Beach home, according to the suit.

After a four-hour cleanup following the removal of her body, and before heading to sleep, Gambale, 53, had to walk her dog.

“He stepped on a misplaced Amazon package causing him to launch approximately 5 feet and crashing down on his right arm and elbow,” according to the filing.

Delivery instructions requested that packages be brought up the driveway and left near the garage. Instead, Gambale claimed footage showed the driver carelessly tossing the package on his steps while talking on the phone.

Because of the injuries, he is unable to work as a film and television producer, the suit states, “and his professional career has ended.”

His “emotional damage” was “tremendously enhanced due to the fact that it occurred on the date of his mother’s death,” Gambale claimed in the suit filed Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Gambale, who previously worked at Miramax, was in the development stages of a 1980’s Brooklyn mobster film “Nights of Turquoise,” which he was writing and directing. It was slated to come out by next year, according to IMDB.

Back in 2010, Gambale threatened to sue MTV , claiming “Jersey Shore” ripped off a show he originally pitched, according to reports.

Gambale and Amazon did not immediately respond to inquiries.

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New single “eyes closed” available now, entering a fearlessly bold era, imagine dragons will unveil their anxiously awaited sixth full-length album, loom (kidinakorner/interscope), on june 28, 2024., pre-order/pre-save here ..

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“Imagine Dragons still know how to efficiently stomp stadiums into rubble…The alt-rock band remains reliably, radioactively enormous ”—Rolling Stone

In tandem with the record, the band will embark on their biggest North American headline tour to date. Descending upon legendary venues across the country, it kicks off on July 30, 2024 in Camden, NJ at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion , rolls through major markets coast-to-coast, and concludes on October 22, 2024 at Los Angeles’ iconic Hollywood Bowl . Check out the full confirmed itinerary below.

TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting with a Citi presale (details below) beginning on April 23.  Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning on April 26 at 10AM local time at https://www.imaginedragonsmusic.com/tour .

VIP: Several VIP experiences will be available. Select packages include a signed guitar played by a member of Imagine Dragons on stage that night, a backstage tour, on-stage photo, and more!  All VIP packages include early entry, digital activities, and exclusive merchandise. Learn more at ImagineDragonsVIP.com.

PRESALE: Citi is the official card of the Imagine Dragons tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning April 23 at 10AM local time until Thursday, April 25 at 10PM local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com .

Imagine Dragons’ sixth studio album LOOM represents the pinnacle of their artistic journey of self-discovery and marks the best body of work they’ve ever made. LOOM , produced entirely by Imagine Dragons and their longtime collaborators Mattman and Robin, finds the perfect balance between the classic sounds that have made them superstars and the freshness that brought them joy in the studio. Featuring 9 brand new tracks including hit single “Eyes Closed”, LOOM signifies new beginnings on the horizon – the excitement for a new day, moments yet to come.

Last year, the members of Imagine Dragons found themselves with a rare and well-deserved break from the road—perhaps their longest in many years. So, they made the most of it by devoting that time to family and friends. Catalyzed by this respite with a refreshed perspective, the band rallied together in the studio and mined the same well of inspiration that fed their most beloved material. The musicians reflected on the past in order to catapult into a future where stylistic boundaries have disappeared entirely and anything is possible creatively. This journey has brought them to their most dynamic and definitive body of work to date, LOOM .

To herald LOOM , the band recently shared their soaring new anthem entitled “Eyes Closed.” Check out the video HERE . The track illuminates their penchant for boundary-breaking. Stretching the limits of the soundscape almost to the breaking point, they harness a burst of energy with a rafter-reaching refrain primed to soar on the upcoming summer tour.

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August 16, 2024 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

August 18, 2024 – Tinley Park, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre

August 20, 2024 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center

August 22, 2024 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live

August 23, 2024  – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion

August 26, 2024 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater

August 28, 2024 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion

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