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Bonjour Québec! 15 Questions with our Québec local guide Marie
Marie-Pierre Lessard, 30, is the owner of Nomad Tours Québec and has been leading tours through Quebec City’s historic, cobbled streets for over five years. Her love for the city and passion for sharing it with the world encouraged Marie to start running the immersive walking tours. Today, she shares her knowledge and local insight…
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Travel Story: Why choose to travel solo
For those who have never done it before, the idea of solo travel can be quite intimidating. However, once you pluck up the courage and go, it can be one of the best ways to travel! Pat Stott is a 59-year-old librarian from Melbourne who recently completed an Irish Explorer trip with us as a…
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Travel Story: Group travel is the way to go!
Meet Elenore Giles, a 23-year old fashion blogger from Gloucester, United Kingdom. Elenore and her partner joined us on our European Highlights tour in August 2017. They decided to join the tour because they had a passion for exploring multiple places in Europe. Read her story on her first experience of being on a coach…
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Travel Story: Group coach travel, it’s for millennials too!
Stephanie Hitchins is a 32-year-old commercial insurance underwriter from Chicago, Illinois, who joined us on our South African launch tour. She had previously travelled with us on our Irish Explorer and 14-day Europe tours, so this was the third time Stephanie found herself exploring from an Expat Explore coach seat. However, like most Millennial travelers,…
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Travel Story: What it’s really like to explore Europe on a bus tour
Amy Francisco lives and works in the USA, as a Communications and Media Relations Director. She joined the 7-day Europe Taster tour with her ten-year-old son. She sent us a testimonial of their tour and we reached out to find out more about her travel story and what they experienced on tour with us… I have…
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Travel Story: How to travel the world on a budget (full time!)
Have you ever dreamed about throwing caution to the wind, hoisting anchor and travelling around the globe? This is exactly what Karen Daniels did in April 2018. She was inspired by a friend and decided to take time off work to travel full-time for a while. Karen is an Australian mother of three adult children, a…
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Travel Story: Group travel took me to unlikely places
Petra Mojica, 48, is from Arizona and works as a full-time nurse. After deciding to take the plunge and travel, she was met with apprehension and fear from colleagues and friends. But, she decided to do what she felt she needed to do and booked a tour to Egypt and she is so glad she…
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Travel Story: 9 Top travel tips for an Egypt holiday with kids
Natasha Puspakartika is a mother and wife from Jakarta, Indonesia who takes every opportunity she gets to trot the globe. When she’s not travelling, she’s writing about her adventures on her blog. She recently joined in on the Nile Jewel tour with her husband, 10-year-old daughter Kirana and a family friend. We caught up with her…
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Travel truth: Travel becomes even better when you’re older
For most people travel seems impossible and simply just out of reach. Either because of the price of travel, responsibilities at home, some people may worry about feeling like older travellers or the time just doesn’t seem right. For Australian couple Chris (57) and Janet Farrell (56), travelling is a newfound venture. “We love travelling…
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Travel Story: Why I travel with no expectations
Jackie is an Australian living and working in the Austrian Alps. She’s very passionate about nature and when she isn’t travelling, you can find her hiking, skiing or just looking for other opportunities to spend time in the mountains and great outdoors. My love for travel was sparked many moons ago on a ski holiday…