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Pros and cons of independent versus group travel

By Kay Dougherty 8 Comments

Pros and cons of independent versus group travel

What's the best way to travel? We talk to people who stress that they always travel independently and it's the superior way to travel. And then we speak to others who have no interest in independent travel. They think it sounds like a hassle, could be dangerous, and they want to leave all of the planning to others. So who's right? As is so often the case in life it's … [Read more...]

Why we liked visiting Puglia with Go Ahead Tours

By Kay Dougherty 3 Comments

Why we liked visiting Puglia with Go Ahead Tours

  Our review of Go Ahead Tour's Puglia and Southern Italy itinerary This was our second trip in less than a year with Go Ahead Tours and we thoroughly enjoyed each trip (last year's was to Croatia and Slovenia). The vast majority of the travel we have done over the years has been independent  - we've planned it all, arranged our own transportation and figured out … [Read more...]

Why travel to Puglia and Southern Italy?

By Kay Dougherty 9 Comments

Why travel to Puglia and Southern Italy?

To us the question was “why not”?  We have each been to Italy quite a few times but as Puglia gained traction as a destination for travelers our curiosity grew and we began to plot a trip to the region. When Go Ahead Tours offered to host us on their Puglia and Southern Italy tour we accepted with unseemly alacrity. So why did we want to go there? The beautiful coastline … [Read more...]

Our review of traveling with Go Ahead Tours

By Kay Dougherty 20 Comments

Our review of traveling with Go Ahead Tours

Our experience traveling with Go Ahead Tours lived up to their promise of being “a company of passionate adventurers dedicated to creating the best journey for every traveler”.  That isn’t an easy promise to deliver on as travelers can expect and be pleased by very different things. Someone’s a foodie, someone’s a shopper and someone likes to be given extensive history and … [Read more...]

Zagreb’s top attractions

By Kay Dougherty 9 Comments

Zagreb’s top attractions

As our Go Ahead Tours bus drove into Zagreb and our guide extraordinaire, Tamara, told us its history and we saw the beautiful architecture we couldn't wait to see Zagreb's top attractions.  The fact that Zagreb was on our itinerary had been one of the tour's compelling features. As hackneyed as it is to say that somewhere is an undiscovered gem it feels fair to say that Zagreb … [Read more...]

Enjoying Ljubljana – the Green Capital of Europe

By Kay Dougherty 2 Comments

Enjoying Ljubljana –  the Green Capital of Europe

Ljubljana, Slovenia is a small (272,000 person) city where, thanks to extensive initiatives which earned it the moniker of Europe's Green Capital, you can truly breathe in the city's beauty. Ljubljana's mayor for the last 10 years, Zoran Janković, has implemented an aggressive environmental plan for the city and the payoff is impressive. One of his early moves was to … [Read more...]

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