Hi Robert,

Todd and I have done 2 Tauck tours: Ireland and Africa. They do a terrific job. The only problem is: are you a tour group person, or not? For a tour group trip, they are terrific. But, you are still with a large group and are subject to all the good and bad things that come with it.

We came away feeling that we would definitely use them for a "3rd World" area tour. I would never have done Africa on our own. For a place like Ireland though, I'd go on my own rather than do a tour again.

You would probably find yourself among the youngest members of the tour. Most of our fellow travellers were retired.

Kathy