Once considered a staple of grandparents and their eldery posse, coach tours are undergoing a revamp. Could they become the new budget-chic way to travel?
Fleets of modern buses are driving tourists young and old across the border and through various excting itineraries. These tours are perfect if you like structured holidays and watching the world go by.
A company specialising in touring film locations, Shearings can take you to visit the filming location of Downton Abbey, the Harry Potter movies and Casino Royale, as well as a nine-day tour of Bavaria (from £799 per person) and an eight-day Wine Festival tour (from £749).
If you fancy some trips through the UK, their tours include a five-day Royal Bath Houses & Gardens tour (from £359) and a tour of WW2 Blitz locations (from £369), as well as a tour of WW1 Battlefields (£349).
A Scottish tour company, David Urquhart have bben operating since 1983. Their 5-day West Coast Wonder tour (from £111) takes tourists around the West Coast of Scotland, taking in Inverary and Loch Lomond. The company also runs mystery tours (from £89) where you pick the date, but they pick the destination. The price includes the excursion and hotel and your holiday could be in Scotland, England or Wales.
Leger concentrates their tours around the Netherlands, Brussels and Austria, but also do tours to the USA and Morocco. Of particular note are their air holiday New Orleans Mardis Gras tours (from £1499) and their Single Traveller holidays in places like Tuscany (9 days from £669) and the Riviera (9 days from £979). Single traveler holidays allow solo travelers to tour the country among other solo travelers, allowing tourists to meet like-minded people on their holidays.
Have you ever been on a coach tour? Would you do it?
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