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a unique vision of absolute and unwavering commitment to offering affordable, yet professional and quality-infused, business and
leisure travel services.
Tour Operator
The tour operator came into being to combine the tour and travel components of a holiday for travellers who do not have the time or knowledge to arrange their own holidays, especially far from home. These combination services are then all presented at one price.
Tour operators often negotiate specials accommodation and travel fares due to the advantage they have in the industry by numbers of people that make use of their services. They also make arrangements in far-flung places on behalf of their client. Their local knowledge in terms of currency, language and customs.
Tour operators are often able to get a competitive edge by arranging packages that take tourists to places that would have been to difficult or expensive to visit, or too laborious to organize. Their leverage once again comes from the number of interested people that make these packages worthwhile.
Specialised escorted coach tours operate over certain routes by luxury coach only. These can include long distance tours with accommodation arranged along the way as the coach travels though several regions. Fly-in tours are sometimes offered, where the traveller flies to a remote location, where the coach tour starts. Shorter, breakaway tours are sometimes offered in smaller groups, maximising the time available for sightseeing. Some tour operators even organise private excursions.
One of the newer touring phenomena is the motorcycle tour, which has become popular over the last decade. Where the tour operator specialises in this kind of tour, a tour guide on a motorcycle accompanies a group of people on motorcycles on guided tours. The package usually includes support services, such as a backup vehicle with food, which also transports the riders’ luggage. One can take one’s own motorcycle on the tour or, alternatively, the tour operator can often arrange for a rental motorcycle at the remote location.