There are three of us planning to book a tour. With a Rick Steves tour should we book together or separately? Also, with the smaller hotels, would we be able to bunk in one room, or will be put in two rooms?
Posted by
TN, USA
2144 posts
Unless something has changed just recently, if a guidebook is requested per person, Rick's company will mail each person one. We have made such a request with past tours and the extra copy was mailed quickly. I like having a copy to take (and potentially tear apart) on the tour, and
a permanent reference one for at home.
Posted by
Pacific Northwest
2671 posts
I did RS Scotland about 5 years ago as a group of three. It was my mom, myself and my 11-year-old daughter. We each paid basically full price for the tour - there may have been a very small discount for my daughter. At any rate, I would never do a triple room again. In almost every hotel, the triple was a fold out single couch that even my daughter wouldn't sleep on. Many nights, my daughter and I squeezed into a twin bed because to pull out even the tiny foldout rendered the room so crowded that we couldn't get to the bathroom. There is simply no value in booking a triple room for a tour. Pool your money and purchase one double room tour and one room with the single supplement added in - then trade off as you see fit. The single supplement on most tours will run you each about $260 (one single supplement split three ways) and you will have a much better vacation!!
Posted by
TN/USA
208 posts
I called R/S tour dept a couple weeks ago and asked the same question as I may be travelling with two others next year. They said it could be done with 3 in a room but do not recomend it unless one is a child. The tour I took a couple years ago really only had 2 hotels out of 2 weeks that would have been comfortable for 3 adults. Usually a roll away bed would be used for the third person.
Also if each individual is paying for their tour, each one should book, but make sure you let them know you are travelling together. Just remember, that unless you do opt for three to a room, or one pays the single room extra fee, you will probably be roomed with another single person. Most will tell you that rooming with another tour member is not a problem.