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Rick Steve's waitlist Sicily tours

We have never been on a Rick Steve's tour before and are very excited to go. We started looking in Jan and all that was available was early spring and Nov on. We were hoping to go anytime in Sept or Oct, I guess just like everyone else. We are waitlisted on as many as they will let us and called the tour office to see how many were waitlisted for all tours we're interested in. Looks good for a few dates, but still nothing has opened up.
Our problem is that we have many pets and we can't wait much longer to confirm the dates with our pet sitter.

Does anyone have any recommendations on other small/ active tours for Sicily?

Thank you in advance for any ideas.

Posted by
6969 posts

Adventures with Sarah has Sicily tours. She is a former RS guide and coauthored the RS Sicily guidebook

Posted by
1314 posts

I don't have personal experience with them, but if you search on the forum you'll see many people say Road Scholar tours are roughly similar to RS tours

Posted by
15515 posts

I’ve done as many Road Scholar tours as Rick Steves tours. They are similar, with Road Scholar providing a little more hand-holding (picks you up at the airport, generally porters your luggage, very little public transit use although that’s not really a consideration in Sicily). You can compare the itineraries on www,roadscholar.org

Their activity level is pretty on target.

Definitely look for the small group tours as Road Scholar does have some bigger size groups. Ive not looked at what they offer for Sicily, though.

Posted by
170 posts

Thank you, appreciate it. I will check out Road Scholars tours

Posted by
12457 posts

Waitlist info from the 'Tours FAQ"

How many waitlists can I be on at the same time?

You may be on up to five waitlists. To be removed from a list either log into your Tour Account, or contact Tour Sales & Service at 425-771-8303 or [email protected].
What are the chances of seats opening up on a waitlisted tour?

In previous years, our tours have had about a 10% cancellation rate. Although it's difficult to predict when and how many seats might become available, we anticipate more seats may open two to six months before tour departure dates. Openings are never guaranteed. New bookings are accepted up to 30 days before the tour starts