Earlier this month, The Traveling Professor sent out a questionnaire to all mailing list members and all social media (Facebook and Twitter) followers. Hundreds and hundreds of email subscribers completed the questionnaire. The answers were revealing. We learned who our subscribers are. We learned where they wanted to take our small group tours to. We learned what they liked (and didn't like) about The Traveling Professor's small group tours. Check out the results in the travel blog post. You will be surprised!
The Traveling Professor offers and runs about 10-15 small group tours through The Traveling Professor website each year. However, we do run tours that are not offered on our website. Usually these tours are for private organizations who are running these tours to raise funds and build loyalty for their own organization. In other situations, small group tours are offered as professional development programs. In this blog post, I will describe the benefits of running a small group tour for your organization.
Linda and I just returned from a week in Scotland. We spent a short stay in Edinburgh, the city of famous writers like Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson. It's a busy and beautiful city of stone. We found the people to be over-the-top friendly, the food to be hearty and good, lots of things to see and do. We enjoyed or stay and plan on bringing The Traveling Professor's small group tours to Scotland and of course, Edinburgh. But for a start, see what we liked on our tour to the capital city of Scotland where the motto seems to be, "Today's Rain is Tomorrow's Whisky".
The Traveling Professor takes his small group tours all over Europe and even to South America. We come across a lots of different good food on our small group tours. But love 'em or hate 'em, our travelers talk about their favorite (or unfavorite) hot dogs. You can call them bratwurst, weiners, wursts,sausages, brats, pylsurs or whatever you want. Wherever we go, if it's meat, it's long, and you can put it on a bun, we're going to eat it and call it a hot dog. In this blog post we tell you about our favorite hot dogs on our small group tours.
If you ask me, the biggest hassle about traveling is flying. Going through airport security is at the top of my list in terms what I dislike about flying. In this blog post, The Traveling Professor gives some simple and practical tips about getting through security easily and quickly as possible in time for you to relax for a few minutes before boarding a flight. It will only take a minute to read through these 5 practical tips to get through airline security to save you time and possibly from missing a flight.
Over the years, through my small group tours and through my personal trips, I have gained much experience in dealing with hotels. I've found strategies I can use to save money and get perks. The Traveling Professor is happy to share his hotel booking experiences so that you can get the best hotel experience possible while saving money. Read today's blog post for some great tips on booking hotels.
The Traveling Professor went a lot of places in 2017 taking 8-15 travelers on his small group tours. We traveled to Iceland three times. We went to Peru and added on a trip to the remote Peruvian destination of Chachapoyas. We traveled to Paris four times. We did two small group tours to Ireland. Italy was another destination with visits to Rome, Florence, and Venice. Croatia was an a great success as we ran our first small group tour there. I always love Copenhagen and Norway which we did with a small group of about 14 travelers. We ended up the year with a fabulous Austrian Christmas Market tour to Vienna, Steyr, Salzburg, Innsbruck and Munich. In this blog post, I will tell you about my favorite hotels, restaurants and experiences of The Traveling Professor's small group tours.
With the holiday season upon us, I am sure there is much wondering about what to get the traveler in your family. The Traveling Professor has listed 5 gifts this season, some priced as low as $10. Any of these thoughtful gifts will surely be welcome by the wandering members of your family and even your friends. Check out The Professor's 2017 holiday gift suggestions.
As you know, The Traveling Professor has operated small group tours of 10-15 adults for about 10 years now. Each year we research and plan travel arrangements for over 100 clients. And although we don't advertise it on the website, by request, we make custom travel plans for individuals, families and private groups. So now, we have decided to offer and publicize our expert custom travel service to all of our clients. To get the details on our custom travel planning service, read the blog post.
Can't go on one of The Traveling Professor's small group tours? Want to plan the perfect trip? The Traveling Professor is proud to announce a new service for all clients - travel planning. Now, you can rely on The Traveling Professor's advice for hotels, guides, itineraries, advice on airfares, Europe train tickets and even more. Check out the blog post to find out more about new travel planning service provided by The Traveling Professor.