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It’s Us! Babcia and YiaYia! We are here to give you every hot tip, great travel hack, hidden gem, and experience based itinerary you are looking for. We’ve traveled all over Europe and we want to share our experience and expertise with you!
Thanks for joining us today! As always, we hope that our travel nonsense translates into your travel success! For more on our take on Travel tours and packages as well as your other travel options like small group travel when traveling to Europe or any of our other show notes, click here!
In this episode, we can answer:
What are the best travel tips when traveling to Europe?
What should I know when I travel to Europe?
What are the best tour options to visit in Europe?
What should I know when I am traveling to Europe?
What are the biggest mistakes travel companies make in Europe?
Now follow us on ALL the social media!
Facebook @babciaandyiayia
Twitter @babciaandyiayia
Instagram @babciaandyiayia
TikTok @babciaandyiayia (We LOVE your questions too!)
Have ideas or questions about what you'd like us to cover? Please e-mail us your questions or ideas at [email protected]
Visit our blog and website by clicking here!
We were last in Europe in the Summer of 2023!
Dear Babcia and YiaYia-
I’ve been researching trips to Italy and Ireland. I don’t want to plan an entire trip DIY style but I don’t want to follow a package deal on a crowded bus either. So far, I haven’t found something that takes into account everything that I’m hoping to do. With so many travel and tour companies to choose from, how do I know that I’m investing my time and money correctly? I don’t want to be disappointed in the end and I don’t want to waste my time. Can you give me some advice?
Lets breakdown all the different tour packages that you can use to experience
The first rule of travel is that you will always pay for your time. Without a slower travel pace and a flexible calendar you are not going to see a huge savings. This is especially true
All inclusive stays and tours including cruises
Add on to one of those?
The second rule of travel is that something will go wrong
Tour packages that include group based activities that may include air, etc.
Often from a church or a community group (bus tours of ___)
The third rule of travel is that you’ll NEVER, EVER get to everything on your bucket list
Boutique travel experiences that create bespoke itineraries for specific goals These kind of experiences include a consultation, and a lot of preplanning, we like to include a lot of pre and post trip communication and will even add in workshops for things like packing or passports Customized itineraries like bamboo travel reach out for more detailed travel
Not the “best of”
The fourth rule of travel is that DIY isn’t always the best option (Christmas cookie ingredient analogy)
DIYers (the Disney effect)
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It’s Us! Babcia and YiaYia! We are here to give you every hot tip, great travel hack, hidden gem, and experience based itinerary you are looking for. We’ve traveled all over Europe and we want to share our experience and expertise with you!
Thanks for joining us today! As always, we hope that our travel nonsense translates into your travel success! For more on our take on Travel tours and packages as well as your other travel options like small group travel when traveling to Europe or any of our other show notes, click here!
In this episode, we can answer:
What are the best travel tips when traveling to Europe?
What should I know when I travel to Europe?
What are the best tour options to visit in Europe?
What should I know when I am traveling to Europe?
What are the biggest mistakes travel companies make in Europe?
Now follow us on ALL the social media!
Facebook @babciaandyiayia
Twitter @babciaandyiayia
Instagram @babciaandyiayia
TikTok @babciaandyiayia (We LOVE your questions too!)
Have ideas or questions about what you'd like us to cover? Please e-mail us your questions or ideas at [email protected]
Visit our blog and website by clicking here!
We were last in Europe in the Summer of 2023!
Dear Babcia and YiaYia-
I’ve been researching trips to Italy and Ireland. I don’t want to plan an entire trip DIY style but I don’t want to follow a package deal on a crowded bus either. So far, I haven’t found something that takes into account everything that I’m hoping to do. With so many travel and tour companies to choose from, how do I know that I’m investing my time and money correctly? I don’t want to be disappointed in the end and I don’t want to waste my time. Can you give me some advice?
Lets breakdown all the different tour packages that you can use to experience
The first rule of travel is that you will always pay for your time. Without a slower travel pace and a flexible calendar you are not going to see a huge savings. This is especially true
All inclusive stays and tours including cruises
Add on to one of those?
The second rule of travel is that something will go wrong
Tour packages that include group based activities that may include air, etc.
Often from a church or a community group (bus tours of ___)
The third rule of travel is that you’ll NEVER, EVER get to everything on your bucket list
Boutique travel experiences that create bespoke itineraries for specific goals These kind of experiences include a consultation, and a lot of preplanning, we like to include a lot of pre and post trip communication and will even add in workshops for things like packing or passports Customized itineraries like bamboo travel reach out for more detailed travel
Not the “best of”
The fourth rule of travel is that DIY isn’t always the best option (Christmas cookie ingredient analogy)
DIYers (the Disney effect)
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