Very important! At 70-80%, according to numerous surveys of tourists who prefer sightseeing bus tours (tours), the success of a travel guide specifies. Many Ukrainian tour operators, unfortunately, still use the practice of accompanying (this is when a group of tourists in the tour bus traveling representative of the company, whose goal at the stops to show you where the toilets, well and send you to the field excursions to local guides). Although it is already too many companies have begun to adopt best practices and send to bus tours and group tour guides, who does not duplicate the work of local licensed guides, but at the same time, already \u0026quot;on the road\u0026quot; acquaint you with the intricacies of cuisine, history, culture, traditions , the languages of the countries visited; care about the video during the transfers; professional will select the musical accompaniment, will be able to cheer you a joke \u0026quot;in the subject, and in general - will always be able to keep abreast of events and the mood of the group bus tour! Because for this guide its work in the bus tour - this is the meaning of his life, and they are always and sincerely will be happy to share with you!

As for the view that the bus tours and travel tedious (as well as sightseeing bus tours in general) - this is pure delusion. As pure delusion that bus sightseeing tours without night crossings make it impossible to see everything in full (a-la - all night and sleep all day ride). On the first question you can answer more than 150,000 Ukrainian tourists, most of them again and again year after year continue to choose just sightseeing bus (group) tour, preferring them to other types of tourism. And the second question the answer is even simpler - you just need to \u0026quot;feel\u0026quot; the move to night bus tour in itself, is desirable for the Ukrainian roads, preferably without a pillow, headrest, even better - in winter, and in addition to stand on the Ukrainian-Polish boundary of 8-10 hours (it is not excluded that night in January) with the engine shut off at the bus \u0026quot;because it can not be included, as well - and with additional stretching things from boots and going full customs clearance through the customs hall. And in general, in fact, everything depends on the program of sightseeing bus tour, because if it is skillfully drawn, the balance of relocations / sightseeing in tour bus is always broken in the direction of a tourist program (even this is fraught evening crossings until 22:00-24:00 and recovery in 7:00-9:00).

Certainly, group tour bus tours had to contend with a number of so-called \u0026quot;shortcomings\u0026quot;: never know what time dobereshsya to the hotel, how many hours will the road, what will be the mood of the Polish and German border guards and how it affects the travel time limits ... important role in the \u0026quot;schedule\u0026quot; group tour bus tours are weather conditions, traffic congestion, the situation on the borders and colleagues in the travel delay (5 to 15 minute delays and arrival at the hotel for 1,5-2 hours later, guaranteed). Therefore, gathering in a group sightseeing bus tour, you must have patience in advance for the future - for the guide (his work is, believe me, not easier your) colleagues in the group, foreign border guards, etc. To be joyful heart in the bus tour - we recommend to take a player with your favorite music, interesting book, a video from a comedy, a pocket-sized bottle of cognac ...

We can not be said a few words to gide bus tour, from which tourists often gets the nickname \u0026quot;skunk\u0026quot;. This guide is the heart of any group, so its credibility in the group tour bus tours should never, under any circumstances be questioned. Empirically proven that a group tour bus tours 99% of the tourists think tactically ( \u0026quot;oh what a beautiful area, and we\u0026#39;re here, let us lodge for an hour longer,\u0026quot; etc., etc.), while the guide is obliged to think strategically ( \u0026quot;we have to leave at 18:00 to be at the hotel at 21:00, because if we shall leave at 18:20, then be another 30 minutes because, 19:10 in paragraph X of 30 minutes open drawbridge and from the point igrek ferry departs at 20:30 and we had not have time, let\u0026#39;s go on the ferry at 21:00 and, accordingly, we arrive at the hotel at 22:15 instead of 21:00). So be prepared in this regard in bus tours to the full discipline, despite the fact that, formally, you are on vacation. Therefore, the exact time of departure of the settlements, end time breaks, excursions and the like in the bus tours is determined by the guide and is not negotiable. Domestic tour operators rather soft on delay of tourists to 10-20 minutes in the bus tours. But tour operators in Russia bus tours are often prescribed in the contracts the time for which a tourist can make the most of being late to the administration of the bus. Typically, this is not more than 10 minutes. Only you should have seen the crowd unhappy Russians, running around the royal palace in the heart of Stockholm, with bulging eyes and throws it on all buses with Russia numbered with tear requests a la \u0026quot;give me a lift of 600 kilometers to Oslo, please!\u0026quot;:) Although they are not exactly :) but probably: (

To participate in the tour group bus charter, there are a number of contra-indications: if a tourist for 70-75 years or up to 6 years old, he suffered a heart attack, is overweight, it constantly swayed, his height - 195-210 cm. Each of these factors creates some inconvenience to the bus tour. Well, if you\u0026#39;ve noticed for a maximum of three such factors - this kind of tourism is exactly right for you the least.