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Guided tours will take you to plenty of popular destinations - but you might have to endure some tedious bouts of souvenir-shopping. In some cases, sales pitches are baked into the itinerary. When Williams wasn't able to find a trip to Ireland that fit her schedule, she opted to go to Italy instead. If you have an inflexible vacation schedule, you might have to compromise to find a good deal. "It's hard to find the perfect when you're on a time range," says Williams, who books her trips to coincide with her school's spring break. When the couple hiked to the top of the Incan citadel, the view was breathtaking.
Her now-wife had booked the trip through Groupon Getaways as a surprise. They're good for celebrating special occasions.įor Christian Portilla, visiting Machu Picchu in Peru was a life-changing trip. It wasn't a place Osman would have thought to visit on her own, and she's glad she was able to see it, she says. The tour guide in China also took the travelers to the city of Suzhou, where he was from. (Disclosure: Osman's blog contains affiliate links to Groupon Getaways.) She wrote about the trips she's taken with Groupon Getaways on her online clothing website, Tanks That Get Around. Given the language barrier, "having a guide … was almost necessary just to get around," Osman says. For Maddy Osman, a travel blogger based in Denver, these guided tours were a huge plus - especially when she visited China. Some of the travel packages sold on Groupon come with guided tours or excursions (sometimes for an extra fee).
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