One thing I don't like about tours is; they tell when to leave. Justas you're getting the hang of a place,
A small are, is what lots of us here recommend.
Would he talk with many Europeans? I mean that's what most yank blood is.
And settle ina hostel we like or the crowd in one.
Lots of us geezers bkpk these days.
Hotels are to impersonal, let alone cost too much.
Al± hostels are different. Not like our cookie cutter motels.
Things are so much kinder and gentler here in Western Europe, than the states.
"Would he talk with many Europeans? I mean that's what most yank blood is."
He's English but lives in Canada. His wife died a few years ago so now won't travel because he's 'alone,' so I'm trying to convince him these smaller tours are great for him because he wouldn't be travelling alone, yet wouldn't be with an impersonal group on a whirlwind tour.
There are many small-group Elderhostel tours, some of them on boats. They are slower paced and less heavily scheduled, and lots of out-of-shape people go on them.
They are at www.elderhostel.org and go everywhere in the world. They're a US based organization, but have many Canadian travelers.
They have hundreds - really!! - of trips in North America if your f-i-l wants to try something fairly close to home for a first venture on his own.
Edited by: psw - trying to get the link to show up