Anyone gone traveling with Free & Easy?

You can easily arrange a trip by yourself for much less than what they charge, I fail to see how they are helpful.

mistytalon wrote: ↑ You can easily arrange a trip by yourself for much less than what they charge, I fail to see how they are helpful.

Oh come on, the whole point of group tours is that you don't need to arrange anything yourself. You don't need to worry about transportation, where to stay, where to eat usually (since they'll at minimum recommend places). You don't need to figure out border crossings, worry about getting scammed on any tours you do within a country. If you're not as comfortable socially, you'll always have people to eat, drink and do activities with, take photos for you, etc.

I hate group travel, especially organized group travel like this, but "fail[ing] to see how they are helpful" is the height of idiocy.

For the OP, I've heard good things about Free & Easy. Understand that they won't be that different from Contiki. You'll end up with a high % (maybe even 100%) of Canadians (whereas Contiki tends to attract a little more international crowd and certainly more Aussies), but the experience has a high chance of being the same you'd get with Contiki.

How the heck did this post get 40 down votes?

poleman wrote: ↑ How the heck did this post get 40 down votes?

Thread was in the 'hot deals' forum before being moved here.