Originally Posted by
moondog
, and the con side is a strong leader for a myriad of reasons. Here are two: 1) junkets usually have relationships with hotels that nobody would consider on their own; 2) those 3 meals per day usually entail eating at terrible restaurants.
The main con I find on tours is that you waste a lot of time when the bus picks every passenger from hotel to hotel, then you have a limited time at the important place, and they take you to shopping, probably outside city where you are obligated to be there, when you could have spent and enjoy more time at the main site. That happened to me in Egypt, and almost in India too.