How to Organize Group Travel for Fun and Profit: The Complete Group Tour Leaders Manual

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Summary: A lot of fluff
Review: Half the book is comprised of lists of airlines, car rentals, hotels, tour operators, tourism offices, etc. Perhaps useful, but that information is available elsewhere. I didn't view these lists as essential to running a group tour business. I'm not sure how accurate all of the information is; for example, he spends quite some time talking about GLAMER, the Group Leaders of America, yet doesn't mention that this group is for senior travel only. He also says that GLAMER membership is free (implying to anyone), yet the GLAMER site requires that you have already organized a group tour before being qualified to join.

His model is a realtively narrow one, assuming that you will draw your clientele from the same geographic region, your club, church, etc. I would have liked to have seen other examples of tour groups, e.g., cultural or arts tours drawing clientele from all over the country or world.

An easy read; I was through the book in a couple of hours.

Rating:
Summary: A lot of fluff
Review: Half the book is comprised of lists of airlines, car rentals, hotels, tour operators, tourism offices, etc. Perhaps useful, but that information is available elsewhere. I didn't view these lists as essential to running a group tour business. I'm not sure how accurate all of the information is; for example, he spends quite some time talking about GLAMER, the Group Leaders of America, yet doesn't mention that this group is for senior travel only. He also says that GLAMER membership is free (implying to anyone), yet the GLAMER site requires that you have already organized a group tour before being qualified to join.

His model is a realtively narrow one, assuming that you will draw your clientele from the same geographic region, your club, church, etc. I would have liked to have seen other examples of tour groups, e.g., cultural or arts tours drawing clientele from all over the country or world.

An easy read; I was through the book in a couple of hours.

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Summary: Carl Meadows is THE authority on group travel!
Review: I've been planning group trips for years with my church. I purchased Carl's book and have planned three trips since- one with church, one with my son's high school team and one in my youngest sons scout troop. The book was easy to read and VERY informative. A must for anyone planning even one group trip, a real lifesaver!