Exciting Affordable Vacations to Fascinating Worldwide Destinations

When we say that we offer you excellent value for money, a bargain tour price is just the beginning. What difference does it make that the price is low if your vacation is spoiled by disappointing accommodations, hidden charges, and problems that you have to solve by yourself, because there is no one to help you? For us, the price is only the beginning of the story. Here is a checklist of important components of good tours. They are all key ingredients in every Friendly Planet tour and taken together, they make up our definition of “excellent value for money.”

Flights: Our groups travel via scheduled carriers such as Swissair, Northwest, Continental, Cathay Pacific, Qantas and others. No charters or “off brand” flights are ever part of our touring itineraries.
Hotels: Our hotels are all modern, convenient, well-appointed first class, superior and deluxe properties, carefully selected by us for their friendly service and convenient locations. You can find pictures and descriptions of many hotels featured on our tours on our comprehensive hotel directory pages. If a hotel we’ve booked is ever not available, for any reason, we will substitute a hotel of the same or higher standard.
Meals: All of our tours include bountiful breakfast daily, featuring buffets wherever available. Most tours include additional meals, which are listed in the features section of each tour on our site.
Guides & Tour Managers: Our experienced, knowledgeable guides and tour managers will accompany you throughout your tour and handle logistics for you as you travel. These helpful, English-speaking professionals will be there to smooth out any unexpected rough spots as well as to provide you with lots of good suggestions and advice.
Touring and Transportation: Entrance fees to all the places listed in our itineraries are included in our tour prices, unless indicated as optionals. No matter where in the world you travel with us, you’ll ride in the comfort of modern, luxurious touring coaches with big picture windows, with caring drivers who know the road and make your safety and comfort their number one priority.

Simply stated, we are there for you. Before you go, while on tour, and when you return. That type of service cannot be measured in dollars, because it is actually priceless. That makes our tours even better value for money, because you can count on us to plan and deliver a very good travel experience. And if things go wrong, together with our worldwide network of representatives, we will be there to help make them right again. Our friendly, courteous, helpful staff will be glad to answer your questions, provide information you need, and assist you in any way possible to assure a wonderful experience. Ask any of our passengers (many of whom have been with us almost from the day our company opened its doors) about the service they receive from Friendly Planet. They will tell you that service and excellent value are the reasons why they travel with us year after year.

You become sick or injured prior to your trip’s departure: The best travel deals are based on commitments to suppliers that are guaranteed with passenger tour deposits. This is one important way to achieve high-value travel packages at great, low prices. These deposits are non-refundable, so no matter what the reason for the cancellation, the deposits typically cannot be recovered. Your policy will protect your deposits and subsequent payments if you need to cancel for a covered reason. If you travel with Friendly Planet, even pre-existing conditions are covered if you purchase our insurance policy within 7 days of reserving your tour. We recommend that you purchase the coverage with your reservation deposit, so as to take full advantage of this excellent benefit. If you need to cancel for a medical issue, you can recoup all funds paid to Friendly Planet, with the exception of the insurance premium, by filing a claim with the insurance company.

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