Janette333
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Am thinking of booking one of these tours. Both look amazing! Wondering if anyone has been and what you'd recommend? I love spectacular scenery and both seem to have it, as well as historical ruins, so I really don't know which one is best? Please help? I am new to Just You so I'd like my first experience to be a good one! Jan
BGray
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Hi Jan,

I haven't done either tour yet but I have the Mexico tour booked for next February. The only advice I'd give you is that the Peru tour has been going for many years and continues to be popular, so I imagine it should be around for years to come. The Mexico tour is new for next year and it looks a fantastic and varied itinerary; as it is a new tour it is hard to say if it will be popular (although there are a number of bookings for the Feb and March departures already) so just in case it is only on the schedule for a year or two, I'd recommend you book the Mexico tour first. At present there are four booked for the main tour for Feb, with three doing the add-on (I'm one of them!).

Best wishes,

Bob

Jaya
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Hi Jan

I have booked the Mexico tour for March. I decided to let Bob be the guinea pig!! He writes brilliant reviews which will give me an idea of what to expect. Mexico tour is a new offer and I too agree with Bob and say do that one first just in case it is not offered in 2017. Do let us know which date you are going for.

Regards

Jaya

thosh
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'BGray' wrote:

Hi Jan,

I haven't done either tour yet but I have the Mexico tour booked for next February. The only advice I'd give you is that the Peru tour has been going for many years and continues to be popular, so I imagine it should be around for years to come. The Mexico tour is new for next year and it looks a fantastic and varied itinerary; as it is a new tour it is hard to say if it will be popular (although there are a number of bookings for the Feb and March departures already) so just in case it is only on the schedule for a year or two, I'd recommend you book the Mexico tour first. At present there are four booked for the main tour for Feb, with three doing the add-on (I'm one of them!).

Best wishes,

Bob

Hi Bob, just put my name down for Feb Mexico trip with add on. I have read several of your reviews so it will be good to meet up. By coincidence I am doing Peru with add on in October so should be able to give you my view of it.

Regards Tom

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Hi Tom,

Great to hear from you and looking forward to meeting you next February - I think that makes five for the main tour and at least four for the add-on now! Please do write a review of the Peru tour, it is definitely on my list for the next couple of years.

Best wishes,

Bob

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Hi Bob and Tom.

I have also booked this trip as it was new and sounded varied and interesting although we could end up being guinea pigs for future trips but that just adds to the excitement.

Look forward to meeting you both.

Alan

sallyc
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So - so far we have me, Bob, Roger, Tom and Alan doing this trip. Come on ladies - get booking!
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Hi Alan,

Great another one to join the gang! Are you doing the add-on as well? With so many booking early I think this tour will definitely run and will probably sell out! I'm not so worried about going on the first tour this time at least - JY have done Mexico for several years and TS have done the Guatemala part on their Grand Tour of Central America tour for a couple of years as well. Also the tour manager on my last tour told me that Travelsphere used to do a Mexico, Guatemala, Belize tour around 15 years ago, so that all sounds very encouraging! Once we get a good tour manager we should be in safe hands! This tour sounds really wonderful, I am so looking forward to it. I know two others who have also booked - Sally and Roger (both doing the add-on) - they were on my Namibia tour so I'm looking forward to seeing them again too.

Best wishes,

Bob

Jaya
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Hi Everyone

Hopefully more people will book the March date otherwise I will end up being on my own!! I have now booked the add-on as well.

Jaya

adg29
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Hi Bob

I have slightly upgraded flight seats so haven't booked the add-on, still thinking about it.

Best wishes

Alan

sallyc
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Alan

I upgraded to Premium Economy and booked the add-on. You only live once! Looking forward to meeting you in 27 weeks time.

Jaya - the website shows 13 places left on your trip so one other person atleast has booked. Its still very early days.

Sally

mikew
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Hi all,

I booked this holiday (February departure) together with the add-on a couple of weeks ago. I'm planning to travel to Gatwick the day before and stay overnight so I'll look forward to seeing you all then.

Bob and Sally; it will be great to see you again.

All the best

Cheers

Mike

BGray
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Hi Mike, looking forward to seeing you again! That makes five for the main tour and at least five for the add-on now! The website doesn't show places remaining for the add-on (or any other information about it - the web team have lots of work still to do!!). Any chance Mandy might join us too and complete the Iceland reunion??

Best wishes,

Bob

BGray
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Correction - I've just checked the tour webpage and there are now only 9 places left so that makes six booked for the main tour. Looks like it's going to sell out!

Best wishes,

Bob

RayT
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'BGray' wrote:

Hi Jan,

I haven't done either tour yet but I have the Mexico tour booked for next February. The only advice I'd give you is that the Peru tour has been going for many years and continues to be popular, so I imagine it should be around for years to come. The Mexico tour is new for next year and it looks a fantastic and varied itinerary; as it is a new tour it is hard to say if it will be popular (although there are a number of bookings for the Feb and March departures already) so just in case it is only on the schedule for a year or two, I'd recommend you book the Mexico tour first. At present there are four booked for the main tour for Feb, with three doing the add-on (I'm one of them!).

Best wishes,

Bob

Hi Bob,

I have recently booked the Mexico, Guatemala, Belize trip for next March, so am relying on you to produce your usual good review. I thought I would let you do the pipe cleaner!

Regards,

Ray

sallyc
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Hi guys

The February trip has been given the green light. 8 are booked on the extension, not sure how many on just the main tour (and not too sure about the figures given online).

Just 19 weeks to go.

Sally

katy1717
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'sallyc' wrote:

Hi guys

The February trip has been given the green light. 8 are booked on the extension, not sure how many on just the main tour (and not too sure about the figures given online).

Just 19 weeks to go.

Sally

Hi Sally, just noticed this thread. I booked on the Feb trip to Belize, Guatemala etc almost as soon as the last brochure came out in May. Have also booked the add-on. Great to know that its now cleared to operate.

Good to see Bob is going (was on the Jordan trip with him), so we can rely on him to write the review and I don't need to feel guilty about not doing one. Have just come back from the Albi and Carcassonne trip and this is the next trip I have booked - would like to do something in November but cant seem to sort anything out.

Katy

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Hi Katy,

Delighted you have booked the tour plus add-on, I think it is nearly sold out now! Looking forward to seeing you again. I'll be happy to write a review, but of course that doesn't mean that someone else can't do one as well!

Best wishes,

Bob

BGray
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Hi Ray,

Just seen your post and hope you are keeping well. I'll be happy to be a guinea pig and write a review for this tour! (As opposed to visiting Peru and potentially eating one!!)

Cheers,

Bob

PS Sally I'm not surprised it's been given the green light this early - looks like it will definitely sell out!

Jaya
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Hi Ray

I look forward to meeting you as I too am booked for March. Are you doing the add-on as well?

Jaya