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ADVENTURE TRAVEL REVIEWS
from:You’ve read book reviews and movie reviews, but “adventure travel reviews”? Yes, there is such a thing as an adventure travel review, and it serves a very good purpose. It lets travelers like you know what a given destination or tour is like before you go to that place or take that tour. Adventure travel costs money, even if you go with the most inexpensive, low budget package you can find. You don’t want to spend your money, only to be disappointed.
The literature for a tour will tell you all that is fun and exciting about it. Adventure travel reviews will often tell you that, too. But advertising people don’t write adventure travel reviews. Ordinary people like you write them, and they do it to share their personal experiences and opinions. If the writer had a great trip, he or she wants to tell you about it. If the writer had a terrible trip, he or she wants to tell you about that, too.
Adventure travel reviews will rate things like the quality of food, drink, service and accommodation. They will tell readers if equipment like bicycles or ski gear was up to standards, if the guides were professional, and if the tour company delivered its product as advertised. They will tell you, for example, that a certain tour of the Dominican Republic was great in most respects but one. On the day the author went whale watching at the Samana Peninsula, the guide assigned to his group spoke very little English and so could not answer anyone’s questions. On the other hand, the author might say that the whale watching trip was the high point of a tour that was otherwise disappointing for a number of reasons.
One of the most important things adventure travel reviews do is warn readers of problems that are usually unexpected and frequently unavoidable. These often occur in Third World countries where conditions are not what visitors from more developed countries are accustomed to. They can include things like poor or even absent washroom facilities in some communities, beaches and other places where hawkers and vendors can be a nuisance, the reckless habits of local drivers, or even the smell of a nearby garbage dump wafting across the grounds of the resort.
A reader who is contemplating a trip that includes a hike up a mountainside in a Caribbean country might read in a brochure that part of the trek involves wading a mountain stream that is only a few inches deep. The brochure says that the guides will have slip-on rubber shoes for people who don’t want to get their own footwear soaked. The travel review writer who has been on that trip will advise the reader that the soles of those rubber shoes are so thin, the wearer can feel every sharp stone in the stream bed, and might as well be walking barefoot. Now the reader knows that if he goes on that tour, he’d better wear shoes or boots he doesn’t mind getting soaked.
Adventure travel reviews can be found in travel guides and online. They’re there to help you.
Adventure Travel Caribbean News
Caribbean Cave Tubing in Belize: A Serious Family Adventure - Caribbean Media Vision
Caribbean Cave Tubing in Belize: A Serious Family Adventure Caribbean Media Vision They go Caribbean cave tubing through the underground Sibun Reserve in Belize! This is a unique opportunity to go on a guided tour through some of the areas impressive caves – where you'll see ancient Mayan artifacts that date as far back as 400 AD as ... |
Cruise ship sickness cuts short Elyrians' trip - Chronicle-Telegram
Cruise ship sickness cuts short Elyrians' trip Chronicle-Telegram Gerald and Carol Bishop had a few cruises to the Caribbean under their belts before they embarked on their latest oceanic adventure last weekend on Princess Cruise Lines' mammoth 19-story Crown Princess. “We saw a lot of water … more than we wanted to ... |
Bay Area Cruise and Adventure Travel Expert Expects Changes Soon in the Wake ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Bay Area Cruise and Adventure Travel Expert Expects Changes Soon in the Wake ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Some cruise travel cheerleaders have gone so far as to suggest you have to go back to the Titanic to find a similar event. "That's more than a bit of a stretch," according to cruise and adventure travel specialist, Steve Faber, of CruiseOne - Mill ... |
How to Get an Unbelievable Deal on Your Springtime Cruise - SmarterTravel.com (blog)
 SmarterTravel.com (blog) | How to Get an Unbelievable Deal on Your Springtime Cruise SmarterTravel.com (blog) The lowest rates I could find are for trips on the big mass-market lines' megaships leaving in April. One example is for a 13-night itinerary on Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas, leaving Miami for Malaga on April 18, with calls at San Juan, ... |
Original DCA review: "Sequel is no equal" - OCRegister
Original DCA review: "Sequel is no equal" OCRegister By GARY A. WARNER / REGISTER TRAVEL EDITOR (This review of Disney California Adventure originally ran in 2001. The park has undergone several changes since that time. The Register gave positive reviews in 2001 to the new Grand Californian hotel and the ... |
5 Caribbean islands to discover now - msnbc.com
 msnbc.com | 5 Caribbean islands to discover now msnbc.com TODAY's Sara Haines makes Batik sarongs, shakes a traditional cocktail and shows how you can add adventure to your vacation by island-hopping across the Bahamas. Ready to expand your horizons? Chart a new path to paradise with this guide to the ... |