After my beautiful trip to Western Europe two years ago, I
was looking forward to another adventure to fuel my passion for travel. After
being captivated with the sceneries of Eastern Europe during winter, I decided
to join a tour by Parlo Tours which was strongly recommended by a friend. It
met the three criteria I was looking for namely good food, beautiful sceneries and
comfortable hotel.
The tour during Chinese new year covers five countries namely Germany (Berlin and
Munich), Czech Republic (Prague), Poland (Krakow), Hungary (Budapest) and
Austria (Vienna and Salzburg) over a period of 12 days or 10 nights. Some may
argue that Europe is best explored on a free and easy trip which I agree to a
certain extent if don’t mind spending time to plan for the trip and the hassle
of dragging your luggage bags across five different countries which may be
troublesome especially in the winter months. On negative side, if you follow a
tour do expect to have little control on where you will be going or even what
you are going to eat. Expect visits to very touristy areas which may limit
interaction with locals and hence little exposure to the local culture. In the
end, it really depends on what your priorities are.
As far as I am concerned, I would love a little of both
worlds and that means to have a combination of joining a tour and a couple of
days travelling on a free and easy. This is where Parlo really exceeded my
expectations. Where some travel agencies discourage or do not entertain stay
extensions, Parlo has no issues with it. My reservation and subsequent correspondence
was done predominantly via phone calls and emails and was pretty satisfied with
the service level provided by their sales staff.
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| 11 Days 9 Nights Eastern Europe Tour By Parlo Tours |
The following are the places that we visited.
Day 4 - Prague (Czech Republic)
Day 5 - Krakow (Poland)
Day 7 - Budapest (Hungary)
Day 8 - Vienna (Austria)
Day 9 - Salzburg (Austria)
Day 10 - Munich (Germany)
Day 11- Day 13 - Free & Easy in Munich
Day 14 - Return to Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Hi, just wondering how you paid Parlo Tours? I'm considering a trip with them but prefer to pay via credit card. If you paid via CC, how much admin fee did you get charged?
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