[philmont] Tour Company

Denise Vowell wrote:
I'm interested in your recommendations on companies that might eliminate the long-distance planning factor for our next trip, either in Co. Springs or elsewhere, preferably?an all-inclusive transport-sightseeing package deal.?

Denise,
We looked into many of the tour companies listed in the Philmont guidebook. We finally went with Leading the Way Tours ( www.leadingthewaytours.com ). While Blue Sky seemed to be a very good company, Leading the Way ended up being about $100 less per person. We took their cheapest package and were very pleased with what we got. Christine Emrick related really well to the scouts, and got them all starting to think in "Philmont mode". She was extremely efficient but very flexible. We were especially pleased when we found out that she would make any travel arrangements if someone had to come off the trail and go home early. Also, we noticed that the prices of the tour package deals went up significantly as summer neared. Blue Sky and Leading the Way both let us lock in our rate in January after asking for a quote. We couldn't commit to a tour until we had our plane tickets.

BTW When we looked into airfare, United had fares open the earliest but charged ~$400. We waited until Southwest opened up their schedule - usually 6 months in advance - and got round trip fare for $165 out of BWI to Denver. We had our browsers open and bought the tickets and soon as they became available.

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Received on Wed Sep 5 07:38:17 2007