Planning Itineraries Glossary & Quiz DONE

When you are planning a self-drive itinerary, a good rule of thumb is to restrict the amount of driving to no more than how many miles?

150 miles per day

Excursion

A narrated sightseeing event that takes place outside of the city limits, with a return to the originating point (excursions can be one-half day or up to several days in length). It includes transportation (usually motorcoach), services of a local guide, fees/admissions to local attractions, and meals if applicable.

City sightseeing tour

A narrated sightseeing event that takes place wholly within the city limits (standard length of time: one-half day or full day). It includes transportation (usually motorcoach), services of a local guide, fees/admissions to local attractions, and meals if applicable.

FIT (foreign independent tour)

A tour for which the travel professional books all elements of the tour and designs a unique and individualized itinerary for an independent client.

Open-jaw

A type of routing in which the arrival and final departure cities are different.

Circle trip

A type of routing in which the beginning and ending point of the itinerary is the same.

Hub-and-spoke

A type of routing that allows the client to stay in one "home base" for a period of time, while taking day trips and excursions. Similar to the hub-and-spoke system of the airlines.

Tour elements

All components of a tour itinerary, including transportation segments, accommodations, and activities.

After you qualify the client and conduct destination research, your next step when planning itineraries is to

Book arrival and return air or surface transportation

A Canadian tour that includes towns such as Yarmouth, Halifax, and Charlottetown is said to be part of which itinerary?

Canadian Maritime

A hub-and-spoke surface routing is effective when planning itineraries in areas where major cities and points of interest are spread out.

False

The cities of Nanjing and Chongqing are often included on a "Golden Route" itinerary of China.

False

The three major regions in Africa popular for independent travel are Egypt, South Africa, and the two countries of ______ and _______ for safari itineraries.

Kenya and Tanzania

Starting in Berlin, which city would not be included in a ten-day self-drive itinerary visiting the capitals and major sights of Eastern Europe?

Moscow

Itinerary

The logical, interesting, and sequential planning of all the elements of a trip — transportation, accommodations, sightseeing, visits to attractions, meals, and so forth.

An advantage of an open-jaw surface routing (as opposed to a circle trip) is to enable the traveler to visit places located far apart within a short time.

True

Morocco is often included in itineraries through Iberia.

True

PRIDE stands for five important guidelines when planning itineraries: pace, routing, interest, details, and energy.

True