60 Reasons to book with Insight

Smaller Groups

1. Smaller groups mean better personal service. An Insight Tour Director has more time for each guest, so naturally our service is the best in the business.

2. Save an hour a day because of faster coach boarding and alighting. Fewer people getting on and off the coach, and more room around each seat, allows a saving of at least 10 minutes each time.

3. Travelling in smaller groups means that we have more space on our coaches for more of your luggage. Each guests’ luggage allowance is 30kg/66lbs and dimension of the bags is 77.5cm x 36cm x 52cm – more than other operators.

Business Class Legroom

4. Smaller groups mean that we have been able to customise our deluxe coaches, removing the spare seats to provide up to twice as much legroom as a standard coach.

5. There’s more room in your seat area to recline without crushing the person behind and more room for personal belongings.

6. It’s like travelling business class.

Premium Hotels in Desirable Locations

7. Insight uses quality hotels – mainly first class superior and deluxe. Even in the more remote areas, Insight chooses from only the best available.

8. We use the premium brands from the world’s leading hotel groups.

9. Insight is the only major tour operator to guarantee you centrally and scenically located hotels in the vast majority of towns and cities. Insight invites you to compare locations by checking the red (central) and green (scenic) location starts on each itinerary map.

10. With Insight, you will not waste your precious time travelling in and out from an out-of-town hotel to the city centre.

11. You will delight in our purple start ‘heritage hotels’ selected for their historic or architectural character; like a castle, a villa or a château.

12. Our new Insight Gold series features luxury hotels, each perfectly situated and exuding elegance and style. Itineraries are leisurely and relaxed.

13. On our National Park tours – we always stay inside the parks. Easily identified with our ‘yellow star’ locations.

Unique & Leisurely Itineraries

14. Insight itinerary maps clearly show how many nights Insight spends in each city – we include more leisurely two and three night stops. This gives you more time, freedom and flexibility to explore on one’s own.

15. Insight Tour Planners are the best in the business, They are well known for producing expertly planned itineraries with a perfect balance of sightseeing and time for relaxation.

Exceptional Sightseeing Included

16. Insight includes a unique range of valuable excursions and sightseeing, enhancing your experience through avoiding the lines and bringing alive each destination.

17. These visits with entrance fees paid will save you hundreds of dollars.

18. Gain inside knowledge from a local perspective with our Personal Insights. New for 2011 are informative lectures from guest speakers.

19. Included Premium Highlights; these included highlights provide features that other operators charge as an optional extra. For example we take you through the Venetian canals by gondola and include a cable car ride in the Swiss Alps.

Authentic Dining Experiences

20. Highlight dinners offer a true taste of Europe and will inspire some of your fondest holiday memories.

21. Dine-Around evenings are included on almost every tour. Dine like a local in small groups, choosing from a range of selected restaurants.

22. Enjoy classic breakfasts in Britain and Ireland; and buffet spreads with hot dishes in the local style elsewhere.

23. With Insight Gold you will dine in renowned hotel restaurants, often enjoying menus from award winning chefs.

Insight's Tour Directors

24. Your Tour Director acts as your personal concierge.

25. They have a vast history of European knowledge and years of experience.

26. They provide informative city and en-route commentary.

27. Tour Directors advise you on the best places to visit and the ones to avoid helping you make the most of your time.

28. Our Tour Directors assist with your hotel check-ins.

29. We use specialist local guides who give you their insider viewpoint that you only get from living in the country.

30. Smaller groups means that our Tour Directors have more time to spend with guests which results in greater personalised service.

31. Insight Tour Directors are multi-lingual, helping you through the labyrinth of languages and currencies.

32. You will always be at the front of the queue when travelling with Insight.

33. They are your friend in a foreign land.

34. They are there 24/7 if you have a problem.

Insight’s luxury Touring Coaches

35. With Insight you’ll travel in air-conditioned, armchair comfort. Our coaches are reconfigured with just 40 reclining seats – most operators have 49 or 53.

36. It’s not just extra legroom that each guest enjoys, it’s also the extra window space.

37. Fewer guests equals extra luggage space underneath and in the racks.

38. Insight’s late model motor coaches are unlike anything you might have experienced with ‘bus companies’.

39. Enjoy the convenience of on-board wash rooms.

40. Relax while listening to music and commentary on the latest audio systems.

41. High deck seating puts you head and shoulders above the other traffic.

42. Seat rotation each day ensures everybody gets the best views from the coach.

Advantages of Coach Travel

43. All the driving and navigation is taken care of so you have none of the hassles.

44. All tolls, fuel and parking included.

45. You have none of the hassles of parking in the city centres.

46. Travelling by coach allows you to reach the destinations that are not serviced by rail travel, sea ports and airports.

47. No security delays at airport.

48. All of your luggage is taken care of by hotel porters and your coach driver and all your tips for hotel porters are included.

Escorted Touring versus Independent travel

49. The cost of independent travel dramatically adds up when you include petrol, rail tickets, meals, sightseeing which makes budgeting very difficult.

50. Travelling independently is hard work, you have to work out your route and timetables, cope with different languages, currencies and border formalities, find your own way to sights, carry your own bags. You will spend more time organising your holiday than enjoying it.

51. Coping with foreign road signs, high fuel prices, motorway tolls, traffic jams, one way systems, car parking and driving through European rush hours is not the relaxing enjoyable holiday you have planned for yourself! By travelling with Insight, all of this has been taken care of.

52. If anything goes wrong on an independent holiday you are literally on your own and no guidebook can answer your questions. However, with Insight, you travel with an expert Tour Director who will sort out any problems.

53. Driving round Europe isn’t a holiday, it’s a full time job and that’s why it’s better left to a full-time professional.

Insight’s Expert Drivers

54. Thousands of miles experience in all our destinations.

55. They will help you on and off the coach and organise your baggage.

56. Prepare the vehicle every morning ensuring it is clean inside and out for your pleasure.

General Selling Points

57. Meet new people! Many clients tell us that it was the friends they made on tour that really made their vacation.

58. London Reception Centre is open 365 days a year and is staffed by a professional team of experts to assist you at your hotel during your stay.

59. Discovery tours, Regional tours, Country Road tours, Easy Pace tours, Insight Gold tours and Select Choices; Insight offers an intelligently thought-out range of touring styles, expertly tailored to suit every taste.

60. Travel with an international groups of like-minded people from all over the world.