{"id":3511,"date":"2016-08-30T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.insightvacations.com\/?p=3511"},"modified":"2025-01-08T15:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:46:12","slug":"insights-from-frequent-flyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/insights-from-frequent-flyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Insights from Frequent Flyers Geoff & Sandra Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geoff and Sandra Williams from Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, are self-confessed travel addicts. Married for over half a century, they\u2019ve traveled on 41 coach tours with 12 different companies, seen almost 70 countries (many multiple times), and struck up so many friendships on their travels that they can rarely take an Insight Vacations tour these days without bumping into familiar faces. With so much experience and traveling expertise at their fingertips, we caught up with Geoff and Sandra to find out why they\u2019ve chosen Insight Vacations 17 times for their trips around the globe, and uncover some of their favorite places, people, sights and sounds along the way.<\/p>\n

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Geoff & Sandra at Goreme Open Air Museum, Cappadocia, Turkey<\/p>\n

What impressions did you have of your first trip with Insight Vacations?<\/h3>\n

Geoff:<\/strong> \u201cBetween 1963-1991 we travelled on six coach tours with four different companies, then, in 1992, we had the pleasure of touring with Insight Vacations on their 10-day Grand Tour of Switzerland itinerary, and were immediately impressed. From that date on, we have always used Insight Vacations as our preferred travel company.\u00a0Although it has changed a little over the years, our 1992 Grand Tour of Switzerland evolved into what is now the Country Roads of Switzerland<\/a>, and is a\u00a0tour that so impressed us that we had to do it again in 2007.\u201d<\/p>\n

Are there any particular elements you both look for in your ideal vacation?<\/h3>\n

Geoff:<\/strong> \u201cFirst and foremost are the locations to visit, and after having visited 69 countries it is getting more and more difficult to choose as we try to find places that we have not previously experienced.\u201d
\nSandra:<\/strong> \u201cNext is the actual itinerary, as we like to have a reasonable mix of 1, 2 and 3 night stays throughout the tour.\u201d<\/p>\n

How many trips have you made with Insight Vacations to date?<\/h3>\n

Geoff:<\/strong> \u201cThis year\u2019s Mystical Heart of Europe<\/a> Forum Tour will be our 17th<\/sup> tour with Insight Vacations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Grindelwald and Wetterhorn, Swiss Alps \u00a9 MichaelUtech\/iStock<\/a><\/p>\n

Have you made friendships on any of them?<\/h3>\n

Geoff:<\/strong> \u201cAbsolutely. Some of those friendships have lasted for quite a few years now and some we continue to keep in contact with via Skype and emails. We have also had the pleasure of meeting up with some of our travel companions for dinners or lunches when they have visited Sydney. Plus, we have also toured several times with some that we are delighted to class as friends and always look forward to meeting up with again on Insight Vacations trips. In fact, on this year\u2019s Mystical Heart of Europe<\/a> Forum Tour in September, there will be at least eight or nine people that we have traveled with previously. Two of the great attractions of the Insight Vacations Forum Tours are meeting up and traveling again with old Insight Vacations friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you feel Insight Vacations offers that other companies don\u2019t?
\nSandra:<\/h3>\n

\u201cWe choose Insight Vacations over other tour operators because they have the following:<\/p>\n