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Thread: Travel companion request -> Autumn 2011 trip
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[quote=THE_GREEN_MARTIAN,427932]... Normally I don’t mind that, I can enjoy travelling on my own too, but it’s of course always nicer to have someone to talk with, too, certainly at the dinner table… :-) So what would I expect from a travel companion? Well, mainly helping me with translation when it’s needed (Checking into hotels, ordering food in restaurants, telling taxi drivers what to do, etc…), and if also help me with train or bus ticket bookings. Getting the kind of pictures I want to take also involves some walking, so you should also be prepared for some long(er) walks… Also, you have to be prepared for getting up very early sometimes, for example at around 6:00 am… (But I will always make sure that we can sleep earlier too then…) And what can you expect from the facilities and so on, during the tour? Well, since I’m travelling on my own, I am a bit budget conscious of course, although within reasonable measures… I usually like to travel in soft sleeper on trains, but in hard sleeper is OK for me too, and I usually choose basic hotels that are clean and offer enough comfort. Once in a while a basic guesthouse might be the only choice available at a certain place, and then we’ll have to go for that, but that will be an exception… In general I think this is a unique tour, with some great opportunities for seeing special places, but it will also be a tour without many known destinations and it won’t be luxury travel either, so I think you would either love it or hate it… :-) If you like this planning then of course feel free to contact me about this! I will of course pay all your expenses during the tour and also the transport to/from your hometown, but the service charge I would pay you above that can – unfortunately – not be too high… Usually I pay 100,- RMB per day. I know that this isn’t too fancy, but keep in mind that I will normally have to pay all those things by myself, so the sky is not the limit here… ;-) (If you can give me a good reason why I would have to pay you more I’m always prepared to negotiate about the price of course…) Furthermore, I don’t have a specific profile in mind. Both male and female companions are welcome, age does not make a difference (But if you would be around our age that would be an advantage of course…), and besides English I can also speak Dutch (My native language), French and German, so this would not be a problem either. The only thing I require though is that you would be a non-smoker… So if this offer appeals to you feel free to respond to this, I’m already looking forward to it! :-) Best regards, Joeri Vanvaerenbergh PS: I will try to reply to all of you, but if I get a lot of reactions then please have some patience… ;-)[/quote]
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