Jeanine, I can't speak for others but we don't do bus tours. It just never appealed to us...too confining, too regimented, it has never been appealing. I have friends though who are not very adventuresome and this is all they do. They are "fraidy cats" and would NEVER venture off to foreign countries on their own. They prefer to have everything organized from the moment they walk out their front door. They toured 3 weeks in Europe from country to country all on a bus! Sounds terrible to me...they loved it!