Post by: McGirr on March 16, 2016, 09:13:06 AM
17 nights /16 days touring the Kimberely.
TOUR PRICES 2016
$10,995 per person twin share
I could at least charge a pallet of beer per person
What they offer for the price compared to what I offer:
Small Group Size - 26
Me - large group of 50 plus, the more the merrier
All meals, including all breakfasts, lunches and dinners while on tour
Me - toast for breakfast, ham and cheese sanga for lunch, meat pie with sauce for dinner.
All attraction, entry and cruise fees
Me - postcards handed out and floaties supplied
Travel aboard a 5-star 4WD Mercedes Benz Coach
Me - use your own 6 star fully optioned vehicle, you spent all that money on it.
16 nights of exceptional hotel, resort, safari camp and lodge accommodation all with en-suite bathroom facilities
Me - 60 plus nights of getting drunk around a campfire, sleeping in your own accomodation, pop up toilet and shower tent with 2 buckets and foam matts.
Escorted by experienced and professional Tour Driver/Guide
Me - what can I say, years of traveling, getting lost, falling over drunk. Yes very experienced.
The Outback Spirit ‘Explorer Pack’, an exceptional travel kit containing useful, high quality items such as a sturdy backpack, microfiber towel, aluminium drink bottle, sunscreen, broad rimed hat, anti-bacterial wipes, mints, sunglass wipe, personal first aid kit and luggage tags
Me - Marks " Adventure Pack", includes high quality stubbie cooler, berocca tablets, old towel, 10 sheets of toilet paper, chewy, a couple of band aids, glow stick for around your neck, a cheap bottle of water from Coles and a pair of $10 sunnies. Exceptional value ;D
I know who I would want to travel with.
Mark
Post by: wakychapmans on March 16, 2016, 09:35:14 AM
what say everyone else?
if everyone supplies a slab each...
oh wait, that's like 49 slabs.
Post by: HEM19X on March 16, 2016, 10:12:52 AM
I personally think a slab is a small price to pay...
what say everyone else?
if everyone supplies a slab each...
oh wait, that's like 49 slabs.
Fine for the 1st week or so, but I hear he gets cranky when the beers run out!!!
Post by: callmejoe on March 16, 2016, 10:16:24 AM
Just so i could get the high quality stubby holder, and maybe the sunnys as a bit of a novelty item.
Joe
Post by: MarkVS on March 16, 2016, 10:31:51 AM
Mark takes enough wrong turns when he's supplying his own grog...if we all start supplying, we'll never get to the end of the trip..... ;D ;D
MarkVS
Post by: wakychapmans on March 16, 2016, 11:15:10 AM
we'll never get to the end of the trip..... ;D ;Dyou say that like it would somehow be a bad thing?
Post by: GeoffA on March 16, 2016, 12:01:51 PM
Looked up Outback Spirit Tours.....
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Escorted by experienced and professional Tour Driver/Guide
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My cousin and his partner work for them. They've been doing that sort of thing across the top for many years.
We passed them last year on the GRR, and caught up for a feed at Broome.
Post by: Foo on March 16, 2016, 12:45:59 PM
Foo
I'm coming behind you corkhead and I'm friggin bigger than you.
Post by: tracker on March 16, 2016, 03:49:07 PM
What, no pancakes for breakfast or wine supplied? Be stuffed if I'd go with ya.
Foo
I'm coming behind you corkhead and I'm friggin bigger than you.
Mattteeeee....You would eat a chit sanger ...only you don't like bread.... ;D ;D ;D
Cheers Tracker.