{"id":4897,"date":"2022-01-05T06:54:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T06:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihmnotessite.com\/?page_id=4897"},"modified":"2022-01-05T15:04:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T15:04:16","slug":"itinerary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ihmnotessite.com\/index.php\/tour-travel-management\/itinerary\/","title":{"rendered":"Itinerary"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4897\" class=\"elementor elementor-4897\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cfb674b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cfb674b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67c287c\" data-id=\"67c287c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9708207 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9708207\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/ihmnotessite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/itinerary-1024x440.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4906\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ihmnotessite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/itinerary-1024x440.png 1024w, https:\/\/ihmnotessite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/itinerary-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/ihmnotessite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/itinerary-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/ihmnotessite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/itinerary.png 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-98d29f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"98d29f4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbe4dcb\" data-id=\"dbe4dcb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9037cd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9037cd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Definition:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An itinerary is a day to day plan of a journey. It includes all the activities and destinations <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">that the tourist will engage in or visit during his or her journey. An itinerary is generally <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">based on a client profile. A client profile gives the travel agent an idea of the person or <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">persons they are drawing up a tour plan for. Thus, an itinerary is a key and significant <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">component of a tour package. It may be an initial itinerary or a final itinerary.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An itinerary is a key and significant component of a tour package. It may be an initial itinerary or a final itinerary.\u00a0Basically it is designed to identify the origin, destination and all the en-route stopping points along with the transportation, accommodation and other services on a traveler\u2019s trip.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An itinerary has various portions and these portions are known as 4 segments. Practically, these segments are dependent on the type of journey undertaken by the tourist.\u00a0Moreover, itinerary indicates the progression of the various tour ingredients and provides essential information such as starting point, departure point, days of departure, duration of a tour, legal requirements, features of a destinations, optional activities, and meal and perhaps can be called as a central point for the success of a tour company.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Interestingly, a tour itinerary is the complete list of tour programme designed to cater the needs of tourists. In fact, it tells the tour participants the sequence of services or product(s) offered by a tour operator or travel agency to its clients. Further, it describes the breakup of the journey and stop over points.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A tour itinerary has various segments depending on the types of tour package such as inbound and outbound segment. For example Mumbai- London, this is outbound segment, whereas London to Mumbai is inbound segment.\u00a0To be more effective tour company needs to develop separate and distinctive itineraries for the tourists, tour managers, tour escorts, vendors and tourist itineraries.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-268e230 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"268e230\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3427c7\" data-id=\"f3427c7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a8d4b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5a8d4b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"478\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/ihmnotessite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iti.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4920\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ihmnotessite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iti.png 478w, https:\/\/ihmnotessite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iti-300x287.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c62bc4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c62bc4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ea952c\" data-id=\"5ea952c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a27f1ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a27f1ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>KEY FEATURES OF TOUR ITINERARY:<\/b><\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tourist itineraries shows grass roots travel using all forms of local public transport where possible.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tourist itinerary tells us about the small scale locally owned accommodation and home stays were available and using local restaurants and markets for dining.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tour leaders\/ escorts who facilitate the company\u2019s values to travelers and local communities, educating them in sustainable tourism practices.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Itinerary also helps to employ courageous local guides to assist travelers understanding of local culture and etiquette.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tourist itineraries shows grass roots travel using all forms of local public transport where possible.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tourist itinerary tells us about the small scale locally owned accommodation and home stays were available and using local restaurants and markets for dining.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tour leaders\/ escorts who facilitate the company\u2019s values to travelers and local communities, educating them in sustainable tourism practices.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Itinerary also helps to employ courageous local guides to assist travelers understanding of local culture and etiquette.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It determine the maximum group sizes of tourist group, which allow travelers to experience, cultures at a grass roots level offering greater opportunity for cross-cultural understanding.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06dd261 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06dd261\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60e6c7a\" data-id=\"60e6c7a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46685b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46685b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Factors to be considered while preparing an Itinerary<\/strong><\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Travel Destination- supply side <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Expected number of Tourists<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Tourism market- demand side <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Review Travel Warnings and Alerts<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Tourist Budget <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Facilities <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Check Visa and Passport Requirements<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Travel Documents <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Types of Travelers<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Time allocation <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Choice of accommodation and Transportation<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Programme structure<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Trip notification and schedule changes<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 World Time Zones<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Tourist guiding <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Logistics <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Flexibility<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Entrance and exit fees<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Health and Travel Insurance <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0b7 Test drive your itinerary<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Travel Destination-\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Supply Side Today, tour planners are fortunate have a lot of travel information online and they need to utilize these available resources to develop and design effective tour package. Moreover, tour planners can get more travel information about travel destination, transportations, accommodations and other services by reading blogs, forums, travel books and other sources online. Similarly, tourist can find \/ assess a lot of travel information from different websites or online sources which will help them to plan their trips. The tourist can consult their friends or those you know who have gone to those places and ask for their travel advice and opinion. The tour planner must start with mapping out important touristic locations as per requirements and highlight these locations that visitors are going to experience. Make a desirable list of the main touristic topics the tour planner wishes to include in tour commentary such as flora, fauna, history, culture, customs, traditions, scenic beauty as well as other important tourists resources which are pertinent to be offered to the tourists.<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Expected number of Tourists<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The number of tourists visiting or taking a trip to be considered a pivotal factor while preparing an itinerary. This may seem apparent, but tour planner wanted to include it as the amount of space that your clients have considerably affects their trip\u2019s overall success. If tourist number is too small, guests will be FIT, and may be stick around to experience everything that you have to offer. On the other hand, having too much number of tourists can make your plan feel abandoned and under attended, which could have a similar effect. Thus, tour planner must have a solid estimate of expected number of tourist which will help you choose a product \/ service that are just right for everyone. On the other hand, when tour planner is not sure about how many tourists to expect, go with one of the previous group that you\u2019re considering or handled. Thus, the same group will be able to accommodate with the required facilities and budget.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Tourism Market- Demand Side<\/strong> <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is a crucial decision which every tour planner has to take in advance. Once you have developed tourism supply you should start with a target market analysis (demand-led tourism development). Sometimes the characteristics of target markets of tourism might differ from those of general tourism markets such as high-end international, expatriate\u2019s high-end urban families, Low-income students and young urban population, students and researchers international tourists seeking an additional short or long-haul package and free independent travelers. Thus, a perfect tour itinerary will be a blend of tourism supply and demand.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Review Travel Warnings and Alerts<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How tour planners are competent in risk management? While planning a tour itinerary tour planner must be aware about travel warnings and alerts. The risks of sounding destinations are threatening\/ challenging your planning, check official travel alerts and warnings prior to design \/ prepare trip is incredibly important when travelling both nationally and internationally. There can be foremost warnings related to serious issues like political unrest, terrorism, natural climates, or more common and minor alerts for things like transportation strikes or peaceful demonstrations and others. Sometimes many warnings and alerts are not related with your tour itinerary or you won\u2019t like typically detail the itinerary, however, these can often save your time and frustration while developing and operating itinerary. Thus, tour planner must make sure to check the travel alerts and warnings before preparing itinerary, as well as a week or two before your itinerary to cover all of your bases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Tourist Budget<\/strong> <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The tour itinerary will run much smoothly if you understand the budget of your clients. A professional tour planner must determine in advance the budget of tourist to make blend of services for the best experience of each tourist. The tour planner must figure out what total trip budget is and subtract the initial necessary costs like air transportation and travel documentations such as visa fees and others. He also need to determine the day to day budget cost by dividing that amount by the number of day\u2019s client travelling for an estimate of how much he\/she has to spend per day. Next, very important component of tour cost related with a particular destination activities including boarding and lodging the tour planner must determine the amount a tourist has to spend on lodging, food, activities, and shopping. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can also determine the daily budget by including unexpected expenses during trip. Thus, this will determine the type of accommodations you will book, the mode of transportation and other services required during the trip.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Facilities<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Everyone has different ideas about what a \u2018holiday\u2019 entails and tour planner has to work out on different types of facilities which are vital for a particular tour. Generally, the paid or free facilities in a tour package are determined as per the requirements of the tourist. A tour planner must ensure beforehand the needs, desires and requirements of tourist. For example if tourist need fitness then ensures that accommodation has facilities somewhere for tourist\u2019s workout. Secondly, if tourists had like to do all of their own cooking during stay then making sure accommodation has fully equipped kitchen. Thirdly, you have of course considered the needs of the tourists to whom you are offering tour package. Thus, these are all things that we often overlook when selecting preparing tour itinerary, but it can really make all the difference between a good holiday and a great one. Finally, tour planner must prepare a list of activities offered by other competing travel companies such as entrance fees, parking fees, etc, and determine if they will be included in your tour price or offered as extras.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Check Visa and Passport Requirements<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The tour planner must take an adequate time to check Visa and Passport requirements of different countries. The tour planner must some homework when it comes to visas and passports definitely it will save your time and trouble in the long run. If your client is applying for a passport for the first time, make sure to give yourself at least four to six weeks to receive it. Many countries have stricter regulations than you might expect and may require more than a valid passport and plane ticket only. Moreover, tour planner must check the country\u2019s state government departments\u2019 information page to determine what kind of passport and visa requirements a particular destination requires. Although VISAs are less common for most popular tourist destinations i.e. VISA on arrival is available. However, it\u2019s still important for the tour planners to consider all these aspects in order to avoid surprises upon arrival. In case of India VISA \u2013On \u2013Arrival is available for 161 countries.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Travel documents<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since preparation of an itinerary is involved numerous work on different aspects before finalising it. The tour planners must ensure that each and every tourist must have at least two colour copy of passport\u2019s ID page stored somewhere safe and separate from passport. They should also make copies of any visas that pertain to their current travels. Similarly, other travel documents including hotel reservations, train ticket confirmations should be copied as well. Moreover, in this digital age, it is very convenient as well as eco-friendly to have digital copies of these documents. Further, tour planner must ensure that these items are saved in tourist\u2019s device locally so that he\/she can access them without an Internet connection.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Types of Travelers<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An itinerary has to be designed based on the kind of trip one undertakes. Itinerary planning is a creative exercise and is tailored entirely to meet the needs of groups of individuals. Each set of travelers have their own specific requirements. In case of a group travelling together i.e. GIT, obtain a complete list of group members and the preference for room allocation e.g. single, twin sharing or double room accommodation. Moreover, it should be clearly specified that which services included in the final cost and which are not included. The tour itinerary is for travel-leisure, business, relaxation or VFR (visiting friends and relatives). Tour planners must ensure that the types of traveler they are catering \/ targeting <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">even destinations offerings etc.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Time allocation<\/strong> <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An Itinerary should be efficiently planned so that adequate time should be allowed for sightseeing \/ excursions at each attraction\/ destination. Tour planner must ensure that the time taken while travelling does not exceed the time spent at a destination\/location. It is also ensured that other than the time allocated to the tourists at each attraction\/ destination, some time should be given to each client for his\/her own recreation like shopping and other services\/ activities. A tour planner has various options such as reducing the number of destinations to be visited if the time available is less or an optional mode of transport can be chosen which saves upon time. Thus, tour planner must take into considerations while developing a tour itinerary such as go-period of travel, total tour duration, minimum time for visiting each city, go-destination\/cities etc.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Choice of Accommodation and Transportation<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The tour planner must ensure right type and kind of accommodation and transportation in tour itinerary. Generally, the tourist choice for accommodation and transportation will become the unique feature of the tour. The choice of hotels, meal plan and transport would depend on the tourists paying capacity, interests and the number of clients in the group. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Many times Meal plan may or may not be included in the room tariff. Since check-in and check-out timings in all hotels in India is generally 12:00 noon, therefore hotel accommodation should be booked keeping in mind the arrival and departure timings of the tourists especially in those cases where the timing of the transport means is fixed and cannot be altered like flights.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Programme Structure<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The structuring of an itinerary is based on the professional like skill of a tour planner. Programme structure means that the itinerary schedule\/ program may be designed in such a way that it will show the balance of all activities. In fact, programme structure should not be over structured or under structured. Therefore, in a tour itinerary the routings should be given a special consideration while planning an itinerary and optional excursions should be offered during the period of the tour programme as well as pre and post tour. Definitely, the balancing in itinerary programme will have a positive impact on earnings and will enhance the value of the tour for the tourists. Thus, while planning a tour programme, a tour planner must include any festivals or cultural events these attractions would add value in the tour package.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Trip Notification and Schedule Changes<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Trip notification and schedule\u00a0 changes have a vital aspect on the tour planning. It has been noticed many times that airlines frequently change schedules and flight numbers. Tour planner must ensure that the record is accurate and updated; the point of sales (POS) must interact with these updates to reflect changes in the flights and other schedules. It has seen that business travelers expect all components of their itinerary to be available in a single place, and agency\u2019s POS tools must be able to capture all reservation information at all time and should communicate to the travelers. Thus, tour planner should ensure that all reservations whether booked by company or through an agent call centre, must comply with the corporate client\u2019s travel policy.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>World Time Zones<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">World time zones play a significant role in the international tour itinerary. This has a profound impact on the success or failure of a tour itinerary. The whole world is divided in 24 time zones. With the prime meridian in Greenwich, the prime meridian is an imaginary line that connects North Pole to South Pole passing through Greenwich. The time at Greenwich and all other countries in this zone called Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) or Universal time to co-ordinate (UTC). Thus, considering time zones before preparation of an itinerary is necessary requirement.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Tourist Guiding <\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tourist guides are the image builders of a destination. In every tour itinerary the services of tour guides must be properly mentioned and listed to ensure right type of destination information to the tourists. A special itinerary is developed to the tourist guides who specifies the information he\/ she has to provide to the tourists at the locations. Take a case of International tourists the special requirement is of foreign language speaking local guides. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The tour planners must ensure advance notice to take their services on time along with the itinerary, communication on the climate, rate of exchange of currency, suitable clothing, cultural and ritual expectations of the destination, necessities and required items to carry, health and environmental warnings should be given to the tourists specifically in case of foreign tourists.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Logistics<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Logistics generally depend on the nature of your itinerary; you will have more or less logistics to arrange. In case of adventure tours, study tours logistically-intensive itinerary is developed or planned. Tour planner must ensure right type &amp; kind of logistics to assist the actual operation of tour along with life saving equipments. Sometimes tour planners may wish to consider using a third party provider, such as a travel agent or ground operator, to assist with these logistics. Therefore, do not underestimate the time required to arrange such logistics \u2013 booking accommodation, transport and other activities can be immensely time consuming. On the other hands, student withdrawals can be problematic as logistics need to be reworked.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Flexibility<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Flexibility is the key feature in a successful tour itinerary. Generally, tailor made tour itinerary is full of flexibility. However, now a day\u2019s readymade tour itinerary is also offers many options for the tourists. Thus, if tourists suddenly get bored with a packaged tour immediately stop it for you might not recover from being tortured on having to continue a tour. You must understand or remember that tourists are supposed to be in a \u201cvacation mode\u201d and should be enjoying the trip. Therefore, tour planner should be more flexible, not only with the travelling bit but also with the budget as anything could happen within the course of trip. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Entrance and Exit fees<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tour planners must consider the entrance and exit fees at the time of preparation of a tour itinerary. Tour planner must get information from different sources \/ websites that whether a country requires obtaining a tourist visa, it may levy an entrance and\/or exit fee and how much entrance fee and exit fees they will charge from the foreign tourists. It has been found that in some country \u201creciprocity fee\u201d must be paid before entering the country; the tourists won\u2019t be allowed to enter without a copy of the receipt. Therefore, tour planner needs to consider the most reliable resource for determining whether a country charges these fees or not. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Health and Travel Insurance<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The health and travel insurance is very important aspect of motivating tourist to travel within a country or aboard. Before you plan tour itinerary, check tourist\u2019s health insurance policy to see if it includes international coverage and if not consider buying a short-term policy that will cover clients while travels abroad. The health and travel insurance policy is necessary in case something happened while on tour. Similarly, travel \/ tour planner motivates tourists to purchase travel insurance to protect trip and money. The travel insurance policies and coverage vary from insurance company to company. The basic idea is that clients money will be refunded if trip has to be cancelled, postponed, or cut short for any number of reasons. The travel insurance policy will protect both tour operator and tourist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Test drive your itinerary<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In order to ensure effectiveness and quality of your itinerary, tour planner must conduct a test drive of the itinerary. It is very important to several &#8216;dry runs&#8217; of your itinerary to ensure you get the timing right. It is also a very good idea to invite people who have some knowledge of the industry and are prepared to give you constructive comments, to develop a successful tour. Thus, the test drive will give more pros and cons of developing an effective tour itinerary.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be05a33 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be05a33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-84795b4\" data-id=\"84795b4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69cda07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69cda07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">CLICK FOR <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ihmnotessite.com\/index.php\/tour-travel-management\/itinerary\/types-of-itinerary\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">TYPES OF ITINERARIES<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Definition: An itinerary is a day to day plan of a journey. 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