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When the activity level is too high

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Road Scholar over 5 years ago

Occasionally, I see programs that look fascinating but have an activity level that is higher than I usually enjoy. Should I attend the program and try to challenge myself or play it safe?

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  • GerryL
    GerryL over 5 years ago
    I would like to do the program in Dordogne, France, but the notes indicate participants need to be able to walk up to 9 miles a day! I might be able to do 9 miles, but the next day I would be useless.
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  • doctorjudy795012843
    doctorjudy795012843 over 5 years ago in reply to GerryL
    I just did this Dordogne trip. It was great. There was not 9 miles of walking at any time. Maybe one mile on flat land. Some flights of stairs in churches or hill towns. I live in flat Florida. This was an easy trip.
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  • hilaryann0520052209
    hilaryann0520052209 over 5 years ago in reply to doctorjudy795012843
    I guess since there are a lot of folks who need the less active trips, maybe more less active trips could be created. I would not think it would be that difficult to do.
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  • limalms050411
    limalms050411 over 4 years ago in reply to hilaryann0520052209
    And "lower activity level" does not mean we want to sit around doing nothing! RS still has to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Consider offering videos that show the upper floors of a destination for people who can't manage all the stairs, or a film that covers the same terrain as a bike tour. The opportunity to take a city bus tour (at our own cost) in lieu of an extensive walking tour might work, too. My gripe was a tour guide who power walked about 6 blocks to a museum; it wasn't the distance but the level of exertion that flattened about half our group, including some 80+ers who were pretty fit.
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  • limalms050411
    limalms050411 over 4 years ago in reply to hilaryann0520052209
    And "lower activity level" does not mean we want to sit around doing nothing! RS still has to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Consider offering videos that show the upper floors of a destination for people who can't manage all the stairs, or a film that covers the same terrain as a bike tour. The opportunity to take a city bus tour (at our own cost) in lieu of an extensive walking tour might work, too. My gripe was a tour guide who power walked about 6 blocks to a museum; it wasn't the distance but the level of exertion that flattened about half our group, including some 80+ers who were pretty fit.
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  • sherrychicago011630
    sherrychicago011630 over 3 years ago in reply to limalms050411
    Yes, I experienced the same thing with the tour manager of tha Amalfi trip. Nasty woman!
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  • gilcross011445
    gilcross011445 over 3 years ago in reply to sherrychicago011630
    Who was the tour leader? I took the Amalfi Coast hiking trip in 2017 and liked the leader so much that I took her Tuscany and Umbria hiking trip in 2018.
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