My Russian Tour Was Cancelled
Well, it was disappointing, but my "Russia and Beyond" tour was cancelled this summer for our Trans Siberian railway trip from Moscow to Beijing. I was going through Intrepid Travel and they have a minimum of 4 people required to run that tour. My wife and I were the only ones so they officially cancelled it on May 12th.
They said they would refund the money but it could take up to 2 weeks. We did get it 9 days later.
Now this could have really stressed me for our trip, since we already booked our flights and such, but it hasn't really. I have backpacked before, so now am looking forward to trying it out on this trip. The tour we were on was quite a bit like that anyways.
We have found quite a few sites that let you custom build your train itineraries and even pre-book hotels if you want, so we have mapped out a plan that is even better than what we had before. We just have to debate on how much we want to spend because you can upgrade to different classes of train coaches and hotels.
The best site I have found so far (we haven't booked yet) for ease of use has been The School of Russian and Asian Studies. They have an excellent website for figuring this stuff out and pre-done itineraries that you can further tweak for what you want. Very impressive, so check it out if you are thinking of going.
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