I’m going on my first ever Netherlands Waterway Tour! As an employee of Witte Travel for 16 years, and after doing my small part in helping put together this signature tour, it will be fun to be on the “passenger side” of things.
One of the key components of Witte’s tours is the pre-departure meeting, usually taking place about 2-4 weeks before the trip. While attendance is not mandatory, this is the perfect jumping-off place to start your tour. Henk Witte, who is hosting the tour along with his wife, Thressa, took us step-by-step through the entire process, from the time you arrive at the airport until you set foot back home again. This is your chance to ask questions that you might think sound inconsequential until you find others asking the same thing! After sitting through the meeting, I found no question was too trivial. Everyone learned something from every question. We gathered lots of information about many topics, including the lowdown on currency exchange, what’s it like to go through passport control, and what the tour buses are like.
It’s also fun to look around the room and get at least some sense of camaraderie with your future fellow passengers. At this juncture we’re all still strangers with one another, but by the time we get to the airport, there will already be “familiar faces” waiting there with us.
And now I have my travel wallet with all my papers, along with my name badge and luggage tags. It won’t be long now!