{"id":6586,"date":"2016-10-01T12:13:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T16:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?p=6586"},"modified":"2016-09-23T12:14:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T16:14:06","slug":"customize-explorica-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/customize-explorica-tour","title":{"rendered":"How to customize your Explorica tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Explorica\u2019s customization options ensure your group gets a personalized tour experience.\u00a0 So whether you want to tweak your tour\u2019s itinerary on your own, or let us create a brand-new itinerary just for you, we have the tools and the know-how to give you exactly what you\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wd1cLDpoTc8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f99901;\"><strong>Customize an existing tour<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Our exclusive online tools give you the ability to customize nearly any of our existing tours, either on your own or with the help of your personal program consultant.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #26a5df;\"><strong>Add-ons and Extensions<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>Regardless of your reservation type (Private, Guaranteed Travel Date or Consolidated), you can add or remove available add-ons.\u00a0 Add-ons are typically optional activities (commonly called \u2018excursions\u2019) that last at least half of the day and include an additional cost.\u00a0 Examples include a Versailles Guided Excursion, a Mount Vernon Excursion and more.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, extensions can also be added regardless of reservation type on available tours.\u00a0 Typically two or more days, extensions give you an opportunity to explore a nearby destination, or to go more in-depth at your tour\u2019s final stop.\u00a0 Examples include Sorrento for tours ending in Rome, a river-rafting extension for Costa Rica tours, a Toronto extension on Qu\u00e9bec City tours and more.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #26a5df;\"><strong>Adding days before or after your tour<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>Also available for any reservation type, you can choose to add days to the beginning or end of your regularly scheduled itinerary.\u00a0 Use this option to further explore your arrival or departure city.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that for these added days, we can arrange your activities and accommodations for you (just like any other day on tour), or you can do it all on your own with us just setting new flight arrangements.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f99901;\">Customize your itinerary (private tours only)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For Private tours, Explorica offers an exciting range of other ways to customize your tour all on your own.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #26a5df;\"><strong>Upgrade your meals &amp; accommodations<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>We give you the opportunity to upgrade your overall meals and accommodations, or on each individual day. Want to stay closer to downtown for the whole tour, or just for a certain city?\u00a0 No problem.\u00a0 Want to upgrade your meals in a certain country?\u00a0 You can do that, too.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #26a5df;\"><strong>Add or remove activities<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>With our easy to use drag and drop functionality, you can add, swap or remove activities to your itinerary.\u00a0 Customize your tour\u2019s activities around a certain subject like history, arts &amp; music or science, or add extra experiential activities and authentic meals to your tour.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #26a5df;\"><strong>Customize your tour today<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>To learn how to customize an existing Explorica tour in any of the ways listed above, watch our short how-to video.\u00a0 Or simply call <strong>1.888.310.7120<\/strong> now.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explorica\u2019s customization options ensure your group gets a personalized tour experience.\u00a0 So whether you want to tweak your tour\u2019s itinerary on your own, or let us create a brand-new itinerary just for you, we have the tools and the know-how to give you exactly what you\u2019re looking for. Customize an existing tour Our exclusive online <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/customize-explorica-tour\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[345,58,128,86,172,12],"class_list":["post-6586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teachers","tag-educational-tours","tag-educational-travel","tag-student-travel","tag-student-trips","tag-teachers","tag-travel-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6587,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6586\/revisions\/6587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}