yasmin..
i went to australia trip with chanbros.. Maybe, i m lucky..cos the tour guide is v experience and up till now, i still keep contact with him.. most of the time, he is in charge of europe tour.. according to him, experinced tour guide will only appear to led the tour if the group is big (40 & above pp).. or busy period like during cny..
I did hear abt the tour guides that in charge of jap tour..most of them have bad experience.. like my friend, was asked to give 2 times the daily tour guide fees instead of 1.. other like the tour guide "eat $$ or benefit"..
I think all depend on your luck.. SA tour is expensive compare to chansbro.. i signed up with them to go for my korea trip last cny.. abt$ 2k per pax.. i was shocked when i checked up with other pp from the group, everyone paid difference price.. i signed up even b4 the natas fair but end up the most expensive price i had to pay.. compare to those last min and few couples in the group that i knew them only paid $1.6k per pax..
SA has this rule to have one photographer to tag along, at the end, u are forced to buy the photos that he or she shot.. n the nos of photos all depend how many he or she likes to shot on you.. i paid $180 sgd for only 13 pics.. count myself lucky, cos the other couples paid abt $300 for 20 pics..
funny part is that SA sent one local tour guide, May to led our group but basically, she couldnt speak korean, didnt noe the destinations or places we are going.. n most of her time, she just sat at one corner.. at the end of day, she oso needs us to pay for her service. USD currency..
i think following a tour all rely on yr luck