Heya. I'm booked to go on the Egypt and the Nile tour departed July 21st 2007. Am just keen to hear from anybody else who will be on this tour. Would be great to chat.
Becs

im flying alitalia airways from london (with a little stop over in milan). do you think you will be going on the same date?

hi! i'm also going on the july 21 trip, flying alitalia from toronto on the 20th and arriving in cairo around 7am on the 21st. have you ever traveled with Contiki before?

Avery

I'm booked on the trip leaving the US on 7/20. I assume that this means the 7/21 trip, with a flight day on the 20th. So I'll be there too. I'm going to be flying from Israel on the 19th or 20th. Haven't figured out the details yet. Looking forward to the trip!

***Modification of plan***
I'm arriving in Cairo on July 20th, and I'll have a room at the hotel where we're meeting. If anyone else will be there early also, give me a heads up and we can maybe share the room to lower costs or hang out while we wait for the rest of the group to show up.

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hey all,
finally am able to login. been having issue. anyways, im excited that finally somebody else is booked for this trip!! this will be my first contiki. i think arrive at some point in the afternoon on the 21st. looking forward to meeting you guys.
becs

Hi ... I just found out from my travel agent that this tour has been CANCELLED due to poor interest ... I'm so sad ... but I am now booking with Contiki's sister company, Trafalgar, because they offer the same basic trip, same dates, for less money and I've already booked my flights ... anyone else going to switch over too?

Sad because I'm no longer going to experience a Contiki trip,

Avery

omg. yeah well if thats the case i think ill be switching over to trafalgar too then. my email address is becbecl(at)hotmail.com if you want to email me with any more details.
yeah im a bit sad too

I'm going to call them in the morning to confirm this. i got an email saying that you find out if a trip has been cancelled if it doesn't say "Book it" next to the departure date.

"If a tour is cancelled, the web will not show a "book it" button next to the departure."

I'm in california, so I'll call when they open in the morning and I'll post as soon as I confirm this.

thanks for looking into it, i'll try to call my travel agent and get some info as well ... would hate to have some misunderstanding here!

I called Contiki this morning and the guy who I spoke to said that it looked like the tour had been "withdrawn" but that the website hadn't been updated yet. I'm also going to call my tour agent tomorrow and ask her to look into it for me.

If it's cancelled, I'm going to try to get on the trip leaving July 27th. The guy this morning said that this one had become a "guaranteed departure" but that since it hadn't started as a garanteed, that it had probably become one because over 25 people had signed up for it. So, if you're still interested in Egypt lets see if we can all hop into the next one.

Keep me posted the answers you come up with.

well im due in greece on the 30th, so if it is definately cancelled then i think ill go for the trafalgar one as all my flights are booked. i sent an email to my travel agent today but no response yet. this is all a bit sad

hey avery just wondering which egypt tour you booked with trafalgar? im just looking at their website now and there seems to be a few different egypt options

Hi Rebecca (and anyone else needing to switch),

I'm pretty sure it's the "Egyptian Experience" trip, because my travel agent told me it was the same exact length and basically an identical tour, but a little cheaper ... I have to be in Greece on July 31 also, so that's why I went ahead with switching companies. I'm expecting an email in a day or so with all my confirmation details, etc ... I'll send you an email then!

Avery

Hi Avery,
I spoke to my travel agent this morning and organised the switch to the egyptian experience. only problem is they dont have single supplement and i miss out on my early bird discount so it ends up being a bit more expensive. just wondering if you wanted to arrange sharing rooms to save a bit of cash?
are you doing another contiki in greece also?
becs

Hi Bec and Avery , did you switch to egyptian experience with trafalgar ?i want to book with them ?do u think it is a a good tour choice,