It depends on what kind of vacation you are considering. If you want to see all the sights in Europe, I would suggest a bus tour. If you want to have the convenience of a single room and see some of the sights in Europe, I would suggest a cruise where your cabin is your room through the entire trip.
We have taken 2 bus tours through Europe - one in Great Britain and one in Europe, and REALLY enjoyed them. They weren't quite the "If it's Tuesday, this must be Belgium" but you do have to pack and unpack at least every other day. But then, you see a lot of the sites that you probably wouldn't see otherwise. And the really nice thing about this type of tour is they take care of everything for you, so you don't have to worry about language communication. If this is a kind of trip you were considering, I would recommend the company called GLOBUS.
There are several different tour bus companies that we considered - GLOBUS, Trafalgar, Cosmos. What I learned is that you get what you pay for. By that, I mean the cost for each of these tour companies differ but it is usually is based on where they book their hotels. For example, if you wanted a tour to The Villages, one company could use the Waterfront Inn, another company could use the Microtel (next to Oakwood), and another could use a hotel in Leesburg. In the evening after seeing The Villages from the bus during the day, where would you like to be? I would want to be in LSL so I could continue to experience all that TV has to offer. But that would cost more than the other two options, but I think it would be a better experience. So GLOBUS books their hotels in the center of the stop, and therefore cost a little more than the others, but I think they are worth it.
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