03 avril 2015

The Relevance Of Virgin Islands Bus Tours

By Iva Cannon


During vacations, people like to have some nice time out to hang out with friends and family members. This makes it necessary for people to go on tours to any fascinating site of their choice. It is important to make a good selection of the type of vehicles to hire for going out to ensure the comfort of all people during the trip. Virgin islands bus tours are usually a good choice that helps to achieve maximum relaxation while visiting this locality.

These fleets are usually owned by a few tour guide firms that are concerned with the reception of tourists visiting this area. Each fleet has its management and offer different services to clients at different prices. All buses of the same union are designed and painted into the same pattern to make their identification by their users easy.

The tourists vans vary in size and their capacity of carriage. There are small ones which have a minimum passenger capacity of 16 users and larger ones which have up to 40 seats. If the tourists have the same interests they all board the same vehicles and are taken round the island. The side walls of the vehicles are usually open to enhance proper viewing to the outside. Others have been fitted with very large windows for the same purpose.

The performance of the fleets is done under strict timetables developed by the management. The routes covered by various fleets are also different depending on the route the management sees as most profitable. The tourist make their way to the booking offices where they buy the tickets to serve different routes. The amount chargeable and the time of departure from the station are usually indicated on this tickets.

On board together with the tourists are tour guides who play their informative role to the travelers. They tell different facts about the area as they travel along. Their numbers on one vehicle depends on the number of tourist so that proper service delivery is achieved. There are also members of staff and the drivers who are highly skilled to perform their roles to the satisfaction of the people.

The cost of hiring these buses for any particular journey is affordable. The operators employ a payment system that is calculated on the number of hours travelled. The average price charged is about 50$ per two hours of travel in the normal vans. However this price is quite high for more customized vans.

There are many places on this island that are a major attraction site to the tourists. People take their time to take photographs on the sandy beaches that lie on the shore. The buses can also be hired by tourists who come from different places and they are collected at the terminals where they arrive at. This helps to cut cost of travelling since they are cheaper as compared to cubs.

The use of these vehicles has played a major role in promoting the tourism activities in this area. They are more preferred because they can move swiftly on the bad terrain in this region and they are more comfortable as compared to smaller vans. There is also a wider view since they are quite raised.




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