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Are you looking for a day trip in Ohio? Many people are looking for a short escape that takes them away from the work week and offers an opportunity to relax and re-load.

Traveling in Ohio can be rewarding. Every week there are hundreds of events and activities that can enhance your quality of life.

Ohio is typically divided into 5 regions.

The southwest portion of Ohio offers access to the Ohio river and all of the watersports activities that come with being near the water. The United States Airforce Museum is located in Dayton. The major cities that are in southwest Ohio include Cincinnati, Dayton, and Springfield.

Southeastern Ohio also borders the Ohio river, but is much more rural and is considered part of Appalachia. Some of the cities in this part of the state are Athens, Marietta, and Portsmouth.

The central part of Ohio is home to Columbus. There are many cultural events that take place in the capitol of Ohio. Columbus is also home to The Ohio State University.

Northeast Ohio is home to Toledo and offers access to Lake Erie. Port Clinton is also here and is known as the “Walleye Capitol of the World”. The city of Fostoria is known for its glass and pottery work.

Northwest Ohio and Cleveland are a tourist mecca. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is in Cleveland and once again, Lake Erie is a popular destination. A large Amish community also exists in this part of the state, and there are several fine amusement parks including Six Flags and Cedar Point.

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Tours for single seniors can easily be found but it is not often that the activities or the pocketbook expenses are affordable. A single senior needs to shop around and compare trips. Some seniors love to travel solo–especially those who are used to traveling. It is extremely nice, however, to have a travel companion. If you travel alone, you will have to pay single supplements. These are fees you have to pay to cover the bed in your room which no one is occupying. If you wish to avoid those costs–and most of us do–then you can share your expenses with a friend.

There are different companies that can find details and information for their elderly customers. Solo Travel Network’s specialty is providing this type of information. If you join with this company, you will be supplied with informative books and newsletters. Another business that can help you with finding tours for single seniors is SoloCruiser. This company provides its customers with variety of different ways to cruise. They offer a special cruise for folks over 55 years of age and they offer low single supplements if you are traveling solo. With this SoloCruiser company, there is a “dine-around” type of program in which the seats at dinner are rotated enabling each single senior to meet new people. You will also be able to meet other single and available tourists at special parties set up by the company–sounds like a great deal. There is a program called Language Abroad that will educate seniors with classes in French, Spanish, German, and Italian languages. With this trip you can reside in the home of a host family. You can prepare our own meals and if you can’t stay with a host family then you can find available hotel rooms. This is basically an educational trip.

Another company that provides tours for single seniors is Singles Travel International. This company provides trips that cater to people over 50. These trips include safaris and exploration trips in the country of Italy. You can have a private room or share with another senior.

Travel Services Worldwide also has tours for single seniors occasionally, but not always. If you are traveling with this company and you book your trip over 60 days prior to the trip date, you will have to pay no single supplement whether or not you have a roommate.

To find the appropriate single senior tour for you, you need to shop around online and check out the different packages available.

Tour Operators & travel Agents are different in Malaysia! And the public have had the wrong perception for long time. In Malaysia, Tour Operators and Travel Agents are different and play different roles. In a factory scenario, a Tour Operator is like the production department and the Travel Agent is like the Sales Department…

A Tour Operator is the organizer and provider of package holidays. It is often referred as the Ground Handler. The Tour Company will make contracts with hotels and resorts, airlines and ground transport companies like private cars, buses, vans, ferries and trains & etc. With all the necessary pricing and information compiled, the Tour Operator will draft detailed tour packages and distribute to Travel Agents in Travel Agent Directory in Malaysia and even overseas.

The roles & responsibilities of a Tour Operator are booking and arranging:

- Transportation: Chaffered Car, Chartered Bus & Van, Air Ticket, Train Ticket, Ferry Ticket, Cruise Ticket, other transit modes and even special vehicles like trishaw.
- Tour Guide: All Tour Guides must be licensed by the Ministry of Tourism Malaysia after attending and examined in a professional Tourist Guide Courses.
- Sight Seeing: Entrance for tourist destinations, eco-tour, adventures tour, jungle trekking, snorkeling & scuba diving, island hopping and even handicraft or cultural & living experiences.
- Food & Beverage: Breakfast, Tea Time or Tea Break, Lunch & Dinner, whether by set, buffet or packed food.
- Accommodation: Hotels, Resorts, Service Apartments, Camping Sites, Dormitories, Training Camps, Chalets, Tree Houses or traditional houses & habitats that accommodating travelers.
- Activities: Tele-match, treasure hunt, paint ball, team building, outside office meeting…
- Special Events: Company dinner, karaoke contest.

On the other hand, Travel Agents do not operate tours. Travel agencies gives traveling advices to travelers, promote and sell the tour packages that they have from various Tour Operators, then administer the tour bookings. Travel Agents usually are set up in prime locations with heavy traffic such as beside the main roads, inside crowed shopping malls or at the ground floor of a landmark building.

The roles & responsibilities of a Travel Agent are:

- Selling ells travel related products and services, particularly package tours to end-user customers on behalf of third party travel suppliers, such as airlines, hotels, tour operator and tour companies, and cruise lines & etc.
- Most travel agents have a special department devoted to travel arrangements for business travelers, while some agencies specialize in commercial and business travelers.
- Some also serve as general service agents for foreign travel companies in different countries.
- Act as an agent for tour packages:
- Buy tour packages or tour services at discounts & sell with profits.
- Get commissions from suppliers & other tour companies.
- Act as a ticketing agent for transportation (e.g. airlines, ferry, bus, train & etc).
- Other commercial operations are undertaken: insurance, travel guides, car rental, Bureau de change, private tour guide & etc.
- Offer impartial travel advice to the customer.

Next time, if you traveling in small group less than 10 travelers, it is advisable to engage a Travel Agent. Do not try to find the best travel agent in Malaysia. There is no such myth! Just go with the travel agent that suit your traveling needs and budgets or the tour agent that you trusted the most. However, if you are organizing a group tour like company tour, a Tour Operator will be able to provide you a more suitable tailor-made service.

The above information are guidelines and advices that 88Holidays provided to its Corporate Clients in organizing group tour. It is simple but useful information to help organizing a successful company tour with many years experiences.