With Ukraine on Our Minds

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“I just returned from ‘A 7 days In… Venice, Florence and Rome’ – the team at each individual institution we frequented was pleased to see us. There was joy in the air everywhere you go, and in our group in unique. I journey with Tauck for lots of motives, and a person is that I know I can rely on you to make positive our destination is secure. Thank you for all your endeavours in accomplishing that. I’m very a great deal hunting forward to my subsequent vacation.”

Sincerely,
Maureen O’Brien
Tauck Guest, 2022

Dear Tauck Good friends and Family,

Like our visitor Maureen, a 9-time Tauck traveler, I’ve also just returned from Europe. In the course of my travels I attended the premiere of the significantly-predicted (and awe-inspiring) Passion Engage in in Oberammergau, Germany, visited with Tauck associates in Munich, traveled via childhood vacation places in Austria, and retrieved my son from college in Switzerland. I can convey to you that in the course of my travels I was satisfied with the exact joy and enjoyment shared by Maureen, and everyone from lodge workers to restauranteurs to neighborhood baristas wore smiles. It stays a extremely particular time to stop by, and a unforgettable practical experience awaits individuals privileged ample to contain Europe in their summertime or slide journey plans.

In all places I traveled, and commencing from the minute I arrived in Munich, I also observed the now-familiar blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag. We have all viewed with wonderful disappointment the unspeakable horror and senseless tragedy in Ukraine. I’m sure your coronary heart, like mine, goes out to the Ukrainian people who have been suffering so needlessly more than the previous months. We carry on to hope and pray for a fast and tranquil resolution to end this war.

We recognize that some of our company could possibly be pondering and, certainly, some have requested us outright: Are Tauck’s journeys in Europe impacted by the conflict? Is Europe secure? These are reasonable queries, specially in light-weight of the photographs appearing 24/7 on tv and across the online. I’m crafting you these days to tell you that given that April we have been working all of our river cruises and land systems in Europe easily and as planned, building wonderful memories for hundreds of Tauck friends who are thrilled to be traveling all over again.

Personally, I’d like to guarantee you that I felt completely and wholly risk-free and comfy during my overall time in Europe. Dozens of associates from our All over the world Operations and Tauck Director groups have traveled from Iceland to Budapest, and we speak to our European companions and other industry colleagues daily. All echo just what I felt, which is that the ambiance throughout Europe feels quite “normal.” In all the places I frequented the customary rhythms of existence are commonly clear and great to see. Without exception, our companions are relieved that tourism – and especially Tauck – is again, as our marketplace supplies work and revenue for locals, numerous of whom are supporting family and friends in Ukraine. All concur that individuals are adhering to the news from Ukraine closely and they starvation for peace, but otherwise their each day life progress generally.

Please know that when you journey with Tauck your journey will come with a comprehensive guidance method that is 97 decades in the making. It commences with the treatment and nearby information of the Tauck Administrators who travel with you on your journey and it features our community of extraordinary supplier-companions close to the planet. As section of Tauck’s ongoing functions, we carefully track occasions in each and every space of the planet wherever we operate, checking all appropriate advisories from the U.S. State Office, world wide media reviews, and guidance issued to Tauck by personal protection consultants whose services we keep. I want you to know that we would under no circumstances work a tour or cruise unless of course we were absolutely persuaded that it is safe and sound to do so.

In the not likely party that you ought to at any time practical experience a disruption of a Tauck journey, we stand prepared to help. Tauck has a remarkably educated Global Response Team comprised of workforce from through the enterprise that can be activated at a moment’s see, 24/7, 365 days a 12 months. What is a lot more, the initiatives of our International Response Workforce are bolstered by a number of exterior aid companies whose expertise ranges from changing a dropped passport to arranging an emergency health-related evacuation. You are actually hardly ever alone when you journey with Tauck.

And traveling now is particularly important. I firmly consider that travel is a solid force for peace in this planet, and that our capability for comprehending and empathy will increase exponentially when we expertise other locations, other cultures and other men and women.

We search forward to assisting our visitors experience this fantastic planet close to us, we salute their intrepid spirit, and we thank our friends and journey advisor associates for placing their rely on in Tauck.

Sincerely,