Congratulations! I hope you have a great trip. I am keeping several Tauck, Austin Lehman and ABD trips on the radar for next year, hoping to find a good deal on one of them. We will definitely be taking a trip with one of the family adventure companies - maybe ABD, but maybe not. Although I know and love ABD, I don't believe they are totally unique and a lot of the things that they tout and that we praise them for are done by other companies as well. I found a review of Austin Lehnman's Yellowstone trip where the reviewer said the following:
Sounds familiar, doesn't it? Austin Lehman also has a 6:1 guest to guide ratio with no trip having more than 18 guests. The reviewer's Yellowstone trip had 3 guides. I've been checking out the Tauck Yellowstone trip too and it looks great. Sorry to go off on company comparisons when I just meant to congratulate you on your trip. I'm still a bit disapointed by the fact that ABD does so little to secure our return business, so it's hard to pass up an opportunity to point out that they aren't the only game in town.
BOBO maybe you can answer this question, I have read you and another poster consistently say this but my question is, what do other comparable tour companies with comparable trips do to secure return buisness. I have not been able to find anything where other companies offer great discounts to return travellers and I am very interested.