Contiki: ‘Backpacking is so 1997’

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  08.03.09 | 1:23 PM ET

Photo by kreativitea via Flickr (Creative Commons)

So said a message that the popular bus tour company posted on Facebook awhile back, with the added boast that Contiki holidays were “hundreds of dollars” cheaper than independent travel in Europe. Nomadic Matt objected—and now he’s crunched the numbers to prove Contiki wrong, on the savings claim at least. As for backpacking being “so 1997”? I guess that’s subjective.

Tags: Backpackers, Budget Travel, Tourism, Europe, News and Briefs

Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


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