How do they handle seating arrangements on the bus? Globus said something about changing seats every day. Do you move back one row, forward one row?? How are seating arrangements handled for day one of the tour-- are they preassigned or first on gets the best seats and then move one row per day??

Can't give you an absolute answer since each Tour Guide is different, but most likely it will be very simaler to this-- day 1 sit wherever you want and then each day there after the left side of the bus moves back 3 rows and the right side moves up 3 rows, so no one is stuck in the same seat and everyone gets the "Best Viewing" seat at least once. The Exact way you move about is the Guides choice and some special need passenger may require some changes. Our family (4 of us) were split after the first day and it was wierd at first but we got to know everyone on the tour better and that was great. hope this helps

we had to change seats everyday. 3 rows back or forward.. ..depending on which side of the bus you started off, but it moved counterclockwise.

I been on several Globus tours. On most of them we have move 2 seats clockwise. On one tour there was a passenger rebelion, and the tour guide gave up on the changing seats. On that one tour everyone wanted to stay in their same seat. I personally liked that arrangement. That way we could leave things on our seat such as a pillow or sweater.

On Our Italy Great cities tour, we moved up two rows clockwise. My Mom and I started out on the right side first row. So by the end of the trip we were still on the right side, but in the back. I would probably suggest starting on the middle rows on the left. then you would move up and to the right and probably never have to sit too far back. We had to change rows every day that we went somewhere different. When we made stops, you could leave things on the bus because it always got locked. Our driver was Dominico and our tour guide was Ida or maybe it was spelled Eda, I do not remember.

Our first day we went forward one. Everyday after we skipped one and sat in the next so we could get different views.

Went on a great trip to the Southwest. We went back one seat twice a day. That way no one got stuck by the bathroom for a whole day. When our turn came for the BR, we discovered it wasn't bad at all!

Love Globus tours!

Actually being by the bathroom was no problem as far as I could see. It was in the middle of the bus and I never saw anyone use it.

I didn't think any seat on the bus was bad - from the very back to the very front.

Debbie

we've seen it different ways on different tours.. .. .

3 seats clockwise seemed to be the most popular.. .. .

the last tour we took (Essential Europe) it was sit where ever you like except that the sets of front seats needed to have a new face in them every day (so more people could get the chance to sit up front). .. .. .

BUS NOTE: not all seats have the same amount of leg room!!! On the last tour, the right side seats (several of the rows in front of the restroom) had about 2x the amount of legroom as the left side.. .. . It wasn't until halfway through the trip that people started to take notice and then the smart ones started to stalk them out for long travel days.

That is interesting about the varying leg room. Our bus seemed pretty new and the leg room seemed the same on both sides.

When we left to go back to the airport, we were on a different kind of bus. Our normal bus had little tray tables that folded down (like on an airplane). . The other bus didn't.

Something else kind of interesting that I wouldn't have noticed unless I'd seen someone do it. The aisle side seat could be adjusted into the aisle a bit - to give you more room between your and your seatmate. I saw a bigger guy do that one day as we were heading off for a travel day. There was a lever of some sort on the aisle side bottom back of the seat.

Debbie

Debbie, I forgot about that on the seats!

It was on our bus in France and you could add a few inches of hip room! Unfortunately the buses used in the UK and Italy did not have that luxury.. .. .

We just returned from a Globus trip and the seating arrangement is as one person described-- move forward 3 rows clockwise each day. Thus, if you don't want to ever be at the back of the bus during a 7-10 trip, then initially sit in row 6 or 7 on the left side (as you are facing forward). .