mattyvcontiki's profileMatt Vernick

I am a male living in CA, USA.

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I work for Contiki as part of their Web Team and also moonlight running tours in Europe where I've worked for the past 5 years as a Tour Manager. The 'Conikipedia' is kinda my baby and I now spend most of my days glued to a keyboard, watching movies and snacking on fish tacos (one of Southern California's finest delicacies). I'm originally from Brisbane, Australia and love Oz as well as places like Las Vegas, and New York but would kill to live in Austria or the Greek Islands. I'm also dying to get to Washington DC and already have a place booked on my mates floor for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

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Check the tour itinerary pages for the most up-to-date optional excursion prices.

mattyvcontiki on Moulin Rouge, Paris 5 posted on Sep. 02, 2008 Flag as Inappropriate
Check the tour itinerary pages for the most up-to-date optional excursion prices.

mattyvcontiki on Gondola Ride, Venice 7 posted on Sep. 02, 2008 Flag as Inappropriate
Yes, these luggage restrictions apply to all tours in Europe, I have never seen anyone luggage being weighed on a Greek Island Hopping tour though so if you’re a little over for a Greek Island Hopping tour you’re not going to have to leave anything behind….I wouldn’t take a great deal of luggage to Greece anyway because you really don’t need that much stuff down there and you’ll have to carry your own luggage on and off ferries.

mattyvcontiki on Weight Limits and Size - Europe 59 posted on Aug. 28, 2008 Flag as Inappropriate
The resort isn’t closing, they’re going to open the resort up to everyone so it won’t be exclusive to Contiki anymore.

mattyvcontiki on Bali Resort 5 posted on Aug. 28, 2008 Flag as Inappropriate
The latest you should meet up with your tour is 9am on the morning of departure from New Orleans to Pensacola…if you arrive earlier or a day or two before, you’re more than welcome to join up with the group. There will be some information at the hotel when you arrive as to what your group is up to. You’ll also receive more information about how and when to meet up with your group with your Contiki tour documents.

mattyvcontiki on New Orleans International Airport to the Prytania Park Hotel, New Orleans 3 posted on Aug. 27, 2008 Flag as Inappropriate
You can meet people going on tours in the Contiki Forums – about half way down the page there are meeting places for all out tours. There’s also loads of advice and opinions from people who have traveled with Contiki before.

mattyvcontiki on What are the groups like? 14 posted on Aug. 27, 2008 Flag as Inappropriate
It usually hangs around 0 Celcius (32 F) if not a couple of degrees warmer….

mattyvcontiki on Jungfrau Mountain, Lauterbrunnen 8 posted on Aug. 20, 2008 Flag as Inappropriate
Yep, you can keep it separate for sure!

mattyvcontiki on Sleeping Bag 7 posted on Aug. 14, 2008 Flag as Inappropriate
Every venue is different, generally though, no club is going to deny you entry because of your shoes (I have no idea why some places – like Vegas – do this) – it’s best to look as good as you can if you want to visit places like the Monte Carlo Casino, but even there I’ve sen them let people in with jeans, shirts and non-dress shoes. The Europeans, if they ever do decide to impose a dress code (very rare) usually just care that you look good rather than being worried about if your shoes are the ‘right’ type of material.

mattyvcontiki on Dress code - Europe 24 posted on Aug. 13, 2008 Flag as Inappropriate
Be prepared for all of the above – Europe is a (surprisingly) big place – most tours cover quite a bit of ground and just like it’s not possible to generalize about weather in the US (Feb. in Floria is very different to Feb. in Boston) you can’t generalize about all of Europe – the northern regions are going to be usually colder (sometimes snowing) in Feb/March than the south (Spain, Italy, Sth France).

mattyvcontiki on Suggested packing list - Europe - Winter 28 posted on Aug. 13, 2008 Flag as Inappropriate