{"id":17480,"date":"2015-07-21T03:19:18","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T09:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/?p=17480"},"modified":"2017-10-28T09:25:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T15:25:01","slug":"taucks-ms-savor-day-four-regensburg-nuremberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rivercruiseadvisor.com\/2015\/07\/taucks-ms-savor-day-four-regensburg-nuremberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Tauck’s ms Savor: Danube Reflections, Day Four, Regensburg & Nuremberg, But Not For Me"},"content":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m a few days behind on my Live Voyage Reports. There is a simple explanation. I\u2019m enjoying the trip. The following report is from Day Four of my journey on Tauck’s 12-day Danube Reflections itinerary from Prague to Vienna.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n I’m only four days into a 12-day trip with Tauck, yet I’ve observed a few points\u00a0that differentiate Tauck in its competitive set. These are the little things\u00a0that Tauck does that the other river cruise companies do not do.<\/p>\n 1. Distribute foreign currency to guests<\/strong>.\u00a0For lunch on our own in Prague yesterday, Tauck tour director Sinead handed each of\u00a0us 500 Czech Koruna. That’s about US$20, and it’s more than enough to have lunch with wine or beer in Prague. I’ve seen other river cruise companies provide vouchers, for a free drink at a venue, for example, but I’ve never seen a company hand over cash for an event such as lunch on our own. Tauck handed over about US$2,500 in Czech notes for 123 guests. That was not only different but also pretty classy.<\/p>\n 2. Pay for use of public toilets<\/b>. In most of Europe you’ll need to have a few coins handy if you want to use the public restrooms. The cost ranges from 20 euro cents to 1 euro, and you typically hand your coins over to a person who serves as the gatekeeper. With Tauck, you simply show the gatekeeper a\u00a0green lanyard attached to your “Vox” (a listening device for tours) for free entry into the toilet. The tour directors come to pay up later.<\/p>\n I’ve never seen another river cruise company do either of these things, and while these gestures may appear to be small, they differentiate Tauck from other river cruise companies. I’ll talk more about other differentiating factors in future posts this week, but these two underscore Tauck’s commitment to guest comfort and satisfaction.<\/p>\n Of course, I’ve already mentioned my\u00a0loft category stateroom. It’s innovative and roomy, and no other river cruise company has anything like\u00a0it. If you missed my review of the loft stateroom, see\u00a0yesterday’s post<\/a>.<\/p>\nLow Water Woes<\/h2>\n