Tag Along 4WD Trip Experiences

We only had one very good experience but we have often encountered others having a wonderful experience on their's. I've only heard of one bad experience which was due to a major refusal by a tagalong client follow the fairly basic rules of the trip, was chucked out of the convoy but continued along and made himself very unpopular.

Exactly Paul, we have steered away from tag alongs for that reason and only go alone or with very good friends that complement each other and keeping vehicle numbers down to 3 max. It seems to follow a hell of a lot better, see a lot more at a slower pace and everyone enjoys each others company.

Have heard many complain about other couples continually fighting, passengers plastered the whole way, young kids running amuck as well as few complaining continuously, and groups that cant agree which way to go.

G'day pmk03

I don't know if my reply will last long on this forum seeing I am an "actual" tag along tour operator, with no financial attachment to ExplorOz my guess is that my reply might be taken as promoting "self" and rapidly moderated.

Firstly: Lloyd W1

If you have any real doubts about traveling solo anywhere in the remoter regions of our big country, by all means research your options in respect of taking a tag along tour, there are many very respectable long standing organizations that might just offer the type of tour experience you are looking for, as I say research your subject closely.

Do take on board any information given to you by your chosen tour operator in regards to vehicle set up, tyres and equipment as these tour operators actually have first hand knowledge and experience in the region they operate tours in.

Obviously listen to a person who is "spitting chips" about how crappy his/her experience might have been on an organized tour and usually you can work out why things went so wrong ~ for them.

Yes there are tag along tour enterprises that over book a tour and yes they run late and start cutting corners the further they fall behind in what ever schedule they commit themselves to. There may well be genuine factors that cause an itinerary blow out, the guide or a participating tour guest who becomes seriously ill or possibly a catastrophic failure with a vehicle, the list is long and the possibilities are endless.

From my very personal experiences, the only issues I have encountered that are note worthy and relate to my tag along tours all stemmed from people who chose to tour solo through the remote regions of the inland Pilbara, under prepared, ill equipped and with next to minimal information or knowledge about where they were travelling and one such solo explorer was responsible in part for the landing of a deep space probe and Comet fairly recently ~ go figure?

Safe travels : Joe

Bummer, the last line of my reply sounded okay in my head as I was banging away on the key board, it should have read.

"one such solo explorer was responsible in part for the landing of a deep space probe on a Comet fairly recently ~ go figure?

End of Bummer!

Safe travels : Joe