My husband, Bob, and I were introduced to Vin Marottoli’s outstanding Tours for Wine Lovers (New Haven, CT; 800/256-0141) in 2002 and have taken six tours with him since then, in the US and abroad. Our most recent was an eight-day tour in Italy, April 15-23, 2010, which cost $3,199 each, excluding airfare.

Vin uses Michelin guides to pick the hotels and restaurants and his vast contacts to select wineries. With his more than 20 years of organizing tours, his experience is invaluable....

For my grandson, Kent, and myself, in the fall of 2009 I booked June ’10 tours with Overseas Adventure Travel (the 16-night “Machu Picchu and the Galápagos” plus the optional, five-night “Amazon Rain Forest of Peru”). I purchased our air separately, planning to spend a few days in Bolivia before the tour began.

In December I was notified by OAT that they were canceling the tour. They offered a substitute date, but it conflicted with our Bolivia plans and Expedia wanted $1,000 per...

My husband, Bernie, and I love flying, not only in big jets but by many different methods.

While we were in Germany in 2007, we wanted to take a zeppelin ride from Zeppelin Reederei GmbH (Allmannsweilerstr. 132, 88046 Friedrichshafen, Germany; phone +49 7541 5900 547). Unfortunately, the weather had been bad for weeks and they had had to cancel quite a few flights, causing a waiting list of three to four weeks. For our visit to Germany in September ’10, we made our reservations ahead...