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package tour

American  
Or packaged tour

noun

  1. a planned tour in which one fee is charged for all expenses.

    offering package tours of the chateau country.


Etymology

Origin of package tour

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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The itinerary she shared offers a take on the place no package tour could.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

Thomas Cook - pioneer of the package tour - has been honoured with a green plaque at Loughborough railway station.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2023

Japan rolled back some of its strict Covid restrictions on tourism, but individual tourists who are not part of a package tour are still not permitted, The Japan Times reports.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2022

Tours from the Rolling Stones, a reunited Los Bukis, Harry Styles and the Hella Mega package tour of Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer drove huge turnout from the summer into winter.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2021

Cradle mentioned an officer friend who had just returned from a package tour to the Virginia attraction and sang its praises.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover