who will you bring along to help?

I would definitely go for a guide because what will I do of a bodyguard if I dont understand the local language !! I wont be able to go to any place, will have to just sit around wondering where I am with the bodyguard near me. Also, since the place is unfamiliar I would need assistance for every activity-food shelter, enjoyment otherwise the whole travel would go in vain

I'd pick the tour guide. He/she should be able to tell me the places to avoid and points of interest. Plus, he/she should be able to speak the language.

definitely, i will need a bodyguard who will protect me against all harm and he must be willing to do everything for me, too, to keep me comfortable during the duration of the vacation. anyway, i am not really that adventurous. most probably, i will turn down the offer. i do not like at all the idea of the possibility that the vacation may turn out to be a difficult one to go through. the place may not be familiar to me, but i must be sure that it is a safe place to go to and there will be not much hassles there. if it is otherwise, it will be a no-no for me. i have to protect my life so i can still be around longer for the sake of the ones i love and hold dear.

Hi victorywp! I think that I will take a bodyguard with me. Although the place is unfamiliar to both of us, still I can buy maps and can ask around if we think we are getting lost. What matters to me is that my bodyguard can protect me from harm and danger. Take care and have a great day! lovelots..faith

How I wish I could bring my husband with me but since that is not in the option so I should just pick one from what you have given. Well for me I would choose a tour guide because in the first place I want to learn. Since I have been sponsored then it is my chance to get information on the place I am going to. Another reason is that I think I could ask more questions and get more answers from a tour guide than from a body guard because tour guide knows more about the place. That is why that is there job. I don't think I need a body guard because I am just a common person with no wealth or whatsoever. I think in case a danger will come then I will face it and my tour guide will face it to. We will both depend ourselves when the situation calls for it. A tour guide will think of the best ways to help himself and I will do the same. We may not be helping each other but at least we are having the same goal: to depend ourselves and stay alive! A tour guide can turn out to be a body guard in an instant because of the rise in adrenaline in a dangerous situation but a body guard will always be a body guard who might just know few about the place since he works only to protect the area but not to educate the tourist. At least in case anything wrong happens to me, I have learned til the last minute of my breath!

My first instinct is to say I would bring a bodyguard, because I would want to explore and see things at my own pace, but in the event that something was dangerous, I would have my bodyguard there to defend me. If I brought a tour guide, I might see the popular things, but I wouldn't get to explore as much, and if there was an issue, I wouldn't have someone there to protect me!

I would choose a tour guide. I'm not someone who's going to attract attention (negative attention) so I wouldn't be needing a bodyguard. Unless of course I'm hypothetically speaking 'famous', plus only if he knows the place well. As for the tour guide, he/she'd be a better person since he/she knows the place well. But if it's a sponsored travel for pleasure, I'd rather get lost with my partner (provided that the sponsored tour also gives us a lot of allowances so we could truly enjoy being lost). hHahaha. Life is an adventure!

I would prefer to bring a body guard because my safety should come first. Anyway, if I don't the place, then it would be an adventrure for me and it will definitely be more fun to go to an unfamiliar place.

Well, I would definitely pick the tour guide. Considering that I am unfamiliar with the place, the tour guide would be very helpful. I can tend to myself, so there is no need for a helper. I would not be needing a bodyguard since I have no enemies and of course the tour guide will surely know which places are safe for travel considering that he or she is a tour guide...

Hi there! I will choose tour guide, I'm not good in remembering streets or places nor reading road map, so I guess I have a better chance of getting lost than getting hurt or rob.

I will probably choose a tour guide to go along with me, first, tour guide is supposed to be familiar with the place so in case I encounter some accident, the tour guide will know where to go and report to, the body guard nmight not know. Second, I could have more fun having the tour guide's references. That's what I think. :-)

I guess I'd choose number 1... My trip would be a total waste if I couldn't enjoy and get to know about the place... (well if it's a dangerous place, it would also be a waste if I'd die there LOL) but if I am together with a person who knows the place well, I'm sure well have lots of fun.. haaha

i will bring along a body guard..i want protection to keep me safe all the time. i dont think i want a tour guide i love exploring new places bymyself.

The body guard is the one i will chose to help me in case of trouble. Since you can also ask him about the place you are touring, then a body guard will help. I don't know about other MyLotters might say, but if you are to travel to a place unfamiliar, don't you think you need protection better than an intellectual tour guide. Well anyway this is a scenario wherein we are only given two options to choose from. What else to say! hmmmmmm!

Who protects the body gaurd ? A tour guide most definitely, as he would be of a big help in me getting my way around the unfamiliar place.

I usually go traveling with my toddler son. If I was going on the sort of trip that you describe I would choose to go with a tour guide. He or she would be a knowledgeable person and be fluent in the local language. I would do exciting activities like explore historical ruins and go for interesting walks. I would love to go snorkeling and it would be superb to have a companion. I would not need a body guard because I am just an ordinary person.

Of course, I will do much interested in selecting for a tour guide as my affinity helper. Because normally, a tour guide much well equipped with knowledge about the location, facilities, amenities, emergency aid and the security level. Matter of fact, "encroaching" new area I have to supply myself with GPS device unit. GPS device is an extra tools for me in getting any third party emergency help. Before I go to that unfamiliar place, I've to stored all the relevant data to that unfamiliar place and tested its functionality to unsure it is in an excellent working order, imperatively with the safety authority party assigned to render their emergency aid if something bad things happen to me during my period of journey.

I have pondered and decided I would choose a bodyguard because I figured that with a good map I would probably manage to find my way around; the only concern would be safety so a nice strong bodyguard would be very helpful indeed!

I would have to say the your guide. They could take me to all the good places to see and could keep me away from danger at the same time.

l would choose to go with a tour guide to go to an interesting and unfamiliar place, because he she can help you to understand the history of the place better. he also explains to you the cultures norms of the place, why people in that place do things the way they do them. When you go to unfamiliar place you may need to understand the people, their behaviors and beliefs. A tour guide is the only person who can help you to know all this. A tour guide's main purpose is to generally is to show the visitor how,what, when and why things happen or are done. The same information you may find in a tour brochure. Secondly he may work as an escort or a body guard indirectly. So l will choose a tour guide for their extensive experience and knowledge/skills in their work.