Most of us only get a few weeks of holiday each year. When time is of the essence, it can feel good to delegate all the travel planning to someone else. Slow, independent journeys will, of course, always be the cheapest form of travelling, but they’re not entirely practical if you don’t want to quit your job and hit the road for an unspecified amount of time.
Recent years have seen a marked rise in the group tour phenomenon. Fuelled by increasingly busy lifestyles, and a growing interest in emerging destinations once considered the sole terrain of hardened backpackers, the market for group tourism has expanded rapidly. Today an ever-growing number of tour companies offer a portfolio of trips in nations from Guatemala to Greece, and Thailand to Turkey.
Recent years have seen a marked rise in the group tour phenomenon. Fuelled by increasingly busy lifestyles, and a growing interest in emerging destinations once considered the sole terrain of hardened backpackers, the market for group tourism has expanded rapidly. Today an ever-growing number of tour companies offer a portfolio of trips in nations from Guatemala to Greece, and Thailand to Turkey.
With so many brands now competing for your tourism dollar, choosing a good value tour has become nearly as complicated as planning your own adventure. You’ve picked up the brochures. You’ve scanned through the websites. But how do you cut through the advertising gloss of smiling, sun-kissed travellers posing in front of exotic backgrounds to really find out which tour operator offers the best deal?
Most of us only get a few weeks of holiday each year. When time is of the essence, it can feel good to delegate all the travel planning to someone else. Slow, independent journeys will, of course, always be the cheapest form of travelling, but they’re not entirely practical if you don’t want to quit your job and hit the road for an unspecified amount of time.
Recent years have seen a marked rise in the group tour phenomenon. Fuelled by increasingly busy lifestyles, and a growing interest in emerging destinations once considered the sole terrain of hardened backpackers, the market for group tourism has expanded rapidly. Today an ever-growing number of tour companies offer a portfolio of trips in nations from Guatemala to Greece, and Thailand to Turkey.
Recent years have seen a marked rise in the group tour phenomenon. Fuelled by increasingly busy lifestyles, and a growing interest in emerging destinations once considered the sole terrain of hardened backpackers, the market for group tourism has expanded rapidly. Today an ever-growing number of tour companies offer a portfolio of trips in nations from Guatemala to Greece, and Thailand to Turkey.
With so many brands now competing for your tourism dollar, choosing a good value tour has become nearly as complicated as planning your own adventure. You’ve picked up the brochures. You’ve scanned through the websites. But how do you cut through the advertising gloss of smiling, sun-kissed travellers posing in front of exotic backgrounds to really find out which tour operator offers the best deal?
