Time is precious and getting the balance between travelling and a day job can be difficult. Small group tours can help by organising everything for you, helping you to do more with a limited timeframe, while keeping the group numbers small to give a more authentic experience.
Here are 6 reasons that you should try a small group tour:
1. Take the stress out of organisation
Organising a trip yourself takes time and effort both before and during a trip. If your time is limited do you really want the hassle of sorting everything out yourself? Each small group tour has a tour leader who has responsibility for ensuring that everything runs smoothly. They organise all your travel and accommodation, organise any included activities or day trips and will be on hand to give recommendations and help you to organise restaurants or further activities. This means that your time is spent enjoying your trip. It also means that if (when!) there’s a problem, there’s someone available to help.
2. See additional sites
While each trip has a set itinerary, the use of both public and private transport gives the tour company greater flexibility in where they go. Often there will be additional stops, for example in remote villages, or activities suggested that wouldn’t have been feasible if organised independently.
3. A more authentic experience
Often you will find that the tour leader will go the extra mile in helping you to have the best possible experience. This could be ordering food for the table for communal eating so you try more, teaching you mahjong on a river cruise in China or even going so far as to invite you to dinner at their home in the walls of Jaipur.
4. Meet new people
A trip is all about the people. Most small group tours are a mixture of people travelling on their own and with others. It’s a great way to meet like-minded people to laugh and share the experience with. There are many long standing friendships that started from a two week small group tour!
5. Additional time at key sites
Normally small group tours includes private guided day trips round key sites. This allows more time to be spent at a location than larger group trips or independent day trips.
6. Flexibility
While there is a set itinerary, most small group tours also include free time to explore and do additional activities. This means that you really can create the holiday that you want.
So if you’re short on time, or confidence, a small group tour could be the answer, so you can do more than you ever thought possible.
