6 Reasons to Take Your Family on a Guided Tour

Take a family tour for a stress-free holiday and create everlasting memories with your loved ones. No need to leave the children with grandma and grandpa so you can take that bucket list trip, and, why not bring the grandparents along as well?! Whether it is a short break close to home, or an all-encompassing journey around the globe, intergenerational tours are becoming more accessible. Here are some reasons why.

Something for Everyone

Family travel doesn’t lack in adventure. You will find family tours, river cruises and cruises on all continents with itineraries specifically designed for families travelling with grandparents and children.

Hold your daughters hand as she cranes her neck out of the safari truck to see a lion through the boab trees and watch your son’s eyes light up as they fall on the ornate facade of Petra towering over him. Stroll Monet’s Gardens in Giverny with your mother as she breathes in the sweet scents and watch as grandpa sneaks a gelato in Rome with your now sugar-charged youngster.

Foster Family Relationships

There are no deadlines to meet, business calls to take, emails to answer, band practices to attend or sleepovers to plan. With all the arrangements made you can enjoy each other’s company without the routine daily pressures and distractions. You can be the happiest version of yourself with your family, so you are free to laugh together at the cheeky monkeys chasing each other through the lush canopies of Cost Rica, chuckle at the lively water puppet shows in Vietnam, or just sit back and relax.

Hands-on Learning

There is so much to learn outside the classroom. Exploring and learning about new places as a family is priceless.

See indents in the stone worn by horse-drawn carts in Pompeii and stand in the bowels of the Colosseum in Rome where gladiators did years before. Take a trip through France to see your father stir at the sight of the Normandy beaches, let your son carefully cradle World War II artefacts at the D-Day Academy, and watch your husband take off in a Dodge Command car that he will be telling his mates about for years.

Build Social Awareness

Travel builds respect for other cultures and environments and broadens social awareness. It helps shape our perception of the world and our place in it. It nurtures an appreciation of our surrounds and gratitude for what we have. Share in character building moments with your children.

Watch on as your daughter learns card tricks from a local student on a train ride through the countryside of India, and gently place coins in front of a beggar on the streets of Jaipur. Share a thoughtful moment during your Vietnam family holiday as you are served lunch by underprivileged local youths in Hanoi in a project to support the less fortunate.

Create Life-long Memories

Holidays are full of unique experiences and life-long memories. Some of life’s stand out moments are formed in distant places and unfamiliar settings. You will never forget taking a camel trek through the Sahara, standing atop Machu Picchu, or watching the sun set from your whitewashed balcony in Santorini as you explore the Greek Islands.

To have your family standing beside you for these one-in-a-lifetime moments is truly connecting. To be able to reminisce about these experiences with your children, parents, grandparents, siblings or other extended family is a gift.

Relax and Enjoy the Ride

Forget the stress of planning your own holiday itinerary. Choose a family tour that everyone can enjoy. With the planning taken care of by expert consultants beforehand, and specialist guides and tour directors on hand during your holiday, you just need to relax and enjoy the ride.

Whether it’s navigating the shrines of Japan with toddlers or tiring your teenagers out on the Lares Trek through the Andes, let someone else take care of the details so you and your family can relish every moment together.

Want to make some family memories? Choose your family tour.