In today's video we're going to talk about why I love group travel. What is going on
YouTube. Greetings from the basement of my co-working space here in Valencia
Spain. I've talked about it a couple times this space down here is pretty
cool and I mentioned the ping pong table and the foosball table but I've never
really showed them so in this video you see the ping pong table here and the
foosball table over here so proof that they actually exist for those that
haven't been following me in March of 2019 I left my job as a
corporate lawyer to travel full time and start a new career as a travel vlogger I
decided to start my adventure traveling with a group program called remote year
I've been traveling with a group of about 30 people in this program so I
figured now I'm qualified to say why I love group travel okay let's go ahead
and jump into this reason number one someone else gets to worry about all the
logistics if you're anything like me you love to travel but you're not too keen
on dealing with the logistics group travel programs handle all that for you
the program I travel with handles all my accommodations all my flights my
co-working space access so I can work handle some local experiences and
provides a team to handle anything that comes up I don't have to worry about
trying to figure out how to fix a toilet in my air B&B if it breaks I have
someone else that handles that for me if a flight gets cancelled I just sit back
and relax and let the group travel company I'm travelling with deal with
that I know some people love handling the planning and logistical side of
traveling but for those who are like me that don't like it group travel is a
perfect way to avoid having to handle all the logistics of travel reason
number two you develop friendships with people that you wouldn't have come into
contact with had you not traveled in the group group travel for me has been very
similar to my time in the military you take a group of people from all
different walks of life you throw them together and they bond over the shared
experience I've been traveling for 11 months now with the same individuals and
I've made friendships in this group that will last a lifetime
I'm not saying you can't make lifelong friends solo traveling because you
definitely can it's just a lot easier when you're traveling with a group
reason number three experiencing meals and moments are sometimes better when
you have someone to share the experience with I've had so many great first
moments this year like seeing Machu Picchu hiking through Patagonia eating
durian for the first time all those moments were made more special because I
had someone to share them with and for me even though I'm an introvert food is
a big part of travel for me and meals are so much better when they're shared
with others reason number four you can save money costs can definitely be
reduced by traveling with others you can split the cost of accommodations if
you're visiting a place like Machu Picchu hiring a tour guide or getting
passes can be reduced by dividing that cost amongst the group there are a bunch
of different ways to reduce costs by traveling with a group reason number
five you get different perspectives I mentioned earlier that you end up
travelling with people with a zillion different backgrounds that have
different life experiences these different perspectives can enhance your
travel experience and understanding of the places you visit reason number six
it's a bit safer to travel in a group simply put you're much less likely to be
a target if you're with a bunch of people it's that old argument that
there's safety in numbers okay so those were my reasons why I love group travel
if you agree with those reasons or you want to add some reasons or you disagree
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