I loved this podcast

I don’t want to sound like I’m a podcast reviewer.  I do love podcasts and audiobooks.  Anything that lets me learn when I’m exercising or driving is muy bueno.  I’m the kind of person that if I’m not learning something, i’m at least somewhat uncomfortable.   

So, I found this podcast and I WAS SO TICKLED!

I’m going to keep listening, this Jackie seems like a true lover of travel and somebody after my own heart and she has been doing something that Americans eschew…  Group Travel.

I’m not going to say tour, you don’t even say “tour” in the travel business, it has a bad connotation to Americans.  There are so MANY reasons to go on the right group travel experience (AKA tour).  They are easy, they are fun and they are a tremendous value… again, so long as you pick the right one, that’s the only hard and most important part.  This Jackie, by taking her audience, has a good thing going.  

So, what I loved most about this particular podcast is that it showed something that I’ve tried to convince so many people of and I’ve seen proven over and over again.  People make friends when they travel. Traveling with somebody is a powerful bonding experience. I’ve seen a few clients make friends in other countries (i tend to advocate tours with a multi-national pull) that they have kept their whole lives.  If you listen to this podcast, you can hear that these people BONDED.  They sound like old friends, but their aren’t, but you walk a mile with a person, you learn alot about them. 

It also touches on the value.  They talk about croatia.  Croatia from the water… Well, it’s the only way to really do it, IMO.   You can rent your own boat and do what these folks did, but they… split the price twenty ways.  THey also got all of the brain drain taken out of it.  I love planing my own travel (of course) but it’s something of a stress festival, Find this car rental depot, be at this hotel by this time, etc etc.   A good group tour.  You just have to show up and all of that is done for you.  

It was so refreshing to hear a bunch of young people get turned on to group travel. 

And I keep saying americans.  It’s true, in my experience, most other nationalities love tours.  It’s really easy to be the only american with a lot of group travel companies and I love that.