121 DEGREES.
WHEN YOU CAN BRING YOUR FRIEND
THAT'S RIGHT IN 2018 33% OF
FEMALE RESPONDENTS TOLD BOOKING
DOT COM THAT THEY HAD TAKEN A
SOLO TRIP. BUT IN 2019 IT NOW
APPEARS THAT GROUP EXCURSIONS
ARE THE TOP TREND IN TRAVEL
HERE NOW TO DISCUSS THE RISE IN
TRAVELING WITH COMPANIES
MEGHAN'S
BURRELL COMMUNITY EDITOR AT
CONDE NAST TRAVELER. I THANKS
FOR HAVING ME SO WHAT ARE THE
BENEFITS. THE GROUP TRAVEL
OFFERS THAT IS BETTER THAN
POSSIBLY TRAVELING BY HERSELF.
HAVE YOU GUYS EVER TAKING A
GROUP TRIP YES,
NEVER SOLO TRIP TO IRAQ.
WE DON'T ASOLO TRIP AND THEN
NEVER GROUP TRIP BUT I'VE
TRAVELED WITH PEOPLE I KNOW,
BUT I GUESS A GROUP IS
CONSIDERED LIKE AN ORGANIZED
GROUP AND THAT TOO YES, OKAY.
WELL, WHEN YOU PLAN A TRIP
ALONE LIKE I'M SURE YOU KNOW
IT'S SO MUCH WORK THERE'S A
LOT THAT GOES INTO IT IF YOU'RE
DOING A SOLO TRIP THERE ARE.
YOU HAVE TO KIND OF AN
UNDERSTANDING NEW DESTINATION
YOU A LOT OF PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT
BEING ALONE AND THE REASON
GROUP SHIPS ARE BECOMING SO
POPULAR IS BECAUSE YOU CAN KIND
OF GET THAT SELF-EXPLORATION OF
GOING OUT INTO THE WORLD SUMMER
NEW WITHOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
FROM HOME BUT HE SAW THE SENSE
OF COMMUNITY PEOPLE TO HAVE
DINNER WITH AND
IT ALSO LIKE BEING WITH A GROUP
ENABLES YOU TO DO THINGS YOU
CAN DO IT AS A PARTY OF ONE
STORY MAKING EVERY TALK ABOUT
FRIENDS HERE STRAIN, BUT
STRANGERS LIKE ORGANIZING
TRIPS. YES, I FEEL LIKE WE USE
THE WORD GROUP TRAVEL YAK ABOUT
LIKE ORGANIZE GROUP TRIPS OVER
WHETHER IT'S AT YOUR HOPPING ON
A TOUR TO EGYPT OR THERE'S A
LOT OF SMALLER COMPANIES THAT
DO LOCAL TEARS AS WELL.
>>KIND OF THE AREA THAT'S
REALLY GROWING RIGHT NOW
THERE'S A LOT OF NEW OPERATORS
THAT ARE KIND OF TRYING TO MAKE
IT COOL. AND SO ON YOU KNOW
THAT WOMEN IN PARTICULAR HAVE
BURNED IN DRAWN TO THIS TYPE OF
TRAVEL. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT
IS
PERSONALLY MY FAVORITE PART OF
GOING. ON ANY KIND OF TRIP IS
MEETING DIFFERENT PEOPLE
WHETHER IT'S IN THE DESTINATION
OR GOING TO OTHER TRAVELERS YOU
CROSS CARS WITHOUT A FATHER.
I THINK A LOT OF WOMEN WANT TO
TAKE TRIPS BUT THEY EITHER
DON'T HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE
WILLING TO HOP ON A BUCKET WITH
THEM. THEY DON'T WANT TO GO
THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHER THEY
WANT TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE DOING
SOMETHING ON THEIR OWN. THEY
WANT US THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY
AND BY CONCRETE TRIP IS KIND OF
BUILT-IN AND YOU KNOW THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO BE MEETING
DIFFERENT PEOPLE. YOU KNOW THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE TO
DO THINGS WITH ALL DAY LONG.
AGAIN WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BEST
SPOTS FOR GROUP TRAVEL. WHERE
YOU WANT TO GO LOOK I THINK NOW
THERE ARE YOU KNOW COOL NEW
GROUP TRIPS GOING ALL OVER THE
WORLD. I THINK GROUP CHIPS CAN
BE REALLY GREAT WAY TO GO
SOMEWHERE I GET LIKE YOU'RE
INTIMIDATED GO BY YOURSELF.
SO LIKE I MENTIONED EGYPT I
REALLY WANT TO GO TO EGYPT TO
YEAH, HOW I HAVE NO IDEA HOW
THE PLANET RIGHT EGYPT. I DON'T
KNOW HAVE ANY CLOSE FRIENDS
HAVE BEEN I DON'T KNOW ANYONE
IS FROM THERE. BUT A GROUP TRIP
IS YOU KNOW THEY LINE
UP EVERYTHING FOR YOU AND I
KNOW THAT I CAN JUST GO WITHOUT
WAITING FOR MY
FRIENDS OR MY SISTERS OR ANYONE
ELSE TO COMMIT SO WE'RE LOOKING
AT SOME OF THE TRAVEL TIPS FOR
GOING WITH A GROUP OF HONOR
SCREEN. ONE OF THE PIECES OF
ADVICE IS TO AVOID LARGE TOUR
GROUPS.
>>IMAGINE THAT THAT'S JUST SO
THAT YOU CAN MAYBE DO A FEW
THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT.
>>I ALSO THINK I THINK WE ALL
KNOW THAT GROUP ARE TALKING
ESPECIALLY LIKE WE WORK AND
NEAR THE WORLD TRADE CENTER WE
SEE THESE BIG BUSES AND 40
PEOPLE AND SOMEONE YOU KNOW THE
LIKE THAT DOESN'T LET IT COOL
IT DOESN'T LOOK IMMERSIVE AND
IT'S LIKE
YOU KNOW ON INSTAGRAM THAT
YEAH, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT REALLY
IS INTO THAT AND I
THINK SMALLER GROUPS YOU KNOW
LIKE MAXIMUM LIKE LESS THAN 20
PROBABLY
ENABLES YOU TO STILL GO TO LIKE
SMALLER OFF THE BEATEN PATH
PLACES YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE