When you are planning your adventures in travel, you have to do what you can to pack in as many experiences as possible to truly enjoy yourself and make the most of your time. Traveling to new destinations is your chance to explore new cultures and landscapes, immersing yourself in new experiences. To truly optimize your trip, however, you need to make a plan of all of the places you want to explore. While you’ll likely opt to do some of that on your own, tours are a great way to fill in the blanks and easily hit a number of must-see destinations efficiently.
Tours change the way you travel and experience new places. Tours like the Tamanique waterfalls tour, or tours across the Galapagos, help you to maximize your understanding of a place. Whether you’re heading somewhere commonly known, a tourist trap or somewhere off the beaten track, you should book tours wherever you go — and here’s why:
1. Enjoy Local Expertise
Believe it or not, one of the best reasons to book a tour is the chance to gain access to experts who understand the area, its culture, and history. While you can take yourself to those places, you’re better off on a tour where you can learn the ins and outs of the area and gain expert knowledge from someone passionate about the location. Local guides can offer insider information that you likely won’t have access to on your own.
2. Maximize Your Time
You want to get the most out of your experience in a new place, and traveling can become overwhelming when not properly planned. With booked tours, you can avoid waiting to see the best places in long lines and start understanding everything there is to know about a place out the gate. When you can go on tour and have someone to guide you from place to place, you don’t have to spend time queuing or organizing tickets.
3. Safety
Are you traveling alone? When you go somewhere alone, especially when you go somewhere unfamiliar, you can find yourself more alert and worrying for your safety than anything else. When you go alone, a tour guide can make you feel safe. You won’t necessarily have to worry about getting lost or robbed, and you know you’re not going to venture into the unfamiliar because your tour guide will show you where you’re headed next every step of the way.
4. Access Hidden Gems
One of the best things about booking tours is getting to see things you wouldn’t see in a guidebook. There are things that you can do with a tour guide, such as going off track and into the back street, that you probably wouldn’t explore on your own but still ensure your safety! You can see lesser known parts of a place that offer huge cultural significance, and you’ll make new memories as you go.
5. Make New Connections
Traveling alone or with a smaller group can feel isolating. In a tour group, you can connect with people who want what you want, know what you know, and learn what you learn. This allows you to make new friendships and build new connections.
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It goes a long way to take that bit of extra time to book tours and budget time for them during your vacations. Give it a try, and you may be surprised at just how far these unique offerings will take you!
