Today more and more travelers are attracted to group travel. A person may join a group travel program for companionship, or the desire to travel with others, hoping to meet people of similar interests with whom to share the fun of travel experiences. Organizations often like to sponsor trips because members like to travel together. Many people also join group travel programs because they appreciate the convenience. Their luggage is taken care of for them and their sightseeing is planned and prearranged. In short, they are free from daily decisions or problems.

 

Although group travel programs vary in style, they have a great deal in common in terms of the components that make up a group tour. A typical trip will include some, not necessarily all, of the following tour components:

 

Transportation

Accommodations

Sightseeing – including guides and entrance fees to museums and attractions

Leadership – a tour manager, local guides.

Meals

Social events – theatre tickets, receptions, cocktail parties, etc

Transfers – meet and greet services, transportation, and baggage handling between airport and hotels.

Attractions

Special events

Special interest activities – meetings, lectures, classes.

Group Travel for Pleasure

Group travel for pleasure covers basic vacation travel in a group. It is conceived as strictly for enjoyment.

Group Travel for Business

In this category you find incentives, conventions, meetings, seminars, trade missions.

Group Travel with a Purpose

Group travel with a purpose ( commonly known as “special-interest tours’) revolves around a specific purpose or interest. This could be sports, golf, theatre, history, wine, to name a few.

 

It’s not as difficult as you think!

The following are a few suggestions to consider for group travel:

Genealogy Tours

Reunions

Fundraiser; If your group needs to raise funds, we can show you how by organizing a travel group.

Incentive Travel

Golf Tours

Wine Tours

Culinary

Garden

Church /Synagogue

Bicycle

Art

Cooking Classes

Health & Fitness

History

Photography

Singles Travel (where everyone has their own room)

Theatre Tours

Lakeside Travel will assist you in putting together a group. We take care of all the details

Create the tour concept

Plan the itinerary

Book all arrangements

Cost and price the tour

Print a brochure

Handle clients from the time they first inquire about the trip to the time they depart on tour

 

Let Lakeside Travel customize your itinerary. Leave all the details to us. Let our years of experience guide you to the perfect group tour. Lakeside Travel has been designed custom tours since 1982. A few of our clients include Los Angeles radio stations KABC..the very popular Ken & Bob Company travel for ten years to destinations around the world… , KFI’s…Bill Handel, Dr. Laura.. and KOST…our last tour was the Mark & Kim St. Patrick’s Day tour to Ireland in 2007…  Pepperdine University, Soapbox Films, the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, plus churches and other organizations.