Tag: customized vacation experiences
Learn French, Travel With Your Tutor
Learn French while traveling with your teacher in Eastern France. Doesn’t that sound like fun? Our Parisian friend Pascale Heuzé previously shared her ideas about souvenir shopping and provided suggestions for living like a local in Paris. Now she wants to help you learn French. Read on… I’m a real French tutor living in Paris and […]
Thanksgiving Travel With Airbnb
Thanksgiving travel plans still up in the air? The winter holidays can be challenging for authentic travelers. On one hand, we want to share the time with family and close friends. On the other, we’d like to have a great travel experience. If “over the river and through the woods” is sounding less than melodic […]
Voluntourism and the Joy of Travel
The Africa Foundation supports schools in Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa Customized itineraries are an important aspect of Authentic Luxury Travel. We like to focus on our individual interests and leave room in the trip plan for spontaneous detours. This flexibility may enable staying longer than expected at a colorful marketplace or hiking farther than […]
Travel Trends and Hot Topics
Travel Trends and Hot Topics is reprinted with permission from the SATW TRAVELER, the newsletter of the Society of American Travel Writers. Gazing into the future: destinations, travel trends and other hot topics to ponder… Remember when no one talked about bespoke travel? Now it’s everywhere and the USTOA (United States Tour Operators Association) says […]