Small Group Touring: Why the Number on the Coach Matters

There’s a big difference between seeing a country with 12 people and seeing it with 40.

That doesn’t automatically make one better than the other, but it can completely change the feel of your holiday.

Smaller groups can often stay in more interesting accommodation, eat in smaller restaurants and travel in vehicles that can reach places a large coach simply can’t. There’s less waiting for everyone to get on and off, and it can feel more like travelling with a group of people than moving around in a crowd.

Larger escorted tours have their advantages too. They can offer excellent value, cover a lot of ground and make seeing the major sights incredibly easy.

But I look beyond the words “small group”.

How many people actually travel? How often are you changing hotels? Are you leaving at 7am every morning? Are the hotels somewhere you’d choose yourself? Is there free time, or is every day organised from breakfast until dinner?

Those details matter just as much as the places listed on the itinerary.

The right tour should suit your pace, your interests and the way you like to spend your time.

Because nobody wants to come home needing a holiday from their holiday.