Why you should travel with a CROWDSOURCED community

I have done a few solo trips and a few with a tour group, I absolutely love to travel alone but for a past few months I am loving traveling with a group more, so that brings me to today's post topic that is " why you should travel in a group or a community".

When you’re traveling solo, you’re the one who’s responsible for finding accommodation, getting there, finding food and drink and making sure you get the best from your destination.

On tour, your guide will tell you where you’re going each morning, probably take you there, and a good one will be able to give you facts about everything you see along the way too.

The fact that there will be all kinds of different people on your trip, who’ve also joined to make new friends, means it’s so much easier to get chatting to people.

You can quickly work out who you think you’d like to talk to, and then over the course of the trip, others might surprise you. Either way, I can confirm that it’s much easier to make friends on tours than by hoping to strike up conversations in hostel common rooms.

If you’re an extrovert, being in a tour group should fill you with energy and leave you ready to take on any adventure! New friends, new place, new adventure? Long days backpacking or snorkeling or wandering in a city, and long nights dancing, eating or telling life stories is your cup of tea (or glass of sangria or stein of chicha)!

Join a tour group and you’ll always have a tour leader to advise if things go wrong. This is just a safety net though; you’re not five, and they’re not your parent, but at least you have the reassurance that someone’s got your back if it should all go wrong.

When I opted for my first community travel with a tribe named " tripver" I was too skeptical about it but trust me when I say this I had one of the best time on that trip, the people were very friendly and I did stuff I couldn't have done alone.

When you are with a group you feel like you belong there and regardless of where you travel you feel connected to each other. I made some great friends over those trips whom I absolutely love till today and we all we still in contact and sometimes also plan more trips to go on together.

When you travel in a group your leader can arrange group discounts on activities, food, and drinks. Companies will be happy to offer cheaper prices as there are so many of you.

As part of a tour your transport can sometimes access areas you wouldn’t be able to yourself. This is especially true when it comes to those hard to reach destinations like Africa. You’ll be taken to projects you would never have heard of, and have a chance to be introduced to locals like you wouldn’t have if you were traveling by yourself.

All those Instagram selfies are getting tiring for your friends, y’know. You need to get some friends in on the action. On tour, everyone’s happy to pose for a pic and be tagged as they all want to look like they’re having the best time ever to their friends back home.

I’ve loved all my adventures traveling in a tour group. Of course, it can depend on the group you’re stuck with, but with a positive attitude and a sense of fun, you’ll definitely meet some cool people, with shared interests.  Give it a try!