A new generation of personals guides for individuals small groups though has become quietly more popular over the last decade. Smart, educated, professionals are taking individuals and small groups on personal tours, urban excursions and adventures in Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania and the Americas. And you can find many of them on sites like Viamigo.
A travelers who recently came back from Thailand, and raved, “My girlfriend convinced me to go on an ecotour with her and we had a wild experience in the jungle. Then we stopped at a beach, and the guy’s hometown for amazing curry. The people we met on the tour are still friends. That never would have happened without a personal guide.”
Many travelers have never been on a group tour because the image of an obnoxious tour guide and humungous diesel spewing bus sticks in our minds. In Japan, Thailand, China, wherever you’re going, personal guides who take small groups on likeminded adventures can make all the difference.
Small group tours across Asia are a great way to experience more on your next exotic vacation, but tours are interesting for reasons beyond the immediate experience of the tour itself. When you join a small group for a tour, you meet other travelers in a similar way to the experience at breakfast at a small hotel or B&B.
When you meet other travelers, you learn about other places through conversations during your tour. Especially when sightseeing for a day, a congenial atmosphere makes travel talk flow freely on the tour. Everyone has knowledge to share whether you are talking an old city walking tour, fishing a famous spot, or bird watching in the jungle
You can save money as a group by pooling your resources – but you can even save money personally by contacting a guide in advance, then by getting local tips from them. Fellow travelers who have been to islands of the Philippines, to the jungles of Myanmar, to the beaches of Thailand all have tips, but local guides can help arrange the details before you travel.
Here are some more interesting personal guides, where you can go surfing and diving to shopping and experience nightlife, hire interpreters and private guides to tour operators and helicopter pilots.
