Why do some people say that the first outbound tour must be with a tour group?

I am deeply involved in the horse tourism big coffee base with tourism 15 years or more. From the perspective of practitioners, I will give you professional advice.

When traveling abroad for the first time, many tourists will have various questions. There is no clear rule about whether to choose a group tour, but I will give different suggestions according to the actual situation of different tourists:

First, choose according to personal experience.

Some people, who are experienced in self-help travel and have been to various places in China, can definitely choose to travel abroad by themselves.

Many people will be influenced by their English level and find it difficult to leave the country. But remember, language is definitely not the biggest obstacle in foreign countries, and body language and smile are the most common ways of communication. In many cases, your English is not proficient. In fact, another person's American English is average, but his smile is ordinary. In addition, there are many mobile phone translation software, so please ignore the language and measure the conditions of self-help outbound travel by experience.

Experience includes planning routes, finding destinations quickly, finding restaurants and hotels, and finding transportation. However, the above is just a bonus. In the era of increasingly developed network, these can be solved through the network. The only experience: you must have experience in dealing with crises on the road. What if my passport is missing? What if my wallet is stolen? What if there is a traffic accident? Outdoor travel, what should I do if I encounter danger? These experiences are the amulet to ensure the safety of your journey. Unexpected situations are often unexpected, so when you meet them, you usually don't have time to look for answers online. These experiences must be accumulated through travel again and again.

So I suggest:

Those who lack travel experience and are too lazy to plan their itinerary can choose to travel with a group;

Those who lack travel experience, but want to try and start, can start from the surrounding or domestic self-help tour;

Young people without experience and courage can also choose relatively difficult short-term destinations such as Southeast Asia and Japan and try to travel abroad by themselves.

Second, according to the destination choice.

Destination is an important factor affecting travel plans. As I said above, short-term destinations with mature tourism conditions, such as Southeast Asia and Japan, will be less difficult to travel by themselves. For long-distance destinations, it is different. They are often influenced by local atmosphere, visas and other factors.

The local atmosphere refers to the overall integration and hospitality. The Russian World Cup attracted countless people from China to this country. Take this country as an example. Actually, it's not the first time that I don't recommend self-help travel. Because the hospitality of Russians is far from that of people in tropical countries such as Southeast Asia. Communication difficulties will make you feel unable to move when you go abroad for the first time. Traveling with a group, everything is arranged by the travel agency, and the need for local people to help lead the way will be greatly reduced.

Secondly, it is the visa issue. The difficulty of visa varies from country to country. According to the degree of difficulty, it is Canada, the United States/Schengen, Japan/Australia, Southeast Asia and others. This formula is not absolute, and will change with group visas and individual tourist visas. Take Japan as an example. If you travel freely in Japan, you need more conditions, such as cash requirements. However, if you travel with a group, you can use a Japanese group visa, which greatly reduces the difficulty of the visa.

Third, choose according to personal conditions.

This is influenced by visa and budget.

As mentioned above, if personal information is not perfect, or visas in some provinces are difficult, or passports have DT or white copies, it is relatively difficult to get visas in some countries. In some countries, the conditions of group visa are much simpler than individual visa, so you may choose to travel with a group. For example, a team visa in Australia is very difficult. But in the United States, there is no group visa option, depending on the individual visa conditions.

The economy is direct. Under the same reception conditions and itinerary, the price of group tour is always cheaper than that of self-help tour. On the other hand, tourists who do not choose self-help tours will completely copy the itinerary and reception hardware of the team. Even the same trip, in terms of catering, hotels, transportation, play time, etc. Will be different, so the comparability is not great. It can only be said that self-help tour is more free and more free, and if you only take a certain destination as an example, such as a six-day tour in Thailand, the cost will often be higher. It's easy to travel with a group, but the price will be relatively lower if you want to travel with a group.

After reading it, if it is the first time to travel abroad, what kind of travel mode will you choose? Travel big coffee base, pay attention to the latest travel information, and find more and more fun during the trip.