How to choose to travel with a group or not?

According to my own experience of traveling freely and occasionally joining a tour group in recent years, the advantages and disadvantages of joining or not joining a tour group are as follows:

Benefits:

1. is cheap, because travel agencies can get internal prices from food, accommodation and transportation. Some performances, such as Princess Wencheng's performance in Lhasa and the charm of Xiangxi in Zhangjiajie, can get preferential tickets from tour guides and travel agencies.

2. For some remote places, such as the roads from Yunnan to Shangri-La and Lugu Lake, it is definitely better for them to arrange transportation than to carpool ourselves.

I didn't know there were so many stories in the explanations of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple until I heard their understanding. For example, believers in Jokhang Temple will arrive at Jokhang Temple in three steps from their home in a few years.

4. Some groups will have limited rights to take ropeways and vehicles in scenic spots.

Disadvantages:

1. The route is fixed. If there is a good scenic spot in the middle, you don't have to go by yourself.

2. People in the same trade may be late at the scenic spot for various reasons, which will delay the whole trip. Once, a friend went to the northwest to join a group. I couldn't catch the train, because a mother and son took pictures of each scenic spot for a long time.

If it is a ring road, such as the ring road in northwest China and Tibet, it is much better to find a few people to charter a car by themselves than to join a group.

Traveling with a group or traveling by yourself? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

When many people see this problem, they will probably say that the elderly are just like tour groups, and young people travel by themselves. In fact, it is not easy to make it clear in one sentence.

Let's talk about my many years of travel experience.

If it is a city tour or an island tour, young and old can travel freely. Different people have their own emphases and can arrange them at will. Some people like museums, some people like historical sites, some people like local food, and some people like to punch in and take pictures. They even want to be in a daze in one place. Where to stay for a long time and where to pass by depends on your own needs, and the advantages of free travel are revealed. Moreover, the urban traffic is convenient, and it is easy to choose buses or taxis, so it is not a problem to develop mature islands.

If the journey is long, the distance span is large, or the reception conditions at the destination are limited, it is best for all ages to join a tour group, which can save a lot of unnecessary pre-trip search strategy, route design and cumbersome booking work. Don't underestimate these jobs. If you do it all in advance, the energy consumed is not much easier than the process of your free travel. Of course, if you like, that's another story. The situation in many places is not very optimistic. Free travel, no one will remind you of local precautions and special circumstances. You can only solve the problem by yourself. Of course, the special experience is also a special experience for experienced tourists to travel freely.

Of course, whether you are old or young, if you have confidence in your driving and want to experience a different travel experience, you can also choose to go to road trip. There are tourist routes that are very suitable for self-driving at home and abroad. You can follow me and read my previous articles.

Many people don't-I don't like to choose a tour group because of the inherent concept that the tours arranged by regular tour groups are all about walking around, getting on the bus to sleep, getting off the bus to pee and taking pictures at scenic spots. Indeed, if you choose the most regular tour group, you will visit more places in the shortest time. When designing products, the lowest cost is the first consideration, so the chain reaction caused by so many tour groups is also a problem. In fact, the products of tour groups are getting richer and richer. There are not only regular tours, but also more special products. Many experienced routes are worth choosing. These tour groups include not only the elderly, but also many young people, because the design of products is increasingly based on meeting the needs of tourists.