Small group tours have their own set of advantages. With a small group, you get a lot of flexibility. The wait time diminishes significantly. If you extrapolate the word ‘flexibility’ in terms of the tourism industry, it’s the amount of time you spend enjoying the places. If you travel in large groups, you waste a lot of time getting on and off buses, checking into the hotels and resorts or wherever you stay. That’s when the concept of ‘flexibility’ comes into play. Smaller groups can easily manoeuvre around sites. You get a lot of breathing space and there is no fight for a perfect slot. The concept of small group tours is gaining popularity in recent times. The venture of Australian companies that offer small group tours in Melbourne & Victoria is a reflection of that trend.

The sense of security

If you travel independently, you have so many things to handle on your own. There is a very probability of things not going according to the plan. Knowingly or unknowingly, you lose a lot of time on your tour managing stuff. Only a fraction of your total time, you enjoy your travel. Most of the time, you are just anxious worrying about stuff;at the same time, when you travel in large numbers, you struggle for space. That’s why this new emerging idea of taking small group tours in Melbourne & Victoriashows a lot of promise. It’s a perfect middle path thatthe tourism industry has taken. A lot of big players are now offering tour packages, aligning with this idea. It gives you enough time to enjoy your travel with a sense of security and peace of mind.

Sustainability

When you travel, you want to experience the beauty of nature, beautiful landscapes, mountains, rivers and forests. You want to experience it because you love. You would never want, because of your tours, the balance of nature gets affected. If you a believer in responsible tourism, then this idea of small group tours pretty much well aligns with it. When you travel in smaller groups, you automatically minimize your footprints on the globe. You can stay in a relatively smaller hotel; locality owned small resorts, you can also eat local establishments. In a way, when you travel toa smaller group, not only you do good for the land you are travelling to, you also support their local businesses.  It makes those businesses sustainable. It makes your travel sustainable, you can always go again and again, and you enjoy the same beauty. And you don’t ruin it for the coming generation.

The idea of small group tours a perfect middle path that helps all the stakeholders in the tourism industry. The Australian companies have taken the lead, others are also seeing the potential in it.