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How does WTravel Group travel?
Some times in a rickshaw? Today a woman asked what vehicles do we use? Easy answer: it depends on the group size and the terrain we are covering. Here are a few examples: Small group, short distances: usually a 15-21 seater bus still with some empty seats. That is what we use in Tuscany and Ireland, a 17 seater for 8 women plus guide and driver. Long distance: almost always a larger bus, with air conditioning, and very comfortable seats.… -
The perfect travel group size?
Italy always 8-9 to fit into our farmouse.
We are often asked How Large are Your Groups? It is hard to answer when our groups range from 6-21 and often fall in the middle of those numbers. But here are a few comments about group size we have tracked for 23 years.
21 has to be the max. Why? We have found that with 21 women in a group, everyone makes 2-5 new friends and everyone has a meaningful conversation with everyone else during the trip.…
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Senior Women – 'Adventurous' Destinations
Phyllis in Ethiopia on our first trip; second trip booking now.
Once you have done the London Paris Rome trip and its clones, why not try a destination with a little sizzle? Oddly The Women’s Travel Group has found that the more unusual the destination, the faster the tour is full. Here is what we think this trend is about:
Carpe diem first and foremost. As we get older, we realize that some areas might pose issues for us, even if the issue is only confidence in going.…
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The Best Nail Biting 1st Trip-Ireland
Your first nail biting trip without friends/family.Ireland
Your first trip by yourself should be chosen carefully. Here is why Ireland is the best first trip with The Women’s Travel Group.
Short direct to Dublin flight, less travel fatigue and less initial angst which effects all of us but more, if this is your first solo trip. A little over 6 hours from JFK makes Ireland our closest neighbor besides Portugal.
English speaking, with a lilt and a smile. Obviously this means instructions from airport staff, hotel concierges, wait staff, taxi drivers are in your language.…
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Happy Holidays from The Women's Travel Group
One of the best aspects of our group is its multi-cultural one. On The Women’s Travel Group trips, we get to meet women from different backgrounds, and different geographic areas. We have even had some women from further afield. You might enjoy hearing about some of the women I have had the privilege of traveling with recently:they are every background, every ethnic group, every age:
Names changed to protect the ‘innocent’.
xx from Florida turned 80+ in Delhi last year! What a gal.…
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Back from our Tuscany Cooking Week
Starving post trip, for the pounds were all worth it. Here we are with home made pasta that we kneaded, cooked and ate happily. Some notes on the trip and other small group trips with The Women’s Travel Group:
There will always be someone to pal with, oddly our group tends to be similar from trip to trip. We are women who love to travel and will not wait for friends. We are sometimes celebrating retirement from work or from other ‘lifetime’ stuff.…
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Use GGIIMMPP in your hotel room
Travel tips from The Women’s Travel Group:
Numero uno is the adapter you left in the bathroom wall. You took the phone but left the adaptor. Numero 2 is your washcloth. You packed it, because most non Americans do not use washclothes. Now it is left hanging in the shower.
Then your pajamas, not totally your fault but if you leave your night clothes on an unmade bed. they can disappear into the laundry.
You forgot the amenities for a ‘rainy day’, as you were waiting to see if you could cram more into your suitcase.…
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5 Airplane Don'ts for Women
We love lists, and here is one for those of you embarking this week on our two tours: Italy and France.
Five absolute NO’s.
Do NOT get on the plane before you put your passport back into its safe place.
Do NOT leave possessions unlocked, either in overhead bins, or on your person. Remember you might fall asleep with your money belt or purse exposed. Bring extra TSA locks; they are easy to lose.
Do NOT create a seat cushion out of a dark sweater or dark coat.…
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Italy in the Spring: NYTimes 36 Hours in Rome
This is the 2014 Tuscany Cooking Group, soon off again to Pisa for our week of fun. Stay tuned for next year’s date.
Many of The Women’s Travel Group trips are arranged so solo women can easily connect with the group if not flying with a friend or one of us. March 8 produced another terrific article about Rome where we start our Sweep Through Italy trip April 29-May 10 2015.
Yes, some women will arrive in Rome a day or two before the group, so here goes some of the newer Rome sights: MAXXI by Zaha Hadid, where the building even moves as you do, slanted floors and art made from lights/string/google users and more.…
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Women's Tour or Women's Travel Club?
What is the difference between The Women’s Travel Group and its former incarnation as The Women’s Travel Club? Obviously no dues. What differentiates The Women’s Travel Group from a basic tour company is fivefold:We update all the time (Louis Vuitton Foundation Museum is in our Paris Christmas trip)
We are not afraid to examine history: (Ireland and Northern Ireland in July).
We like to question speakers: (India November, why not pose the question of rape in India?).…
