The Best Small Group Tours: What to Look For and What to Run From

Fri, 22 May 2026 06:00:00 -0500

I’ve been on enough bad tours to know exactly what a good one feels like.

The bad ones announce themselves early. You’re at the airport at six in the morning, and someone is counting heads, and the count is wrong, and the guide looks harassed before the trip has technically started. The bus is full. The seats are assigned. The person in front of you leans back at the exact moment the flight attendant delivers your coffee. Three days in, you know which couple argues at dinner and which one hasn’t spoken to each other in what appears to be years, and you know because you’ve had dinner with both of them five nights in a row with nowhere to go.

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The Best Small Group Tours: What to Look For and What to Run From