If you travel to an unfamiliar place, should you join a group or go on your own?

If you travel independently, it is more tiring and hard, you have to consider the itinerary, such as passports, currency exchange, language, local customs, clothing, food, housing and transportation, etc. Unlike a group tour, you don't have a bus, so you have to arrange your own transportation abroad. I remember the torment of taking a full 10 hours of night bus ride to the next city in Turkey.

To put it simply, the careful arrangement of group tours lacks freedom, and although independent travel is comfortable, it is relatively more "tiring" during travel. Of course, I now prefer a challenging way of traveling.

Don't look at the group tour to save money and convenience, the time of the group tour is not a few hours, the travel agency just let the tour guide carry the person, pull from a to B, take pictures and check in and leave, only remember to go home and only remember to be, after a few years can no longer recall the details, and the head will never report the group tour again, because every report is a pit, and the pit is different. And free travel, do your own strategy and will choose accommodation is also very cost-effective, local popular introduction, you can check on the Internet to know probably, you can play by yourself can spend less money and not waste time, how to play how you want, play until the middle of the night and no one cares, after returning home there is memory storage and want to go again next time. In my world, I only recognize independent travel at present, and I am insulated by group tours.

The benefits of independent travel are also more obvious, the time is arbitrary, and you have the final say; The attractions are arbitrary, if you want to eat more delicious food, take more good-looking **, or go to some special attractions according to your own preferences, you can arrange it yourself, don't worry about other people's opinions, and don't have to look at the face of the tour guide, it is the most relaxed way to travel. Independent travel to reach the destination by plane or other means will not be as tiring as self-driving, self-driving drivers are the most tired, and if the route is too long, people who take a car will also feel tired.

I still prefer self-guided tours. More than 10 years ago, there were still a few years when I liked to be with my travelers, and I was generally a masochistic type when I went to western Sichuan. Now that I think about it, I was so young and vigorous back then.

I can't remember what ditch I went to, a bunch of people were tired of walking halfway, and the vegetable leaves brought by the guide were thrown into a big pot and stewed, and then a few bags of instant noodles were cooked, and they all felt that it was delicious in the world.

The first time I traveled abroad with my girlfriend was Thailand, and because it was the first time I went abroad, I was very excited and curious throughout the whole process. My girlfriend is another girl who likes to "pat pat pat pat ", and every time the tour guide announces free activities, she always pulls me to look at the scenic spots. If you don't shoot the ** that dominates the circle of friends, you won't give up.

I vividly remember the scene at the Grand Palace in Thailand where I was blamed by the tour guide for taking pictures that exceeded the meeting time. At that time, the scene was very embarrassing to think about. Later we tried our free travel, and the first time was in Turkey.

The day before yesterday, I had just finished my second independent trip to Vietnam. The benefits of independent travel are obvious, and you can stay at a certain attraction for as long as you want. However, it is relatively tiring to travel independently.

My earliest solo travel was from 2002, the first time I traveled far away was Tianjin, as soon as I got off the train, there was a bun shop at the entrance of the station, I had no travel experience at that time, the first time I felt the cold in the north, I didn't dare to play around, only to a liberation bridge near the train station for a day, the next day I didn't dare to go to the hotel, and bought a train ticket to return to Hubei on the third day. Later, in order to increase my knowledge in advance, I would backpack and travel to places I had never been in the off-season every year. In 03, because of the clothing business, I went to Shenzhen and Guangdong to buy goods, and then went all over the country.

It is good to travel alone, you can walk and play freely, you are not limited by time, you will not waste time in shopping stores, and you can aimlessly search for your favorite and local popular customs.

Because I take my parents with me every time I travel, I am a family of five, so I drive more often and rarely use independent travel. However, this year's Spring Festival to Guangzhou is a free trip, because the flight landing time is late, and you have to take the train to other places, so it is more troublesome to book a hotel, you have to consider many factors, and you have to do a lot more preparation than self-driving. After checking the information for a few days, Guangzhou cuisine has been deeply planted, and it is estimated that it will be eaten for a few days.

With a group, there are fewer pleasant experiences in comparison.

Personally, I don't think it's good to travel with a group. When I wasn't married before, I often traveled with a group, and at that time, I was trying to get cheaper, and I saved a lot of money than going out to play by myself. Later, after getting married and having children, my mind slowly changed.

And the main reason for the change is that our dear children, it is a happy thing to go out to play, but two or three-year-old children are not as good as us adults, he has not yet experienced this experience, and most of the time every day is still based on sleeping.

Personally, I prefer to travel independently, because it is more fun and free.

1.Although the group tour is relatively cheap, there are many restrictions on the way to travel, and the scenic spots are also popular attractions, and it is necessary to arrange shopping at shopping spots that you don't like, as well as a variety of additional points.

2.If you are on your own, you can go wherever you want, stay as long as you want, and dig deeper into some of the local lesser-known attractions.

However, the premise of having a good time on an independent trip is that you have to spend a lot of time picking up strategies and travelogues, and screening out the essence in order to sort out the itinerary and route you want.

For the first trip, I think I can choose to join a group, because everyone goes out to play, most people like to relax, if travel brings trouble and pressure, it is the opposite of the opposite.

Under normal circumstances, if you choose to travel independently for the first time, then because of your lack of experience, you may encounter various problems in the travel process, because you have no experience, so when you go to some relatively unfamiliar places, you must make a lot of preparations, such as what are the must-see attractions in the local area, How to plan the route itinerary and traffic information between scenic spots, how to stay, etc., you must know in mind, if you are not prepared for this, then it will only bring you a lot of trouble.

On the contrary, if you choose to travel with a group, then you don't have to worry about accommodation and transportation and safety, avoiding most of the problems in independent travel, but this does not mean that you don't have to do any homework, if you choose to follow the group too rashly, then in the next trip, it may also make you unhappy, because now some tour groups are not pure play groups, there are also some tour groups including shopping and other ways, Therefore, when choosing a tour group, you must keep your eyes open, see clearly whether the tour group you are reporting is a shopping group or a pure play group, if it is from a play group, it is very pleasant, but if it is a shopping group, then the guide may take you to some of their cooperative stores for consumption, this kind of thing is also very common.

Therefore, if you are traveling for the first time, it is best to choose a group, but when choosing a tour group, you must see clearly whether the tour group you choose is a pure play group, otherwise, you may fall into the "pit" established by the travel agency.

With a group, because you have to accumulate travel experience, try the water first and then try to travel independently.

If you don't have free travel experience, it's the first time you're out of the first trip, it's recommended to sign up for a group and experience a few times, after all, the itinerary of these teams is formed over the years, and it will be relatively more professional than the manuscript.

For the first time, the group can observe the bends and enjoy the various scenic spots. Because of my first defeat, I don't know what attractions there are. I don't know if it's more fun. So it's still more suitable to follow a group.

I really don't know, I haven't understood, and many people have big questions about this issue.