Do you like to travel on your own or with the tour groups?

I've never traveled alone. Sometimes, I travel with friends but most of the times with family. My sisters are my tour buddies. Every year, we plan a trip wherever we want to go and bring our whole family with us. We always look forward to it ever year. :))

I travel quite often, mostly on my business trips, within the country and also overseas. When in a foreign country, since I am not familiar with the places and the formalities, my business colleagues assist me on tours when we have the spare time. Otherwise, I have to join a tour group to visit places of interest in the city or the region.

I am an independent traveler and these days I take my two young children with me. I typically book my flight six months before my trip and then save up more money for my accommodation costs and sightseeing expenses. I read independently minded travel guide books to get an idea of where I will visit in that particular region. A tour group of adults wouldn't want my children on their trip. Not until my youngest kid is 5 years old could we go on a family tour. My advantage is choosing where I will stay. It is also being able to choose how long to spend in each destination. I can let my kids go to places they will enjoy like Scratch Patch in Cape Town. The disadvantage is only having me to carry all of the baggage. A tour can rush too fast and it can be more expensive than traveling independently. If I cruised around the Galapagos Islands I would need a tour but usually I am fine on my own with my kids.

I travel with my kids always. Every summer me and my kids travel 6 hours to reach my hometown. Sometime we took the bus and sometimes by car. It is always fun to travel with our loved ones than being alone.

I used to prefer travelling on my own. And there are a lot of reasons for it. But realities must be faced. If you don't know the language, don't know the country, and don't know where the interesting spots are, or how to get there, you are better off just getting on a bus with a group.

I like to travel. But I don't like travelling alone cause I think that won't be so fun. I travel with family, special someone or friends. :) Advantages are that, you can enjoy the whole trip with them, you can share something with someone and so on.. Disadvantage.. hmm.. Not sure if have. :)

I almost always prefer to see the sights on my own rather than with a tour group. It's one thing to have a guided tour of an attraction, and a whole different experience to be in a tour group that gets on a bus (or whatever) and only sees the sights that the tour has said will be shown. I might not want to see everything on their list, and there might be other things I'd rather see in a new city. Also, when traveling on my own, I think it's to my advantage to more likely get the real flavor of a town, the side that a group touring probably doesn't get to see. I'd like to choose my own restaurant to eat at, and not one that the tour guide has picked out. All in all, I think I see, and meet, more interesting people and places than just going on their prescribed routes and agendas. I listed what I see as advantages, and the flip side of what I think as a disadvantage when traveling.

I like to travel with the tour groups. Because I can save much money and I can have a full guide by tourist. Moreover, they'll guarantee the safe for us during the tour. I only travel own if I have a friend who know clearly about the place where we'll travel too.

I prefer travelling with friends because I can talk with someone.I can ask someone to hold the camera for picture taking.Travelling with someone you love is more exciting,but if you are travelling for some peace of mind you can travel alone.