2022 is predicted to be the year of solo travel. Are you thinking about venturing out on your own to spread your wings and discover new destinations, yet don’t want to be alone? Well, Luxury Gold has the answer.

Travel with us and get the best of both worlds on a luxury guided tour. Relish the freedom associated with solo travel mixed with dynamic group camaraderie, and enjoy an unforgettable journey with like-minded travelers.

According to a recent survey conducted by solotravelerworld.com, 2022 is the year for solo travel with the top reason being the urge to explore the world without having to wait for others. If you are feeling like the folks surveyed and are keen to tick destinations off your bucket list but can’t find anyone who wants to visit the same places, then read on, and follow our continuing blog series, to discover the benefits of solo travel and great reasons to travel solo with Luxury Gold.

Why travel solo with Luxury Gold?

Tick destinations off your bucket list

Are you dreaming of visiting Italy, Egypt or Ireland? Or other amazing worldwide destinations? We all have places that we yearn to see but have not because we cannot find someone to go with – or cannot find a suitable time for everyone. Also, in recent years we have not had the freedom and our bucket lists have grown! Now you are ready to get back out, so why wait any longer? With Luxury Gold you have a fantastic range of destinations and dates to choose from.

Choose to do what suits your mood

Going solo in a group tour means getting the perfect mix of situations to suit your mood. Perhaps one day you are feeling gregarious and want to wander with the crowds; have a drink, dinner and a laugh. But another time you might want to sink into the background and have some down time to yourself. As a solo traveler on a group tour, you can have the best of both worlds.

Discover a sense of self

Solo travel is good for the soul. Whether you are an experienced independent traveler, or a first time solo-er, the feelings of freedom and independence from going it alone are exciting and empowering.

Meet new people

Traveling on your own is a fantastic way to meet new people. Away from the bubble of friends and family, the opportunities for connections are enhanced on a luxury guided tour. For meeting like-minded travelers, solo travel in a group is great. Statistically, you are likely to meet some like-minded folks in any crowd, but when that crowd consists of people who have all opted to book the same tour as you, chances are you are going to have quite a bit in common.

Security in a guided tour

With everything taken care of, you can just relax and enjoy yourself, knowing all the details are covered. You will stay in luxurious hotels in great locations, meaning the sights are on your doorstep to explore easily, whenever you want. You’ll also experience exquisite dining, with lots of variety and choice. The security of a guided tour allows you to do what you want while knowing there are people looking out for you.

Small Group Sizes

A lot of would-be solo-ers are unnerved by visions of themselves amidst large families, rowdy groups and canoodling couples, but Luxury Gold is practiced at curating its groups to make sure everybody is a good fit. You will always travel in a small group of about 20 guests on average, so you can experience the comforts of a guided tour without being overwhelmed by crowds.

Great for Women Travelers

84% of solo travelers are women according to the survey. Group travel is the perfect option for solo travel for women. Experience all of the freedom, whilst feeling safe and secure, and enjoy meeting the fellow female travelers amongst your group.

A Personal Service

With Luxury Gold you have your Traveling Concierge and Well-Being Director with you on every tour. Hugely experienced and exceptionally friendly, they take time to get to know the needs and wants of every traveler, so you’ll get personal attention and a personalized experience.

Travel consciously and sustainably

According to the survey, 37% of solo travelers want to travel sustainably. We are proud to include MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences on all of our luxury guided tours. From the preservation of traditional arts to sustainable farming, community initiatives and cooking classes, we guarantee your visit will leave a positive and lasting impact and create unforgettable memories.

So, if you are now inspired to spread your wings and travel solo within a Luxury Gold group, visit our website for more details.

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When booking a luxury guided travel experience, most people look forward to the VIP Experiences, immersion in a new culture and exotic adventures. Whether it’s marveling at 3,000 year old artefacts in Egypt, or riding the Glacier Express in Switzerland, the idea of the destination is what captures you first.

What few people realize that’s it’s also an opportunity to make lifelong friends. Whether joining a group as a couple, solo or even with your family, there’s a high possibility that you’ll connect with your fellow travelers and find common ground with people from other countries or states.

When you look back on your travels, you’ll remember those far flung places, but it’s likely each memory will be enhanced by the people you met on that journey. Friendships are forged through experiences and when you’re enjoying yourself away from the pressures of real life, it’s natural to bond with people. Many of our Luxury Gold guests find that the friends they’ve made last a lifetime, and some guests even choose to travel together again.

Find new friends with Luxury Gold

In fact, it’s easy to make friends on a Luxury Gold tour. Not only are you more likely to meet people with similar interests to you, but you’ll have a Traveling Concierge who can introduce you to your fellow guests. This takes away any awkwardness you may feel, and eases the path towards friendship.

Every Luxury Gold tour involves a Welcome Dinner on your first evening, so you get to know the other passionate travelers. This is a great ice-breaker and a chance to discover who is excited about the same things that you are. You might find someone who has a special interest in visiting Capri to see the Faraglioni Rocks, or someone who can tell you about off the beaten track experiences from a journey they’ve taken previously. In a relaxed environment, you will naturally warm to people so when it’s time for your next activity, you’ll already have people that you’re comfortable talking to.

You’ll also find that your Travelling Concierge becomes your friend on the journey, someone you can always come back to for expert tips on the destination.

Meeting friends from far and near

Travel appeals to all ages and people from different countries. You can’t say one nationality is a definitive traveler, or people from a certain profession are more likely to travel. When you book a luxury tour you’re opening up the possibility to meet people from a different background, that you might never meet in your day-to-day life.

Luxury Gold tours attract people from a variety of countries and cultures. However, every person on these journeys is curious about the world, interested in history, art, food and off the beaten track experiences that they won’t find with any other travel company. It’s likely that you will connect with other people on your tour as you’ve chosen to journey beyond the ordinary and share a taste for the great things in life.

A data mining expert from Sydney, Australia could meet a history professor on the Spain & Portugal in Style tour and discover that they both love the architecture of the Alhambra Palace in Granada. There’s the potential to meet a new friend that lives an hours’ drive away, while you’re both halfway across the world on safari in South Africa. Meeting people who have similar interests is rewarding and it opens you up to their outlook and experience on other things too.

Sharing one of a kind experiences

Luxury Gold offers an abundance of exclusive travel experiences. When you’re experiencing something amazing, such as a private after-hours visit of Doge’s Palace in Venice, your senses are heightened. Sharing this new and exciting experience with your travel companions creates unforgettable memories that you will carry with you for the rest of your life.

Whenever you meet again, you’ll have fantastic experiences to reminisce about. Back home, you’ll know that you always have someone that you can speak to about your adventures, especially if your friends at home don’t share your passion for travel.

It’s common that Luxury Gold travelers meet on one journey and find themselves organising another adventure to a different destination the following year. On one occasion, a Local Expert-guided tour in Arles, following in the footsteps of Van Gogh prompted a discussion about the incredible art to be seen in Rome between three Luxury Gold travelers. After the guests returned home, they booked the Ultimate Italy tour for the following summer with their newfound friends from their travels. This is just one example of how new friends gained on your journey can open you up to new experiences and enrich your life.

Exceptional and immersive experiences

Each journey you take brings a host of new encounters, from sampling oysters freshly shucked straight from the ocean, to meeting the Queen Mother’s favorite bagpiper in Edinburgh. Each time you try something new, you’ll try it alongside your fellow travelers, creating a bond with the people who have shared that moment.

There are no other tours on earth that compare to Luxury Gold. Smaller group sizes allow a better rapport to develop and mean that no one ever gets lost in the crowd. The perfect blend of guided and individual exploration lets you indulge your passions in a way that suits you.

The expertise accumulated from a century in travel allows guests to enjoy unique VIP Experiences, such as an after hours visit to the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where the tsars once lived. Our knowledge and connections benefit our travelers in every detail, from the luxurious hotels hand-picked by our Chairman to the extra special care provided by our Traveling Concierge and Well-Being Director.

Travelers can also connect with the destination more deeply through MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences, which are carefully chosen to help our guests journey with purpose and discover local initiatives that have a positive impact on their communities. Making a difference is a powerful feeling that can provoke deeper reflections with your newfound friends.

New journeys, New friends

As the world opens its borders once more, many are eager to expand their horizons. Meeting new people has been out of the ordinary for some time, but the opportunities are returning. Why not turn your travels into gold with a last minute special for Summer 2021? It’s time to indulge your passion for exploring again and you’ll likely meet some new friends along the way.