Mature Travelers in the U.K.
Planning for a trip to England
Seniors tours tours- Roadscholar.org - Road Scholar—the tour company formerly known as Elderhostels (and, briefly, Exploritas)—is devoted to "Adventures in lifelong learning." These are educational trips, often coordinated by universities, with nearly 70 trips in or including England, Scotland, and Wales. Your days are packed with seminars, lectures, field trips, and sightseeing, all led by academics or expert tour guides. Programs range from one to four weeks. They also offer cruises, intergenerational trips (i.e.: bring the grand kids), and outdoors adventures.
- Oattravel.com - Overseas Adventure Travel is devoted to budget-priced, small group adventures with a focus on mature solo travelers.
- Gct.com - Grand Circle Travel is a top tour company for the senior set, aimed squarely at the over-50 market (though skewing older than that—and no, I'm not implying that over 50s are seniors; I'm just trying to provide a sense of the typical tour participants). Usually the full soup-to-nuts tours, including nearly nearly all meals, sightseeing, etc., and paced reasonably—you see a lot, but not a a whirlwind clip. Prices are guaranteed (no surprise fuel surcharges or anything). Usually a handful of U.K. tours.
Seniors resources links- Travel50andbeyond.com - A quarterly magazine devoted to mature travel.
- Aarp.org - The famed AARP discounts won't count for much in Britain (save on British Airways), but the magazine comes with great general travel tips and articles. (Disclosure: I sometimes write travel pieces for AARP The Magazine.)
- Travelwithachallenge.com - A Web magazine of challenging, adventurous, and intriguing cultural trips and volunteer vacations for mature travelers.
Mature travelers links
- Roadscholar.org - Road Scholar—the tour company formerly known as Elderhostels (and, briefly, Exploritas)—is devoted to "Adventures in lifelong learning." These are educational trips, often coordinated by universities, with nearly 70 trips in or including England, Scotland, and Wales. Your days are packed with seminars, lectures, field trips, and sightseeing, all led by academics or expert tour guides. Programs range from one to four weeks. They also offer cruises, intergenerational trips (i.e.: bring the grand kids), and outdoors adventures.
- Oattravel.com - Overseas Adventure Travel is devoted to budget-priced, small group adventures with a focus on mature solo travelers.
- Gct.com - Grand Circle Travel is a top tour company for the senior set, aimed squarely at the over-50 market (though skewing older than that—and no, I'm not implying that over 50s are seniors; I'm just trying to provide a sense of the typical tour participants). Usually the full soup-to-nuts tours, including nearly nearly all meals, sightseeing, etc., and paced reasonably—you see a lot, but not a a whirlwind clip. Prices are guaranteed (no surprise fuel surcharges or anything). Usually a handful of U.K. tours.
Planning for a trip to England
Seniors tours tours
- Roadscholar.org - Road Scholar—the tour company formerly known as Elderhostels (and, briefly, Exploritas)—is devoted to "Adventures in lifelong learning." These are educational trips, often coordinated by universities, with nearly 70 trips in or including England, Scotland, and Wales. Your days are packed with seminars, lectures, field trips, and sightseeing, all led by academics or expert tour guides. Programs range from one to four weeks. They also offer cruises, intergenerational trips (i.e.: bring the grand kids), and outdoors adventures.
- Oattravel.com - Overseas Adventure Travel is devoted to budget-priced, small group adventures with a focus on mature solo travelers.
- Gct.com - Grand Circle Travel is a top tour company for the senior set, aimed squarely at the over-50 market (though skewing older than that—and no, I'm not implying that over 50s are seniors; I'm just trying to provide a sense of the typical tour participants). Usually the full soup-to-nuts tours, including nearly nearly all meals, sightseeing, etc., and paced reasonably—you see a lot, but not a a whirlwind clip. Prices are guaranteed (no surprise fuel surcharges or anything). Usually a handful of U.K. tours.
Seniors resources links
- Travel50andbeyond.com - A quarterly magazine devoted to mature travel.
- Aarp.org - The famed AARP discounts won't count for much in Britain (save on British Airways), but the magazine comes with great general travel tips and articles. (Disclosure: I sometimes write travel pieces for AARP The Magazine.)
- Travelwithachallenge.com - A Web magazine of challenging, adventurous, and intriguing cultural trips and volunteer vacations for mature travelers.
Mature travelers links
- Roadscholar.org - Road Scholar—the tour company formerly known as Elderhostels (and, briefly, Exploritas)—is devoted to "Adventures in lifelong learning." These are educational trips, often coordinated by universities, with nearly 70 trips in or including England, Scotland, and Wales. Your days are packed with seminars, lectures, field trips, and sightseeing, all led by academics or expert tour guides. Programs range from one to four weeks. They also offer cruises, intergenerational trips (i.e.: bring the grand kids), and outdoors adventures.
- Oattravel.com - Overseas Adventure Travel is devoted to budget-priced, small group adventures with a focus on mature solo travelers.
- Gct.com - Grand Circle Travel is a top tour company for the senior set, aimed squarely at the over-50 market (though skewing older than that—and no, I'm not implying that over 50s are seniors; I'm just trying to provide a sense of the typical tour participants). Usually the full soup-to-nuts tours, including nearly nearly all meals, sightseeing, etc., and paced reasonably—you see a lot, but not a a whirlwind clip. Prices are guaranteed (no surprise fuel surcharges or anything). Usually a handful of U.K. tours.
