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Backroads Private Trips—Carefree, Custom Fun
Berkeley, CA—Backroads has always placed a high priority on providing all its guests with a vacation that fits their interests and personal sense of fun. The company’s Private Trips program—a growing niche—takes individuality a step further by designing exclusive adventures for groups of friends, a family or business associates. With more than 27 years of experience organizing active vacations around the world, Backroads knows how to create and host private celebrations with extra-special touches.
Private Trip organizers can select from Backroad’s nearly 230 bicycling, walking and multisport itineraries in Europe, North America, Asia & the Pacific, and Latin America. The California Wine Country, France and Italy—Provence, the Loire Valley, Tuscany and Puglia—have been particularly popular among Private Trip guests.
Guests enjoy a custom blend of activity, legendary service, spectacular surroundings and superb accommodations and cuisine. And it’s carefree—Backroads focus on the details, from sending invitations to providing everyone in the group with the pre-trip information they need, while guests focus on having an unforgettably unique experience.
Backroads also offers Custom Private Trips, which give a private group the opportunity to enhance (or significantly alter) an itinerary prior to departure. “We begin with one of our existing trip itineraries and work closely with the group organizer to tailor the experience to the interests of their individual group,” says Private Trips Coordinator Eve Mezvinsky. “For instance, we complemented the biking and kayaking on a multisport trip with a ropes course for a technology company team. And we arranged a festive medieval cocktail party at the family castle of guests on an Ireland biking adventure.”
Private Trips can be arranged for groups of any size. Favorable pricing kicks in when the group size reaches 15 or more. Once travelers experience a Backroads Private Trip, they’re often hooked. “Some 40 percent return for another adventure,” notes Eve. “They find sharing the Backroads personal touch with friends and family to be irresistible.”
For more information contact Allyson Quibell, 800-462-2848 ext. 143