Experience the Backroads Difference
From our Founder & President Tom Hale to the Trip Leaders on your adventure, everyone at Backroads is motivated first and foremost by our commitment to quality. When it comes to choosing a travel company, values matter. These are ours.
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Our 44 years of experience, a 40-person Trip Development team, 12 expert Trip Designers and 200 Trip Experts are all dedicated to making each day of your trip the best day of your year.
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Choose from several thoughtfully designed routes each day to give you the freedom to enjoy the best of a region at your own pace.
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Take it easy or take it up a notch with a range of daily activity levels. It’s up to you–do as much or as little as you like with fun people, every day of every trip.
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As the leader in active luxury travel, our Premiere hotels are among the finest properties around the world.
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Our Casual hotels have character, comfort and charm, and are ideal when you prefer a less luxurious option. We call this out so you know what to expect.
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Backroads leaders are rated 9.8 out of 10 by our guests. Our hiring, training, benefits, compensation and performance programs are world class.
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Not only are our leaders world class, there are more of them, with at least three on each trip.*
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Multiple support vans make all the difference. When one van is spoken for the additional van(s) remain at your service.*
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We don’t trust others to do the job we’ve promised we’ll do for you.
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We’ve revolutionized family travel with distinct trips designed for three different age ranges.
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Our groups are small enough to explore the world with optimum flexibility and big enough to welcome a variety of fun-loving travel companions.
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Our custom bike fleet is unrivaled in active travel with more than 9,000 professionally maintained titanium bikes, including e-bikes, carbon pro bikes and more.
*Fewer than 5% of our guests choose trips that are small enough to support with one van and fewer than three leaders.
Got All the Facts?
Backroads Guide to Choosing the Right Active/Adventure Travel Company for You
Anyone can claim to be the best, and it’s easy for a travel company to wax poetic in its marketing. But delivering on that promise is another thing. You don’t want to find out the hard way, mid-vacation, that the travel company you’ve chosen doesn’t meet your expectations. So here are a few straightforward questions you can ask to be sure you know exactly what kind of travel experience you’re committing to.