DESTINATIONS HOMESTAYS ESCORTED TOURS RIGHT: Ecuador
FAR RIGHT: Farm stay, Matamata,
New Zealand BELOW:
El Questro, Western Australia
SAMPLE PRODUCT
Explore’s 13-day Backroads of Kerala trip starts from
£1,759 including return flights, eight nights’ hotel and four nights’ homestay accommodation (B&B), seven other meals,
transport and local guides.
explore.co.uk
Intrepid Travel offers a 20-day
Trans-Mongolian Experience from £2,545, including two nights on a homestay, some meals, transport and activities. intrepidtravel. com
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hostel, so it’s a great way of keeping costs down for cash-strapped clients on an escorted tour. It also gives them a chance to take some time out from the tour to get a greater sense of independence. “Homestays give our customers a more personal experience while on a tour with a group of people, as they are divided into small groups of two, three or four people per family,” says Fung.
w LIVING LOCAL Homestay accommodation very much varies according to the destination and operator, so be sure you do your research to fit your clients’ needs. Clients who are less keen on sharing with a family can still experience
a dash of local living by staying in traditional types of accommodation, such as a ryokan in Japan or a riad in Morocco, for example. A homestay is likely to be less about the actual accommodation and more about the people living there, the
welcome clients get and the customs they’ll be able to witness and partake in. G Adventures has a range of
experiential Local Living tours, which give clients the chance to live with locals and get stuck into their daily lives. Options range from staying in a
Karen village in northern Thailand, where they can learn about medicine from a shaman or play football with the locals, to staying with a family in the Ecuadorian Amazon and hiking through the jungle together, learning about medical plants and how to use a blowgun along the way.
w HOME AND AWAY When it comes to location, homestays are often about letting clients
FAST FACT
APT’s El Questro, Gorges and Purnululu tour in Australia includes a lodge homestay in the Kimberley
PICTURES: WENDY WU TOURS/JOHNWARR; INTREPID TRAVEL; G ADVENTURES; EXPLORE
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