by Lacey Pfalz
Last updated: 9:50 AM ET, Fri January 26, 2024
EF Go Ahead Tours is looking to the future as the popularity of guided group travel continues to rise, opening bookings for all of its tour destinations through 2026 to ensure travelers have ample time to plan ahead and make the most of their future travel plans.?
EF Go Ahead is also offering a $99 down AutoPay with monthly and interest-free installment payment option, ensuring travelers can enjoy longer pay periods for their future trips. Its also expanding its offerings in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, focusing on adding more hidden gems for travelers to discover and offering itineraries off peak season.
EF Go Ahead has seen bookings made during the last quarter of 2023 for travel into late 2025 rise nearly 30 percent compared to bookings for 2024 trips made during the same time last year.
EF Go Ahead Tours is offering solo-only guided tours to destinations like Thailand. (Photo Credit: EF Go Ahead Tours)
Bookings to both Asia and Africa increased 70 percent in November 2023 from the same month in 2022, while Thailand and Japan departures during the first half of 2024 is up 57 percent from a year ago. This year, EF Go Ahead Tours is offering new Southern Thailand and Highlights of Vietnam tours.
Bookings for longer tours, those lasting more than sixteen days, have increased 110 percent year over year. Grand Tour offerings now include expansive travel to Costa Rica, the Green Ionian Islands and more.?
Yet even more astounding is last years increase of solo travelers taking solo-only guided tours. This category of tours saw a 380 percent increase when compared with fall of 2022, and the tour operator has expanded solo traveler tours to offer eighteen in 2023.?
"It's not just where people want to go, it's how they want to travel that defines the future of our industry," says Heidi Durflinger, President, EF Go Ahead Tours. "People want connection and meaning, so they are choosing guided group travel for these transformative moments. By launching more departure dates than ever before to all of our destinations through 2026 (at 2024 prices), we are enabling travelers to plan for the experiences they desire at a tremendous value."
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