Traveling to Greece on your own: how our small groups work
Our trips are built for people who book alone. The rooms, the first evening, the pace and the way the price is written all start from that. Here is what it means in practice, without promises we can’t keep.
Who comes
People in their 30s, 40s and early 50s who want Greece and are coming on their own, because their friends won’t, keep postponing, or have already been. Couples and friends are welcome too. Groups are 16 or fewer: small enough for one table at dinner.
Rooms
If you book alone, you share a twin room with another traveler of the same sex. If you’d rather have your own room, every trip has a single-room price, shown next to the trip price before you book. When the numbers come out odd, one twin becomes a triple, at no extra charge to anyone.
The first evening
Every trip starts with dinner together on the first night, with the trip manager at the table. Nobody makes a speech. By dessert the group has met, tomorrow’s questions are answered, and you walk back to a hotel that everyone can find.
During the trip
The days have a program: the guide, the sites, the ferries and the dinners the program names are organized, and the trip manager is with the group from the first dinner to the last morning. There is also free time, and what you do with it is yours. Sit with the group or go for a walk on your own; neither needs explaining, and nobody pairs you up.
What we don’t promise
We don’t promise you’ll leave with friends for life. What you’re paying for is a well-run trip through the parts of Greece most tours skip, with a licensed guide at every site on the program, hotels you can look up before you pay, and a team in Athens that answers. Who you sit next to at dinner is the part we leave to chance.
Money, in plain terms
The price is per person in a shared twin room, with the single-room price next to it. What’s included is listed line by line on the trip page, and so is what isn’t. You pay us directly, by card, deposit first. There is no supplement hidden in the price for coming alone.
Questions
- Will I be the only one traveling alone?
- The trips are built for people who book alone, and the group is 16 or fewer. Couples and friends are welcome, and they sit at the same table.
- Do I have to share a room?
- No. Take the single room at the price shown with the trip. If you do share, it’s with someone of the same sex, and the pairing is done before the trip.
- Is there pressure to socialize?
- No. The program has group moments, dinner on the first night among them, and time that’s yours. Nobody keeps score.
- Is there an age limit?
- No. The trips are built for people in their 30s, 40s and early 50s, and we say so, so you can decide if that’s your crowd. Nobody is turned away for their age.
- Is Greece safe for someone traveling alone?
- Greece is a country where people eat out late and walk home. On the trip, the trip manager is reachable throughout, and you’re never the only one who knows the plan.
