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Is it better to take your parents to travel with a tour group or to travel freely?

Nowadays, many people like to travel. Most of them travel with their parents or elders. Should they travel with a group or freely? What should we pay attention to when we join the group? How to choose a destination, plan a trip, choose a hotel, book a car, and prepare your parents for a free trip?

1. With tour group or free travel?

Ask the travel agency to arrange the cabin seats close to the passage for the elderly to facilitate access. Ask the travel agency to arrange a room with two beds, not a double room with only one bed. When traveling with more than one elderly person, you should first ask the travel agency to arrange a family room or a connected room. Help the elderly to input the contact number of the tour guide and the tour leader and the local emergency contact number into the mobile phone, and make a reservation in case of emergency Contact, every time to a hotel, take the hotel business card to write the room number, let the elders take it with them, for contact in case of emergency.

When you travel with your parents or elders, the first thing to consider is the way to travel: with a tour group or free travel? If the elderly of the same trade are older, in general health, and not very well-informed in physical strength, memory and other aspects, it would be a better choice to follow the tour group. Because there are tour guides, tour leaders and other group members to help take care of the elderly, and there is no need to bother to buy tickets, tickets and other trivial matters, which can reduce the trouble of travel. What should I pay attention to when I take my parents to travel?

2. Travel freely with your parents and choose your destination carefully

It's better to travel freely with your elders in areas where communication is mainly in Chinese. Cities in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Singapore or popular places in Asia are better choices. If the elderly of the same trade can listen to English, they can consider Europe, Australia and Canada.

3. Discuss the travel days and plan the itinerary with the elders

The elderly are older and have less physical strength than the young. Therefore, when planning a free trip, we should consider the physical strength and physical condition of the elderly. The number of days to visit should be controlled within one week, and the number of scenic spots to visit should not be too much. We suggest that you discuss the travel days and itinerary with your elders before you buy air tickets, so as to understand their requirements and ideas on the itinerary. Remember, the purpose of traveling with your elders is to make them have a good time, not your personal pleasure, so their opinions and ideas are more important than yours.

4. Pay attention to the accommodation facilities and avoid changing hotels frequently

When choosing accommodation, you must pay close attention to the facilities and supporting facilities of hotels, hotels and B & B. Many old houses in Europe and the United States have only stairs and no elevators, which is not convenient for elders. So when you book B & B and hotel, you must choose the house with elevator. A lot of people go to Japan to choose a hotel of harmony style, but some elders may resist tatami beds, so it's better to ask their opinions before booking. In addition, when planning a trip, you should avoid changing hotels frequently, because it will increase the fatigue of parents if you carry luggage around every day.

5. Help elders to prepare travel bags

Elders have a lot of free travel experience, so when you travel, you must prepare your travel bag for them, which contains the necessities they need at any time, such as mobile phones, hotel cards, drugs, water bottles, scarves, umbrellas, etc.

6. Help elders prepare telephone cards with overseas roaming function

If you travel with your elders, you'd better prepare a phone with internet access and roaming service for them. In this way, you can use the call function of mobile chat software to contact them even if you move separately or get lost during the journey. In case of emergency, the elderly can also call their relatives and friends. In addition, after booking a hotel, you can help elders input the hotel's contact number into the mobile phone, which can be used for contact in case of emergency. Of course, you must not miss the local emergency call!

7. Self driving or charter tour to reduce the trouble of changing vehicles

Although taking local public transport is a good opportunity to experience culture, waiting for the bus to change will consume physical strength, which may not be acceptable to the elders. For older people, self driving or charter tour will be more comfortable and convenient. If they want to rest on the way, they can also take a rest in the car.

8. Reserve a good restaurant and avoid going to a long line of restaurants

Elders don't like to queue up most, so when arranging meals, it's better to book a restaurant, or pick a relatively early meal time and stagger the flow of people. If you go to a place with a night market, try to take your elders to the street stalls with seats, because many elderly people don't like eating while walking.