Adventure Travel Network

5 ways to reduce risks when traveling

Every trip involves a risk, however this has never been an impediment to pack our bags, hoist the sails, warm up the engine and start moving. These last few months have been very special, we face risks that we did not know before or that we saw very far away, but that changed and the whole world turned to take security measures to avoid contagion and disease that we all know about.

FAMs: The Magic of Collaboration

The name “Familiarization Trip” or better known as FAM absolutely cannot transmit the importance this tool has for a destination. On the contrary, it’s an arid and impersonal term which perfectly describes the goal of those who organize it: take, as if shepherding a flock, as many travel agents as you can, to the most places, in the shortest possible time. Many people cringe when they hear the word FAM.

The Magic (and importance) of local guides in nature tours

As entrepreneurs or as guides specialized in nature tourism, we are used to receive recognition from our clients when things go well at the end of every tour, and in most of those occasions we consider that this recognition, is a direct consequence of our effort, knowledge and skills, although its is true, we usually overlook a key piece in such success: Local guides.

Risk management in adventure routes

Risk: the issue that nobody wants to talk about, but that every adventure tour operator should consider their main priority, It is undoubtedly a sensitive issue, which if not handled with care, could easily bring down any negotiation.

Promotion of Nature and Adventure Tourism: 5 basic principles for an integral strategy

Today, advertising of touristic products and destinations, faces a very important challenge: saturation. Social media, travel bloggers and influencers, and globalized advertising campaigns from destinations all over the world, in both traditional and digital media, make it even harder to position a destination in a traveler’s top of mind.