The first few times that you try an adventure vacation can be hard. Trying to find out what kind of adventure travel company to go with can be a challenging thing. Try to search for one online, and you'll find dozens of operators. How on earth do you ever know which of those you should go with? Certainly, you know what can happen when one chooses the wrong adventure travel company. There can be poor quality guidance, poor quality equipment and unpleasant arrangements.
Well, you just need to do a little homework. With the Internet at your elbow, it isn't that hard to find reliable information on whom to take your trip with. Once you have a few names, all it takes are a few phone calls, a few questions, and a little research in the adventure of your choice.
When you narrow your search down to a couple of companies, your first job will be to get to know each company better. Find out how much experience each company has in adventure travel, what their philosophy is, how they're qualified, and so on. Ask them how long they've been in business, and ask them specifically how long they've been in the adventure you want.
It is not a bad thing to be an adventure travel company that's only been working for a short time. But the people who own the business and the guides - all those people need to be very experienced ones.
It isn't enough to know that adventure guide in the company has a lot of experience in the adventure business. If all of said experience is in deep-sea diving, it doesn't say a whole lot about how good they will be taking you trekking up the Himalayas. In fact, really specific experience can be invaluable. If it's a dangerous place going you're going to - up a very high snowbound mountain, the experience your guide has can have an effect on your chance of coming back alive.
Once you have a good idea how invested they are in the kind of adventure travel you're looking for, you can make a reasonable guess about how good your trip will be. Remember - you don't want to the guinea pig that you that your travel company tries to learn the ropes on.
As a general rule, an adventure travel company that's earned a few awards for its adventure travel programs should be pretty good. Especially if the awards are recent ones. You'll find all this information on the company website. Also, for extra measure try to find out what kinds of travel affiliations they have. The Adventure Travel Trade Association and the USTOA all grant recognition to adventure travel operators.
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