Taking the Whole Family on a 3G Family Vacation
by Dr.Ricardo Lalama · Filed Under: Family Vacations
A greater number of travelers enjoy taking the whole family on a 3G family vacation. What is a 3G vacation? Imagine everyone from grandparents to the grandkids and everyone in between traveling together. Imagine activities for all ages and memories to last a lifetime. This article found on North Jersey.com highlights some of the benefits of taking the whole family on a 3G vacation and tips for planning the multiple generation event.
“Grandparents now account for one-third of all leisure travelers. They not only have the time and the money to travel, they’re also more physically fit and accustomed to travel. They also want to see their grandkids.”
“At the same time, parents are working longer hours and fielding e-mails at night and on weekends to keep their jobs; they often look to vacations as an opportunity for family time. Grandparents see their own grown children struggling to meet rising costs in two-income households, and in the you-can’t-take-it-with-you spirit, have offered to take the whole pack on a multigenerational, or “3G” (three generations of same family), vacation.”
“Research from the 2011 “Portrait of American Travelers” by the YPartnership/Harrison Group found that these trips are the leading driver of leisure travel activity. The survey showed that 44 percent of all leisure travelers took a family vacation last year. Among the findings: 70 percent took a “celebration vacation” to mark a “life event,” 50 percent took a leisure trip to visit family and friends, and 42 percent took a family vacation.”
“The size and revenue potential from the market have been duly noted by the travel industry. Today you’ll find not only family-oriented but multi-generational-oriented tours, accommodations, activities, special departures, resorts and more. The trend is especially strong in high-end travel — high-end tour operators like Collette Vacations reported double the number of families with children on their tours in the past three years. Abercrombie & Kent report similarly sharp increases in family and multigenerational travel — 11 percent of its clients traveled with children under 18 to Kenya, Egypt, the Galapagos, Costa Rica and Alaska.”
“Adventure outfitters have noted that grandparents are spearheading trips that most of their parents would never have considered. Grandparents are game not only for exotic places, but for active, even multisport, experiences such as whitewater rafting and hiking. Austin-Lehman Adventures has experienced “an explosion” in multigenerational travel; for the fourth year in a row, the upscale adventure company has seen double-digit growth in 3G trips. Its national park adventures are especially popular.”
“Family vacations are no longer the preserve of young kids and their parents, but a time for relations of all ages to come together for quality time,” said Karen Drake, senior director of communications for TripAdvisor. Its annual family travel survey reported that family travel rose 6 percent in 2011, and 38 percent of families planned multigenerational trips.”
Even if the seniors in the group are not as active as the rest of the family there are still so many options for activities everyone can enjoy. Make sure to schedule periods of rest between daily excursions and offer options for anyone not feeling up to a busy day of site-seeing or scuba diving. Taking the whole family on a 3G family vacation requires some extra planning but families are traveling together more often.
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