Editorial guides
Make a more useful comparison.
Practical, honest guidance on comparing tours, choosing an operator and travelling in a small group. Commercial relationships do not determine the conclusions in these guides.
Operator comparisons
Side-by-side looks at the companies behind the tours, with the situations where each one is not the right fit.
Operator comparisons
G Adventures vs Intrepid: Which Fits Your Style?
Compare G Adventures and Intrepid by trip style, group setup, solo rooms and inclusions, with a worked Vietnam comparison.
Small-group travel questions
Straight answers for people deciding whether a group tour is for them.
Small-group travel questions
Choosing Your Pace and Difficulty on a Group Tour
How to read physical ratings, itineraries and pace so you pick a group tour that suits your fitness and energy, with G Adventures and Intrepid examples.
Small-group travel questions
Is Small-Group Travel Right for You?
Who small-group tours suit, who they don't, what you gain and give up, and three cheap checks to run before you pay a deposit.
Small-group travel questions
Bread, Smoke and Strangers: Morocco With a Small Group
What a small-group tour actually feels like, from shared meals to time alone: Shekhar Parmar's Morocco story, with photographs from the trip.
Destination head-to-heads
Whose trip to a place suits which kind of traveller, using current trips.
Destination head-to-heads
Compare 10-Day Vietnam Tours: G Adventures vs Intrepid
Compare two Hanoi-to-Ho Chi Minh City tours by group size, age, meals, accommodation and transport, with links to current trip facts.
Choosing a trip
Frameworks for comparing tours.
Choosing a trip
How to choose a small-group tour
A decision framework for route pace, group setup, inclusions, support, price, and departure risk.
The traveller behind TripFinder
Founder of TripFinder · Travel writer
Shekhar writes about choosing trips and the experiences that make them memorable. His personal journals at SP Travel document journeys through Asia, Africa and Latin America.