Category: Travel tips

Motorcycle safety Australian outback

As a rider, you have invested in your bike, it is important and responsible to yourself and for those who care about you including your family that you take any chosen outback motorcycle adventures with your safety and those of your travelling companions as the priority. It will never be a good story if you do not return or do but are permanantly disabled through just a second of lapsed concentration.

Solo travel – enjoying small group tours for seniors

Forming and becoming part of a travelling group is enjoyable and a lot of fun, solo travel tours could be difficult if all travellers exhibit shyness, as a company offering small group tours since 1983 we remain wary of solo travel tours as a tour company, group dynamics and general involvement as part of a group is socially healthy for any group not just a senior traveler.

What to pack for holidays

What to Pack for a small group tour holiday can be a challenge. Checked luggage fees, tight airline bins and potentially long waits at the luggage carousel are just a few reasons it pays to pack light with just hand luggage if you can. However, packing for an overseas trip remains a challenge and a […]

Face masks for travel

Joining a small group tour, then face masks for travel should form part of your luggage when begining to pack. Collectively being a responsible traveller goes beyond considerations of your carbon footprint choices and the challenges of over-tourism. Being aware and having empathy on the mask requirement, social distancing and travel restrictions in place or required to avoid the risk of mandatory quarantine when travelling are part Odyssey’s and your responsibilities to your fellow travellers.

Problem of Overtourism

Problem of Overtourism The night crowd at the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy Tourism is a double-edged sword: it brings economic prosperity to a community, but can also be a burden on its resources. Cities and countries walk the razor’s edge between welcoming visitors in order to maintain an important revenue stream, and throwing the gates […]

Happy ageing! Advice for the over 50s

Happy ageing! Advice for the over-50s Recent reports  in the media suggest that life gets better after the age of fifty. Happy ageing! This article provides some advice for the over 50s with respect to life, exercise & travel. Recognition of life improving after 50 years of age comes as no surprise to us here […]

Preparing for a walking holiday or tour?

How to Prepare for a Walking Holiday – 10 Tips It’s hard to beat the pleasure of a walking tour. While the comfort and speed of a coach or train has its place, exploring a new place on foot means that, wherever you go, you will properly discover the sights, sounds, and smells. Individual moments […]

Selecting Shoes and Socks: Advice for mature travellers

This article looks at the importance of socks and shoes in keeping you mobile and active without problems or aches and pains from your feet.

Travelling by Cargo Ship

For people who don’t want to travel by air–either due to phobia, budget concerns, specific travel needs, or environmental mindfulness–travelling by sea on a ship is a viable option.

Benefits of a small group tour for the mature and senior traveller

What are the the benefits of a small group tour for the mature traveller when considering where and how they would like to travel to on their next tour?

Being Travel fit: The Definitive Guide

Being travel fit, in mind and body. In this article, we will discuss ways in which to treat your mind and body, ensuring you remain travel fit and enjoy your time as a mature-aged or senior traveller. We are inspired to prepare this article as a number of travellers in their late 80s and early […]

Travel Fitness and Wellness on Small Group Tours

Is 60 the new 40? When can you classify yourself as being ‘old’ rather than ‘middle aged’? The truth is, the older you get, the further you distance your self from being considered ‘old’ and all of the stereotypes that are associated with it.

Packing advice for Odyssey Traveller’s small group escorted learning tours

Packing Advice for Odyssey Traveller’s Small Group Tours Blog , Packing and Clothing , Travel tips Packing Advice for Odyssey Traveller’s Small Group Tours Many travellers ask us how best to prepare for their Odyssey Traveller programs, seeking out advice on clothing, medication, insurance, among other concerns when travelling overseas. This article shares some of […]

Women’s Walking Shoes: The Definitive Guide

Choosing the Right Walking Shoes: Advice for Women For women, especially older adults, choosing the right walking shoes has repercussions beyond fashion. A study in 2005 showed that “incorrectly fitting footwear is common in older people and is strongly associated with forefoot pathology and foot pain.” The study identified foot pain and deformity in 176 […]

Advice for Mature-Aged Solo Travellers

Mature-aged solo travel continues to grow, and for those in their 50s, the solo traveller holiday market is an important one.

Graceful Ageing: Tips to Counter Age-Related Muscle Loss

Graceful Ageing: Tips to Counter Age-Related Muscle Loss We experience a lot of physical and mental changes as we grow older, but one of the most insidious of these changes is a common condition called sarcopenia (from the Greek roots sarx “flesh” and penia “poverty”), or age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass. Our body has […]

Older travellers; Travel in your 80s and beyond

Older Travellers; Travel in your 80’s and beyond For curious and adventurous individuals, the thirst for new experiences doesn’t cease with age. Wanting to discover more about the world doesn’t stop when you get older, it just means you go about it in new ways. This blog details travel in your 80s and beyond. Odyssey […]

How to choose your next small group tour

How to choose your next small group adventure: When it comes to deciding on your next personal Odyssey, chances are you’ll have a destination (or two) in mind. But how should you go about choosing the right tour company to use? Here are the top five things we think it’s important to get right when […]

Responsible Tourism for mature & senior travellers

Responsible Tourism for mature & senior travellers There’s a growing problem in the world’s most popular cities affecting the tourism industry, and this article provides context and commentary on responsible tourism for mature-aged and senior travellers. Read on before going on your small group travel journey with like-minded travellers! Our article on the problem of […]

Nifty Gizmos, Gadgets, and Apps for Mature Travellers

Nifty Gizmos, Gadgets, and Apps for Travellers Part of the art of travelling lies in knowing exactly what to take to enhance your travel experience. Many people have particular comfort items or devices they always take with them, whether on a quick weekend getaway or a long haul flight, and without which travel would be […]

Caravaggio: The Definitive Reading List

Who was Caravaggio? Caravaggio became the greatest painter of religious works of the early 17th century. His dramatic but naturalistic style of painting emphasised the common humanity of his subjects, the apostles and martyrs of the Christian faith. He is credited with introducing two techniques aimed at enhancing reality: the use of live models, and […]