Guided tours, with every detail handled
Whether you're traveling solo, as a couple, or with friends and family, you can meet like-minded travelers by joining an existing group departure.
What is a guided tour?
Guided tours come in all shapes and sizes! Smaller group departures typically have around 15 to 20 travelers, while traditional escorted tours may have 30 to 40. Solo travelers, couples, friends, and families can all reserve spots on an existing departure to destinations around the world.
With a dedicated tour manager guiding the way, transportation, accommodations, sightseeing, and the logistics in between are taken care of for you. You get to focus on the experience, not the planning.
Looking for a specific trip or date? I work with multiple trusted tour operators, including Collette, Globus, Tauck, Trafalgar, and G Adventures, offering hundreds of itineraries worldwide. I'll help you find the right fit, even if it's not one of my hosted groups.
Bonus: I also host select local group departures with hometown pickup perks! Explore the featured trips below or get in touch to create a group for your own community!
Two ways to travel
Worldwide guided departures
- Hundreds of existing itineraries and destinations worldwide.
- Multiple trusted tour operators and departure dates to choose from.
- I help match you with the right tour style and brand.
Highlighted local groups
- Specially selected itineraries and departure dates with airfare from O'Hare International Airport included.
- Hometown pickup opportunities in the host town.
- Additional savings and the opportunity to travel alongside other local community members.
Local 2027 group departures
These are group departures I've personally held space on for local communities. Each group has a hometown pickup, where everyone meets at a central location to be chauffeured to the airport. Unless otherwise noted, these trips are open to anyone, wherever you live! If the pickup isn't handy for you, you can meet the group at the airport.
Don't see your destination here? I can help you find and book an existing guided tour with one of my trusted tour operators. Tell me where you'd like to go.
Leaving from Lemont
These three groups were created for the Lemont Library community. The hometown pickup is in Lemont.
Best of Eastern Canadian Cities
June 4 to 12, 2027, with Niagara Falls, Ottawa, Quebec City and Montreal
Activity level: moderate
Discover Scotland
August 28 to September 6, 2027
Activity level: moderate
Leaving from Naperville
These two groups were created for McDowell Point, a 55+ community in Naperville. The hometown pickup is at McDowell Point.
Journey Through Lutherland
April 29 to May 6, 2027
Hosted by St. Timothy's Lutheran Church
A Lutheran history tour of Germany: Berlin, Wittenberg, Leipzig, Erfurt, the Wartburg Castle in Eisenach, Mainz, a Rhine River cruise and Worms. Airfare from Chicago is included.
From your front door
On one of my group departures, the hometown pickup gets you to the airport with everyone else. On a tour that isn't part of a group, you can add a transportation package that picks you up at your front door and brings you back to it.
For your club or community
I've given talks on sustainable travel to local environmental groups, and on river cruising and guided group tours. I also work with 55+ communities, libraries and churches, including McDowell Point in Naperville, to put on travel presentations and organize group tours.
A community can often host a group tour with no financial risk if it doesn't end up running. If your club or community would like a talk, ask me how it works.
Hi! I'm Leslie.
I'm an independent travel advisor based in the Naperville area. I'll narrow down the choices, help you find a trip that fits your travel style, interests, and budget, and handle the booking details so you can spend less time researching and more time getting excited about where you're going!
Ready to plan your next adventure?
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