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Helena Koenig founded the Grandtravel tour group--and coined the term grandtravel, now common in the industry--16 years ago. She has expanded from four tours to 20, and a host of imitators have sprung up. Hotels and travel groups of every stripe, from the Loews chain to Elderhostel, have developed grandtravel packages. These range from reduced pricing and specially designed suites to international tours, complete with guides for adults and licensed teachers for children...
...levels of the eight-year-old and the 80-year-old. When Familyhostel's tour of Greece reaches Delphi, reports director Robert McCaffery, the kids run to the top of the hill and around the stadium, working off energy, while the grandparents absorb history at ground level. Still, as Elderhostel's Richard Harris says, "any grandparent may find a whole week in charge of a child pretty exhausting...
...Elderhostel, based in Boston, which began its 11-day Cuba programs in April 2000, has since sent more than 120 people and has a waiting list. "Our program participants are over age 55, and many remember when you could go to Cuba easily," says Victoria McCormack, senior program manager at Elderhostel. "Now they want to see what the society is like, how the culture has matured since America closed its doors to Cuba." Participants study at the University of Havana and explore the city and surrounding areas...
...cater to people 50 and older--eliminate the single supplement entirely. For other programs, where single accommodations are unavailable, Saga provides a "guaranteed share," a roommate-matching service for unaccompanied travelers willing to occupy a double room; the single supplement is waived if a match can't be arranged. Elderhostel, the popular purveyor of learning vacations, also offers guaranteed shares--plus activities based on common interests that turn strangers into friends. In addition, a traveler who's willing to book at the last minute can often find bargains on the Internet from hoteliers willing to rent rooms inexpensively rather than...
...food is terrible, the beds are bad, there are no televisions or radios, but, man, you just feel good!" Stearman says. The weeklong Grandparent-Grandchild Summer Camp, founded by Arthur Kornhaber, in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, is one of many intergenerational programs launched in recent years. Elderhostel, which organizes learning vacations for seniors, has seen the adult enrollment in its intergenerational programs in the U.S. shoot up, from 251 in 1990 to nearly 3,300 in 1999. Stearman explains the allure: "It's a general immersion into the life of a kid. It's wonderful just to hang...