Kodi makampani oyendera maulendo akuyenda bwanji munthawi yazachuma? Kodi akuwona mayendedwe otani? Kodi akumva chiyani kuchokera kwa makasitomala awo? Ndipo ndi njira ziti zomwe akutenga kuti apeze njira yodutsa m'mavuto azachuma?
Kuti ndimvetse bwino zomwe zikubwera, posachedwapa ndinafufuza akuluakulu a Adventure Collection - Backroads, Bushtracks, Canadian Mountain Holidays, Geographic Expeditions, Lindblad Expeditions, Micato Safaris, Natural Habitat Adventures, OARS, NOLS, ndi Off the Beaten. Njira - kuti adziwe momwe akuyendetsedwera, komwe tikupita komanso momwe akuyendera m'madzi ovutawa.
KUFUNIKA KWA KULUMIKIZANA NDI BANJA
M'mawu awo, mitu yochepa yodziwika idawonekera. Chapakati pakati pa izi chinali kutsimikiza kuti ngakhale kusatsimikizika kwachuma, apaulendo awo akupitilizabe kukhulupirira kufunika kwa kuyenda komanso kufunika kolumikizana ndi banja paulendo wawo.
“Ngakhale kuti kusokonekera kwachuma kwakhudza kwambiri malonda oyendayenda, chikhumbo chofuna kukhala ndi ubale weniweni ndi mayiko ndi zikhalidwe zina chidakali champhamvu. Anthu akupitiriza kufunafuna zoikamo ndi zochitika zomwe zimapereka zochitika zapamwamba, zopumula komanso zowonetsera; m’njira zina zimenezi zimawonedwa kukhala zofunika kwambiri tsopano kuposa kale,” anatero Jim Sano, pulezidenti wa Geographic Expeditions.
Bill Bryan, woyambitsa nawo komanso wapampando wa Off the Beaten Path, adavomereza. “Makasitomala athu sawona kuyenda ngati chinthu chapamwamba, koma ngati gawo lofunikira pakufuna kwawo kukhala athanzi. Kuposa ndi kale lonse, apaulendo athu akufunafuna zochitika zapadera zomwe zimawagwirizanitsa ndi mabanja, chikhalidwe, dera, malo ndi chilengedwe. "
George Wendt, pulezidenti wa OARS, anati, “Mabanja ambiri akuchulukirachulukira akubwera nafe paulendo wapamtsinje ndi zochitika zina zapatchuthi zamasewera osiyanasiyana. Tikukhulupirira kuti izi zili choncho chifukwa cha nthawi zovuta zachuma m'dziko lathu. Mabanja akuona kuti ndi bwino kuti ana awo azigwira ntchito panja m’malo mongocheza nawo m’malo ogulitsira zinthu kapena kusewera masewera a pakompyuta.”
Dennis Pinto, woyang'anira wamkulu wa Micato Safaris, anawonjezera kuti, "Maulendo apabanja athu, omwe nthawi zambiri amakhudza mibadwo itatu, amakhalabe olimba. Pali malingaliro oti chuma chidzayenda bwino pakapita nthawi, koma mwayi wosowa ndi mabanja sungathe kubwezeretsedwa. ”
Tom Hale, CEO wa Backroads, adati kusungitsa kwawo kumathandiziranso izi. “Maulendo athu Payekha ndi a Banja akuyenda bwino kwambiri. Tikupereka malo opitira mabanja ambiri komanso maulendo ambiri kuposa kale.
Popenda zochitika za m'banja, Sano of Geographic Expeditions anati, "Anthu akufuna kukonzanso machitidwe awo, kaya mwa kumizidwa m'malo achilengedwe, monga ku Galapagos, kapena zikhalidwe zolemera, monga ku Bhutan kapena East Africa. Ndipo akufuna kugawana nawo ulendowu - ndi mavumbulutso ndi kulumikizana komwe kumabweretsa - ndi mabanja ndi abwenzi. Kukumana ndi anthu omwe amapeza ndalama zokwana madola 200 pachaka koma amakhala okhutira ndi moyo wawo kumapangitsa kuti zinthu ziziwayendera bwino.”
"Apaulendo athu ndi anthu odziwa bwino zamayiko," adatero Bryan wa Off the Beaten Path. "Akudziwa kuti kwa zaka zingapo zapitazi dziko lathu silinagwirizane ndi mayiko ndi zikhalidwe zina zambiri. Amadziwanso kuti m'dera lathu kuchepa kwachuma kumabweretsa kusintha komwe kuli kofunikira pamoyo wamunthu. Kufunika koteroko kumafanana mosavuta ndi kugwirizana ndi malo, anthu, chikhalidwe, ndi mizu ndipo kaŵirikaŵiri kumasonkhezera kukumananso kwa mabanja.”
UDINDO WOFUNIKA KWA MAulendo M'DZIKO
Atsogoleriwo adakhudzanso mbali ina yolumikizirana - gawo lofunikira lomwe kulumikizana kwapaulendo kumatha kuchita m'maiko omwe akupitako komanso zikhalidwe zawo.
Ben Bressler, woyambitsa komanso mkulu wa Natural Habitat Adventures, adatsindika mwachidwi mbali yofunika kwambiri yoyendayenda m'mayiko omwe kampani yake imayendera. "Tiyenera kukumbukira kuti kwa anthu, malo ndi zinthu zakutchire padziko lonse lapansi zomwe zimadalira zokopa alendo kuti zikhale ndi moyo, kuyenda si chinthu chamba. Zikachitika mwanzeru komanso mosamala, zokopa alendo zitha kukhala gwero lenileni la zinthu zabwino padziko lapansi. Mwachitsanzo, apaulendo akamayendera anyani a m’mapiri ku Uganda, ndalama zolipirira anyaniwa zimawathandiza mwachindunji kuteteza anyaniwa tsiku ndi tsiku. Ndipo alendowa amatumiza uthenga womveka bwino ku boma la Uganda kuti kupulumutsa ma gorilla kuli kofunika komanso kuti, zikatetezedwa, zolengedwa zodabwitsazi zitha kukhala gwero la ndalama zakunja.
Bressler anati: “Ndikukhulupirira kuti popanda zokopa alendo, anyani a m’mapiri sakanatha, ndipo zimenezi zikuchitika padziko lonse mobwerezabwereza: Kuchokera m’midzi ya ku Kenya yomwe imadalira ntchito zokopa alendo pa ntchito zochepa zimene mamembala awo amakhala nazo. , kuti apereke ndalama zolipirira zilolezo zoteteza zamoyo zakuthengo, zokopa alendo n’zofunika kwambiri poteteza madera akuthengo ndi zinthu zakuthengo komanso kuti anthu ambiri padziko lapansi apeze zofunika pa moyo.”
Sano adakhudzanso lingaliro lomwelo: "Tengani malo omwe timagwira nawo ntchito limodzi ku Kenya mwachitsanzo. Campi ya Kanzi ndi kampu ya safari yomwe ili kum'mwera kwa Kenya, yomwe ili pamtunda wamtundu wa Maasai ndipo imayendetsedwa ndi gulu la Maasai. Chaka chatha Campi adakweza $700,000 pachuma cha Amasai.
KUSINKHANI PA VALUE
Oyang'anira a Adventure Collection adavomereza kuti kuchepa kwachuma kwakhudza zomwe makasitomala akufuna, zomwe amayembekezera komanso machitidwe awo. Pothana ndi zovuta zomwe zimabwera chifukwa cha kusinthaku, atsogoleriwo adayang'ana chidwi chatsopano chamtengo wapatali.
Marty von Neudegg, director of Corporate Services komanso upangiri wamkulu wa Canadian Mountain Holidays, adati, "Pali njira zingapo zomwe makampani oyendayenda angasankhe. Ena amasankha kuchotsera, ena amadula mautumiki ndipo ena, abwino, amagwira ntchito molimbika kuti akhale bwino ndikupereka mtengo wabwino kwambiri. Sikokwanira kungonena kuti, 'Bwerani mudzayende nafe ndipo mudzasangalala.' M'malo mwake, anthu ayenera kumva ndi kukhulupirira kuti, 'Bwerani mudzayende nafe ndipo mudzakhala ndi nthawi yabwino chifukwa tikwaniritsa zomwe talonjeza.' Kwa ife, izi zikutanthauza chitetezo, chilakolako, kupambana, kuyankha, ndi kukhazikika. Kwa zaka zoposa 44, ochita masewera otsetsereka a m’madzi okhulupirika adziwa kuti tidzayesetsa kuchita zonse zimene tingathe kuti tikwaniritse mfundo zimenezi.”
Bryan waku OTBP adati, "tchuthi cha apaulendo safunika kukhala chapamwamba kapena chachilendo monga kale, koma amafunikira kukhala oona komanso olumikizana - komanso otsika mtengo. Msodzi wa ntchentche angasankhe kukhala osati pa malo ophera nsomba koma pa bedi ndi chakudya cham'mawa kapena cham'mawa; panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, adzalembabe munthu wotsogolera wodziŵa bwino ntchitoyo.”
KUchotsera NDI MADALI
Sven-Olof Lindblad, pulezidenti wa Lindblad Expeditions, wayankha kufunafuna phindu m'njira yatsopano. November watha, adalembera makasitomala akale ndi omwe angakhale nawo: "Ndikhoza kutsutsana, monga momwe ndachitira kale, kuti kuyenda ndikofunika - mtundu wa tonic, ngati mukufuna; kuti kuyenda kumalimbikitsa, kutsitsimula, kuchotsa malingaliro, etc. Mfundo yaikulu ndi yakuti mudzasankha ngati kuyenda kuli bwino kapena ayi, malinga ndi chikhumbo chanu ndi zenizeni. Zomwe ndingochepetsako kalatayi ndi kuyesa kuwongolera lingalirolo ngati mungaganize kuti ulendo wina padziko lapansi pano ndi wofunikira kuti mukhale ndi moyo wabwino. ”
Lindblad anapereka njira ziwiri: Yoyamba inali yokonza ulendo chaka chisanathe, n’kunyamuka pasanafike pa June 1, 2009, polipira ndalama zokwana 25 peresenti ya ulendowo musananyamuke. Ndalamazo zitha kulipidwa nthawi iliyonse mu 2009, malinga ndi zomwe wapaulendo angafune. "Palibe chidwi, palibe mawu," alemba a Lindblad, "ingokhulupirirani ndikukhulupirira kuti kuchita izi ndi zothandiza komanso zolimbikitsa kwa inu." Njira yachiwiri inali yoti apaulendo achotse 25% pamtengo waulendo uliwonse. Kuyankha kwa kalatayo kwakhala kolimbikitsa komanso kolimbikitsa, a Lindblad adatero.
David Tett, pulezidenti wa Bushtracks, ananena kuti malo ogona mu Afirika akuyesera kukopa alendo amene ali ndi makhalidwe abwino chaka chino: “Ngakhale malo amene anthu akufunidwa kwambiri akuyamba kuchita zinthu mwaluso ndiponso achangu pantchito yawo yotsatsira malonda. Ifenso tikupereka ndalamazi kwa alendo athu.”
Dennis Pinto wa ku Micato anavomereza kuti: “Taonapo nthaŵi zina ku Africa kuno kwakhala kotheka kupeza malo ogona apamwamba kwambiri amene anali ovuta kuwakonza m’mbuyomo popanda kusungitsa malo kwa miyezi 12 mpaka 18. Momwemonso, kuwonera masewera abwino kwambiri m'mapaki omwe nthawi zambiri amawona alendo ambiri ndi 'mtengo wowonjezera' chaka chino. ”
KUBWETSA NTCHITO KAFUPI, MAULENDO AMAKONZEDWA
Monga gawo limodzi la kutsindika kwa mtengo, Bryan wa OTBP adaneneratu kuti ogula ayamba kusungitsa maulendo awo pafupi ndi nthawi yonyamuka chaka chino. "Apaulendo athu ali ndi mwayi wokhalabe okhazikika podikirira kuti awone zomwe zikuchitika pazachuma, Purezidenti watsopano, chipwirikiti chamayiko, nyengo ndi zina," adatero. "Chifukwa chake, padzakhala kuchepera kwa ogula komwe kwatsala miyezi isanu ndi umodzi kapena isanu ndi itatu kapena khumi ndi iwiri, ndipo zisankho zambiri zidzapangidwa pakangopita nthawi yochepa. Kusungitsa malo mphindi zomaliza kungakhale kofala kwambiri mu 2009.
Pamodzi ndi kusungitsa zidziwitso zazifupi, maulendo osinthidwa makonda akuchulukirachulukira.
"Kum'mawa ndi Kumwera kwa Africa," adatero Pinto wa ku Micato, "kusungitsa malo omwe akunenedwa ndi amphamvu. Ochulukirachulukira omwe akuyenda akusankha kupita kalasi yoyamba, ndipo akufunafuna mwayi wolumikizana nawo mwapadera pazokonda zawo (kusewera gofu, kulawa vinyo ndi kugula, mpikisano wothamanga, ndi maulendo apayekha a mabanja ndi zitsanzo zochepa).
Tett wa ku Bushtracks anatsimikizira kuti: “Timaonanso kusintha kwa maulendo ongopeka, maulendo amene amapangidwa poganizira ndandanda ya munthu ndi anzake oyenda nawo kuti azikumbukira chochitika chapadera kwambiri. Ngakhale m’nthaŵi zovuta, zochitika zina m’moyo zimafunikira chisamaliro chapadera.”
THE 'BUCKET LIST'
Powunika makasitomala a Geographic Expedition, Sano adati, "Ngakhale makasitomala athu ali pamwamba pa 5 peresenti yazachuma mdziko muno, gawo ili lidayima pakati pa Okutobala ndi Disembala. Zomwe takumana nazo zikuwonetsa kuti nthawi zambiri zimatenga miyezi isanu ndi umodzi pambuyo pa kugwedezeka koyamba - kaya kubwera kwa SARS kapena kugwa kwachuma kwaposachedwa - kuti anthu azolowerane ndi malo atsopano. Alendo athu akadali ndi ndalama ndipo ayamba kubwerera; malingaliro athu ndikuti sadzakhala okhutira kukhala pafupi ndi Dallas kapena DC kwa miyezi 12 yotsatira.
"Komanso, chiwerengero chathu chachikulu ndi anthu azaka 50-70. Ambiri a iwo adapuma kale ntchito kapena akutsala pang'ono kupuma pantchito ndipo ali ndi maudindo ambiri osamala, choncho sanakhudzidwe kwambiri ndi kugwa kwa msika. Amakhalanso pa nthawi ya moyo yomwe akufuna kuchita maulendo awo a maloto akadali athanzi kuti asangalale nawo. Ndikuganiza za izi ngati 'mndandanda wa ndowa.' Anthu omwe akukumana ndi imfa amafuna kuchita zinthu zapadera ndi achibale awo ndi mabwenzi tsopano. "
Mwachiwonekere, palibe kampani iliyonse ya Adventure Collection yomwe ilibe vuto ndi mavuto azachuma padziko lonse lapansi. Koma ndi kuphatikiza kwa zopereka zatsopano, kutchera khutu ku mtengo, ndi kudzipereka kuchita bwino kunyumba ndi m'munda, atsogoleri awo akukonzekera njira yothana ndi mkuntho - ndikutuluka ndi kukhulupirika kwa makasitomala awo komanso mtundu wa zopereka zawo zamphamvu kuposa. konse.
