Artisan operator targets family tours
Saturday, 08 Feb, 2007
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Tour operator Artisans of Leisure says it is redefining the world or private luxury travel with family activities that can be incorporated into private international tours.
The company says it can satisfy almost any special request to accommodate families of all sizes, ages and interests.
“Culturally focused, educational experiences are at the heart of Artisans of Leisure’s family tours. But so is having fun and encouraging spontaneous, magical moments to happen, moments that bring families closer and create shared memories, “said Ashley Isaacs Ganz, founder and president of Artisans of Leisure.
Flexibility is the hallmark of all Artisans of Leisure tours, he said.
Activities include:
- Show and tell programs for young children to learn simple songs, alphabet characters, crafts, food dishes (e.g., origami, symbolism in Japanese and Chinese writing, using Chinese name stamps) and other cultural objects that they can share with their classmates back home.
- Exclusive access and activities like a private capsule on the London Eye or having an ancient cannon in St. Petersburg fired in honor of a child’s birthday.
- Visits to local classrooms to interact with students and their teachers.
- Pop culture tours in destinations such as Tokyo, focusing on anime, manga (Japanese comics), gadgets, fashion and accessories, including private manga lessons and visits to anime and manga museums and shops, theme cafes, and local neighborhoods popular with young people.
- Tracing family history in ancestral homelands. Visits to homes once belonging to parents or grandparents; visits to family grave sites; learning about family and local history, cuisine and traditions; searching for family documents; exploring religious heritage; taking an adopted child on a tour of his or her birth land; introducing future in-laws to country of heritage.
- Tours designed to emphasize subjects children are studying in school, such as the Cu Chi Tunnels in Vietnam (Vietnam War), Roman ruins in Turkey, or art historical sites in China.
- Private lessons, such as learning to juggle and walk a tightrope at a historic circus in France.
Report by David Wilkening
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