We love our guides! They are consistently given high ratings from our tour guests and are a big reason why our alumni return again and again. Earlier this year, the Zephyr United crew met for a fun and educational guide training in our world headquarters, Red Lodge, Montana. We refreshed our wilderness safety skills, discussed Continue Reading →
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Upcoming New Tour Locations
We recently completed a survey of our alumni travelers on potential new tour locations. We asked them to rate each of 25 possible new tours as their Top Destination, Very Likely to Do, Somewhat Likely to Do, or Not Interested. The Top Locations The top locations in order were as follows: Greek Islands Hiking Adventure: Continue Reading →
Is It Time To Start Worrying About COVID Again?
It’s been a few months since we have addressed the COVID pandemic and its impact on travel. In this video, Allan reviews the current situation and offers his recommendation on making travel plans in the coming months. Can’t watch the video right now? Here’s the video transcript of Is It Time To Start Worrying About Continue Reading →
Yellowstone Wolf Adventure Featured in Condé Nast Traveler Magazine
“When you go wolf-spotting … you likely won’t get close enough to behold their beauty with the naked eye, as you might the animals on an African game drive, or even the bison and moose right here in Yellowstone. But that’s part of the magic of watching them; it’s peering through a keyhole into their Continue Reading →
Family Adventures Questions & Answers
We recently did a survey about our Family Adventures and found we had a lot of interest and an equally large number of questions. What is the difference between a Private Tour and a Public Tour? On private Family Adventures, you come with your own family and choose your own date. The minimum group size Continue Reading →
Tips On Buying Travel Insurance That Is Right For You
We are firm believers in that old saying, hope for the best, but plan for the worst. No one plans on getting sick or injured before a trip or having your luggage or passport stolen or having a natural disaster strike, but the fact is, these things do happen and we have little to no control Continue Reading →
Annual Donations Vs. T-Shirts Review
For the past several years, we have offered our travelers the choice of a snazzy new Zephyr Adventures (soft, comfortable and perfect for active travel) t-shirt or, if they have enough t-shirts in their collection already, a donation to one of three non-profit organizations that are near and dear to our hearts. As you know, Continue Reading →
How to Fly Safely During COVID & Omicron
We have not recovered from the Delta variant yet, only to enter a new phase with the onset of the Omicron variant. While we don’t yet know whether the new variant is more severe (the initial evidence is that it is not) or whether it can more easily get around the vaccines, we do know Continue Reading →
Europe is Open for Travel
Europe is open for travel. After some confusion in late August when the European Union removed the United States from its “safe list” of countries from which travelers can easily enter the EU, things have settled down and travel is on. Consider this: We recently completed an Ireland tour Yesterday we started a Bavaria Hiking Continue Reading →
Changes to Europe Travel Restrictions
Today, August 30, the EU made a non-binding recommendation to its member countries to ban non-essential travel from a handful of countries, including the United States. The EU had added the US to its “safe travel” list in June but, because of increasing COVID cases, the US was really outside the parameters of that list Continue Reading →