Our trips are designed for thoughtful, curious travelers who enjoy learning, meaningful conversation, and experiencing a place beyond the surface. If you value depth over speed, stories over checklists, and connection over crowds, you’ll feel right at home.

Most travelers say it’s the feeling of depth and care. You’ll love traveling at an unhurried pace, with stories and local insight that help places truly come alive, all within a small, welcoming group. It’s thoughtful, well-cared-for travel that feels more like being invited in than being shown around.

Our groups range from 10-20 participants with 1-2 trip leaders and local guides to connect us to local culture and experiences.

Yes! Our detours are the perfect way for children (and adults) to learn in action. We welcome and celebrate multi-generational travel. History class was never so fun!

Yes! Our detours are the perfect way for single travelers to find their travel tribe. We have many frequent single travelers who return to us again and again for the sense of welcome and inclusion we prioritize on our experiences.

We intentionally build in free time on every trip. There’s a balance between shared experiences and space to wander, rest, journal, or follow your curiosity—because some of the best moments happen when you have time to simply be.

Our tours include a lot of standing and walking, including hills, steps, and other uneven terrain, and require a reasonable level of fitness. We’ve included an activity guide for each day of our itinerary: light=mostly sedentary, moderate=walking 1-3 miles on mostly even ground, strenuous=walking 3+ miles on hills/uneven ground.

Yes. You must be able to carry your own luggage up at least three flights of stairs and on uneven ground for up to a quarter mile.

We choose comfortable, well-located hotels and accommodations that reflect the character of each place. Expect quality, charm, and thoughtful details rather than large chain hotels or luxury for luxury’s sake.

Yes. A Dressler Detours host travels with the group, ensuring everything runs smoothly and that you’re well cared for throughout the journey. You’ll also spend time with local experts who bring deep knowledge and lived experience to each place.

Each detour includes the price of all admissions to sights seen as a group; tours by local guides, meals as listed in the trip itinerary; accommodations each night of the detour including breakfasts; all transportation required for group activities from the first hotel to the last hotel of the detour (transportation for optional group activities and independent travel during the detour is not included), travel consultations and advice from our staff, guides, and vendors including suggestions, tips, and directions, and all trip leader, local guide, driver, and hotel tips. Prices do not include airfare to and from the detour, nor ground transportation to/from airports.

Airfare, personal expenses, alcoholic beverages, travel insurance, and optional activities during free time are not included. We’re always clear about what’s covered so there are no surprises along the way.

Trip package prices do not include international airfare or ground transportation to/from the airport.

Each detour includes all breakfasts and about half of your lunches and dinners as indicated in the meal guide included in each itinerary: B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner.

Each detour begins the afternoon/evening of Day 1 at our first hotel, where we will meet for a welcome reception. Meeting times vary by detour and are indicated on each itinerary.

While this varies by detour, we generally plan to meet between 5-6 pm at our hotel on Day 1. If you plan to arrive a day early and want to stay in our trip hotel, please make arrangements with the hotel directly, indicating that you are part of our group.

Each trip page has a link to our online registration and payment provider. There you can pay the deposit and complete the registration form.

The deposit is 10% of the trip cost.

Deposits are refundable for 30 days from receipt. After 30 days they are nonrefundable.

Final payment is due 90 days prior to trip departure but you may pay in full any time prior to this.

The 10% deposit is due upon registration, after which time you will receive a payment link and installment schedule where you can choose to pay according to the two payment installments, or chip away at payments at your own pace.

We keep our singles pricing as reasonable as possible, only charging for the cost difference between double and single use of hotel rooms.

Cancellations are allowed without penalty (excepting deposit) until the final payment deadline. After the final payment deadline 100% of funds paid are nonrefundable.

Yes—we strongly recommend travel insurance to protect your investment and give you peace of mind. We’ve got it baked into the checkout process as one option, and are happy to suggest addittinoal reputable providers if helpful.

We are always happy to have a chat! Please reach out to us at info@dresslerdetours.com and we’ll be in touch asap!

Frequently asked quesions

Frequently Asked Questions