Why Choose Big Brother Backpacking?

In this day and age, it's seen as a rite of passage for many North American youth to backpack Europe. However, as more and more high school and college age students flow through the continent, the rigours and trials that once made a backpacking expedition life-changing have become watered down and ordinary. The experience is rapidly becoming cliché, as an increasing number of people wheel their suitcases through hostel lobbies, take taxis to the train station and ultimately refuse to carry their packs for more than a few minutes at a time. Tour buses have sprung up which merely travel from one country's bars to the next, barely stopping to take a quick picture of the scenery before driving on. With such a culture becoming commonplace, it can be hard for a new traveler to see where past generations found adventure.

That's where we come in. We know from experience that if done correctly, a European tour can be the most rewarding experience of a lifetime. Europe offers some of the most amazing cities, castles, landscapes and memories on the planet -- if you are willing to find them. From the bone cathedral in Sedlec Ossuary to the snow-capped peaks of Appenzell, there are a million sites to see. We believe that you should see all of them, not just the ones you can find in five minutes on the internet.

The reasons for traveling with Big Brother Backpacking are obvious. We offer safety and reliability in a strange environment, without having to hamper your desires on where to go. Our tours are not decided by accountants wondering how best fool you into thinking how much cheaper we are than the competition while sacrificing the adventure. We offer an experienced hand towards planning a trip in real-time, a friendly traveling atmosphere, and a learned outlook on how to achieve your goals in a real world setting. We give you every tool you could possibly need to learn to push yourself towards doing something great.

Many tour companies feel that all travelers want to see of Europe are the postcards, the inside of a hostel room and the bottom of a bottle. We know better. We offer the tours we believe every tour group should be offering. We treat our travelers like adults, not children, and in doing so our tours change traveler's lives, not just their postcard collections.