Canada

Many people travel to experience other cultures and meet new personalities. Why not magnify that experience by traveling with people from different countries? Here are just three tour operators which fit the bill: Each combines consumer protection with a vacation out of the ordinary in the company of new friends from other English-speaking countries. Australian company Intrepid Travel has been in existence for over 30 years, and Australians remain the bulk of its business. “But North America is our largest growing market worldwide,” says Michael Edwards, managing director of Europe and the Americas for Intrepid, which specializes in small-group touring in 120 countries. Intrepid offers over 1,000 itineraries, each themed (Walking, Wildlife, Family, Cruising and so on). “Morocco and Turkey are affordable and great for the client looking for ‘exotic lite.’ And Vietnam is also hugely popular from the U.S.,” Intrepid’s departures, which are all guaranteed, average 12 participa...