Travel and Entertainment for the 50+ Age Group - It's All About Choices

Article submitted by Anonymous.

Remember the days when you ordered an ice cream cone and had a choice of vanilla or chocolate? Pretty soon, butter pecan and strawberry were added to the mix. Choices were simple.

Baskin Robbins was founded on the concept of 31 flavors - one for every day of the month. This was considered leading edge at the time. Baskin Robins currently produces over 700 flavors of ice cream in order to keep up with consumer demand. And oddly enough, the most popular is still vanilla.

So what does ice cream have to do with travel and entertainment for the 50+ age group? Actually, they have a lot in common. Over twenty years ago, the type of tour which appealed to the 50+ age group was easy to conduct. Seniors seemed to have common threads, liked the same things, and had similar values. So, coming up with tours to meet their requirements was fairly easy and consistent - thus the creation of the "vanilla" tour.

Over 20 years later, vanilla is still the number one selling tour (and ice cream). But, to meet the needs and requests of the 50+ age group as a whole, additional flavors have had to be developed. Different flavors represent the diversity of the 50+ age group today.

Travel means different things to different people. Some just want to relax and get away from our day-to-day responsibilities. But some want to experience a new destination, learn about culture and history, feel the heartbeat of the destination, and take the time to participate in a favorite activity.

Vanilla represents the hard to beat value vacations. Additional flavors include Rocky Road (soft adventure), Beaches and Cream (Tropical), Canadian Maple (Canada), Mexican Fiesta (Mexico), Yummy Gummy Bookworm (Educational), Starstruck Mocha (Live Performances) and MORE! Additional flavors can be found at www.freespiritvacations.com.

So whether it be ice cream or travel, a multitude of choices are available. Explore and find your own personal favorite flavor!