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# Customized vs. Packaged Tours
October 02, 2019
|In [Blog](https://blog.prometour.com/tag/blog), [France](https://blog.prometour.com/tag/france), [General Travel](https://blog.prometour.com/tag/general-travel), [Italy](https://blog.prometour.com/tag/italy), [Spain](https://blog.prometour.com/tag/spain)
|By [Vincent Guerineau](https://blog.prometour.com/author/vincent-guerineau)
# Customized vs. Packaged Tours
October 02, 2019
|In [Blog](https://blog.prometour.com/tag/blog), [France](https://blog.prometour.com/tag/france), [General Travel](https://blog.prometour.com/tag/general-travel), [Italy](https://blog.prometour.com/tag/italy), [Spain](https://blog.prometour.com/tag/spain)
|By [Vincent Guerineau](https://blog.prometour.com/author/vincent-guerineau)
So you’ve decided on travelling with your students; maybe to **[France](http://prometour.com/destinations/france)** to brush up their French, **[Italy](http://prometour.com/destinations/italy)** to experience la Bella vita, or [Spain](http://prometour.com/destinations/spain)to relive its majestic history. Even if you still haven’t decided where exactly you’ll take them; you should be thinking about what type of educational tour fits you and your students’ needs.
Student travel impacts more than the class discussions following the trip; it leaves your students with memories that’ll last them a lifetime. That being said, why not make them positive ones they will always cherish? To help make your decision a little easier, we’ve listed three great advantages of choosing a customized educational tour:
**EXPERT CONSULTANTS & LOCAL GUIDES**
Just because you’re inParis for one day doesn’t mean your experience should be anything short of spectacular. Expert consultants are great at building itineraries for those of you who want to see as much as possible even in a shorter period of time. Led by *locally *based guides; customized private tours only cut time from tourist traps and not your exploration of the city.
**PRIVATE & PERSONAL TOURS**
By choosing a customized tour that **only** includes private groups, you are placing your students in a safer and more intimate environment. Barcelona can be busy and crowded on the famous Las Ramblas; having a tour guide whose focus is solely on your students is less stressful and leaves parents back home more at ease. With more focus on your students, a private tour becomes more personal and creates an open environment where your students are not intimidated to ask questions. They are encouraged to *engage* in conversation with their tour guide about their surroundings.
**FLEXIBLE & ACCOMMODATING ITINERARIES**
Unlike a packaged tour with an itinerary often including crowded hop-on buses; customized itineraries are flexible to fit you and your students' needs. With the ability to customize tours, *you* get to choose what *you* want to see. You would rather visit behind the scenes of the Teatro alla Scala than a stroll through Cinecittà that day because of bad weather? This can be arranged in a customized package.
Your needs are the *number one priority* over packaging your trip with an itinerary that doesn’t **completely** meet them.
(Prométour's flexibility goes further; our experts help you build a tour that not only fits your curriculum but also your budget.)
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[Vincent Guerineau](https://blog.prometour.com/author/vincent-guerineau)
Vincent is a digital marketing specialist at Prométour. He loves all things travel - especially tasting local food - and strives to help teachers making the world their classroom.
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