Women Traveling Together

Women Traveling Together’s story begins with one woman’s desire—mine—to raft the Colorado River.

The idea of rafting the Colorado River captured my imagination as a young girl and never left me. I had many opportunities to go rafting as I grew older but not on the Colorado. I made several attempts to organize a Colorado River trip but l could never find anyone I knew who wanted to go. As I approached 40, I began to worry I would never realize my dream.

A chance conversation in the mid-1990s was the true catalyst for creating Women Traveling Together. A woman shared with me her frustration finding a travel companion for a trip she wanted to take—making me realize I wasn't the only woman with this problem.

To understand what women needed and expected from a group travel experience, I spent the next seven months interviewing women primarily in their 50s and 60s, married, widowed, single and divorced, and from all walks of life. Women were putting their travel dreams on hold because they didn’t know someone to travel with, and they were unwilling to travel alone. If I could bring together women who shared similar interests, I could help them (and me) fulfill their travel dreams.

I began Women Traveling Together in 1997 with one mission—to help women fulfill their travel dreams by bringing together women who shared a common passion for travel. In our first year we offered three tours. Today we offer more than 100 tours a year, all over the world and across the USA and Canada.

I have now rafted the Colorado River—three times at last count—and each time it was everything I had hoped... thrilling, scenic, and thoroughly enjoyable. But it was the camaraderie of my fellow travelers—sharing the laughter and fun—that was by far the most lasting and rewarding part of the experience.

Looking back, I can see WTT has accomplished much more than just bringing together women to travel; the life of every woman who has travelled with us has been enriched in ways I never imagined, and countless new friendships have been made along the way. For all our success, this is the part of our company story of which I am most proud.

I want to thank all the women who have put their trust in WTT and continue to travel with us again and again—giving us one of the highest repeat traveller rates in the business. If you are just learning about us, we hope you will travel with us soon.