“I would never go on a group tour.”

It’s fair to say that the people who come on our Scheduled trips – often for the fifth or sixth time – would never go on a group tour. The idea of travelling with a group of strangers is anathema. And yet, B&R’s travellers are alike in many ways. Although most would not give two hoots if they’re the first to cross some imaginary finish line, make no mistake, our people are driven, accomplished and intellectually curious. They are pathfinders, not followers. Dinner conversation is often animated with subjects ranging from family to philosophy – always accompanied by laughter. Two couples from opposite coasts, who met on a B&R trip decades ago, have since started a winery named after the trip they met on. Stories like this are far from uncommon. While B&R travellers come in all shapes, colours and sizes, there are invisible threads that bind them. Note: it is often the shy couple off on their own for the first few days that proves to be among the most interesting.