Escapades
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Escapades in Greece is about authentic travel experience with premium character. We open doors of traditional family business to travelers looking for ways to experience local culture and traditions.
Detailed presentation
We offer authentic, hands on, local experiences in Greece with premium character, easy to book online. Our travel concept combines the essence of the destination, nature’s harvesting seasons and its people. Our guests look for original and meaningful experiences and ways to learn about and support the locals. With us, guests can participate in the daily lives of locals, learn how they make their products, crafts, harvest. Our travel concepts would not be possible without local hosts whom we support to enter the slow tourism industry by opening their homes, farms and workshops to travellers.
The problem
1. Most travel offers in Greece are focused on mainstream activities and locations. For tourists wishing to experience authenticity away from tourist crowds, especially out off season (50% of tourists visit out of summer), there are very few options.
2. Balkans have recently emerged as tech hubs with several corporations and start-ups setting offices in the region. These companies look for ways for their teams to connect and create strong bonds closer to nature with activities fully tailored to their wishes.
3. Greece is an agricultural country, however young farmers are becoming an endangered species with just 5.2% of farmers under 35. Despite support programs for young farmers, Greece’s rural population is getting older, impacting competitiveness and sustainability of the rural economy.
Our proposal
1. We offer an alternative travel concept to guests looking to experience authentic Greece, especially during out of season periods where travel offers are very limited and basic.
2. We offer an alternative concept for companies looking to create deeper bonds and synergies within their teams.
3. We make tourism more inclusive by creating additional income opportunities for small farm producers in link with the rising tourism trend in Greece. Our hosts, that usually have no digital presence or communication channel outside Greece, can connect to people from all over the globe, make their first export steps and get visible in social media as our targeted guests are digital savvy. We hope to motivate young adults to continue in farming business and stay in their birth places.