The era of generational travel (and the best places to book for it)
With travel trends growing after the missed era of COVID, such as celebratory retreats, multi-generational months, Skip-Gen holidays (or Gramping as it has also been termed), there really are a myriad of ways you can come together as a group. Whether your preference is for a more exclusive and private multi-gen experience or perhaps spending time together in a new and exciting destination, there are many options when it comes to this type of travel.
Commemorating a milestone, hosting a family reunion, or just wanting to kick up your heels and make some noise, a villa rental takes celebrations to the next – and unforgettable – level. Come with us to explore multi-gen and celebratory travel this way in our blog below.
For celebrating life’s greatest moments, book a (better than) home away from home with dedicated service, decadent seclusion, and so much more.
Y Travel’s biggest villa requests typically coincide with milestone celebrations, and in our trusty little black book of partners lies a plethora of hotels and resorts with on-site villas, along with partners that focus solely on home and villa rentals. Heck, we even know of the world’s first group of PRIVATE Resorts perfect for that multi-gen vacay.
Bonus: Virtuoso-approved properties come with value-added perks – think exclusive amenities such as stocked pantries and bars, and complimentary spa treatments. Villas may be remote or resort based, studios or 40-plus bedrooms, pieds-à-terre or palazzi.
Why rent one for your next big event? Let us count the reasons why celebratory travel is HIGH on the Y Travel Agenda.
Ani Private Resort Anguilla
1. Bring the Generations Together.
What more natural way to unite multigenerational families than to house them all under one commodious roof?
Villas work so perfectly because families have chill space to be alone and big areas to hang out together. You have way more space than hotel rooms allow, as well as additional opportunities for interaction.
In addition, villa rentals are especially child friendly: They offer many bedrooms, ample space to run around and play, and a hiatus for parents worrying about how their kids’ noise might affect others.
Vatuvara Private Islands, Fiji
2. Seek Maximum Privacy.
Villas may be mansions, castles, bungalows, or penthouses. But what most share are the most coveted locations that are private and away from others.
Seekers of seclusion, whether they’re newlywed couples or active families, are usually more about the destination than resort amenities, with rural areas in Italy, Spain, France, Greece and further abroad as popular get-away-from-it-all locales.
Ani Private Resort Thailand
3. Get the Best of Both Worlds.
For travellers envisioning an exclusive celebration with all the amenities of a resort, a villa on the grounds of a hotel offers it all. You have space for family togetherness, but when you need all the bells and whistles, they’re right there.
Being on resort grounds doesn’t mean that villa residents will feel crowded, though. Many a times clients have booked a family at a five-bedroom villa in Tuscany or exclusively booked multiple villas in Greece or a 9 bedroom villa in the Maldives. You still get the true villa experience, but you just dial the phone, and staff will pick you up and take you to the spa.
9 Bedroom Private Reserve at Soneva Fushi, Maldives
4. Let the Butler Do It.
Rather than leaving guests on their own, Virtuoso-approved villas often come with service staff, such as chefs, butlers, and concierges, to arrange special celebratory dinners at home or adventures away from it, ranging from safaris to heli-skiing.
It’s like having well-connected friends who can open doors that are typically only accessed by locals. Especially with providers whose portfolios of properties are handpicked and personally approved by engaged villa managers.
CASAS NA AREIA by Silent Living in Portugal
5. Embrace the Y Factors (quite frankly the best reason)
There’s no better reason to embrace celebratory / multi-generational / skip-generational / milestone travel quite like embodying all of our portals of passion. From immersive expeditions imbued with culture, to thrilling adventures in nature and everything in between, we draw on our wealth of lived experience and the calibre of our Y Factors to provide unrivalled nuance and attention to detail, for you and your group!
It’s time to find what it is that brings your family and your friends alive, and embrace your Y together in a beautiful destination, booked exclusively for you.