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Women only tours: men are too goal oriented and efficient

Women only tours are becoming increasingly popular. I guess we men behave so badly that single women can't endure our company. Plus we just have different travel desires:

"Men are more goal-oriented," Wade said. "Women appreciate every little thing about the experience. They are more relaxed."

For example, they both may want to hike to the top of the mountain, but men tend to want to reach the peak efficiently while many women don't really care how long it takes, preferring to meander through villages and markets on the way.

Well I don't know if this is a good example or not, but when I went hiking in China with my Korean hiking club (the only time I've traveled with a big tour-like group) we were climbing Mt. Taishan and the idea was to see the sunset from the top of the mountain which was supposed to be particularly beautiful.

But some members of the group (women as luck would have it) were just too slow. We had to stop frequently to let the stragglers catch up. The sun set while we were on the mountain somewhere and we had to finish hiking in the dark. It got cold and it was dangerous. And we totally missed the sunset.

Since I try to be entertaining (rather than grumpy) company, I rarely tell that story about missing the sunrise and sunset thanks to joining a slow hiking group. My special massage in China story (the night before the hike) always gets a laugh though.

Anyway, what do you think? Are men and women really so different on vacation?

Posted by James Trotta at August 17, 2006 1:18 AM