{"id":1746,"date":"2026-09-22T00:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T00:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/kabarsula-watch-rachel-willemsen-on-why-collette-explorations-small-group-touring-works-bandar-slot-indonesia\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T00:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T00:25:07","slug":"kabarsula-watch-rachel-willemsen-on-why-collette-explorations-small-group-touring-works-bandar-slot-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/kabarsula-watch-rachel-willemsen-on-why-collette-explorations-small-group-touring-works-bandar-slot-indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":"kabarsula  WATCH: Rachel Willemsen on why Collette Explorations&#8217; small-group touring works bandar SLOT INDONESIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>For Rachel Willemsen, travelling with her adult children offered the perfect opportunity to put <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocollette.com\/en-au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Collette Explorations<\/a> through its paces \u2013 and discover how small-group touring can balance structure with freedom.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Travel Associates Paradise Point travel manager recently joined Collette sales engagement manager David Farrar to discuss her 13-day <em>Majestic Cities of Central and Eastern Europe<\/em> journey, travelling with her husband and children, aged 25 and 28.<\/p>\n<p>The family travelled from Berlin to Prague, Vienna, Budapest and Krakow, with Willemsen particularly impressed by the balance between organised experiences and time to explore independently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I loved is because with a small group, you have more free time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>With a maximum of 24 guests, Willemsen said the group quickly got to know each other, while travelling on a large coach meant there was still plenty of space on longer journeys.<\/p>\n<p>The itinerary also gave the family plenty to experience together, from a cooking class in Prague to an evening of traditional food, music and dancing in Krakow.<\/p>\n<p>An optional excursion in Vienna offered private access to Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace after hours, followed by a classical concert.<\/p>\n<p>For Willemsen\u2019s adult children, who were the youngest travellers on the tour, the cultural focus proved particularly appealing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy kids love history, they love culture, and they loved every second,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The advisor advantage<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Willemsen\u2019s experience also highlights the value of experiencing a product firsthand. Through Collette University, the company\u2019s advisor training program, she gained product insights before travelling and was able to experience the trip for at a discounted rate.<\/p>\n<p>And for a travel professional who spends her days organising holidays for others, there was another benefit to handing over the reins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I go on tour, I feel like I can actually hand the responsibility to somebody else,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH: Rachel Willemsen on why Collette Explorations\u2019 small-group touring works\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rSGq5EXK0Ds?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>kabarsula SLOT <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Rachel Willemsen, travelling with her adult children offered the perfect opportunity to put Collette&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kabarsula"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}