If you are planning a family vacation, why not make it an extended family vacation and receive a great group travel discount? Travel with extended family?! Ok, we aren't crazy and we know it isn't for everyone, but we have found that the bigger the group the bigger the savings. So, if a big family gathering isn't your idea of a vacation, you can round up a large group of friends.

The first thing you need to do is to contact a reputable travel agent or tour group, you can do one stop shopping to plan your group vacation. This allows you to plan the vacation to include your group interests instead of being stuck with a set vacation package. You often receive cheap tickets for airfare and discounts to points of interests, for hotel fair and for meals. Often, you can negotiate a "meals included" price, although this might mean you get whatever they prepare for you.

If you are planning anything from a family reunion or a reunion with friends to a work or company retreat, there is no better way to build memories than through a group vacation. Group travel can be overseas or in country. Some of the best group travel deals that we have found are actually for cruises. Cruises even give good discounts on groups as small as a family of four, with it working out that one of the family members is essentially going for free.

If you want to get away by yourself or the one you love, you can still take advantage of group discount rates. You can work through tour groups or travel agents to locate group vacations that are open to the public. You might be joining 20 people you don't know, but you will pay much less then you would if you went by yourself or just as a couple. In addition, this type of group tour often offers you choices of activities. So, if going a bull fight is not your thing, you can go to the local market and shop.

There are endless group rates and cheap tickets possibilities available. You just need to decide what kind of vacation you want to have, whether it is a relaxing cruise or hiking the European Countryside and then decide whether going with family, friends or strangers is more your style. In the end, you can make your dollar stretch a lot further if you take advantage of group travel offers and discounts.