Britain with my 12 year old daughter?

Do you mean the RS tour,, or another tour company,, or do you mean to tour on your own.?

I had a great time on the RS Family tour with my 12 yr dd last year, we also stayed on our own in Paris for a week before the tour,, then flew to Rome a few days before he tour started and stayed a few extra days in Paris after tour.. we have a blast. Basically there is no wrong way to do it.. I think kids that age are great to travel with,, I have in the past also taken my 14 yr son to London and Paris, but we did not use a tour then.

My feeling about taking a regular RS tour is that there is often one or two other older kids on those tours,, but, that really a family tour is way more fun for the kids. The kids had so much fun in our group. I do understand that the RS company is doing more "family friendly tour departures" meaning a regular tour but with a kid price discount,, which will attract more families. Great.

I also cannot think of a place to do Europe independently that could be easier then the UK,, I mean , hello, no language problems there!

So really, what ever you decide will be fine.

PS You can phone and talk to the RS people , they were able to tell me how many kids were on the tour I was looking at ( no names of course) so I could gauge if it would work for us( I didn't want a tour with all boys, or all kids way older or younger then my dd) . Don't book untill you have to.. so you can see how the group is forming up.. I personally would think some 12 yr olds may prefer not to be on a tour where everyone is over 60,, ( NOT that they are ,, you could just hit a group like that I mean) . LOL

Thank you to all of the encouragers who replied to my post! Sounds like this is a no lose situation however we do it. I'm glad to know that the RS tour will be posted within a week or so, though. We did want a Britain tour and maybe they'll offer something for families.

The 2010 tours should be out within a week or two. Some changes are being made. Your best bet would be to call the RS tour department and ask. They really are the experts.

Janice,

I assume you're referring to the RS 14-day England tour? It's not likely that RS will be offering a "family version" of that tour, so your only choice will be the "regular" tour.

Although most of the group will probably be "mature", if you're both interested in the sights and the history you'd probably still have a great time. Rick's Guides are fantastic and I'm sure you would both learn a lot. However it's difficult to provide a specific answer on whether it would be a "good mother-daughter tour" as I don't have any idea on how your daughter would relate to an older group?

I was recently on a tour with a "mother-daughter" (the daughter was older than 12 though) and my impression was that everyone was having a great time. There were no issues at all with the age.

As someone else suggested, you might want to send a note to the RS Tour department, as they'd be able to provide the most accurate assessment.

Cheers!

My daughter (23 at the time, but looked much younger) and I took a tour in Costa Rica last year. She was by far the youngest of the group, just about all of whom were retired couples (except me). She immediately became the "pet" of the tour. She did meet other younger people along the way, and had a great time.

Hi Janice

I took this tour several years ago. There were two teenagers on the tour though both were boys. It is a great tour and I think you both would really enjoy it. The boys on the tour seemed to have a great time and one, who was slightly older than your daughter, even chose to sit with other people at some of the meals. Since all the tours I have taken were in the summer, there have always been a several teens on each of them and the group and guides always seem to go out of their way to include them. I can't think of anything on this particular tour that would be considered "adults only" and there are a lot of places that you visit that are kind of magical/mystical types of places if she likes that kind of stuff.

Hope this helps.