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Travel by The Detour Lab
The Detour Lab has done all the travel research so you don’t have to. We’ve tested, experimented, and explored. And now we are creating one-of-a-kind trips for the most curious travelers. This is custom travel beyond the guidebook.
Detour: (n.) The long way around or an alternative route, commonly unexpected or surprising as a result of a change to a common plan or course.
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DEtour: (v.) DE- when used as a prefix means to separate from or remove something (e.g. deplane) or the opposite of an action (e.g. deactivate, decode). To travel independently, to remove oneself from the tour group style of travel.
Example: “For this trip, we decided to de-tour. We were the only ones at this waterfall. We never would have found it on our own. “ (see waterfall to the left)
The Detour Lab provides custom travel beyond the guidebook. We help people get lost- on purpose. No two trips we plan are the same.
Travel Stories
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Baltics Tour for a Newbie
See how the Lab can help a new traveler go somewhere truly special for his first trip to Europe. We suggested the Baltics, an region rich in history and culture that is still not super touristy. but easy enough for a newbie to navigate. With the Lab’s help, Michael and his travel buddy visited the capitals of the Baltic nations, road-tripped through Latvia, and relaxed like locals along the Baltic Sea at the world’s 2nd longest sand spit.
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Iceland Adventure for the 20 Something
Here is an 8-day adventure that makes the absolute most of this beautiful and powerful island. We don’t always suggest a camper van, but when we do it is in Iceland (or New Zealand).
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Aussie Family Fun for Five
From icons like the Sydney Opera House and the Great Barrier Reef, to the lesser known geo gems of the Northern Territory, The Detour Lab created a trip that had the right family-focused activities, restaurant choices, educational spin, and pace for this family of five.