Am I too old for G.A.P.?

I am a full-time employee and student at the University of Kentucky and the leading travel operator that our student travel agency (STA, a real company) uses is G.A.P. (Great Adventure People).  Okay, I am a believer in full disclosure and have to say that I have yet to take a G.A.P. tour, excuse me, I mean adventure … They sell adventures.

Now to be fair to G.A.P., if you look at their literature they tend to have a range of ages in their advertisement … mostly white people and fairly evenly split between men and women, but mostly young.  Their marketing pitch is “adventure” and they rate their adventures according to “culture shock” and “comfort”.  The comfort is primarily the reason why I have not taken one of their adventures. 

I came close to purchasing one of their adventures for our Quito, Ecuador and Galapagos Islands experience; however, I just could not see us cruising the Galapagos Islands in the yachts that they offered in their literature.  Yes, these yachts are probably cozy (limited to 16 passengers) and get closer to the islands than a cruise ship, but they looked small and uncomfortable and would provide limited services.  G.A.P.’s other marketing strategy is affordable.

One of these days I may give G.A.P. a chance.  Their Amazon adventure that starts in Peru looks very interesting … maybe next time.