Millions of senior adults had the idea of travelling years ago, and by the time you reach 50, your desire to do so intensifies, as it should since up until that point, you have lived for others. It is therefore imperative that you make the most of your remaining years and your desire to travel.
In order to reintroduce the thrill and excitement of being a young adult in their life, GoldenAgers began with a dream of a children of their adoring parent or with a dream of parents and senior adults. However, the inspiration for the GoldenAgers came to me from a vacation that included young people, the elderly, and children. I had prepared our family itinerary and were going on an holiday. Even while everything was ideal, the vacation itself wasn't very memorable. Children like to go on holidays with food, fairs, rides, water parks, and much more, but we young people want rafting, tracking, haunted locations, and something new to explore. This is because the vacation we prepared is not for every age group.
Because seniors are extremely different from both of them; they want solitude and pilgrimage, they want to interact with others when travelling, and what they do is, they spend the majority of their time managing children, caring for our possessions, or simply watching us. This is not how people want their holidays, I thought at that time. They appeared to be so pleased and content at the time since we left them with others in their age group and absolved them of any parenting duties, but something was still missing—someone to make senior adults vacation special and interesting. A trustworthy companion who will look out for them , same-age group people and relaxed itinerary which encourage them to travel the globe.
Since I was already running a travel agency with the name IndiaFly.com which was founded in 2010. After my trip, I made the decision to come up with some solution for elder people, not just for my parents and grandparents but for all senior citizens, because I genuinely care about them and want them to be able to live their lives at their own pace and enjoy time with someone they can trust, most importantly, who is also in their age group.
Although there were some difficulties because this strategy calls for further work to bring about a shift in the tourism industry. I started looking up the issues that can come up. At this point, the dream of providing comfort to elderly persons while travelling is in motion. As my desire to launch a division for group of senior citizens grew, I planned a trip for the senior citizens in family at a reasonable cost, with greater comfort for the purpose of allowing them to take their time and enjoy the journey. The idea was to arrange them the fun, leisure, same-age group travelers to experience whatever they wanted on vacation. I was just being at backend arrangements and support. To my surprise, all went superb. At that point, the GoldenAgers (Golden age starts at 50) officially began as my eyes began to well up with tears. Unbelievably, the outcomes were so positive that everyone thanked me for my planning and efforts when they arrived.
Having been in hospitality industry for more than 20 years, worked for top travel organizations including ITC group and having so much personal travel experience. Nidhi Mehra along with entire team continue to make every effort to develop GoldenAgers.
And thankfully, through God's grace and your love, we are joyfully advancing on our trip.
Best Regards,
Nidhi Mehra
