The price provided is for single or double configurations.

No. Our Mystery Trips are picked to be spontaneous, exotic, off the beaten tourist path and extraordinary. If you want to go somewhere specific, you should do that. That’s not what this is.

Mystery Tours are for the kind of traveler who realizes they only live once. They’re for the traveler who values experiences AND destinations. Not just the destination itself.

We encourage you to keep an open mind and know that this world is incredibly beautiful and we have bloggers and photographers all over it who capture the most unusual things.

These trips include all their favorite experiences.

Once you submit your interest and we confirm we can provide a trip for you, you will pay a 20% deposit for your entire trip (each participant) and complete an extensive survey. It’s here where you'll list everywhere you've been, any mobility issues you have, and what dates you have available. You’ll also be asked if you ski, scuba, or horseback ride along with a myriad of other fun things we may incorporate into the tour.

Surveys will have a completion deadline and all guest surveys must be in by the deadline.

You will then get an email with trip dates and you’ll have 7 days to respond and confirm.

The balance of your fee can be split into payments or paid all at once at your request. Everything must be paid in full 60 days before your trip. Trips can be scheduled for travel from October 2023 forward.

If you respond within the 7 days but you can’t make the trip because something came up or you forgot about a prior commitment, we may be able to change your dates. This may come with an additional fee depending on several factors.

If you don’t respond… and we try to contact you through multiple channels and it’s been 7 days and you aren’t responding to any of our calls or emails, you’ll forfeit your deposit. We will do our best to reach you or members of your party multiple times before this goes into effect.

Exceptions will be made if you notify us in advance that you’ll be without phone and email for 7 days due to surgery, travel, or grievance.

We highly recommend purchasing cancel for any reason travel insurance to cover any potential issues that may arise.

We will do our best to manage your dietary needs. If you have multiple food allergies or strict dietary preferences (for example vegan diets), you may need to bring supplements in case your restrictions can’t be managed at every stop.

We will do our best to choose destinations that are safe and offer a multitude of options. Keep in mind some countries handle food allergies very well. Other countries mean well but they don’t see things like this in their country often so have limited understanding.

If you have strong dietary restrictions we may discuss options with you in advance to make sure you are safe.

If this is the case, simply mark those places as “already been” on your application and we’ll be sure not to send you there.

Yes! Just add them to your already-been locations and we won’t take you there.

If we can’t accommodate you because you’ve been to too many places or we can’t find a destination that fits your group, we’ll refund your deposit.

As with all international travel, it’s recommended that you are up to date on all your typical travel vaccines. These include MMR, tetanus and polio as well as Hep A, B and C.

In addition, it’s also recommended that you be up to date on your yearly flu shot, Covid and chicken pox/shingles.

Typhoid is a common recommendation for places throughout Africa and Asia. It’s basically another strain of salmonella that comes from kitchen staff (or yourself) not washing hands before they touch food.

If this vaccine, yellow fever or malaria meds are recommended in the location you’re going, we’ll notify you in advance.

Unwillingness to take any of these vaccines/medications should be documented in your pre-trip application. It will limit the countries you can go to but it won’t stop you from traveling to countries that don’t have these recommendations or requirements.

It depends on the destination but most tours will be between 6 and 10 days.

For private trips we also can adjust the dates depending on your needs however your trip fee will not cover trips that are more than 10 days.

No, unfortunately not.

You will, however, be able to collect the reward points from your travel when you see who you’re flying and where we’re staying.

You’ll receive your boarding pass 24-48 hours before departure. You can then log into the company’s website and attach your loyalty number at that time. Your points should accumulate when your flights are completed.

We have a reputation of running tours for the last 20 years, and you can rest assured that we never take a profit of more than 20% on a tour.

We work in partnership with a team to look up flights and secure the best deals. We also work with insiders to create supreme experiences with whatever budget remains.

We can do more with your money than you can on your own and our network around the world is vast.

Bhutan, Beijing, Egypt, Thailand, Abu Dhabi/Dubai, Uganda, Peru, Ecuador, Iceland, South Africa and Japan are Mystery Destinations we’re excited about.

We can also curate Mystery Tours in Bali, Croatia, Georgia, Tanzania, Morocco, Namibia, Jordan, France and Spain to name a few spots we love.

It depends on the applications we receive.

We look forward to expanding this list with more countries as we grow.

This will also be addressed on our very lengthy application. If there are certain places that make you feel uncomfortable, you can note that and we won’t send you there.

No. Please note your passport country on your application and we’ll ensure you can get in and out of the country.

Focused Escapes has an Ambassador Program where participants can apply to repeat a trip (for only the cost of their flight) if they become the next trip’s group leader. This means, if you come on one of our tours, and you really like the destination, you can go again as group lead.

To be an Ambassador, you must have good leadership and conversation skills.

Your job on the free trip includes: Pre-trip communication with the incoming participants (answering questions on what to pack, weather, gear, flights, etc). Hosting the Grand Reveal on Zoom. Coordinating schedule changes with our ground team during the trip. Resolving issues that turn up on the ground (twisted ankles, sickness, weather delays, construction, missed reservations). Taking pictures for our social media. Creating a slideshow at the end. Creating a shared folder for photo collection after the trip.