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Yankee Travels
P.O. Box 221
New Hampton, NH, 03256

e: yankeetravels@gmail.com
p: 603-677-3968

About Us

Guides

You want your adventure travel vacation to suit your needs; as the experienced owners and guides of Yankee Travels, we custom design each tour based on the group's desires and our thorough knowledge of the local villages and trails. Each day, you choose the hike that is right for you. One day you may choose to do a challenging hike over lofty peaks or through high passes. On another day you may choose to do a beautiful light hike through gentle valleys or along panoramic ridges reached by cog railway or cable car. Either excursion will be an all day outing featuring scenic picnic lunches or lunch on the terrace of a berg hotel. Whichever outing you choose, each day will be filled with delightful memories, scenic vistas and good company.

Each Day is Different

Your guides have thoroughly explored each region that you will visit to provide both light and rigorous hikers with a variety of scenery. Sometimes your outings visit historic sites, local artisans, glaciers, or alpine lakes. Two levels of outings are offered each day (see our Tour Descriptions) so that a variety of hiking ambitions can be met. Other tour companies usually offer only one outing each day, and clients are either exhausted or left wanting to do more.

Group Atmosphere

Our tours are known for being informal, relaxing, and fun. The group takes its gourmet meals together, which offers us time to share memories of the day's activity and laugh often as we enjoy making new friends. Our tours attract about an equal number of couples and singles of varying ages, and everyone is made to feel welcome.

Beautiful Accomodations/Hotels

We pride ourselves on having searched each location for the best hotels in their class. We stay in lovely 3 or 4 star family owned/operated chalet hotels. Each room is unique and the food is superb. Part of the fun is to meet and enjoy the proprietors of each chalet who sometimes join us for an outing. Other tour companies often stay in larger 3 or 4 star hotels with much less charm or intimacy.

Local Transport/1st Class Travel Passes

We make use of the most convenient and scenic means of transport. Trains, cog railways, funiculars, cable cars, lake steamers, and small buses and vans are all used to move us to the most scenic trailheads. We provide each participant with a 1st Class Swiss Travel Pass so that we travel in style while supporting environmentally friendly modes of transport. You never pay for any transportation above the stated cost of the tour while traveling with your guides. Other tour companies usually provide 2nd class passes (or no pass at all!) and other travel is not always covered.

Free Time/Days & Evenings

On each tour we provide free time for you to explore on your own. Any regular travel (rail or bus) is included as part of your tour cost. The main event each evening on our tours is a delicious and leisurely dinner. In Switzerland we often enjoy concerts and local folk shows. Or sometimes it is just nice to stroll around the village after dinner to watch a sunset away from the rest of the group.

Special Services

We pick you up at the airport!
Special tours/activities

Your Leaders

Your guides, Justin and Bekka Joslin, are both very experienced hikers and have extensive leadership experience on the trail. Their love of the mountains has taken them to such places as Colorado, Utah, New Zealand, Africa, Antarctica, France and Switzerland. The experience they bring is invaluable to your safety and enjoyment during a tour.

Justin Joslin + Read bio

Justin grew up in the heart of New Hampshire's White Mountains and has been drawn to the outdoors from an early age. Justin holds a bachelor's and master's degree in environmental engineering and is an alum of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). Justin teaches math and science at the New Hampton School in New Hampshire, where he also coaches rock climbing and alpine skiing and is a leader for their annual 5-day Sophomore Expedition into the White Mountains.

Bekka Joslin + Read bio

Bekka grew up close to New York's Adirondack Mountains, but has spent most of the last decade living in and exploring the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Bekka holds a bachelor's degree in ecology and environmental science and a master's degree in earth science. Bekka teaches science and is the Sustainability Coordinator at the New Hampton School in New Hampshire, where she also coaches field hockey and skiing and is a leader for their annual 5-day Sophomore Expedition into the White Mountains

The Founders

The guides emeritus of Yankee Travels are David Miltenberger and Jeanne Joslin. David and Jeanne founded Yankee Travels 15 years ago when they started taking students from their high school on canoeing trips in the Algonquin Provincial Park in Canada. It quickly grew into a successful business and they expanded to offer tours in such wonderful places as Banff National Park in Canada, the Lake District of England, and of course the Alps of Switzerland. David and Jeanne are now fully enjoying their retirement and looking forward to many more exciting adventures with each other. We are proud and fortunate to still have David and Jeanne act as consultants for the business.