Intrepid’s Co-Founder Wants Travelers Closer to Home

Photo Credit: Darrell Wade, Intrepid Travel Co-Founder & Chairman on stage on March, 20, 2024 at Skift India Summit. Skift Luxury travel is on the rise but Intrepid Travel co-founder Darrell Wade says the focus on cruise ships and hotels misses the point of travel — which is to experience people and culture. “If you look back through history, people have traveled to almost be into the unknown and slightly into the uncomfortable, so that they can experience something. If you're on a ship with 7,000 passengers, there might be 20 restaurants, but so what? You’ve got probably 3,000 restaurants out here,” he said at the Skift Global Forum. Wade isn’t talking about roughing it — h