Travel Services and Guided Tours for Nerds
Who Want to Learn When They Travel
About Us
Nerds Tour was created to be a boutique travel company for nerds who want to learn while they travel. We are a full-service travel company that has the nerd in mind. Schedule a Chat to discuss your travel needs and Nerds Tour can help create your nerd vacation. We offer expert consulting on any travel that you want to take. Check out the Travel Services Page for more information.
As an active nerd, I spend at least half of my travel time chasing after artists - where they lived, worked, loved, and died. Most of my travel is around a theme, such as authors or artists, architecture, or historic events. Some of my favorite themed travel has included medieval France, gothic cathedrals in England, a Dylan Thomas pilgrimage to Wales, a Bronte Sisters pilgrimage to Haworth, and several trips to visit the sites associated with Jane Austen. I have a Gaudi pilgrimage in the planning stages to visit his buildings in Barcelona, as well as an al-Andalus tour to visit the sites of Islamic Spain.
I founded Nerds Tours because I don’t think the travel industry has us in mind. Nerds often have a hard time being a part of large tour groups that are designed around general interest. There’s never enough time or enough information to feed our brains. Nerds Tour specializes in themed travel around our nerd interests, whether it’s in the humanities, sciences, maths, or design or food or dolls or gardens or…. What is your nerd? The world is there for you to visit.
That said, nerds do love a cruise or a beach all-inclusive. I can’t wait for my next cruise because there are always nerd options.
Our Mission: Nerds Tour is a boutique literary tourism company that creates and delivers travel to places that engage nerd travellers who want to learn when they travel. We embrace the title of “Nerd” and are unapologetic about our active pursuit of knowledge in travel. Get in touch and I can help you create your nerd travel.
Joan Weber
Founder & Head Nerd
Testimonials
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“The Austen Adventure Tour was a great mix of group activities and independent time to explore. I really appreciated the itinerary Nerds Tour put together, much of which would not have been available to me as a solo traveler.”
Erika W.
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"I LOVED our Jane Austen trip with Nerds Tour this summer. It was magical to walk in Jane’s footsteps and visit locations where she lived, wrote and died. Joan Weber is an excellent tour guide; every minute was researched and well planned. I loved the small size of the group and the balance of small town walking tours and bus trips to London, Bath and Winchester. If you have a chance to join the next Jane Austen tour, do it!"
Marty H.
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I had such a great time on the Jane Austen Nerds Tour, summer of 2023! While I had not previously been a passionate Austen fan, I already knew Joan Weber personally, and knew she would produce a tour that was fun and insightful. I had plenty of time to revisit all of Austen's work, as well as watch two movies from different decades of each, to really set in some of the major plot elements. As an adult, I have come to appreciate her style, content and humor, much more than I did as a teen. Seeing where Austen lived during several aspects of her life was wonderful and informative, as well as helping to solidify my knowledge of the time period. Each venue was carefully chosen with interesting augmentation, like a creative writing workshop at her house in Acton, lunch in a private library room in Chawton House, and Tea at the Pump Room in Bath. Free time was allotted every day, so we had additional experiences. I so loved getting to know Acton as more than a hotel stay. The coach rides to Winchester and Bath, both provided additional treats of scenery. And it was such a pleasure to meet the other members of the tour, each with their own knowledge and appreciation of Austen, England, and Joan. If you can, GO! I'm a little jealous that there will be some new adventures on next year's tour, but oh so appreciative that I had the chance to go when I did!"
Ann H
