PRESS RELEASE FROM AVANTI DESTINATIONS
New E-Brochure Features Seven Vacations, 21 Hotels and Resorts, 26 Tours and Experiences To Customize for Unique Winter Getaways
Portland, OR, November 4, 2024 – To inspire advisors to recommend independent travel to warm overseas destinations during the winter months of October through March, custom FIT tour operator Avanti Destinations has launched the second phase of its 2024-2025 “Go365” campaign focusing on warm weather escapes with a 44-page e-brochure https://www.flipsnack.com/779977E569B/go365-warm-weather/full-view.html for advisors to share with their independent travel clients.
Avanti sells custom-tailored foreign independent vacations exclusively through travel advisors, not directly to consumers.
As part of the campaign, a recorded webinar on selling winter season travel is available at https://content.avantidestinations.com/videos/marketing_webinars/2024/10_October/Uncover_the_Sunshine_with_Avanti_Go365_Warm_Weather_Edition.mp4. Advisors can also request pre-printed postcards (on 100% post-consumer paper) promoting winter travel that they can personalize and send to their clients at https://book.avantidestinations.com/db_go365?a=go365.
New customizable itinerary, 11 new hotels/resorts, 12 new sightseeing tours and experiences
The e-brochure highlights 22 countries, seven suggested land itineraries, 21 hotels and resorts, and 26 add-on tours and experiences around the world.
New products include one customizable itinerary (“Discover the Maya” in Guatemala), 11 hotels and resorts (four are in Fiji, including three five-star resorts), and 12 tours and experiences, as well as a new Galapagos yacht. Most accommodations are four-star, four-star-plus and five-star properties, and most of the experiences and tours are private. Shared, small group, and self-guided activities are also included.
Advisors can tailor itineraries to include each client’s preferred destinations, style of accommodation, and the activities that match the interests, timeline, and budget of each client. Advisors can also add other activities and transfers from Avanti’s complete product lineup to any Go365 vacation.
“While the first phase of the Go365 campaign this year focused heavily on Europe, this warm weather escapes phase emphasizes the South Pacific, Central and South America, Asia, North Africa and the Middle East, although Portugal and the Azores are included representing Europe,” said Gina Bang, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, “Instead of sending clients to the usual beaches in Florida or Hawaii, why not suggest that independent travel clients seeking sunshine during the winter head instead to Fiji, Australia, Morocco, Southeast Asia or Central and South America for a truly memorable winter vacation that delivers a different cultural and culinary experience, as well as sunny skies and warm temperatures?
“We launched our first Go365 campaign in 2017 to help advisors get more FIT business all year round, and to encourage travel to destinations around the world, as well as Europe,” added Bang.
New unique add-on experiences in Asia, Central & South America, South Pacific, the Azores
The 12 new tours and experiences in the new e-brochure include: a private sunrise photography tour in Chile’s Atacama Desert; a private Arequipa (Peru) tour including a visit to the Juanita Mummy Museum showcasing the Inca tradition of human sacrifice; a private tour in Laos to Kuang Si Waterfall, including time to swim in the turquoise waters and a visit to a weaving center and local market; a private tour in Vietnam to Tam Coc, a UNESCO World Heritage site surrounding one of the country’s ancient capitals and renowned for its caves; a private Hobbiton tour in New Zealand (from Auckland) to explore filming locations and movie sets; a private Lord of the Rings tour from Wellington (New Zealand) including a visit to the famed Weta Workshop which created sets, props, costumes, makeup and more for this and other movies; a shared day tour with indigenous Guna guides to several of Panama’s San Blas Islands; a shared schooner cruise in the waters around the picturesque coastal town of Paraty, Brazil, known for its colonial architecture; a small group tour by jeep to Sete Cidades Crater and the Lake of Fire on São Miguel Island in Portugal’s Azores, with lunch and time to soak in hot springs and see waterfalls.
New customizable itinerary in Guatemala
“Discover the Maya” is the newest eight-day/seven-night recommended itinerary in Guatemala. Clients will visit: the modern and colonial capital, Guatemala City; Chicicastenango, which has been a major market center from the days of the ancient Maya until today; Lake Atitlan, located in a volcanic crater and known for the 12 Maya villages surrounding it; Antigua, a UNESCO World Heritage site filled with baroque architecture and for 200 years the capital of most of Central America under Spanish rule; and the ruins of the capital of the most powerful kingdom of the Maya, Tikal.
Included in the new itinerary are: shared arrival and departure transfers; all ground and air transfers between destinations; a tour of to the Open Market and Church of Santo Tomas in Chicicastenango; shared Indian market visit in the village Solola and transfer to Lake Atitlan; shared boat excursion to the village of Santiago Atitlan on Lake Atitlan; shared sightseeing in Antigua; shared tour of Ceibal, largest archeological site in the southwestern Maya Lowlands with pyramids, carved stone monuments, hieroglyphic staircase, alters and standings stones; shared full-day tour of Tikal; daily breakfast, choice of accommodations.
For additional information on booking unique experiences and custom-built, multi-destination FIT travel 365 days a year to Europe, Asia, North Africa, the Middle East, and Central and South America, log onto the travel advisor portal https://book.avantidestinations.com or call 1-800-422-5053 to speak with an expert travel specialist.
Since 1981, Avanti Destinations has been selling independent travel products and custom-crafted vacations in Asia, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, the South Pacific, and Central and South America. The Portland, Oregon-based wholesale tour operator offers a wide range of FIT components to travel advisors only, including air, rail, rental cars, hotels, sightseeing/attractions, transfers and hard-to-find experiential travel options. Avanti specializes in hand-picked, locally-owned hotels in both large and small cities and in connecting all the pieces of complex, multi-destination itineraries. The company also creates complete packages for custom groups of 10 or more passengers. For more information: https://book.avantidestinations.com.
*Note: FIT – Foreign Independent Travel
