Custom FIT tour operator Avanti Destinations has launched the second phase of its 2024-25 “Go365” campaign focusing on warm-weather getaways with a 44-page e-brochure for travel advisors to share with their travel clients. The e-brochure will inspire advisors to recommend independent travel to warm overseas destinations during the winter months of October through March.
As part of the campaign, a recorded webinar on selling winter season travel is available online. Advisors can also request pre-printed postcards promoting winter travel that they can personalize and send to their clients. 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, 12 tours and experiences, as well as a new Galapagos yacht. Most accommodations are four- 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 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.
The 12 new tours and experiences in the new e-brochure include: a private sunrise photography tour in Chile’s Atacama Desert; a private tour in Arequipa, Peru, 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, and a visit to a weaving center and local market; a private tour in Vietnam to Tam Coc, a UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned for its caves; a private Hobbiton tour in New Zealand to explore filming locations and movie sets; a private “Lord of the Rings” tour from Wellington, including a visit to the Weta Workshop, which created sets, props, costumes, makeup and more for these 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 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.
“Discover the Maya” is the newest customizable eight-day 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 the ruins of Tikal.
The new itinerary includes 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 of 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, the largest archeological site in the southwestern Maya Lowlands with pyramids, carved stone monuments, hieroglyphic staircase, altars and standing stones; shared full-day tour of Tikal; daily breakfast; and choice of accommodations.
For additional information, visit www.book.avantidestinations.com.
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