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study & leadership tours,
student voluntourism programs,
specif ic interest tours with a
def ined there (i.e. textile tours,
choir tours and others) and also
women’s only travel itineraries.
By their def inition, these are
unique, targeted and one-off
tour programs. As a f inal
comment on these types of tours;
they are generally offered once
and, even if planned a second or
third time, each has to be recog-
nized and priced as a unique
tour due to the outside
inf luences that effect the date,
time and world economic
situations that impact the
program.
At the outset it was put forth
that a large number of travel
professionals have a fear of group
travel and that has been aff irmed
many times. Unfortunately it is
not from a lack of wanting to get
into these markets but more
from one of not understanding
the very basics that makes group
travel lucrative and desirable.
For those that thrive in this area,
their rewards are great—for
those that have yet to explore its
potential, the “world” awaits.
For the more exotic, under our “Bucket List Travel
Adventure Tours” division (http://www.bucketlisttrave-
ladventures.com/):
Base Camp Everest
(adventure # 12)
Kilimanjaro
(adventure # 6)
Peru and the Inca Trail
(adventure # 1)
UNDER OUR STUDY & LEADERSHIP TOURS
(CLOSED PROJECTS FOR SPECIFIC CLIENTS)
From Washington State: Forestry tour was to Chile,
January 2011
From Ontario: Tour was to Guatemala and Belize,
February 2011
FromCalifornia: Tour was to Turkey and Israel, February
2011
From Nebraska: Tour was to Ireland, Northern Ireland,
Scotland & England (January 10 to 25, 2012)
From California: Tour is departing to Russia, Ukraine,
Poland and the Czech Republic (February 18 to March
3, 2012)
From Indiana: Tour is departing to Manaus Brazil
February 11 to 22, 2012
From Indiana: Tour is departing to India, February 18 to
March 2, 2012
From Florida: Tour is departing to France, Luxembourg,
Belgium and the Netherlands, June 1 to 17, 2012
From Ontario: Student voluntourism project “Outreach”
tour is departing to Chile April 5 to 15, 2012
UNDER OUR SPECIALTY TOUR DIVISIONS:
Pilgrimage tours to : Saint Brother Andre and Saint
Anne’s Feast Day (July 2012), The Holy Land and Italy
(October 2012), Marian Pilgrimage (May 2012)
Special Interest tours to: Costume & Textile Tour of
London and area (April 2012), Walking the Finger Lakes
(May 2012), Lake District, Edinburgh and Stirling (July
2012), A Spanish Sojourn (September 2012), Interna-
tional Quilt Festival Houston (November 2012).
Sport Projects
(closed tours):
Karuizawa Japan
: January 2012
Copenhagen, Denmark
: April 2012
OPEN TOURS PRESENTLY JUST RELEASED OR IN
THE PLANNING STAGES FOR 2012 AND 2013:
Walking the Camino de Santiago, October 2012 (on
the market)
Ontario Snowshoeing weekend
, February 2013
South to North, Walking Ireland
, June 2013
Spiritual Britain
– a non-denominational tour of the
spiritually-important sights of England and Wales, Sep-
tember 201
THE INS AND OUTS OF GROUP TRAVEL