Mandy W - TTC Tour Brands

06/12/2024

We’re happy to announce we have a new LAST MINUTE FLASH SALE on a Contiki Vietnam Highlights FAM (18Oct2024-25Oct2024) $1119 per person, double occupancy.

****With this last-minute FAM, we are accepting applications through 08Jul2024 and final payment will be due at time of confirmation****

Being that this is our first Contiki Asia FAM I want to share below details:
• 20 seats available
• Final Payment Due at time of acceptance
• Internal flights are included in trip cost
• Full passport details needed at time of booking
• VISAS most likely will be needed (Advisors must have prior to trip)

Details are here: https://weblink.ttc.com/landingpage/9e7faef2-1e8b-11ef-a741-02cfac3f5530

Apply link: https://weblink.ttc.com/landingpage/9e7faef2-1e8b-11ef-a741-02cfac3f5530

We’re going to have this loaded onto TAP asap.

Please reach out with any questions! 🎉

06/11/2024

GOOD NEWS! 🥳😍

We've extended our 8% off the 11 Women-Only itineraries with Insight Vacations! Sale is good through July 31, 2024. No promocode needed, offer is shown on available departures.

11 Worldwide Trips:

• Country Roads of Italy

• Scenic Scotland** -also live under Brendan Vacations

• Northern Capitals

• Country Roads of Portugal

• Best of Morocco

• Splendours of Egypt

• Peru with Machu Picchu

• New England's Fall Foliage

• Boston Cape Cod & the Islands

• Country Roads of the Deep South

• Classical India & Nepal

05/06/2024

Hiya everyone, five-minutes of your time would be so valuable to us.

We are surveying our trusted Travel Advisor partners to enhance future selling experiences.

Please complete this short survey and be entered to win a $200 e-gift card.

Thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts with us.

Closes May 10, 2024

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04/12/2024

FAM ALERT 🥳

We're going to Peru and we want you to come along and experience all the choices that Costsaver has to offer! Applications due by May 3rd. Full payment due by May 17th.

Trip is from June 21-27, 2024. https://weblink.ttc.com/landingpage/08b9b732-f069-11ee-a741-02cfac3f5530

Full trip details can be found at the link to apply is at the bottom under the "Contact Us" section.

Our Quotation Proposal for your group. Including the Itinerary, Pricing, Booking Details & Terms & Conditions

04/11/2024

Hello Travel Advisors,

We're only 5 days away from our Trafalgar webinar! Please Join your Trafalgar host (that's me) to learn how we unlock the best of travel year round. Help reduce over-tourism by encouraging clients to travel in shoulder or off-peak seasons. Perhaps the magic and charm of a European Christmas Market itinerary would add extra cheer to their holidays? Or maybe they want to get the most value for their money with lower fares and smaller crowds? Whatever the reason, we've got tours in all seasons.

Note: This session will be recorded and if you cannot attend live, as long as you register, you will receive a copy of the recording.

The webinar is at 12pm ET on Wed, Apr 17th. Here's the registration link: https://app.livestorm.co/ttc-tour-brands/trafalgar-travel-all-seasons?type=detailed

04/11/2024

Hello Travel Advisors,

We're only 5 days away from our Trafalgar webinar! Please Join your Trafalgar host (that's me) to learn how we unlock the best of travel year round. Help reduce over-tourism by encouraging clients to travel in shoulder or off-peak seasons. Perhaps the magic and charm of a European Christmas Market itinerary would add extra cheer to their holidays? Or maybe they want to get the most value for their money with lower fares and smaller crowds? Whatever the reason, we've got tours in all seasons.

Note: This session will be recorded and if you cannot attend live, as long as you register, you will receive a copy of the recording.

The webinar is at 12pm ET on Wed, Apr 17th. Here's the registration link:

Join your Trafalgar host to learn how we unlock the best of travel year round. Help reduce over-tourism by encouraging clients to travel in shoulder or off-peak seasons. Perhaps the magic and charm...

04/08/2024

Global Tour Rewards Double Member Benefit: Guests can receive an extra 5% Global Tour Rewards Discount, combinable with the standard Global Tour Rewards 5% Member Benefit, for savings up to 10% on select 2024 and 2025 departures when booked with promotion code 24GTRSE5.

New bookings only made with deposit between March 29, 2024 and May 30, 2024. Standard booking and payment policies apply.

04/03/2024

Happy Wednesday everyone!

We have launched a new air offer! Details will be on the Travel Agent Portal (TAP) soon!

Here is the need to know.

Booking Dates: Now - MAY 30, 2024
Travel Dates: Must depart by 31 DEC 2024

***Offer applies to new land/air and existing land-only bookings.***

Offer:
Save $100 per person on economy or premium economy (Code: CTS100)
Save $200 per person on business class (Code: CTS200)

NOT combinable with:
Groups
Last Minute Deals

Combinable with:
Globa Tour Rewards
General market offers (i.e. Seasonal Sale)

Valid for Luxury Gold, Insight Vacations, Trafalgar, Insight, Brendan Vacations and Costsaver Vacations booked with economy, premium economy, or business class airfare travel in 2024. Must be booked with deposit between April 1, 2024, and May 30, 2024. Mention promotion code at time of booking; not valid online. Not valid on group bookings and offer is not combinable with group discounts, Future Travel Credit carry forward discount, Last Minute Deals or any other airfare discounts; savings are combinable with Global Tour Rewards benefits or other general market promotions on the land portion of the tour. Standard commission on airfare applies. Other conditions may apply.

04/01/2024

Women Only Tours are now available. Travel advisors, we have social tiles available and customizable PDFs for you to share. Find them here - https://agents.ttc.com/.../insight.../women-only-tours

This is a great way to travel as a solo traveler, with friends, family, and women-only groups in your community. Insight Vacations offers 11 trips that are stylish, small group tours created for women, by women.

11 Worldwide Trips:
Country Roads of Italy
Scenic Scotland (will also be available with Brendan Vacations)
Northern Capitals
Country Roads of Portugal
Best of Morocco
Splendours of Egypt
Peru with Machu Picchu
New England's Fall Foliage
Boston Cape Cod & the Islands
Country Roads of the Deep South
Classical India & Nepal

Limited-time offer: Save 8% on women-only tours. Must book and deposited by 31 May 2024, travel in 2025. May be combined with 5% Global Tour Rewards discount. Offer not combinable with group discounts, Future Travel Credit carry forward discount, Last Minute Deals or any other discounts or general market promotions.

02/15/2024

Join us on February 28 at 12pm ET/9am PT to learn more about how TTC Tour Brands can Grow Your Group Business: [https://app.livestorm.co/ttc.../groups-with-ttc-tour-brands](https://app.livestorm.co/ttc-tour-brands/groups-with-ttc-tour-brands?fbclid=IwAR1MZd5Zh3b2OaOf2146yv63OcQNqgA8Wm1PGk1bdHLK31X7icMYSwBtGT4)

Can't make this date and time? Register anyway and you'll get the recording sent to your email to watch at your convenience.

BONUS - right now we have a $750 travel advisor incentive available when you book and secure at least 15 passengers.

02/08/2024

📢 Calling all group leaders! Groups are the best way to maximize your commission and we have a HUGE incentive for new group bookings of 15 or more. See below to learn how you can earn a $750 Bonus commission! 💰💰💰

02/01/2024

Who doesn’t love an opportunity to earn more?

Earn a $25 e-gift card per passenger booked this month for travel in 2024. 💗

This is a great opportunity to use our Big Tour Sale to lock in 15-20%* off on popular trips and dates with over 4,000+ definite departures. The Big Tour Sale ends February 15 and deals change daily so grab this offer before it's gone!

No promo code required. Final booking report will run in March and you’ll receive an e-gift card by March 31st.

01/25/2024

INTRODUCING OUR FIRST SWISSTAINABLE TOUR: ENTIRELY SWISS, ENTIRELY SUSTAINABLE

Contrasts of Switzerland

TRAVEL: 8 days, 1 country and 6 cities

SWITZERLAND RAIL TOUR TO ZÜRICH, ST. MORITZ, ZERMATT, GENEVA AND LUCERNE

“This itinerary already used train travel, but we went deeper to identify opportunities to reduce our footprint even further. So for example, the luggage that guests take doesn’t come on the train with us because there’s just no storage. We used to use road vehicles to transport the cases to the next hotel, but now we’ve found a way to get our luggage delivered by train rather than road too. This is one of the solutions that we came up with to reduce our carbon footprint even further.

“The other Swisstainable change is the choice of the partners that we work with, like restaurants or experienced providers. We made sure that we’re only working with partners who care about sustainability and want to have an impact. Some of them are very early on in their journey, but they’re keen to reduce their impact and promote local food or experiences and support their community.”

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR FAVORITE SWISSTAINABLE ADDITION?
“Switzerland is such a famous destination for chocolate, but cocoa beans are not grown in the cool climate. We’ve added a new MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience, partnering with this wonderful social enterprise, a small tour operator in Zurich that offers social impact walking tours. They combine discovering Zurich – a modern hub for finance and its ancient history – with meeting local change-makers.

“On the tour guests stop at small female-owned chocolatier who works bean-to-bar, producing everything using Fair Trade cocoa with a direct relationship to the farmers. Everything else they choose to source locally, such as Swiss milk, and the packaging is always sustainable and production is small scale. Everything is traceable and transparent. Traditionally chocolate is a male dominated industry, so it’s really nice to be able to support female entrepreneurs.

“I did a blind tasting and my favorite one was actually the sustainable chocolate. It’s really interesting because often we may think that being sustainable might mean compromising on taste, but it doesn’t negatively impact flavor at all.”

Continue reading more about this trip on our blog: https://www.trafalgar.com/real-word/swisstainable-tour/

April - September 2024 and 2025 dates are now availablbe. Check out the trip - https://www.trafalgar.com/en-us/tours/contrasts-of-switzerland

12/11/2023

All of our TTC Tour Brands (Trafalgar Travel, Insight Vacations, Contiki, Brendan Vacations, Luxury Gold and Costsaver) have committed to say no to "more stuff" and increasing our contribution to our carbon funds. We are proud of this initiative on our road to Net Zero and we know our valued partners support this as well. None of us needs another pen or keychain, we need to build deeper relationships and stronger partnerships.

We will be repurposing those funds to projects that fight climate change on behalf of our guests, trade partners and internal team members. The projects we are supporting are GreenWave's kelp farming project, which captures and stores carbon, as well as Rainforest Rescue in Daintree, where they are protecting the world's oldest rainforest. This will not only eliminate the carbon emissions from the merch we have historically given out, it will remove a further 1.5 million car-driven miles worth of carbon emissions from the atmosphere by December 2024.

Collectively, we can ensure travel is a force for good, so who's joining us in eliminating branded giveaways?

To learn more, visit:

The Travel Corporation's new 5-step Climate Action Plan will guide how we reach carbon neutrality by 2030 or sooner.

11/28/2023

Who has space left on their 2024 travel calendar?

Two FAM trips have been posted on the Travel Agent Portal (TAP).

TURKISH DELIGHT: 40 UNDER 40
Dates: March 2-9, 2024 (correct dates - typo on TAP with dates)
Under 40 years old and looking to connect with 40 of your peers? This FAM is for you!

BEST OF GREECE
Dates: April 8-15, 2024
Experience two brands, Trafalgar and Costsaver through Athens, Meteora & more.

Apply by December 31, 2023 for both trips.

10/05/2023

Thinking about your 2024 travels?
Wherever’s topping your must-visit list for next year, we’ve got you covered. You can save up to 10% on select departures, all around the world.
Hit the link in our bio to discover our 2024 travel deals.

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08/28/2023

Who loves using the Travel Agent Portal (TAP)?
If you have not found it yet, make sure to look under Agent Tools -- New Tap Features!
* You will find a Chat feature is now available
* Co-Browse is now available so the person you are chatting with can see what you see
More coming this week....stay tuned!

07/13/2023

Brendan Vacations Scotland and Ireland 2024 FIT pricing is now available!

We are the Celtic travel experts. From guided tours to independent customized vacations, we promise uniquely tailored experiences that are planned, managed and personally delivered by passionate, fun-loving locals behind the blue door in Dublin, Ireland. With more than 50 years' experience creating deep friendships in the Celtic travel community, no one knows Ireland and Scotland quite like us. Our unrivalled knowledge is what builds your perfect trip.

Learn how it works when you travel to Ireland and Scotland with Brendan Vacations. Plan your perfect vacation, select your ideal trip style and get inspired on how you want to travel.

07/10/2023

Are you booking Ireland and Scotland for your clients?

Brendan Vacations is offering $25 eAmazon Gift card for every new booking on our Locally Hosted Rail travel style.

***Bookings made in the last three weeks of the incentive period from July 10th will earn double per booking ($50).***

• Booking window ends July 31st
• Double incentive booking window July 10th – July 31st
• Travel for 2023 only (Don’t forget cozy season!)
• Bookings with deposits or paid in full.
Incentive paid out in August to those advisors that qualify!

Looking for more information on Brendan Vacations Locally Hosted Rail program? Join us on July 11th at 1pm EST/11am PST
Register here -

Brendan Vacations are your Celtic Experts because Ireland and Scotland is all we do. We have different 5 travel styles to choose from so no matter what your guests are looking for we have you cover...

07/07/2023

Prefer to post videos or create reels? I have videos to share with you.

07/07/2023

Christmas in July with Insight Vacations, Trafalgar, and Coniki social tools for you to post.

03/05/2022

We’re announcing the global reorganization of our tour brands including Trafalgar, Insight Vacations, Luxury Gold, Costsaver, Contiki, Brendan Vacations and Adventure World Travel under a new division, TTCTour Brands.

Designed to eliminate confusion in the marketplace through stewardship of the unique and diverse brands in the portfolio, TTC Tour Brands is the one-stop source for travel advisors selling tours for any and every one – from luxury, premium and mid-market to youth and budget travel.

“The expertise, comfort and confidence of a touring vacation has never been more relevant, and we saw a unique opportunity to leverage this moment to bring together our diverse and award-winning tour brands under a singular marketing, sales and operational structure, while retaining each brand’s identity and point of differentiation.” – Gavin Tollman, CEO TTC Tour Brands

TTC Tour Brands was designed to make it easier for you, our Travel Advisor partner. By bringing the tour brands under a singular team, not only can we ensure each brand has a clear position so you can match the right tour to the right client, you will also benefit from shared improvements of our technology and tools.

Instrumental to our success is our team of Sales Managers across North America who will be your dedicated TTC Tour Brands point of contact.

Please reach out to me with any questions you may have! Have a great weekend everyone. 💕

03/02/2022

Hey travel friends!
Did you see TTC's email yesterday regarding tips and where to go for FAQs? If you missed it, click on the link below for how to videos (how to make a booking, send an invoice, make a payment), where to inquiry about commission, and links to learn more about travel restrictions.
http://view.em.trafalgar.com/...

10/06/2021

Guess what's baack? $0 Deposit on Group Bookings

Book now & we’ll waive your deposit for groups of 10 or more booking now - Nov 30, 2021, travel through Dec 31, 2022.

So whether you have a group of students that want to bring their studies to life, a church group that wants to explore the Holy
sites, or a knitting group that wants to learn more about different textiles around the world… with TTC, anything
is possible.

Let's connect. Reach out to me to learn more.

09/29/2021

Brochure update - Trafalgar Europe brochure will be mailed to your office mid-October. Trafalgar’s regional brochures, Costsaver Worldwide brochure, and Brendan Vacations brochures will arrive the last week of October. Contiki Brochure 2022 is available to view https://indd.adobe.com/view/44e5a140-dc78-42d0-ab1a-3f5f8fe97902

09/27/2021

Hi friends, I was out of the office for a couple weeks and now back. Hope you're doing well.

A pro tip for those using our "call back" feature. If your agency uses automated prompts, the call back you requested will not reach you. Please leave a cell phone number if you can or a direct line number so you do not miss our call back.

08/30/2021

Trafalgar 2022 Departures – Go Guided Sale

Savings up to 15% on select trips

Focused destinations:
Italy
Ireland
Spain
USA

Run Dates: September 1 – October 13, 2021

Travel Dates: 2022

Book and pay in full by October 13, 2021

Use TTS promo code structure

08/26/2021

Holiday Travel Sale for 2021 departures!

Save up to 15% on winter departures.

We have about 10 trips on sale for length of sale period September 1 – October 13, 2021.

Travel Dates: Early November - December 2021

Book and pay in full by October 13, 2021

Use LMD promo code structure

08/19/2021

Best. Tool. Ever.

By brand, we have listed our contact center hours with phone number to dial, best times to call us, travel advisor portal link, FAQs, know before you go link, and travel requirements....all on one page!

Have a look and let me know what you think!

08/17/2021

Free Seat as Easy as 1... 2...
Book 12 Guests and your 13th Guest is Free*
Who says 13 is an unlucky number? Instead of the standard 15 guests to unlock a free spot, for a limited time we’re making
it even easier for you – book 12 guests with deposit you’ll earn the 13th spot FREE.