How a Luxury Vacation Could Help Your Group Raise Funds

Is your school group, club, association or charity looking for a unique fundraising opportunity? Silent auctions, bake sales and car washes are ideas from the past. Sandals is now introducing a new way in which your group can "put the fun back into fundraising” with its Sandals Gives Back Fundraising Program.

It doesn’t require a lot of effort but offers a lot of reward. Fundraising dollars add up fast, allowing the group to reach goals quicker. The more vacation packages your organization books, the more money is raised toward the goal.

For every six-night vacation package booked from now until December, 2011 for travel through December 31, 2012, at any Sandals Resort,
Beaches Resort or Grand Pineapple Beach Resort, your group will receive a $100 donation towards their cause. When you invite the folks at Traventours Events and Excursions, Inc. to your next event, Sandals will donate an additional $150 to your cause for every vacation package booked within 14 days of the event for a possible total of $250 donation for every vacation booked and completed.

“The nice thing is any group anywhere needing to raise funds can do this,” said Anne Alford, owner of Traverntours Events and Excursions,
Inc. “All fundraising depends on the efforts of the group. This can be very successful if we are able to get the information into the right hands of potential travelers.”

In an effort to help your organization do just that, all promotional materials, including flyers, posters, emails and online tools, are offered free of charge as part of your group's participation in the program.

“This is a unique fundraiser that most other groups will not have tried. We are more than willing to go to the group to provide information or conduct a presentation also free of charge,” Alford said.

Interested in getting started? Call Travertours Events and Excursions at 813-651-3474. You can also email them at info@traventours.com or attend an informative luncheon being offered on Aug. 25 at the Osprey Observer Small Business Center, 916 Lithia Pinecrest Rd. in Brandon from noon until 1:30 p.m. Call 813-651-3474 to reserve your spot.

Sandals Resorts, the luxury included vacation for couples, offers everything and anything you want on a Caribbean vacation. Renowned for romance, Sandals offers 14 resorts on the beautiful beaches of Jamaica, Antigua, St. Lucia and the Bahamas.

As the world’s best luxury included vacations for everyone, Beaches Resorts understands that time spent with family and friends is the greatest luxury. Exciting activities with Sesame Street and camps for little ones allow for a great vacation for all.

The Grand Pineapple Beach Resorts offer lush landscapes of the tropics. Located in Negril and Antigua, a “slice of paradise” awaits any visitor.