Why this package wins for nonprofits
The Golden Ticket isn't tied to one dream destination—it's four. Your donors bid on the chance to choose between a Kentucky Bourbon Experience with distillery tours and a steakhouse dinner, six nights in Cortona with cooking demonstrations and wine tastings, three nights at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, or five nights in Costa Rica. That flexibility is what sparks bidding wars. Everyone in the room can imagine themselves somewhere different, and the winner gets to pick. For your nonprofit, there's no upfront cost: you only pay the $2,495 reserve if the package sells. Every dollar above that goes directly to your mission. The Golden Ticket model turns a single trip into four auction moments in one.
The experience your winner walks into
After winning, the winner selects their adventure. If they choose Kentucky, they'll stay at the Origin Hotel Lexington or 21c Museum Hotel Lexington, enjoy dinner at the Jeff Ruby Steakhouse, then spend a day touring five local distilleries by private car with driver, snacks and bottled water in hand, plus a $100 gift card each to spend along the way. If Tuscany calls, they'll settle into a private apartment in Cortona for six nights, attend a cooking demonstration with tastings, and participate in wine education with four varieties of local wines. Nashville lovers get three nights at their choice of five hotels—the Hyatt Centric Downtown, Hutton, Graduate Nashville, Loews Nashville at Vanderbilt Plaza, or Kimpton Aertson—with two tickets to the Grand Ole Opry. Costa Rica offers five nights with the choice of beach or rainforest, letting winners shape their own rhythm. Whichever path they choose, the experience is theirs to claim.
Winner picks ONE bucket-list trip
The Golden Ticket isn't a single set itinerary — the winner picks ONE of the destinations below as their prize. They don't get every option, just the one they choose. White-glove booking and a dedicated HGA specialist are included regardless of which they pick.
Winner CHOOSES one option below.
- Kentucky
- •Five distillery stops with private car and driver
- •Dinner for two at Jeff Ruby Steakhouse
- •3 nights at Origin Hotel Lexington or 21c Museum Hotel
- Tuscany
- •6 nights private apartment in Cortona, Italy
- •Cooking demonstration with tastings and wine education
- Nashville
2 tickets to Grand Ole Opry, 3 nights at choice of five hotels
- Costa Rica
5 nights, beach or rainforest location selection
Sell the trip. Hand us the winner. You're done.
Send us the winner's name, email, and phone — we do the rest. Within 24 hours, a dedicated HGA booking specialist reaches out to your winner, and your team is officially done. No itineraries, no follow-up emails, no "did they ever book?" anxiety. Your nonprofit gets the credit; we do the work.
The only thing your team owes us is the winner's name, email, and phone. We submit the trip and contact them within 24 hours.
Every winner gets a real human at HGA — same name, same inbox, from first call to wheels-down.
No blackout dates. Winners have 24 months to lock their dates (not to travel — to book).
Our in-house booking and customer-service teams handle every detail. Your donors brag about the trip and the way your nonprofit treated them.
There is no cap on how many times you can put this trip in front of bidders — same night, next event, every year. Reserve it once, sell it again and again. You only ever pay the consignment cost on the trips that actually sell.