Why this package wins for nonprofits
This Golden Ticket package ignites bidding wars because the winner holds the power — they choose their own adventure from four utterly different experiences. Pair that with the consignment model, and you've got a fundraiser's dream. Your nonprofit pays nothing upfront. You only pay HGA's $3,995 reserve if the package sells. Every dollar bid above that reserve goes directly to your mission. Four distinct trips means four different buyer personas competing for their preferred escape: the angler drawn to the Sea of Cortez sport fishing waters, the skier eyeing Jackson Hole's terrain, the epicurean imagining a Cortona cooking demonstration, or the traveler mesmerized by Iceland's Blue Lagoon and Northern Lights. That choice, combined with the low $250 ticket entry point, drives participation and momentum in the room.
The experience your winner walks into
The winner receives four options and selects their own path. Choose Los Cabos: settle into an all-inclusive beachfront resort, then spend an approximate 5-hour fishing day pursuing marlin and yellowtail in the world-class sport fishing waters of the Sea of Cortez. Choose Jackson Hole: three nights at The Lodge in Jackson Hole, a $150 gift card for dinner at The Snake River Grill, and your pick of fly fishing on pristine streams, horseback riding through alpine meadows, skiing powder runs, or a rugged Jeep tour. Choose Tuscany: six nights in a private apartment in Cortona, Italy, where you attend a cooking demonstration with tastings and participate in wine education with four varieties of local wine, experiencing the region's culinary heart firsthand. Choose Iceland: five nights at the Sand Hotel, entry to the Blue Lagoon premium experience, and your selection of either a whale watching boat tour (May–August) or the Northern Lights boat tour (September–April). Each path is fully realized, specific to place, and built for memory.
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.
- Los Cabos
- •Sea of Cortez sport fishing day
- •All-inclusive beachfront resort in Cabo
- Jackson Hole
- •The Lodge in Jackson Hole, 3 nights
- •The Snake River Grill $150 gift card
- •Fly fishing, horseback riding, skiing, or Jeep tour
- Tuscany
- •Private apartment in Cortona, 6 nights
- •Cooking demonstration with tastings
- •Wine education & 4 local wine varieties
- Iceland
- •Sand Hotel, 5 nights
- •Blue Lagoon premium experience
- •Whale watching or Northern Lights boat tour
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.