Why this package wins for nonprofits
Paris is the trip that moves paddles. The combination of the Eiffel Tower experience paired with either a guided ascent of the 2nd and 3rd floors plus a Seine River cruise with Champagne, or an intimate French cooking experience, creates the kind of package bidders compete for—it's aspirational, romantic, and deeply memorable. For your nonprofit, this works because the consignment model removes all risk: you pay HGA nothing upfront. The reserve is $4,595. Every single dollar your auction raises above that reserve goes directly to your mission. A Paris package at this price point, with this level of coordination and those signature experiences built in, typically generates strong opening bids and sustained paddle action because donors know they're getting genuine value while funding your cause.
The experience your winner walks into
Your winners arrive at Hotel Moderniste in Paris and settle into 5 nights in the heart of the city. On one of their mornings, they stand beneath the Eiffel Tower and begin their guided tour, ascending to the 2nd and 3rd floors to take in the panorama of Paris spread below them. That same afternoon, they board a Seine River cruise, Champagne in hand, gliding past Notre-Dame, the Louvre's riverside face, and the bridges that connect the city's neighborhoods. Or, if they prefer, they choose the French cooking experience instead—hands-on, intimate, learning the techniques and flavors that define French cuisine at a level most visitors never reach. The rest of their days are theirs: strolling along the Seine, wandering through museums, stopping at neighborhood cafés for coffee and pastries, discovering the small streets and boutiques that make Paris feel like home the moment you arrive.
What the winner receives
- Guided tour of Eiffel Tower 2nd and 3rd floors
- 1-hour Seine River cruise with Champagne included
- French cooking experience (alternative to Eiffel Tower tour)
- 5 nights at Hotel Moderniste for 2 adults
- Dedicated HGA travel specialist for booking and support
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.