Why this package wins for nonprofits
Iceland Adventure taps into the dream that moves paddles: a chance to witness the Northern Lights, one of nature's rarest spectacles, paired with the otherworldly Blue Lagoon premium experience. This 5-night package for two captures what donors actually want to bid on — not a generic getaway, but a pilgrimage to one of Earth's most dramatic landscapes. The reserve is $3,995, which means your nonprofit covers nothing upfront. Every paddle bid above that goes straight to your mission. The package includes the Sand Hotel as home base, a Blue Lagoon day, and your choice of either a Whale Watching Boat Tour (May–August) or a Northern Lights Boat Tour (September–April), depending on season. Auctions thrive on packages with a clear "wow" moment, and Iceland's combination of geothermal wonder and celestial magic is exactly that. HGA handles all coordination; your job is to let donors dream.
The experience your winner walks into
Your winners arrive in Iceland and settle into the Sand Hotel for five nights, a reliable base for exploring the country's raw beauty. Early in the stay, they head to the Blue Lagoon, Iceland's signature geothermal experience — stepping into milky-blue mineral-rich waters surrounded by lava fields is a moment that justifies the trip alone. Depending on when they travel, they choose their adventure: if May through August, they board a Whale Watching Boat Tour to spot orcas, humpbacks, and minke whales in the North Atlantic. If September through April, they opt for the Northern Lights Boat Tour instead, heading out onto dark waters with zero light pollution for an unobstructed view of the aurora borealis dancing overhead. The remaining days allow time to explore Iceland's waterfalls, volcanic terrain, and geothermal hot springs at their own pace — or to simply return to the Blue Lagoon's warmth. Five nights at the Sand Hotel means two people have a genuine window into Iceland's scale and strangeness, not a rushed checklist.
What the winner receives
- 5 nights at the Sand Hotel for 2 adults
- Blue Lagoon premium geothermal experience
- Choice of Whale Watching Boat Tour (May–August) or Northern Lights Boat Tour (September–April)
- HGA white-glove trip coordination and booking 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.