Why this package wins for nonprofits
Bourbon tourism is booming, and this Kentucky Bourbon Experience taps into one of the fastest-growing auction categories: experiential packages for enthusiasts with passion (and paddles). Donors will experience a tour featuring 5 local distillery stops with a private car and driver plus $100 gift cards per guest to spend at the distilleries themselves. Every single dollar your bidders raise above that reserve stays with your mission. It's a no-lose fundraising play with built-in appeal.
The experience your winner walks into
Your winners arrive in Lexington, Kentucky's heart of bourbon country, and check into either the Origin Hotel Lexington or the 21c Museum Hotel Lexington — their home base for three nights. The real magic begins with a full day tour featuring 5 local distillery stops, traveling in a private car with a dedicated driver who knows every road and every story. Between stops, they'll enjoy a box lunch and snacks, staying refreshed with bottled water as the day unfolds. At each distillery, they'll taste bourbon made by hands and time, learning how grain becomes spirit in a way no book can teach. And here's the generous part: each guest receives a $100 gift card to spend at the distilleries themselves — $200 combined to take home a bottle, a rare release, or simply to linger over a pour they love. The rhythm of the trip is theirs to set: mornings in their hotel, afternoons in the tasting rooms, evenings back in Lexington where the bourbon culture and local charm never quite stop flowing.
What the winner receives
- Tour featuring 5 local distillery stops with private car and driver
- 3 nights at Origin Hotel Lexington or 21c Museum Hotel Lexington
- $100 gift card per guest to spend at distillery stops ($200 total)
- Box lunch, snacks, and bottled water during distillery tour
- 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.