Why this package wins for nonprofits
Tuscany draws bidders because it represents something bidders dream about: time in one of Europe's most romantic regions, with direct access to the experiences that define Italian culture. This package anchors that dream in concrete, memorable moments—a private apartment in Cortona as your home base, a wine education and tasting featuring four varieties of local wines, and a cooking demonstration with tastings that turn a meal into a lesson in authentic Italian cuisine. For your nonprofit, the consignment model means zero financial risk: you list it, your donors bid, and HGA handles every detail of fulfillment. You only pay the $2,495 reserve if it sells. Every dollar above that goes straight to your mission—whether the winning bid is $3,500 or $8,000, that surplus belongs entirely to you. Tuscany auctions consistently outperform their reserve because the combination of wine, food, and Italian countryside triggers genuine emotional investment in the room.
The experience your winner walks into
Your six nights unfold in Cortona, a medieval hilltop town in southern Tuscany, where you'll settle into a private one-bedroom apartment as your personal retreat. Early in your stay, you'll participate in a wine education and tasting session sampling four varieties of local Tuscan wines—learning how the region's terroir shapes what's in your glass. Another afternoon brings a cooking demonstration with tastings, where you'll discover how Tuscan cooks build their dishes from local ingredients and generations of technique. Between these experiences, you have time to wander Cortona's narrow streets, visit nearby vineyards, and simply live at the pace of the Tuscan hills. Your HGA travel specialist coordinates everything in advance: the apartment is ready, the cooking instructor is booked, the wine educator knows your preferences. You arrive and step into a trip that's already been thought through.
What the winner receives
- 6 nights in private apartment, Cortona, Italy
- Wine education and tasting (4 local varieties)
- Cooking demonstration with tastings
- Dedicated HGA travel specialist for 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.