Why this package wins for nonprofits
The Vacation Passport works because it offers your bidders genuine choice at a single reserve price. Four entirely different dream trips—a wine tasting tour through Charles Krug and Castello di Amorosa in Napa Valley, a private bourbon experience with five distillery stops and a personal driver in Kentucky, a small-group gourmet food and wine tour in Strasbourg, or an all-inclusive Cabo beach escape—mean your auction will appeal to wine lovers, spirits enthusiasts, foodies, and sun seekers alike. That breadth creates momentum. Under HGA's consignment model, your nonprofit pays nothing upfront. You only pay the $1995 reserve if the package sells at auction, and you keep every dollar above that. The flexibility built into this four-option passport—letting winners choose their own adventure after winning—removes the friction that sometimes stops bidders from committing to a single fixed itinerary.
The experience your winner walks into
Winners receive a certificate and select their destination. A Napa choice means three nights at a boutique inn five minutes from downtown—options include the Napa Inn & Spa, The Elm House, or Hotel Napa Valley—plus tastings at Charles Krug, Napa's oldest winery, the medieval castle-like Castello di Amorosa, and Beringer with its private cave tour. The Kentucky Bourbon Experience includes three nights at either the Origin Hotel Lexington or the 21c Museum Hotel Lexington, then a full day in a private car with a dedicated driver visiting five local distillery stops, with box lunch, snacks, and $100 in gift cards per guest included. Strasbourg brings four nights at Hotel Cour du Corbeau paired with the Culinary Delights Small Group Gourmet Food & Wine Tour exploring the region's food and wine traditions. The Cabo option offers five nights at a beachfront all-inclusive resort in either Cabo San Lucas or San Jose del Cabo with all meals, drinks, gratuities, and non-motorized activities covered. Whichever path they choose, winners lock in their experience and begin planning immediately.
What the winner receives
- Wine tastings at Charles Krug, Castello di Amorosa, and Beringer with private cave tour (Napa)
- Private car and driver visiting 5 distillery stops plus $100 gift cards per guest (Kentucky)
- Strasbourg Culinary Delights Small Group Gourmet Food & Wine Tour (France)
- All-inclusive beachfront resort with meals, drinks & non-motorized activities (Cabo)
- 3–5 nights lodging: Napa Inn & Spa, Origin Hotel Lexington, Hotel Cour du Corbeau, or Cabo beachfront resort
- Box lunch, snacks, bottled water, and gratuities included on bourbon tour
- Dedicated HGA travel specialist to process booking and coordinate logistics
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.