Why this package wins for nonprofits
Vacation Passport wins auctions because it puts choice in the winner's hands—and choice drives competitive bidding. Your donors aren't picking a single fixed destination; they're picking from Costa Rica's beaches and rainforests, a Kentucky Bourbon Trail experience with five distillery stops and dinner at Jeff Ruby Steakhouse, a Tuscany cooking demonstration with wine tastings, or Nashville's Grande Ole Opry with hotel options from the Hyatt Centric to the Kimpton Aertson. That flexibility—combined with the fact that these are genuinely thoughtful, multi-day experiences, not commodity packages—creates real paddle momentum. Under HGA's consignment model, your nonprofit pays nothing upfront. You only pay the $2,495 reserve if it sells at auction. Every dollar above that goes straight to your mission. That's zero financial risk and maximum fundraising potential.
The experience your winner walks into
The winner calls HGA, chooses their dream, and the white-glove coordination begins. If it's Costa Rica, they pick beach or rainforest and settle in for five nights. If it's bourbon, they arrive at the Origin Hotel or 21c Museum Hotel in Lexington, enjoy a dinner at the iconic Jeff Ruby Steakhouse, then spend a day touring five local distillery stops—with a $100 gift card per guest and box lunch included to make it seamless. For Tuscany lovers, five nights in a private apartment in Cortona, a cooking demonstration with tastings, wine education sessions featuring four local varieties, and time to absorb the region at their own pace. And if it's Nashville calling, three nights at one of five hand-selected hotels—the Graduate Nashville, Loews at Vanderbilt Plaza, Hyatt Centric Downtown, Hutton, or Kimpton Aertson—plus two tickets to the Grand Ole Opry, the crown jewel of any Tennessee visit. HGA handles every detail: timing, logistics, availability, changes.
Winner picks ONE destination
This Passport bundles multiple destinations behind one prize. The winner picks ONE of the options below — they don't get all of them. White-glove booking and a dedicated HGA specialist are included regardless of which they pick.
Winner CHOOSES one option below.
- Costa Rica
5 nights, beach or rainforest location (winner chooses)
- Kentucky Bourbon
Origin Hotel or 21c Museum Hotel Lexington, dinner at Jeff Ruby Steakhouse, 5 distillery stops, $100 gift card per guest
- Tuscany
5 nights private apartment in Cortona, cooking demonstration with tastings, wine education & 4 local wine varieties
- Nashville Opry
3 nights at Hyatt Centric, Graduate, Hutton, Loews, or Kimpton Aertson, 2 Grand Ole Opry tickets
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.