Athens
Madeleine
Our group travel specialist. She came to us from a group travel background and loves the logistics of getting a lot of people to the same place happily.
Ten people is a group. And ten people is roughly where planning it yourself stops being fun.
Everyone knows the version where one person ends up chasing deposits, fielding dietary requirements, and rebooking someone’s flight the week before. That person usually doesn’t enjoy the trip much.
Handing it to us moves all of that off your plate — and it usually costs less, because group rates and amenities are negotiated rather than listed. Category upgrades, a welcome cocktail party, a group photo, champagne: things that don’t exist as a checkbox anywhere online.
Who travels with us
Three kinds of group we plan most
Though the list is longer — alumni groups, fundraisers, destination weddings, and reunions all count.
Family & friends
Multi-generational and reunions
Grandparents through grandchildren, or the friends you’ve been meaning to travel with for years. We handle the dining plans, the room blocks, the flights arriving from four different cities — and the snorkeling charter, if that’s the day you want.
Milestones
Birthdays, anniversaries, weddings
A significant birthday, a fortieth anniversary, or a destination wedding — which is often more affordable than a traditional one and turns the day into a week for everyone who comes.
Companies & organizations
Meetings, incentives, fundraising
Sales meetings, incentive trips, alumni groups, and fundraisers. Meetings at sea are unusually good value — meeting space and most meals are already in the fare.
How it works
What we take off your plate
Negotiated group rates
Group pricing isn’t published. We hold space and negotiate, which usually beats what anyone in your group could book individually.
Amenities that come with it
Category upgrades, a cocktail party, a group photo, champagne on arrival. Free to you because they come with holding the block.
Everyone books with us, not you
We handle individual reservations, payments, and deadlines directly with each traveler — so you stop being the group’s accounts department.
Flights from anywhere
Groups rarely leave from one city. We coordinate arrivals so people land close enough together for one transfer.
The materials
A flyer or a page you can share, so inviting people is a link rather than a long explanatory email.
Fundraising, if that’s the goal
A trip can raise real money for a cause while everyone has a good time. Ask us how the numbers work.
Who you’ll work with
Madeleine leads our group travel.
She’s our specialist for groups of every kind — but any of our advisors can take this on, and all three offices handle group bookings.
Dunwoody
Leslie
Planning travel since 1990. Ask her about the history nobody told you to look for.
Dunwoody
Steve
Left a career as a chiropractor for a year-long trip around the world, and came back to help other people take theirs.
Tuscaloosa
Stella
She builds trips around local life rather than the tourist checklist — a good instinct when a group wants more than the standard tour.
See how it works
We run our own group trips
A few times a year one of our advisors hosts a sailing and invites clients along — the same group mechanics we’d set up for you, with us doing the organizing. Worth a look if you want to see the format before committing to your own.
How many are you thinking?
Ten is enough to be a group. Tell us roughly who’s coming and where you’d like to go, and we’ll take it from there.
