Based on feedback from past guests and travel agents, Trafalgar has created the Near Not Far Limited Domestic Trip Series, to complement its 14 existing trips through Australia, marking a restart of travel for the tour company and for all Australians from September 2020.
“We’ve taken time to reflect on what travel in a post-COVID world will look like – listening to feedback from our past guests, travel agents partners and community sentiment to truly understand how Australian travellers are feeling,” says Trafalgar managing director, Jason Wolff.
“We wanted to know what’s important to our guests, what’s going to help them travel with confidence and how we can continue to support small businesses and regional communities devastated by firstly the bushfires, and now COVID-19.
“We understand that many Australians believe they’ve already seen everything there is to see, but along with all of the highlights that you would expect to find in each destination, we’ve gone to great lengths to open up unique local businesses and the amazing stories behind them” adds Wolff.
The limited series of freshly curated trips is focused on an introduction to captivating locals such as Rodney and Severine from Agrarian Kitchen Cooking School and Eatery in the Derwent Valley, which was once the site of the Willow Court Asylum in 1827. Clients will experience a true slice of history as they indulge in locally sourced ingredients fresh from their abundant kitchen garden and small community of local producers, farmers and fisherman.
A special stay in the renowned and luxuriously appointed Bell Tents at the Bay of Fires Bush Retreat run by Anna and Tom, will leave the 38% Aussies craving bush and nature experiences2 enamoured – as they share stories around a campfire on Trafalgar’s new Majestic Tasmania from Hobart to Launceston.
“These home-grown experiences are the future of travel globally and is something we’ve focused on for more than a decade with Trafalgar’s industry-leading Be My Guest program, says Wolff. “It’s these culturally immersive, genuine local experiences that Australians want to uncover in this revival of travel, and the foundation for our limited series of guided holidays for Aussies, by Aussies.”
Agents are invited to join the Travel Restarts Masterclasses on 1 July 2020, to upskill on the new Near Not Far Limited Series. Two sessions at 10am and 1pm have been designed to suit all time zones (registrations open 22 June 2020).
In recognition of the new way in which the industry will operate, Trafalgar’s Stronger Together initiative for travel agents features a Travel Restarts resource kit that will include a series of bite sized webisodes on each domestic trip, as well as a host of video content and educational tools.
In addition, Trafalgar’s new $99 reduced deposit offer is available for trips booked between 15 June – 1 September 2020, for travel between 1 September 2020 to 31 October 2021.
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