Putman Travel - Low Fares and Expert Service

Group Travel Services

Finally, you can concentrate on the content of your meeting, your golf game on your incentive trip or socializing with your friends…rather than worrying about all the behind-the-scenes details.

Let us arrange all details of your meetings, conferences, incentives, corporate retreats or group travel needs. From site selection to group transportation, we can centrally manage all your travel, food and beverage, meeting space, audio/visual, social events and activities for you.

We’ve been handling group travel and events since 1973 and negotiate and execute customized travel programs for every type of group. We consistently exceed our clients’ high expectations with acute attention to detail and the ability to deliver desired results.

Student Group Tours

Over 20 Years of Experience!

Cruise Fundraiser Program

For more than twenty years, Putman Travel has been handling travel for groups of every size and type. Whether it is a group of ten theater enthusiasts touring London or a group of firefighters earning continuing education credits, we have the knowledge and experience to handle every aspect of group travel.

Some of the types of groups we have arranged are…
• Class and family reunions
• Fundraising groups
• Civic, social, non-profit, religious, clubs, and credit unions
• Special interest groups such as culinary and wine groups, dancers, sport groups, weight watchers, students, crafters, adventure, music, gardening and eco-tours
• Continuing education
• Business meetings, retreats, conventions and incentives

Our cruise fundraiser program that gives non-profit organizations the opportunity to raise funds for their important cause, through a special relationship with Carnival Cruise Lines.

There is absolutely no cost and no risk for your organization. Once your application is approved by our agency, all you have to do is designate a coordinator from your organization and select your destination. You have to guarantee a minimum number of ten passengers.

Putman Travel will give you the lowest special discounted group rates available from Carinval when you set up your fundraiser, for the date you select.

Just invite your members, their friends, family and associates to share in the fun and adventure of a fantastic cruise. The amount you charge for the departure is up to you, but just like fundraiser dinners, the amount is usually increased slightly, with the benefactors understanding that their money is going towards a good cause. Everyone will love to travel with people who share a common interest, and for the amount you choose to increase your cruise cost by, Putman Travel & Carnival Cruise lines will MATCH that amount 100%. For instance, if we find you a $269 rate for a Bahamas Cruise, and you offer the cruise for $469, (an increase of $200) we will match that amount, so you will raise $400 per passenger for your important cause!

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Meetings / Conferences / Conventions

Successful meetings and conventions don’t just “happen.” Considerable planning and complete support capabilities are a must. We listen to your needs and objectives, provide you with detailed coordinators and give you the highest quality support and follow-through to ensure the desired results. We offer a complete range of planning and coordination services to assist you.

• Destination/site research and selection
• Pre-planning and budget assistance
• Contract negotiations for all components
• Hotel and shipboard rooming lists, airline manifests
• Airport meet-and-greet services
• Ground transportation – transfers, tours, shuttles, limos
• Meeting and function space negotiation and set-up
• Audio/Visual equipment and multi-media production
• Speakers, entertainment, social activities
• Food and beverage planning – from coffee breaks to unique theme parties
• Team building activities
• Guest, spouse, children’s programs
• On-line promotion and registration
• Professionally staffed registration and hospitality desks on-site
• Pre and post travel extensions
• Post meeting evaluations
• Final accounting reconciliation
• Personalized, creative and detail-oriented assistance throughout your program

Locations

100 West Antrim Drive
Greenville, SC 29607
864.271.3303
1.800.678.8626

2303 North Main Street
Anderson, SC 29621
864.226.6211
1.800.736.6211

165 Highway 64 W # 201
Hayesville, NC 28904
828.389.3357
1.800.280.3357

Incentive Travel

We offer dreams, once-in-a-lifetime travel experiences, and life-long memories that turn corporate goals into participant action and desired results. At Putman Travel, our Incentive Division can design, negotiate and coordinate every aspect of your incentive travel program. From major requirements such as air transpor- tation and hotel accommodations, to the most subtle detail, we provide for all of your needs. With each successful program, clients recognize our attention to detail, creativity, and follow-through.

Incentive travel programs can help your organization

• Increase sales and profits
• Attract new sales people and customers while retaining seasoned ones
• Introduce new products or increase sales of slow-moving ones
• Reduce costs and waste
• Reduce accidents and improve quality control

Travel rewards are the fastest growing segment in the incentive and promotion marketplace. That’s because travel motivates like no other reward. Cash awards or bonuses are the most expensive form of award system. And, a cash incentive provides no recog-nition and is nothing more than a rebate or refund that generally goes toward the family groceries. In a properly structured incentive program, no more than 10-30% of your targeted audience will win the travel award, yet the incre- ased incremental sales of all participants pay for the trip! And, in most cases, your company will benefit from the tax treatment of an incentive travel program.

Let us design a customized travel incentive program that will provide the recognition, lifetime memories, and adventures your qualifying winners deserve. For companies with in-house planners, our services are designed to complement and enhance your efforts….not replace them. We work closely with you to ensure a successful event the first time, every time.

Relax, and Leave it to us.

Whatever your need, we've probably already done it. We'll make all the arrangements and do all the work, and you can earn free travel, rooms, cabins, tours or money for your group. Just give us a call or shoot us an email and we'll get started on the arrangements for your next group travel adventure.

HAVE FUN, TRAVEL FREE & GET PAID!
Depending on the number of people traveling in your group, you can earn free trips. These free trips may be used by the group leader or the value can be divided to reduce the overall cost to everyone. Contact your Group Planner to find out how to earn free travel for your specific group.

CONVENIENCE
“One-Call-Does-It-All” Service. Our unique “One-Call-Does-It-All” service means that you will never have to worry about a thing. Putman Travel will work with you to develop an entire program: from itinerary and theme development to site selection, price negotiation, promotion, reservations, ticketing, and management of all details (including meals, social events, and optional activities)! Our policy is to give you peace of mind and allow you to enjoy the ultimate vacation.

CUSTOMIZED GROUP TRAVEL
We will be with you the whole way - helping, guiding, and advising. We’ll meet with you or your committee any time to discuss your initial trip plans and help promote the trip to your target passengers.

KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCED SPECIALISTS
Putman Travel employs experienced group specialists with years of world-wide knowledge available to you. Let our experience work to your advantage. We can help you avoid common pitfalls in planning to ensure the most appealing trip for your group. We will solve problems before they occur and show you how to save money. Our seasoned Group Division will provide valuable recommendations that will ensure a successful group vacation experience.

CREATIVE NEGOTIATION SKILLS TO SAVE MONEY
Let us do the shopping and contract negotiation for you. Putman Travel prides itself on the effort we put forth to “fit you” with the right airline, hotel, tour or cruise company at the best possible price. Putman Travel knows creative ways to save your group money. We know the difference between published, group, zone, meeting, incentive, discount, contract, coupon and consolidator fares. We know what airlines, ground operators, hotels, tour companies, and cruise lines want from you … and we know what they have to give back in the way of discounts and freebies. We know how to get around and minimize contract attrition clauses, penalties, and cancellations.

MARKETING SUPPORT / SELLING YOUR GROUP
Putman Travel has markering professionals that work with the Group Division to design and print exciting brochures for a direct mail campaign, develop and manage a mailing list, assist you with promotional ideas and materials to maximize your success, as well as create a blast e-mail campaign. You may also be able to promote your company through a personalized website.

PERSONAL "SMALL TOWN" SERVICE
Even though Putman Travel is one of the largest independent travel agencies in the Southeast, you will always be treated as “Someone Special”. One of our Group / Meeting / Incentive Planners will be assigned to you so you will always have a personal contact who will have answers and know all details of your specific group. You will have piece of mind and will have more fun working with people you know will always be there for you.

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