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TTC Tour Brands Relaunches Fam Program for 2026

Dec 22, 2025
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TTC Tour Brands has announced the return of its Tour Week familiarization program for travel advisors, with departures scheduled for March and May 2026. The company said the decision follows two previous sold-out editions and strong interest from advisors.

The program will include a dozen fam trips worldwide and feature itineraries from Trafalgar, Insight Vacations, Costsaver and Contiki. Trip attendees can expect their experience to focus on three areas: training and destination immersion, relationship-building and sales development.

“Tour Week isn’t just about experiencing our trips, it’s about giving advisors hands-on experience and guidance that they can use to increase their sales potential,” said Whitney Ramirez, TTC senior vice president of sales, North America. “Advisors return from Tour Week more confident, more credible with clients and better equipped to grow their businesses.”

RELATED: Why TTC Tour Brands Hosted 500 Travel Advisors on Simultaneous Fam Trips

TTC Tour Brands reported that more than 1,000 North American travel advisors applied to participate in Tour Week during 2025, and that the program received international recognition related to trade education.

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The 2026 Tour Week program will include 10 itineraries departing in March across five continents:

- Trafalgar – Best of Greece

- Insight Vacations – Wonders of Turkey

- Insight Vacations – Normandy, Brittany & the Loire Valley

- Costsaver – Picturesque Portugal

- Trafalgar – Essence of South Africa

- Trafalgar – Best of Holland, Belgium & Luxembourg

- Costsaver – South America Samba

- Trafalgar – Southern Charms (U.S.)

- Trafalgar – Best of Eastern Canada

- Contiki – Vietnam Highlights

Two additional itineraries are scheduled to depart in May 2026:

- Trafalgar – Canadian Rockies

- Trafalgar River Cruise – Best of the Danube

“We created Tour Week to offer advisors something truly new and distinctive that they can’t find anywhere else,” Ramirez said. “The response has been phenomenal and underscores the demand for more engaging experiences within the advisor community.”

The company stated that the 2026 fams are available to North American travel advisors at a cost of $1,099 per person for land-only arrangements. And, for the first time, advisors based in Oceania will be invited to participate

Applications are now open via TTC’s travel agent portal and will close on Jan. 9, 2026. Trip confirmations are scheduled to be issued in mid-January.

Editor’s Note: This article was generated by AI, based on a press release distributed by TTC Tour Brands. It was fact-checked and reviewed by a TravelAge West editor.

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