TORONTO — TRAVELSAVERS Canada honed in on two still-strong travel trends – authentic travel and bucket-list journeys – with a fam trip for several of its members to Türkiye.

TRAVELSAVERS Canada agency attendees included Polar Bear Travels, Voyages le Connaisseur, Sea Land Air Travel Service, and Crowfoot Travel Solution.

The luxurious seven-day land-to-sea tour – “a true Affluent Traveler Collection experience” – was hosted by Türkiye expert New Faces Travel, according to Marylène Lupien, Director, Business Development, TRAVELSAVERS Canada and The Affluent Traveler Collection.

New Faces Travel is part of the TRAVELSAVERS Canada’s OnLocation program, a collection of 50 DMCs in 100+ countries and regions worldwide.

“The benefit of booking with an advisor that has access to insider hot spots from on-the-ground experts ensures the experiences will be exactly what our clients dreamed of,” said Lupien. “It was truly magical.”

The trip combined sightseeing, culinary experiences, excursions, shopping and  Türkiye’s beautiful scenery. There were private tours of the Hippodrome, the Blue Mosque and Topkapi Palace.

There was also a five-star lunch at Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the Bosphorus, a scenic hot air balloon ride, a private cruise along the Bosphorus Strait and a visit to the Goreme Open Air Museum, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Cappadocia.