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Issue No. 15 July/August 2012
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Welcome to the July/August issue of Faith Travel Minute, our bimonthly e-newsletter for faith-based travel planners. In this issue: Globus offers more faith-based tours; Missionary Travel Insurance launched for mission trips; Brian Jewell to speak at GOF Conference; how to manage your religious group; and a new group game!

LITTLETON, Colo. - For the first time ever, Globus is offering faith-based tours through its budget-friendly travel brand: Cosmos.

Globus released six faith-based itineraries for 2013.  

 

 

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INDIANAPOLIS - Mission trips traveling to remote, sometimes unsafe corners of the planet can now purchase Missionary Travel Insurance from HCC Medical Insurance Services' Atlas Travel Insurance. 

 

 

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Brian Jewell, executive editor of Going On Faith magazine, has discovered six typical travel personalities throughout his various trips.

He will share these personalities with attendees of the Going On Faith Conference.   

 

 

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Can you name this former monastery that is now a museum? Take our quiz to see how much you know about this historic home where a famous religious leader lived.

Where in the World Quiz
Managing a religious travel program
Finding and keeping first-time travelers 
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For your faith-based travel group to survive long-term, it is essential to continuously look for first-time travelers. These newcomers may not be members of your group or even attend the church you work with.


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We all learned these states and capitals in school. See how many you and your group can name in our States and Capitals Game!


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Travel and ministry go hand in hand for Fred Weeks, a group leader and tour operator from Tuscumbia, Alabama. Weeks got his start as a travel planner when he was helping his son start a ministry organization.



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Publisher Mac Lacy recently went to Peru for Tourism Cares' first international travel work project. Read the article about his experience here.

Have you or your group ever participated in voluntourism?


Take our Going On Faith poll to see nationwide results.

 

Survey results for:
Are you likely to take a group to Cuba?
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