Trips & Service

• Havana, Cienfuegos, Trinidad, Santa Clara — January 15 – 21, 2025

16 days, 15 nights. May include up to 3 opportunities to visit local Rotary clubs or participate in service projects.

We are pleased to announce a new service trip. Due to the strong interest in this trip, we now have two different departure dates available.   We have partnered with Belo Shabona to offer a new service trip to the Amazon River in March of 2025. This trip will be an unforgettable experience aboard a custom-made Amazonian boat built by local artisans, with an authentic regional, vintage style.  Learn more.

Club member Rick Olson has organized several trips to the countries of Eastern Europe. For a limited time, he is making two May 2025 departure dates available exclusively to Global Travelers:

• May 10 to 20 — Tallinn, Estonia to Budapest Hungary
• May 20 to June 1 — Budapest, Hungary to Tallinn, Estonia

This land trip is designed for a small group. It features a 19-passenger mini-bus with a professional driver. It is a “traveling seminar,” with many lectures along the way to teach travelers about culture, history, and the economic and business environment. Plus you’ll have the opportunity to meet with local Rotarians in several cities and participate in at least one service project. Read more.

Rotary Global Travelers is excited to announce a new trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos in October – November 2025.  The trip will provide insight into the history and culture of Ecuador along with lots of opportunity for incredible experiences in nature. Members will also learn about and participate in a reforestation project. 

Read more about the trip here.

Review the helpful planning guide here.

If you want to take this trip:

Deposit is requested by January 24 so our hotel block of rooms can be secured.  Contact me at lenetcompton@gmail.com with your questions.

Registration Process:

Email Lenet Compton at lenetcompton@gmail.com  with the following information:

• First / Last Name
• Phone number for each traveler
• Email for each traveler

That information will be relayed to the tour operator (KimKim).  They will then send you an email link for the trip deposit.  Please watch your Inbox in case the email goes to your spam folder.

Pricing in USD per person:

• Deposit of $1,006.50 plus $111 service fee is based on 20 travelers 
• $3,238 ($3,638 if we only have 10 travelers. Fluctuation depends on actual number of travelers).
• Single Supplement is $1,050.00

Regarding the refund policy:

• a 30% non-refundable deposit is required to confirm your booking.
• The final payment is due two months before your trip starts.
• If you need to postpone, you can usually do so at no extra cost with at least two weeks’ notice before the trip. However, deposits, service, and planning fees are non-refundable.
• If you cancel more than two months prior, you’ll lose your deposit and fees;
• within two months, no refund is available. KimKim’s refund policy can be viewed in detail at this link:  https://www.kimkim.com/t/K5pDyD4r/cancellations.  If there are still 20 passengers and a replacement is needed for someone no longer traveling, the group can handle this internally, as the spot would transfer to the new person. However, if the original passenger’s spot has already been paid, this will need to be resolved within the group.

We are combining several days of service in Honolulu with the option to join fellow Rotarians on a cruise around the islands.

Member Jeanne Hartle is in the process of investigating a trip to Mexico to observe the Monarch Butterfly migration.  Stay tuned for more information.

Members Adam Hayes and Jess Gutzwiller are in the planning stages for service project and opportunity to socialize with your fellow Global Travelers.  Stay tuned for more information. 

And, if you’re going all the way to Alaska, why not enjoy a cruise before the service project and help raise money for our club?

Have you dreamed of visiting Tahiti?  Member Mike Philson is organizing another exciting adventure that we global traveling Rotarians can share. And, if we hit a minimum number of people (of course we will!), some of what we spend comes back to our Global Travelers Foundation as a donation. 

For more information and to reserve your spot on this amazing adventure, Mike has created a special page just for us.