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Collette Vacations
180 Middle St.
Pawtucket, RI 02860
800-340-5158
web@collettevacations.com
http://www.collettevacations.com
Collette defines its market as mature consumers with an annual income greater than $50,000. According to their research, the over 60 age group is the fastest growing segment of the marketplace with 10,000 people a day turning 60. According to Collette research, “issues critical to this demographic include health and wellness; learning; family; use of time; and convenience."
The trust that travelers and agents have in the brand allows Collette to evolve, along with their market, leading their market from traditional escorted travel to soft adventure, and intergenerational travel. Collette sets out to focus on the “whole” traveler including ways to increase and celebrate human vitality while seeing the world. Collette’s “Traveling Well,” concept positions travel as a way to focus on well-being, that the the idea that the experiences and joys that travelers encounter can become the key to a holistic state of well-being. Booking land and air means higher commissions for agents. Collette’s tours tend to be more inclusive than most with fewer options. That translates into higher commissions for agents. Collette offers Cash Back Bonus offers to agents who book specified Collette tours, that are easy to redeem and payable upon client's travel. Collette Vacations is the preferred travel supplier for several agency consortia including Vacation.com and Trav
Collette Vacations began in Boston when Jack Collette assembled the company’s first package, a 21-day, all-inclusive to Florida for $61.50. From there the company has established one of travel’s most trusted brands. Collette’s name is so good that many of their repeaters look to the Collette brochures before they’ve decided where they will travel. Collette established itself early on as one of the premier escorted tour companies in North America, pioneering itineraries that have become classics in American travel such as New England foliage tours, national parks and tours of the great Southwest. In 1962, Collette sold the business to Dan Sullivan, Sr. Sullivan added Canadian tours and events, such as the World’s Fair in New York in 1964 and the Montreal Expo in 1967 to the product line.
By the 1970’s Europe followed by Australia, China, Africa and Mexico. Today they offer more than 160 escorted programs to more than 50 countries on every continents and employ more than 400. Collette is a Privileges Partner for AARP; and is the preferred travel supplier for A&E Travel Networks, The History Channel, Biography, and Geneology.com; as well as for the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Journeys Travel Adventures.
