With a legacy of service excellence dating back to 1978, Classic Vacations® maintains a commitment to fulfilling the evolving needs of travel advisors. Classic remains the preferred choice for discerning travelers seeking the pinnacle of luxury, offering an extensive selection of preferred hotel inventory, curated tours and excursions, top-tier commissions, direct connectivity, the best Travel Protection Program, and industry-leading recognition program. Classic continues to expand its offerings to provide products when, where, and how advisors desire.
To bring people closer together, one vacation at a time.
Classic offers direct connectivity for real-time rates and availability.
Travel advisor commission is paid the week of booking departure.
Founded in 1978, Classic Vacations is the #1 rated luxury vacation resource in the world. Classic has empowered travel advisors and helped architect millions of exceptional travel experiences for their clients. Classic offers travel advisors thousands of preferred (curated) and affiliate (secondary) hotel options worldwide, immersive tours and activities, the absolute best travel protection in the industry, transportation, award-winning 24/7/365 in-travel customer service, an award-winning rewards program called Royalty Rewards, and so much more. At the request of advisors, Classic offers advisors booking options to meet their ever-evolving needs. This includes a state-of-the-art, robust self-service online booking platform, as well as personalized offline booking support through its expert reservations teams. Classic also offers advisors a market-leading Groups business that accommodates both contracted and uncontracted groups.
Originally founded as Classic Custom Vacations, the company focused solely on Hawaii for its first 15 years, building great partner relationships with airlines and hoteliers that exist to this day.
Our first product expansion beyond Hawaii began with the purchase of a DMC, and has grown to an award-winning portfolio of industry-leading Europe travel products.
Sailing into azure seas, we began offering stunning getaways to a large selection of islands.
Home to many of our Groups partners, and one of our core destinations, expansion into Mexico marked the beginning of our long relationship with legacy partner Mayaland.
As islands like Bora Bora and Moorea rapidly increased infrastructure and product offerings, we developed a robust Tahiti portfolio and a strong relationship with Tahiti Tourisme.
Continuing our expansion into the South Pacific, Fiji offered our advisors another well-vetted set of luxury travel products to offer clients.
Adventure travel offerings grew dramatically with the addition of Costa Rica, with its landscape of rainforests, volcanoes, and stunning beaches.
From the evergreen coast of British Columbia to the Canadian Rockies, to historic Montreal, our expansion into Canada offered a range of new destinations.
These new destinations offered top-tier luxury hotels and remote island escapes.
Expanding into Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and more allowed us to offer alluring destinations full of history to luxury travelers.
With rapidly increasing demand, Japan was a must-have addition to our Asia preferred portfolio.
With new partners in the most stunning mountain destinations of Colorado and Utah, we began offering ski packages in the USA.
Our Africa portfolio features luxury hotels, safari lodges, curated itineraries, and immersive tours in Botswana, South Africa, and Zambia.
From Sydney and Melbourne to the Great Barrier Reef and world-class wine regions, Australia opened the door to unforgettable journeys across one of the world’s most iconic destinations.
2024-2026
Top Producing Tour Partner/Wholesaler,
United States
2026
Highest Annual Growth: Wholesaler,
United States
2017
Destinations and Experiences,
Partner of the Year
2008, 2010-2015
Best FIT /
Custom Tour Operator
2025
Tour Operators – Overall
Tour Operators – Technology Solutions
Tour Operators – Travel Advisor Support
2024
Tour Operators – Overall
Tour Operators – Loyalty Program
Tour Operators – Destination Expansions
Tour Operators – Technology Solutions
2023
Travel Agent Only Website
2022-2025
Best FIT Tour Operator, Europe
2023-2025
Best Tour Operator (Packaged) – Europe
