What do we auction this year besides gift baskets?
Banquet and award dinner auction packages for Rotary, Lions, civic clubs, and Chambers of Commerce.
Rotary, Lions, civic clubs, and Chambers of Commerce run annual dinners and award nights. Many have auctioned the same baskets and gift certificates for years. This year's chair wants one item that makes members stop at the table. A trip package can do that without taking anything off the tables.
A Rotary, Lions, civic club, or Chamber banquet often runs on a shorter program in a smaller room. The auction table fills with what is easy to gather: baskets, gift certificates, local donations. Members are business people who see these items all year, so the same items return. That is why the room feels familiar. A travel package is a different kind of item. It gives people a reason to stop and bid beyond the usual.
Adding a travel experience takes little time. You browse over 140 experiences, reserve what fits your banquet, and get a one page PDF for each. There is no upfront cost. You only pay for an experience if it sells, keep 100% over the cost, and can sell experiences multiple times if the bidding gets hot. You are not too late: items can be added the same day as your event. A starting bid of 15 to 20 percent above cost means profit from the first bid.
This week, look at the travel packages that fit a banquet or award dinner. Country Music Awards, Napa wine trips, Belize, and regional sporting events have sold for clubs like Lompoc Rotary, Rotary Club of Abbeville, and the Chamber of Commerce of Cincinnati. Giveback XP can help you choose the right number for your room and send the one page displays. You owe nothing for an experience that does not sell. Mobile bidding can open the auction to people beyond the room.
On the night of your banquet, the auction table has one or more travel certificates next to the baskets. Members can bid from the room or from their phones if you use mobile bidding. Winners get their trip booked by the travel team. The club keeps profit over cost. The baskets still sell, and the trip adds a reason to bid. Next year the chair starts with a different question.
Other questions about banquets & award dinners for Rotary, Lions, civic clubs & chambers of commerce
will members bid on trip small club fundraiser
It takes two interested members, not two hundred, and club members are exactly the crowd that travels. Since an unsold package costs nothing, the club can put a real trip on the table risk-free.
open charity auction to online bidders
Mobile and online bidding open the auction to the whole community: images and description PDFs are ready to list on any platform, so spouses, neighbors, and the town at large can bid without a seat at the dinner.
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