Live Auction Travel for Universities & Alumni Associations
Bucket-list sports, rivalry trips, and luxury getaways for your live auction, with no risk and no extra work for your advancement team.
Your advancement office or athletic department runs polished events like golf outings, athletic fundraisers, and scholarship galas. Your alumni donors skew older and have the means to bid on big-ticket travel. You need live auction packages that fit those rooms—bucket-list sports, team travel, and rivalry weekends—and a process that keeps the work off your desk.
The experiences that move the needle at university and alumni events connect to the passions already in the room. Bucket-list sports like the Masters or college bowl games, trips tied to team travel or rivalry weekends, and luxury getaways for alumni who have the time and resources to travel. These packages slot naturally into golf outings, athletic fundraisers, and scholarship galas. Because they are consignment items, you set a reserve and keep everything above it. You only pay if the package sells, and you can sell the same experience more than once if bidding takes off.
University and alumni fundraisers are not one-time volunteers. You run a professional advancement office or athletic department with a calendar of polished events. Your donors expect a seamless experience from the gavel to the trip. That means the auction provider must handle every detail after the event. Winner information goes in, and travel certificates arrive within a few business days. An in-house travel team takes over booking, so your lean staff does not become a travel agency. This is not a side project for you, and the process has to match that standard.
Cost depends on the experiences you choose. 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. There is no upfront fee to reserve items. The number of packages you offer depends on your audience size and event format. A golf outing might feature two or three travel lots, while a scholarship gala could support more. The team helps you fine-tune the count.
Start by browsing over 140 travel and experience packages. Reserve the ones that fit your event at no cost and get a one-page display sheet for each. On event night, your auctioneer presents them. After the gavel drops, you send Giveback XP the winner details. Travel certificates arrive in three to five business days, and an in-house travel team books every trip. Your donors have up to two years to travel for most experiences. Items can be added last minute, even the day of the event. If an item does not sell, you owe nothing.
Your live auction features travel packages your alumni actually want to bid on. The process runs without adding work to your advancement staff. Winners receive their travel certificates quickly, and the in-house team handles all bookings. Your advancement staff stays focused on their real work, and your next fundraiser already has a proven auction format.