What, me worry?
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You’re in charge of planning a faith-based trip, and that calls for dozens of
decisions about destinations, timing, costs, reservations and more.
Yikes.
I don’t want to add to your anxiety, but if travel isn’t your full-time job, it’s
normal to have some hesitation with the task at hand. Here are a few questions
trip planners often ask themselves:
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• How do I piece together an itinerary?
EDUCATION
• Do I need to create marketing materials?
Target Travel CEO Daniele Panzarin provides
expert tips on packaging faith-based travel.
• How do I know if I’m getting good rates?
• Do I have emergency and safety components at the ready?
• How do I get my prospects to commit and make a deposit?
Faith Travel Association’s Routes of Faith won’t answer all your questions, but
it will lead you to people who can. The tour operators who belong to FTA and
essentially, NTA—the National Tour Association, FTA’s parent organization—are
industry professionals. They know what works and what doesn’t.
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This magazine also is loaded with ideas about where to go, what to do and who
to contact. The organizations featured on the following pages represent the
highest level of travel industry experience and expertise. A professional tour
operator can be your partner—and your expert. He or she can answer all the
questions listed above.
INSPIRATION
Planning already has begun for the world-
famous Oberammergau Passion Play in 2020.
Of course you’ve got questions. And FTA members have answers. You can find
a list of FTA member tour companies by visiting NTAonline.com and clicking on
the tour operator search. Together, you can work out the details of a fantastic
travel experience. And then? You can stop worrying.
Blessed journeys,
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Kay Saffari, FTA Coordinator
[email protected]
DESTINATION
San Antonio’s historical missions reveal early
18th-century Spanish influence, culture.
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Learn more about the people and organizations
who belong to FTA.
ON THE COVER
MEET THE MEMBERS
Founded in 1720, San
Antonio’s Mission
San José still serves
as an active parish
that is staffed by the
Franciscan Order of
Friars Minor.
See story on page 8.
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Published by
Editor
Writer
Graphic Design
Faith Travel Association
Doug Rentz
Kay Saffari
Jeff Quire
faithtravelassociation.com
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