The 2023/2024 Travel & Adventure Shows are making their way across the United States, enticing people to travel, providing information, tips, and incentives. Recently, Ron Stern, Real Food Traveler’s Hospitality Editor visited the Denver Travel & Adventure Show in Colorado. Based on his experiences there, he gives us a sense of what we can expect at other shows. 

Save this article to Pinterest to help you plan to attend a Travel & Adventure Show near you. Photos courtesy the show. Graphic by RealFoodTraveler.com.

Show Overview: 

Get up-to-date travel-related information for travel all over the world. Talk to, and get information from destinations, travel providers, and experts who can provide helpful tips. Examples of representatives you’ll see at the shows, depending on which ones you visit, include The Islands of Tahiti, Tourism Ireland, David McGuffin’s Exploring Europe, Celebrity Cruises, Viking River cruises, Turkish Airlines, Hertz, and others. Throughout each day of the show, there will be travel workshops and opportunities to meet travel celebrities including Samantha Brown, Peter Greenberg, Pauline Frommer, and others. 

Upcoming 2023-24 dates of Travel & Adventure Shows will make stops in Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Washington DC, San Francisco Bay, and Denver. Visit the website for dates and tickets. 

Travel & Adventure Shows are a one-stop-shop for a wide variety of travel information. Photo by Ron Stern.

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What it’s like to attend a Travel & Adventure Show:

The Denver Travel and Adventure Show made its sixth appearance at the Colorado Convention Center on February 25-26, 2023. With the shadow of Covid-19 restrictions fading as well as an increased number of vendors from last year, this event brought in thousands looking for ways to save money and learn about the latest travel information and offerings.

This year the hall was well attended by representatives from international and global destinations, tour operators, travel agents, and cruise lines. A litany of speakers offered information such as how to pack, arrange private tours, African safaris, travel photography, and much more.

Just a sampling of attendees would give anyone the travel itch. They included Alaska Land and Sea Adventures, Bahamas Tourism Office, Cayman Islands, Dream Yacht Charter, Reef Secrets Resorts, Korea Tourism Office, and Viking Cruises.

There were some providers, in particular that caught my attention at the Denver Travel & Adventure Show. Here is a short list of some of them:

GoCamp is a large, well-outfitted camper van that drew many curious onlookers who wondered what it was all about. The boutique company called Go Camp Rentals offers a fleet of curated nationwide peer-to-peer camper vans for rent. Individual owners offer a variety of mobile accommodations such as Volkswagen Vanagons, Europevans, Mercedes-Benz Sprinters, Dodge Ram ProMasters and more. These are all completely outfitted and ready for the road.

All of the arrangements are made online including where to pick up your van, insurance, and all the equipment needed for a trip. The idea seems to be catching on with more vehicles being added all the time. Owners can make money from their vehicle downtime and renters receive a well-maintained, unique camper van experience.

GoCamp Van Rentals help make road trips and camping doable. Photo by Ron Stern.

Tours by Locals connects travelers to local guides whose knowledge and experience can create the perfect private tour. They use hand-picked, “first-rate” guides in 160 countries and offer easy online booking and 24/7 customer service.

A company called Arreva Advantage offers travel protection services such as out-of-country medical, emergency evacuation, and others in tiered packages. These range in price from a list of la carte services such as premium protection, total coverage, and pandemic protection. They say they have no age bias and have 24/7 travel and medical concierge services.

If you’ve never experienced an authentic old western church wagon supper, Flying W Ranch just outside of Colorado Springs offers the real thing on their working cattle ranch. With a spectacular red rock mountain backdrop, you can enjoy a cowboy stage show and have a mouthwatering dinner of smoked beef brisket, turkey, and sausage, trail beans, baked potato, buttermilk biscuits and old-fashioned spice cake.

You can look forward to next year’s show, which will be held March 16-17, or check other cities for their times and dates.

-Story by Ron Stern, Real Food Traveler Hospitality Editor

Representatives from the Georgetown Loop Railroad in Colorado had a fun exhibit setup at the Denver Travel & Adventure Show. Photo by Ron Stern.

There are many beautiful and tropical destinations to learn about at the Travel & Adventure Shows including the U.S. Virgin Islands. Photo by Ron Stern.