Our Company Backbone:
Andavo Travel is the largest independent woman-owned travel company in Colorado and is ranked 6^th in the San Francisco Bay Area. And we continue to grow.  Beginning as a small leisure travel agency in 1982, the company was then purchased by Brenda Rivers in 1988 making it 100% woman owned.  Today, sales approach $100MM.  Our only standard is excellence-as demonstrated by our ISO 9002 certification, and we measure our success with every interaction.  In addition to Andavo’s Independent Contractor Network, “Elite Travel Professionals”, and Andavo Travel of Marin,  Andavo also fulfills full agency services in areas of Andavo’s Vacations & Cruise’s, Andavo Corporate Travel, Andavo Meeting & Incentives, Andavo Adventures/TRAX World Tours, and Andavo’s Adventure Leadership Institute.

Our Awards of Service:
Companies and communities alike have noticed our accomplishments.  In 1999, the National Association of Woman Business Owners named Brenda Rivers, Andavo Travel’s President and CEO, as the “Business Owner of the Year” for the Rocky Mountain Region.  In 2000,  WORKING WOMEN magazine honored Ms. Rivers with awards for both Customer/Client Service and Social Responsibility,  while the DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL names her “Outstanding Business Woman of the Year.”  In 2001, Andavo Travel was chosen as Woman-Owned Business of the Year by the Colorado Federation of Business and Professional Women.  Andavo Travel became a Virtuoso member in 1999 and remains a member to this day through it excellence and achievements in travel.

Our Diversified Portfolio:
Our Northern California division, Andavo Travel of Marin, services areas of leisure travel, business travel and a large portion of the entertainment industry.  Andavo Travel’s combined locations are comprised of leisure travel professionals in which have fluency in  4 different languages beyond English, from Arabic to French, from Italian to German.  Andavo travel professionals have either lived abroad or own homes internationally and have travel portfolios that range from over 50 different countries visited and have sailed on more than 47 cruise ships.  We use our expertise to assist our fellow Independent Contractors as well as our clients.  Our personalized travel service includes luxury cruises, exclusive tours and substantial FIT business through our relationship with Virtuoso.  We pride ourselves in having a team of travel professionals as “experts in making things happen”. 

Our travel professionals wide range of expertise include the scheduling of private limousine service with fluent speaking drivers, theater tickets, dinner reservations at the finest restaurants world-wide, golf tee times with further services of flower deliveries and gifts to our exclusive clientele.

Andavo Travel is a leading provider and support network to the Independent Travel Agent community throughout the United States.  Working as an Independent Contractor allows for entrepreneur travel agents to increase their financial opportunities and yet keep the flexibility they desire.  It offers substantial advantages with the ability to capitalize on Andavo Travel’s memberships and buying power that is only offered in large agency organizations, like ours.

Less than 1% of all travel agencies are Virtuoso and Andavo Travel’s elite membership offers travel agents a full suite of benefits including higher commissions earned with the largest selections of fine vendors plus air commission programs.  Virtuoso members also benefit through Virtuoso’s extended benefits to our clients.  These additional benefits include complimentary gift amenities for your client, complimentary upgrades, private tours, excursions not offered to the general public and complimentary private shore excursions offered through Virtuoso’s “Voyager Club” Cruise sailings.

Virtuoso also offers an extensive array of On-Site Programs for those agents who handle FIT business.  The On-Site organizer’s are strategically placed through out the world and are increasing each year.  Currently there are over 100 On-Site programs offered in 58 different countries.

Virtuoso’s Educational Opportunities provided by ICTA are at substantially reduced rates including special Virtuoso FAM trips.  Become a Destination Specialist and obtain “better” business with higher profits.

Virtuoso Marketing Program exceeds any mailing offer available today.  Easy to set-up, no hassle, sent directly from the publisher to your clients.  These full color brochures are customized with your name, phone and address in order for your clients to contact your directly.

Virtuoso additionally offers leads to those travel professionals who have completed a Virtuoso profile and are considered country or region specialists or have earned an ICTA Destination Specialists certification.  These generated leads are brought to you through the rewards programs offered to Neiman Marcus customers.

For more information in leading opportunities as an owner/operator of your own Independent Travel Agent business, please contract Lea Schroder, Director of Andavo Independent Network at 1-800-685-0038 or IndependentNetwork@andavotravel.com
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