{"id":9930,"date":"2018-08-06T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?p=9930"},"modified":"2022-11-23T11:16:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T16:16:51","slug":"four-things-about-classic-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?p=9930","title":{"rendered":"Four Things You Probably Didn\u2019t Know About Classic Vacations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Classic Vacations is to luxury as Picasso is to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cubism\">Cubism<\/a> \u2013 they\u2019re one in the same. But there\u2019s more to them than you may have realized. Here are four fun facts about the luxe wholesaler you probably didn\u2019t know!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Their Original\u00a0Name Was\u00a0Classic Custom Hawaii<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>When the San Jose-based wholesaler first opened in 1978, it was called Classic Custom Hawaii. As you may have guessed, they only sold Hawaii packages. A lot has changed since then. Aside from the name change, Classic Vacations now offers a variety of different destinations. They include Hawaii, the Caribbean, Mexico, Europe, Australia, Maldives, Dubai, and, most recently, Asia. Speaking of which\u2026<\/p>\n<h3><strong>They Started Selling Asia In 2017<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>With a strong consumer (and in turn, travel agent) demand for Asia, Classic Vacations is finally offering high-end options for this trendy destination. The luxury wholesaler has primarily focused on Southeast Asia and Hong Kong since expanding their portfolio to the region last year.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luxurytraveladvisor.com\/people\/classic-vacations-at-40\">Luxury Travel Advisor<\/a><\/em>, David Hu, President of Classic Vacations, said, \u201cWe found significant enough demand so we\u2019re going full-board, especially for Southeast Asia. There are a lot of different destinations there, where if you don\u2019t go soon, they won\u2019t be the same in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>They Only Sell To Travel Agents<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Yup, you read that correctly. Classic Vacations only sells to <a href=\"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/travel-agency-blog\/why-tpi\/start-your-own-business-doing-something-you-love\/\">travel agents<\/a> or agencies. Despite being purchased by Expedia Group, Inc. in 2002, they remained true to their roots. In the same interview with <em>Luxury Travel Advisor<\/em>, Hu spoke of Expedia purchasing Classic and said, \u201cWe went the complete 180 degrees and realized, why be in competition with travel advisors? Why not take the benefits of what Expedia brings, and give it to the travel advisors, and enable everybody to profit and do well with it?\u201d<\/p><div class=\"post-cta-roar\"><div class=\"post-cta-roar__inner\"><h2 class=\"post-cta-roar__headline\">5,800+ Rockstars Have Partnered With Us<\/h2><p class=\"post-cta-roar__paragraph\">Determine which path is right for you<\/p><div class=\"post-cta-roar__buttons\"><div class=\"post-cta-roar__button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?page_id=16967\" title=\"New to Biz Page\" class=\"btn--primary btn--post-cta-roar js-new-button\"><span>I'm a New Agent<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"post-cta-roar__button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?page_id=140\" title=\"Experienced Agents Page\" class=\"btn--secondary btn--post-cta-roar js-experienced-button\"><span>I'm An Experienced Agent<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Plus, with one look at their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicvacations.com\/content\/about-us\">mission statement<\/a>, and you\u2019ll understand that they\u2019re all about the travel agent community.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>They Celebrated 40 Years In The Biz\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We weren\u2019t the only ones celebrating a <a href=\"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/travel-agency-blog\/tpi-press\/its-our-anniversary\/\">huge milestone<\/a> this year. On June 13th, Classic Vacations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BKpDusbpkOM\">celebrated their 40th anniversary<\/a> in the travel industry! That\u2019s a serious accomplishment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe strongly believe that travel brings people together\u2026,\u201d said Hu, in a press release announcing the 40th anniversary. \u201cWe can celebrate our differences and discover our similarities; by enriching our lives with travel, exploration, and education, we all grow and benefit together. Celebrate with us as we continue down this journey of making the world a smaller place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We couldn\u2019t have said it better ourselves. To learn more about Classic Vacations, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicvacations.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Classic Vacations is to luxury as Picasso is to Cubism \u2013 they\u2019re one in the same. But there\u2019s more to them than you may have realized. Here are four fun facts about the luxe wholesaler you probably didn\u2019t know! Their Original\u00a0Name Was\u00a0Classic Custom Hawaii When the San Jose-based wholesaler first opened in 1978, it was&hellip;","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[24,538,776,744,131,19,31],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-9930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-asia","tag-classic-vacations","tag-fun-facts","tag-luxury","tag-travel-agents","tag-travel-planners-international","tag-vacation-2","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Four Things You Probably Didn\u2019t Know About Classic Vacations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Classic Vacations and luxury always used in the same sentence but is there more to the brand? Here are four fun facts you probably didn&#039;t know about Classic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?p=9930\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Four Things You Probably Didn\u2019t Know About Classic Vacations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Classic Vacations and luxury always used in the same sentence but is there more to the brand? Here are four fun facts you probably didn&#039;t know about Classic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?p=9930\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Travel Planners International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-06T13:00:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-23T16:16:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AdobeStock_109650868.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"6444\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"4290\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Travel Planners Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Travel Planners Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/?p=9930#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/?p=9930\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Travel Planners Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b718baff469e7e07951d2ed216fba38f\"},\"headline\":\"Four Things You Probably Didn\u2019t Know About Classic Vacations\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-06T13:00:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-23T16:16:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/?p=9930\"},\"wordCount\":441,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/?p=9930#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/AdobeStock_109650868.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"asia\",\"Classic Vacations\",\"fun facts\",\"Luxury\",\"Travel Agents\",\"travel planners international\",\"vacation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Travel\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/?p=9930\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/?p=9930\",\"name\":\"Four Things You Probably Didn\u2019t Know About Classic Vacations\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/?p=9930#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/?p=9930#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/AdobeStock_109650868.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-06T13:00:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-23T16:16:51+00:00\",\"description\":\"Classic Vacations and luxury always used in the same sentence but is there more to the brand? Here are four fun facts you probably didn't know about Classic\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/?p=9930#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/?p=9930\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/?p=9930#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/AdobeStock_109650868.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/AdobeStock_109650868.jpg\",\"width\":6444,\"height\":4290,\"caption\":\"Woman looking at view on famous travel destination.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/?p=9930#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Four Things You Probably Didn\u2019t Know About Classic Vacations\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Travel Planners International\",\"description\":\"Host agency for travel agents\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Travel Planners International\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/travel-planners-international-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/travel-planners-international-logo.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":120,\"caption\":\"Travel Planners International\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tpi.itbyus.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b718baff469e7e07951d2ed216fba38f\",\"name\":\"Travel Planners Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8e602b651c83ae60956e6338e4eac8ed2838d068ecaf3fb14ff9f72ebb21bbdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8e602b651c83ae60956e6338e4eac8ed2838d068ecaf3fb14ff9f72ebb21bbdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8e602b651c83ae60956e6338e4eac8ed2838d068ecaf3fb14ff9f72ebb21bbdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Travel Planners Admin\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Four Things You Probably Didn\u2019t Know About Classic Vacations","description":"Classic Vacations and luxury always used in the same sentence but is there more to the brand? Here are four fun facts you probably didn't know about Classic","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?p=9930","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Four Things You Probably Didn\u2019t Know About Classic Vacations","og_description":"Classic Vacations and luxury always used in the same sentence but is there more to the brand? Here are four fun facts you probably didn't know about Classic","og_url":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?p=9930","og_site_name":"Travel Planners International","article_published_time":"2018-08-06T13:00:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-23T16:16:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":6444,"height":4290,"url":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AdobeStock_109650868.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Travel Planners Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Travel Planners Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?p=9930#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?p=9930"},"author":{"name":"Travel Planners Admin","@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b718baff469e7e07951d2ed216fba38f"},"headline":"Four Things You Probably Didn\u2019t Know About Classic Vacations","datePublished":"2018-08-06T13:00:40+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-23T16:16:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?p=9930"},"wordCount":441,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?p=9930#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AdobeStock_109650868.jpg","keywords":["asia","Classic Vacations","fun facts","Luxury","Travel Agents","travel planners international","vacation"],"articleSection":["Travel"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?p=9930","url":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?p=9930","name":"Four Things You Probably Didn\u2019t Know About Classic Vacations","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?p=9930#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?p=9930#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AdobeStock_109650868.jpg","datePublished":"2018-08-06T13:00:40+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-23T16:16:51+00:00","description":"Classic Vacations and luxury always used in the same sentence but is there more to the brand? Here are four fun facts you probably didn't know about Classic","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?p=9930#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?p=9930"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?p=9930#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AdobeStock_109650868.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AdobeStock_109650868.jpg","width":6444,"height":4290,"caption":"Woman looking at view on famous travel destination."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?p=9930#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Four Things You Probably Didn\u2019t Know About Classic Vacations"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/","name":"Travel Planners International","description":"Host agency for travel agents","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/#organization","name":"Travel Planners International","url":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/travel-planners-international-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/travel-planners-international-logo.jpg","width":400,"height":120,"caption":"Travel Planners International"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b718baff469e7e07951d2ed216fba38f","name":"Travel Planners Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e602b651c83ae60956e6338e4eac8ed2838d068ecaf3fb14ff9f72ebb21bbdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e602b651c83ae60956e6338e4eac8ed2838d068ecaf3fb14ff9f72ebb21bbdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e602b651c83ae60956e6338e4eac8ed2838d068ecaf3fb14ff9f72ebb21bbdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Travel Planners Admin"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9930"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tpi.itbyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_series&post=9930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}