We plan weekend trips, formals, retreats, and destination events for 45,000+ students every year — including hotels, transportation, venues, and on-site support.
Hotels, buses, venues, and on-site support handled by Highland — your chapter just shows up.
Highland Destinations is a student-focused group travel company. We design full weekend experiences for 30–300+ students — covering lodging, buses, venue rentals, and on-site support so your executive board doesn’t have to.
Send us your dates, destination, and headcount — we return a complete group travel plan.
Choose your city or vibe — we plug in the hotels, venue rentals, and nightlife experiences.
Highland rents bars, rooftops, clubs, and private event spaces in your favorite destinations — all vetted as group-friendly and built for student audiences.
Private events, campus shows, and college festivals built for student markets.
Highland Destinations specializes in group travel for student organizations. Our team works with fraternities, sororities, club sports, and campus organizations across North America to design complete weekend experiences. Instead of piecing together hotels, buses, and venues on your own, you receive a single travel partner that manages every moving part.
Most trips start with a simple idea: a formal in New Orleans, a retreat in the Ozarks, a semi-formal weekend in Toronto, or a spring trip to Las Vegas. From there, Highland sources hotel blocks that are comfortable, group-friendly, and aligned with your budget. We negotiate group rates, manage rooming lists, and communicate directly with the property so your executive board does not spend hours chasing contracts and confirmations.
The next step is venue rentals. Many student groups want more than just a hotel room — they want a private space for their main event. Highland maintains a large network of bars, rooftops, clubs, and private event spaces in destinations like Nashville, Savannah, Charleston, Montreal, and Chicago. Our team understands which venues are comfortable hosting large college groups and which ones are best reserved for other uses. That experience saves your executive board time and prevents surprises on the night of the event.
Transportation is another critical part of group travel planning. Depending on your route and budget, Highland can coordinate motor coaches, school buses, or shuttle solutions that keep your chapter together and help everyone arrive safely. Bus schedules and pick-up points are built into your itinerary so that your members know exactly where they need to be and when.
For groups that want more than a standard weekend, Highland connects directly with Unreal Events to design festival-style experiences. This might mean bringing national talent to a venue you already love or plugging into an existing festival like Thaw Out. Production, staging, lighting, and artist logistics are all managed by experienced show producers who understand the student market.
Above all, our goal is to make group travel simple, safe, and repeatable. Chapters and student organizations come back to Highland year after year because they know what to expect: clear pricing, organized itineraries, and a team that is responsive from the first quote all the way through the weekend of the trip. Whether you are planning your first off-campus formal or scaling to multiple trips each year, we provide the playbook and partner network to make it happen.
If you are a social chair, president, or event lead looking to simplify group travel, venue rentals, and student events, Highland Destinations is built for you. Share your headcount and dates, and we will return a complete weekend outline with hotel options, venue ideas, transportation, and pricing so you can make a confident decision quickly.
Answers for social chairs, presidents, and event leads planning their next trip.
We primarily serve fraternities, sororities, student clubs, and college organizations planning weekend trips, formals, retreats, and destination events for groups of 30–300+ students.
Most packages include hotel blocks, venue rentals for your main event, transportation options, and support from our team. We can also layer in talent booking, production, and content in select markets.
For peak markets like New Orleans, Toronto, Nashville, and Las Vegas, we recommend reaching out 3–6 months in advance. For smaller markets or off-peak dates, we can often move faster.
Yes. Many of our trips are built around university and national organization guidelines. We can adapt hotel, transportation, and venue selections to align with your chapter’s requirements.
No. While a large portion of our business comes from fraternities and sororities, we also work with business clubs, student governments, club sports, and other campus organizations.
Share your destination, dates, headcount, and trip type using the contact form. We will reply with options for hotels, venue rentals, and transportation so you can compare packages and choose what fits.
Send us your headcount and dates — Highland will bring back a full weekend plan.