RETREAT OR TOUR?

RETREATS

• Retreats are normally two-three day events.
• Retreats can provide a “mini-vacation” for attendees.
• Retreats are usually held at a camp, resort, hotel, or church
• Retreats allow for connecting with old friends, meeting new friends, and enjoying times of recreation and fellowship.
• Retreats may offer workshops, informative sessions, and special presentations in addition to “main service” events.
• Retreats involve more times, travel and costs, which may discourage some from attending.

TOURS

• Tours take your “event” to several locations.
• Tours allow more people to participate
• Tours require little or no travel for most attendees.
• Tours are one-day or one-night events, which may be attractive to some.
• Tours require minimal costs to participants.
• Tours allow more Pastors and Church SAM leaders to participate.
• Tours may require less financial expenditures from the sponsoring District or Church.

BANQUET TOURS

• A Tour can be greatly enhanced by making it a BANQUET TOUR!
• Designate a “host church” in the city where the Banquet is to be held.
• Appoint a committee to coordinate, plan and prepare for the Banquet.
• Promote thoroughly and well in advance.
• Banquets can be held at a church, restaurant, or community facility.
• If the Banquet is held someplace other than a restaurant, meals can be prepared by the host church or catered.
• Keep the cost affordable but adequate to cover expenses.
• Banquets can be held at noon or evening, and should be no more than two hours in length (approximately one hour for the meal and one hour for the program).
• Present an exciting, appealing program – speaker, music, entertainment, inspirational, etc.