Contracted Travel Brokers

- Competitive bids are not required.
- Travel brokers on the list are required to utilize commercial carriers from the preferred list

Name

Street Address

City

State

Zip

Phone

Contract

Coast 2 Coast Travel Inc.
Karen Bennett
1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1000 Washington DC 20036 800-363-8103 4400013222
Grand Fund Inc. dba Green Light Group Tours
Vially Dorestant
72 Valencia St. St. Augustine FL 32084 904-490-1820 4400013223
Kaleidoscope Adventures
Bobby Cassell
301 S. Tubb St, Unit H-1 Oakland FL 34760 800-774-7337 4400004765
Lakeland Holdings Inc., dba World Strides
Keith Johnson
218 W. Water St., Suite 400 Charlottesville VA 22902 713-392-3976 4400004772
Mount Vernon Travel, Inc.
Betsy Mathes
8601 Richmond Highway Alexandria VA 22309 703-799-9400 4400004768
Thompson Travel Bureau, Inc. dba Jim Mulvihill Tours
Jace McMahon
85 DeBarry Ave, Unit 3011 Orange Park FL 32073 703-371-1744 4400004771


Non-Contracted Travel Brokers
- Four (4) written competitive bids must be obtained for contracts between $10,000 and $199,999 to be kept on school file. See R5012 and contact the school's buyer for questions. Risk Management strongly recommends a travel broker with a minimum of 5 operating years in the industry.
- Contract with the travel broker must be reviewed by the Office of Procurement Services via CRAMS prior to obtaining the principal's signature.
- Travel broker should consider using commercial carriers from the preferred list. If a commercial carrier is not on this list, note the following:
   o Carrier must send to Risk Management a current certificate of insurance (COI), with a minimum $5M in auto coverage (or a combination of auto and excess)
   o Only full-size buses (40 - 60 passengers) are permitted for student transportation.
- Travel broker must submit a current certificate of insurance (COI) to Risk Management with at least $1M of general liability coverage per occurrence.