Sector
Lifestyle & Learning

Location
Sacramento, CA

Employees
90

Estimated Revenue
$30 Million

Web Site
www.gettravel.com

GET Travel Group, LLC
San Francisco–based GET Travel is the nation's leading student leisure tour operator. Founded in 1985, the company registered over 73,000 students for its group tours in 2001.

GET Travel operates trips most often bound for ski and beach destinations across Canada, the United States, and Mexico over spring break and after graduation. Of note, the company is the largest single ticket purchaser for Disneyland's Grad Nite, buying over 23,000 tickets annually. GET Travel has developed nationally recognized brand names, Invasion Tours® and Adventures America®, that it uses to market to schools and students.

In April 2002, Black Knight Partners, LP closed a $2 million private placement with the company and began to work actively with management developing the business. Subsequently, Black Knight invested an additional $3 million into the company and increased its ownership.  In August 2005, GET merged with Sacramento-based USA Student Travel to form World Pass Travel Group, which is today the largest student leisure travel operator in North America.

Results: Increased company revenue through internal growth and merger by 50%.