Introducing the PalaVidas Travel Club

From the beginning, PalaVidas was never meant to be just a travel company. It was meant to be a community — a group of people who believe that the best experiences in life happen when you step out of your routine, cross into somewhere unfamiliar, and share that journey with people who get it.

The Travel Club is how we're making that real.

Today we're officially opening membership, and we want to tell you exactly what it is, who it's for, and why we think you're going to love it.

What is the PalaVidas Travel Club?

It's a membership community for people who take travel seriously — not necessarily frequently, but intentionally. People who want to go deeper than the typical tourist trail. Who want to travel with others who share that same energy. And who want a trusted source to help them plan and experience the kinds of trips they'll actually remember.

The Club has two tiers: a free Community membership that anyone can join, and an invitation-based VIP membership for travelers who want to go all the way in.

"We built the Travel Club for the kind of traveler who wants to go deeper — not just further."

Choose your membership

Free - Community

Open to everyone. Join the community and stay in the loop.

• Trip announcements before the public

• Early access to special offers

• Access to our private Discord community

• Monthly travel newsletter

• Post-trip photo galleries

VIP — by approval

Everything in Community, plus exclusive access and travel perks.

• All Community benefits

• Future Travel Fund, we help pay for your next trip

• Guaranteed spot on yearly curated group trips

• First dibs on returning destinations

• Vote on new destinations

• Pre-trip member mixers with the group

• Nominate future destinations

A word on the Future Travel Fund

Of all the VIP benefits, this is the one people ask us about most, so let us explain it properly.

We know that the biggest barrier to intentional travel usually isn't desire. It's the upfront cost of a deposit landing at an inconvenient time. The Future Travel Fund is our way of helping VIP members build toward their next trip without the sticker shock, with contribution options that work for different situations and budgets.

Interested in the details? The Fund has a few different tiers and contribution structures, and we love walking people through it personally. Reach out to us directly and we'll explain exactly how it works for your situation.

Why approval-based for VIP?

Fair question. The short answer is that group dynamics matter enormously in travel. Twelve people sharing a boat, a dinner table, and a pre-dawn temple visit need to be a good fit for each other — not just individually great travelers, but collectively a group worth being part of.

VIP approval isn't a gatekeeping exercise. It's how we protect the experience for everyone inside the Club. We want every member to feel like they landed in exactly the right group — and that takes a little intentionality on our end.

"We want every member to feel like they landed in exactly the right group."

Where we're headed

This year, PalaVidas is running our inaugural group trip to Thailand, and Thailand will become an annual returning destination. Each year after that, we'll add a new destination to the calendar until we have six curated trips running. VIP members will help shape that list through destination voting and suggestions, which means the Club grows in the direction its members actually want to go.

We're at the very beginning of something we're genuinely excited about. The Travel Club is how we're building it with you, not for you.

How to join

Community membership is free and open right now. Fill out the quick Google Form and you're in. You'll get Discord access upon approval and start receiving trip announcements before anyone else.

If you're interested in VIP, the best first step is joining the Community and reaching out to us directly. We'll have a conversation, answer your questions, and go from there.

We're super excited to have you along for this.

— Tysley & Tom