Toronto Travel Massive bring together travel bloggers, travel media, tourism boards, travel-tech startups, travel companies, OTAs, hoteliers, travel PR/marketers, professionals and entrepreneurs in the travel space to meet, share and connect; foster collaboration and build meaningful connections.
We host free, regular events run for the community by the community. Would you like to sponsor an upcoming event, be a guest speaker, or lead a workshop? Email: toronto@travelmassive.com.
💙 Special thanks to some of our past hosts & sponsors:
G Adventures, Contiki, Saint Lucia Tourism, Colorado Tourism, Travel Nevada, Visit Guadalajara, Tourism Ireland, Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel, YouTube Canada, Ontario Tourism, Tourism Toronto, Jamaica Tourism, Intrepid Travel, Urban Adventures, Booking.com, Google Canada, Skyscanner, Flight Centre, Olympus, Visit Florida, Visit Berlin, Visit Great Britain, German National Tourism, Czech Tourism, India Tourism, Curacao Tourism, Visit Panama, Air Transat, Colombia Tourism, Copa Airlines, KnowRoaming, SnapTravel, Project Spaces, and many more.
🎳 3-Strike no-show policy: Travel Massive events are free and often have limited capacity. No-shows prevent other people from accessing these events and can hurt our relationships with the event sponsors. The 3-strike policy exists to encourage respect for event organizers, partners, sponsors, and other members. All members are encouraged to release their tickets within the timeframe outlined on the event page but if they fail to do so and reach 3 event no-shows the member will not be able to attend any upcoming events for 12 months.
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Hello Toronto community,
Since the inception of Travel Massive Toronto a few of you have won trips by attending our partner events with destinations or made connections that lead to trips and we'd love to see your stories.
Whether you attended and were lucky to be whisked away on a trip (remember the Taiwan event?), worked through a giveaway challange or made your own connections through Travel Massive, it's an inspiring story. This could have been a dream trip or a life changing opportunity and we are very happy to be the linchpin in that adventure and excited to continue offering these connections to our members.
So let's look back at the last decade:
- Are you one of the giveaway recipients
- Have you have met someone at a Travel Massive which led you to a trip or a documented partnership
- Did you enjoyed the event so much that you created content about it or the topic you learned about (blog posts, reels, IG posts)
- Do you have a story of how Travel Massive has impacted you, that you'd like to share
Please share it with us, you can do so by commenting on this post (so others can see and be inspired :) or email it to us directly to toronto@travelmassive.com.
We cannot wait to see your stories
~ Team Toronto Travel Massive
Living 2 hours away, sometimes you are not 'in the loop' and I welcome the opportunity to meet other travel industry professionals at a Travel Massive event. The friendships that I have made over the years with other content creators have been priceless. I look to these people for inspiration, motivation and generally great travel content. I travel with them to faraway places. I look forward to meeting more travelers at the next event.
I've attended two events so far and met some very cool travel bloggers like @travelwithtmc.com, @goatrotichronicles.ca and @downshiftingpro. I'm able to learn from their examples. Thank you Kateryna for organizing the events.
Just wanted to say hi to everyone! It has been so long!
Hey, the 1,001th member of this community just joined! We're Marilee + Paul Kostadimas of Spotlight Sojourns. Excited to connect with this dynamic community of fellow travelers and creators.
Welcome to the community!!
Hey all, you can now check out all past Toronto Travel Massive events (including livestreams) right here, on our platform. Enjoy!
www.travelmassive.com/past-events?search_term=Toronto
Sweet, it's back folks!!!
I hope to attend some events in 2022
Hi! I am so sad to have missed this most recent meet-up. Does anyone know when the next one will be? :)
Stay tuned here! We don't know when our next one will be but hopefully soon!
Hi all! Wanted to post in here quickly to introduce myself - I have a destination marketing agency and looking to build further relationships in Toronto. Hope to attend a Travel Massive event in YYZ soon! James
Welcome James! Looking forward to meeting you at a future meet up!
Thanks Cristina! Hoping there are plans for more events later this year!
Last night was AWESOME!!!!!! WELCOME BACK TRAVEL MASSIVE TORONTO!
It was pretty awesome! It's been far too long and it was so great to see everyone <3
Welcome Kateryna! We are so excited to have you lead the next era of Toronto Travel Massive!
Thank you Cristina, really looking forward to it all :)!
Hello Toronto!
After much deliberation we’ve decided to start a Toronto Massive instagram account as one of the ways to support this community better. Come give us a follow at @TravelMassiveTO, find yourself, reminisce about the past events (we’ve chosen a few to populate this new account).
We also invite you to tag us, use #TravelMassiveToronto and invite @TravelMassiveTO as a collaborator to your Massive adventures ☺️
Lat but not least, if you are looking to engage w/ the community as a social media volunteer give us a shout at toronto@travelmassive.com.
Quick link:
www.instagram.com/travelmassiveto/
~ Toronto Travel Massive team
Following! ☺️
Tour Operator Opportunity in Toronto! As a Toronto Travel Massive Alum I'm reaching out for a friend/client who is visiting Toronto on Nov 2 - 4th 2023. He's looking to meet travel advisors and boutique travel companies who are interested in learning more about Colombia, and explore how to build a strong and differentiated offer to clients with a successful Tour Company in the Colombia in the most vibrant up and coming destinations! If this is an option for you, please reach out to Rodrigo at : impulsetravel.co/en/ or WhatApp: at +57 310 858 4790
Thanks for sharing Dorene! For any travellers in town for this, highly recommend connecting with the Impulse team. I had a chance to experience one of their sustainable tours in Colombia - they are fantastic!
Please share any future opportunities! As an advisor, I'd be very interested!
Hello Toronto Massive!
We'd like to officially invite you to our upcoming Travel Massive Social on November 30th 🎉! Make sure to register, even if it is in the wait list in case of cancelations.
www.travelmassive.com/events/toronto-travel-massive-fall-social-1058068671
We are looking forward to seeing you out in a few weeks!
~ Toronto Travel Massive team
Happy Tuesday,
Today we’ve got a question for our creator/blogger and photographer community members 📸
We are looking at hosting some learning events in the new year and would love to know what topics you are most interested in, here are some starters, share your thoughts in comment, feel free to add anything we may have missed!
1️⃣ Storytelling with photography
2️⃣ Improving photography as a creator/blogger: beginner, phone camera, point-and-shoot
3️⃣ Improving your photography skills: intermediate, have a digital camera
4️⃣ Improving your video and video editing skills
5️⃣ Other skill specific sessions: using manual settings, composition, light, people, architecture, food & drink, etc name yours
6️⃣ Monetizing my travel photography
7️⃣ Making Reels or TikToks (please say which)
8️⃣ Drone skills
9️⃣ Add your own
Can’t wait to see hear your thoughts!
~ Kateryna
Hi Kateryna. I'm interested in beginner photography and other specific sessions. I'd also like to learn about video editing. And I'd like to learn more about blogging. Which platforms to use and creating a blog that works.
4 all day long...
Hello Kateryna!
Thank you for organizing this. I'd love to learn more about video and video editing. (Maybe a hands-on SEO workshop too.)
#2 and #4 would be huge for me! #7 would go hand in hand with that for reels. Thank you!
Hi Kateryna
Looking forward to upcoming events. Definitely #6, would be so great to work towards this more this year!
Hi everyone!
I just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. I'm a Toronto-based photographer - I started with weddings and family photography but gained traction in the travel, event (fam trips) and hotel space. Although my strength is photography, I'm building up my cinematic short-form video portfolio.
If you're on Instagram, feel free to give me a follow www.instagram.com/jessica_hoang. I'll be sure to follow you back and engage with your account :)
I hope to meet you all and attend a Travel Massive Toronto event.
Cheers!
Jessica
Hello Jessica, lovely to meet you and welcome to Toronto Massive :)!
Hello Toronto,
Announcement: We have a giveaway for the June 6th event 🎁 If you are yet to sign up, please see full event details here: www.travelmassive.com/events/travel-massive-toronto-june-social-4518345158
The MEC gift:
1. MEC Outpost 40L Rolling Duffel (carryon size): Roll smoothly and quietly, with a bit of low-key elegance. The burly construction is water-resistant and tough enough to withstand being tossed into boats or flung around on baggage carousels. Expansion straps give you additional capacity for souvenirs or those times you want to bring just one more sweater.
2. MEC Travel Light Packing Cube 3-Pack Multisize: Keep the contents of your luggage organized and wrinkle-free with this package of three lightweight packing cubes. They are also useful for keeping shoes and dirty laundry separate from the clean stuff.
Product links are at the end of the page, total giveaway cost is 240+ CAD
Bonus: There will be another special treat for those who attend 😉
Contest rules:
Contest opens May 14, 2024, at 12 pm EST and closes on June 6, 2024 at 12pm EST
1. To participate in the contest tell us where you will take your new travel gear to next in an Instagram story or Feed post. Is it a camping trip in Ontario, a dream trip to Bali? Share a photo or a video of this destination, or tell us a quick story, we’d love to know.
2. Make sure to mention @travelmassiveTO @mec_toronto @mec and #TravelMassiveToronto
3. Follow @travelmassiveTO @mec_toronto @mec on Instagram
4. The story post must be up for full 24 hours. The feed post must be live at the time of the event, June 12, 2024, 8pm EST
5. The gift recipient be announced at the event on June 6, 2024 and must be present at the event in person to receive the gift
Good luck 🎉
Recently did a 2-month RTW trip with my 40L MEC bag, perfect size!
Great to hear!
Hi Kateryna, I just tried to provide my name for the name tags via the Google Forms link you provided. However, I get this error message: "This form can only be viewed by users in the owner's organization."
Is there any other way to access this form?
Thanks!
Thank you very much for calling out attention to it! All fixed now :)
Hey Travel Massive Toronto fam!
Can't wait to see you in a couple days!
As you may have seen on our IG or have been notified, we have switched our venue for this week’s social meet-up to the *brand new* Bovine Steakhouse in Union Station. Oh la la!
The good news continues to roll-in as Travel Massive Founder, Ian C, will be in attendance as well!
Ian will be here for a couple weeks and we are thrilled to have him back in Toronto (already twice this year!!) in attendance for our 2 June events.
If you would like to join our waitlists, check out the event links:
June 6 - www.travelmassive.com/events/travel-massive-toronto-june-social-4518345158
June 12 - www.travelmassive.com/events/beginner-hands-on-photography-workshop-1703669844
If you can't make it in-person, send Ian a “hello/intro” note.
Was feeling nostalgic. Here is a quick reel I whipped up :) www.instagram.com/reel/C7zTyZjpwLQ
Thanks for the warm welcome Jazz, I'm looking forward to catching up with everyone while I'm in town!
Really looking forward to both events and meeting the new members in person!
Tonight for June 6th event we have an additional attendee giveaway $50 eSIM credit from GigSky for all your abroad connection needs :)
Hi Kateryna. Thank you for organizing the photography workshop. Unfortunately I'm not able to make it tomorrow. I know it will go well. Merle
Thanks everyone for hosting Thursdays event. Nice to get out and meet people who are passionate about travel!
Likewise! Thank you for joining us
Hello all! I'm excited to join Travel Massive! I have started a new Food and Walking Experience Company called Delicious Discoveries and am looking to form connections here with other travel professionals in Toronto. If anyone has experience listing a business on Trip Advisor, I'd really appreciate your insight! Looking forward to connecting!
Hello Maya, welcome to Travel Massive! Your tours are lovely, I'm still thinking about the apple pie hehe. In regards to TA, have you seen this? There is an option to "add" www.tripadvisor.ca/Owners
Hi everyone! I’m the new CMO of Aurora Expeditions, an award winning, Expedition cruise company based in Australia. We’ve been around for 30+ years and are expanding our presence globally.
I’m actually based in Toronto, and am ex-G Adventures, so not completely new to travel.
I’m looking forward to meeting more of you to help me grow the Aurora brand across Canada, the US, and Europe.
Cheers
Hey Greg! I really enjoyed the Aurora presentation at the ACTA summit a few weeks back. I learned a lot about Aurora's position in the global (not just Antartica!) expedition space. Looking forward to connecting with you at one of our networking events!
Oh that’s great Jasmin. Yes, David did that presentation. He’s our global head of sales and is also based here in Toronto. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Hello Toronto,
A few quick updates from the team:
📽️ In case you missed our FAM best practices webinar you can rewatch it any time on the event page: www.travelmassive.com/events/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-fam-press-trip-3667871371
Our wonderful panelists shared a lot of invaluable insights that can help you with future tourism collaborations.
🍂🥃 We are getting quite excited for our upcoming visit to the John Sleeman & Sons Distillery in Guelph and would like to extend an invitation to newer travel creators who focus on food & beverage and visual content. As a quick reminder, this even is a day FAM trip so the RSVP process will be processed via a waitlist.
Learn more: www.travelmassive.com/events/fam-harvest-day-at-spring-mill-distillery-in-guelph-1136096994
More events will be announced soon but in the meantime, log in and comment on this post to let us know what you might want to learn next.
Have a great week
~ Team Travel Massive Toronto