When supplying corporate gifts for an important meeting, it is difficult to provide something both unique and affordable. Instead of going to a generic restaurant, consider taking a fun, relaxing walking tour of your city. Each attendee of the walking tour will receive an MP3 that is customized to your very own business, representing an significant appreciation for all involved. The following features are sure to not only set up an entertaining day in the city, but also serve as constant reminder of the prestige and thoughtfulness of your company.

An informative, refreshing walking tour of your city

Corporation events have the tendency to be predictable and repetitive. The idea of a walking tour brings something new to the table; you get to spend meaningful time together, see the highlights of the city, and give all attendees a unique memory of your company and city. This will give your company the appearance of being creative and thoughtful.

A high quality MP3 player. with your company logo

An MP3 player is an impressive gift to start off with, but your company’s logo makes it a meaningful symbol from your company. The logo is printed on the MP3 player, and will remind its user of the exhilarating walking tour each time they play their favorite song. The MP3 player itself is built to last, so it will keep the memory of the day alive much longer than the tour itself.

Customized introduction

Instead of the tour starting off with a boring advertisement from an irrelevant company, your tour will start off with a personal, specialized message. Whether you want to create excitement about the tour or remind your guests or your appreciation is completely up to you. With everyone’s undivided attention, this is your chance to engage the party and start the tour off right.

PDF map branded with the company name

Similar to how the MP3 player will link your company with their favorite songs, the PDF map will link your company to a refreshing day in the city. The attendee will have the option of privately reminiscing of the tour, showing off the tour to others, or revisiting the sights on the tour. The map will show where you walked, and incorporate your company’s name or logo to serve as a reminder of your thoughtfulness.

If you are looking to plan a unique corporate event that will remain memorable long after the day of,contact Tourz2Go. The walking tour and gift MP3 player will differentiate your company from your competitors.

If you’re a corporate event planner, choose Tourz2Go for your next meeting and stand out with this exceptional gift, complete with plentiful branding opportunities. Present attendees with an MP3 player equipped with your company’s logo and loaded with a walking tour of Washington D.C. (or another city), an audio message from your CEO, or other customized content according to your needs. As your guests wander from the Martin Luther King, Jr. to the Roosevelt Memorial, they’ll eagerly soak up information about your host city as well as your company. Listen to a few audio samples to get a taste of the experience.

If you’re an association meeting planner, delight your sponsors with the opportunity to highlight their product or service through a Tourz2Go walking tour. You can offer sponsors a web page to download walking tours of D.C. or another host city paired with customized content, such as a recorded greeting from the sponsor, presentation slideshows, or PDFs. Attendees can easily download this content to their MP3 player, smartphone, or other portable device. With Tourz2Go, you’ll find your sponsors and meeting attendees pleasantly surprised by this one-of-a-kind offering.

Rather than branding more mini hand sanitizer bottles, stand out from the pack with Tourz2Go. Your guests walk, your executives talk, and with our MP3 player, your message rocks. Contact us today for more information and look forward to unveiling Tourz2Go at your next event.

Thanks Joe!

EAST HARTFORD, CONN., (May 11, 2012) – Companies and associations looking for new, affordable ways to “green” their meetings and events have found an attractive, engaging solution:  MP3 players and web downloads from Tourz2Go.com.  The colorful, reusable MP3 players include pre-recorded customized corporate messages, a walking tour of a city where the meeting is held, and a USB connector to access meeting content (PDFs, word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and more).  The secure web downloads also include walking tours, customized messages, and links to additional relevant content.

Tourz2Go launched this service in 2011 and has seen tremendous growth among companies trying to cut costs and reduce environmental impact of its meetings and events.  Clients have used the MP3 players to replace printed sales manuals, to deliver presentation materials to large audiences, or simply to thank meeting attendees with a reusable gift that gets them out walking and exploring a host city.

The web downloads also have proven to be an affordable way to achieve “green” goals.  Meeting attendees download event content and walking tours directly onto their own MP3 player or other portable audio device (including a smartphone, iPod, or iPad).   Some clients give the web address and pass code to meeting attendees before the event to build excitement, to capture their attention early, or to help them plan their time to take advantage of the walking tour.

“Companies are more sensitive about using their meeting and conference budgets in greener, more responsible ways, such as with reusable items that save paper and that are meaningful to attendees,” said Ali Ginnett, owner and founder of Tourz2Go.  “Our MP3 players and web page downloads are affordable, have minimal or even zero packaging, are entirely reusable.  Companies are finding countless innovative ways to use Tourz2Go.com to record messages, make announcements, capture the attention of their key audience, and reduce environmental impact, all at once.”

Each tour is professionally recorded and contains historical highlights and information, points of interest, details about the culture of a city, and other valuable information.  Companies can add a message at the beginning, middle or end of each tour, which is either recorded by the company executive or by a professional voice over actor (coordinated through Tourz2Go).  The MP3 players can be presented in either a velvet pouch or gift box, and include a printed map of the location – all of which serve as branding opportunities for companies or sponsors.

The web downloads option provides an affordable and highly entertaining opportunity for associations to offer their sponsors as a way to reach meeting attendees.  Sponsoring organizations are able to include their logo on the web page, and can include their message points in any customized recordings.

Tourz2Go is able to create digital walking tours for any destination, including top U.S. cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Hartford, Miami, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Francisco, Savannah, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.

Touz2Go.com was created by meeting industry veterans and technology experts who combine some of today’s most entertaining technology with customizable walking tours.  The company is the first of its kind in the U.S.

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The 70-minute walking tour covers between 1.5 and 3 miles.  It begins at the corner of Park and Tremont Streets near the Park Street subway station and includes stops such as:

• Park Street Church
• The Old Granary Burial Grounds
• Beacon Street
• Boston Athenaeum
• The “Ally McBeal” Building
• Mary Dyer Statue
• Gen. Joe Hooker Statue
• Shaw Memorial
• The Massachusetts State House
• Boston Public Gardens
• Sites and Homes of Beacon Hill.
• Boston Common
• “Cheers” Bar
• African Meeting House
• Old West Church
• Historical Site of Twelfth Baptist Church
• Longfellow Bridge
• Harvard Bridge
• The Esplanade

We also offer a 3-mile walking tour of Boston’s famed Freedom Trail which highlights the history of colonial Boston and the American Revolution.  This tour takes you along the historic streets where the Sons of Liberty first rose up to challenge the most powerful nation on earth.

Download a sample of this tour and see the walking map!

If we didn’t get to see you at the Springtime Expo, give us a call and we will show you how our service can get your meeting attendees walking and your executives talking!

The 1.1-mile Times Square Tour runs about 53 minutes and covers all the highlights and dazzling lights of the Broadway Theater District. This famous intersection – Broadway and Seventh Avenue – is home to the popular Good Morning America live broadcasts, is where the New Year’s Eve ball is dropped, and is where the curved, seven-story NASDAQ sign reports financial news to the world.

The Rockefeller Center Tour is just under one mile and takes about 47 minutes to complete.  This tour begins at the Diamond District, where literally millions of dollars worth of gemstones can be found.  It continues along past St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the famous Rockefeller Ice Rink, Christie’s auction house, the Today Show studios, and Radio City Music Hall.

The Wall Street tour runs about 49 minutes and begins with a walk through the first-settled areas of Manhattan Island, passing archeological remnants from the original Dutch settlement as well as secret Revolutionary War meeting places. The one-mile tour includes a walk through the financial district and up one of the most famous streets in the world, Wall Street.
The one-mile South Street Seaport tour runs from Broadway toward the East River to the original seaport that helped turn New York into the powerful metropolis it is today. The 43-minute tour includes views of the beautiful Brooklyn Bridge, the former Fulton Fish Market, and the revitalized South Street Seaport development of shops, eateries, and the Seaport Museum.

Download a sample of the audio tour!

The Tourz2Go.com MP3 players and web downloads break that cycle on several fronts:

• When attendees take our entertaining walking tours, they learn about their host city while spending time outside in the fresh air – two memorable activities

• Web downloads can be shared and enjoyed by others

• MP3 players include a USB port and FM radio, so can be used long after the event ends

Smart companies are even asking attendees to save their MP3 players for the next sales meeting or event – when new content is easily added, and new tours are downloaded.

This year, be memorable with Tourz2Go.com!

When they sell direct, attendees appreciate having the option to purchase the tour for use during their down time.  If the purchase includes the MP3 player, it is a terrific value for them!

Some groups sell our tours at cost – some use the tours and MP2 players to generate income for their association.

Another great way to put Tourz2Go to work for you!

Download an audio sample of the tour.

Stops on our tour include:

• Washington Monument, with stories about how the Washington Monument stood as a “chimney” for several decades
• WWII Memorial,
• Constitution Gardens and Signers Monument, with information on the little-known Founding Father who drafted the “original” Declaration of Independence
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial
• Lincoln Memorial
• Korean War Memorial
• WWI Memorial Introduction
• WWI Memorial
• FDR Memorial
• George Mason Memorial
• Jefferson Memorial
• Smithsonian Castle
• We also offer separate specialized tours of Washington, D.C. that focus on the Civil War, Pennsylvania Avenue, Arlington National Cemetery and Embassy Row.