Club Avandra Membership
As a Club Avandra member you will find yourself part of an exclusive community.
What's in it for you?
Membership is an entry ticket to bespoke experiences created by Club Avandra and carefully selected partners, complete with members-only experiences and access.Â
You’ll receive our monthly missive Travelista, edited by Lifestyle Director Marianne Jones and full of first person stories and fashion, beauty and lifestyle insights brought to you by thought leaders and tastemakers.
You’ll be able to take advantage of exclusive-to-Club Avandra membership benefits including elevated hotel experiences, bespoke VIP insurance and free wellness treatments.
Our regular real-life events focusing on fashion, beauty, food and lifestyle will be led by people you’ll want to hear from and attended by people you’ll want to meet.
You’ll be able to browse and book Avandra Exclusive trips hosted by high-profile personalities and experts in their field. As a Club Avandra member, you’ll be invited to join these unique trips designed with Club Avandra-approved levels of luxury, unique access and one-off experiences. Some are led by experts in their field or high profile personalities, others may be member groups. You will find wellness retreats, itinerary-led adventures, or simply sunshine-filled stays in beautiful places with like-minded women. Wherever your fancy takes you, personal space is always included…
The Club Avandra Guarantee
Our tour-operating partners are chosen scrupulously, ensuring they hold ATOL licenses to provide you with peace of mind and financial protection. Importantly, they have the expertise and mindset that aligns with the Club Avandra brand.
We work with tour operating partners whose operations prioritise sustainable tourism wherever possible.
Our trips operate with full respect for local cultures and animal welfare.
We aim to tread lightly and help members appreciate and protect the ecological and cultural significance of the places we visit.
Personal Space
No requirement to share a room.Â
Exclusive Access
Money-can’t-buy experiences included.Â
Intimate Groups
Numbers appropriate to trip (no more than 12).
Perfect Duration
Average trip length 5 – 7 days.
Premium Accommodation
Luxury boutique stays.
Private Transfers
Safe & reliable transportation.
- Celebrity host escorted departures.
- Club Avandra expert guided trips.
- Hotel or villa-based group stays including boutique hotel buyouts.
Personal space: no requirement to share a room. Unlike other solo trips, you will have your own space, whenever you want it
Intimate groups: our group sizes will never exceed 12 people, and are often less than this
Your trip will be led by a female host, who is either connected to the destination, or is a high-profile personality who just loves to share her favourite experience.
Take our very own Marianne Jones, half Maltese and leading a trip to her favourite island to show off some of the lesser known treasures of her motherland.
Or bestselling author, comedian and Australian institution Kathy Lette, who loves hiking as much as wine and so is incorporating both into her chosen trip to Galicia.
How about Club Avandra chair Debbie Flynn, who having run the Jordan tourist board for 21 years now heads up the Anglo Jordanian Society and can’t wait to share the secrets of this endlessly intriguing destination.
And then there’s the famous Finnish wellbeing guru Marja Putkitso who promises to get you bendier, livelier and happier in just a few days whilst exploring Helsinki at the same time.Â
What’s more, new trips are added every month.
Money-can’t-buy experiences included. We don’t just get under the skin of the destination – we deliver it through the unique lens of exclusive-to- Club Avandra experts and personalities, with itineraries that include experiences you simply can’t buy elsewhere and friendships you won’t find anywhere else.
- Perfect duration: our average trip length is 5-7 days. We know you’re busy… but our destinations are not. No trips planned for peak season, and are just long enough to give you a fulfilling experience with enough downtime to be rejuvenating, too.
- Premium accommodation: luxury boutique stays or hotel, chalet and villa buyouts.
- Private transfers: no coaches or buses!
Avandra Exclusive Experiences
As a Club Avandra member, you’ll be invited to join our exclusive trips designed with Club Avandra-approved levels of luxury, unique access and one-off experiences. Some are led by experts in their field or high profile personalities, others may be groups of members. You will find wellness retreats, itinerary-led adventures, or simply sunshine-filled stays in beautiful places with like-minded women. Wherever your fancy takes you, personal space is always included…Â
Monday 23 March - Friday 27 March
Sunday 29 March - Thursday 2 April
Friday 5 June - Wednesday 10 June
Saturday 25 June - Thursday 29 June
Thursday 16 July - Monday 20 July
11 September - Wednesday 16 September
Other Membership Benefits
As we grow, Club Avandra will be introducing many value-added benefits and regular partnerships with like-minded luxury lifestyle brands to benefit members – from exclusive real-time events in perfect places, to member-only discounts and special offers. We are delighted to share that our launch benefits include:Â
Elevate your travel experience with GHA DISCOVERY Elite status.
As a Club Avandra member, you’ll enjoy an exclusive fast-track upgrade to GHA DISCOVERY Platinum, the elite status of the award-winning, multi-brand loyalty programme GHA DISCOVERY.
Unlock enhanced privileges, including room upgrades, late check-out, members rates and more. With Platinum status, you’ll earn 6% back in DISCOVERY Dollars (D$) – the programme’s reward currency (D$1 = USD1) – redeemable on stays, dining, spa experiences and more at over 900 hotels across 50 renowned brands, including Kempinski, Anantara, Pan Pacific, Capella and The Set Collection.
Achieving GHA DISCOVERY Platinum typically requires ten nights or USD5,000 in spend, but as a Club Avandra member, your status is fast-tracked.
Your Platinum benefits include:
- 6% back in DISCOVERY Dollars (D$) on eligible spend.
- Room upgrades and late check-out, subject to availability.
- VIP recognition at over 850 exceptional hotels across 45 global brands.
- Access to exclusive member rates, local offers and experiences.
Unique experiences included. We don’t just get under the skin of the destination – we deliver it through the unique lens of exclusive-to- Club Avandra experts and personalities, with itineraries that include experiences and friendships that you simply won’t find anywhere else.
Ready to join our club?
We are currently accepting new applications for Club Avandra membership from like-minded women around the world.Â
We know a community is only as strong as its members, so for a limited period we are offering a special annual founder subscription rate of £250 for the first 100 sign-ups (normal rate is £400), which includes all member benefits and access to our incredible Avandra Exclusive trips.
Event Calendar
Thursday 16 October
Launch party: Number Six, Marylebone Hotel, London
Are you sorted? Worldly? And frequently find yourself in a ‘no sh*ts given’ frame of mind? Since you’re here already, we can bet you’re answering ‘yes’ to at least one of those questions. As were over 100 guests at our lively launch party!
Our launch event on October 16 took place in the soignee surrounds of Number Six’s bar and lounge at London’s Marylebone Hotel, as Club Avandra’s Lifestyle Director Marianne Jones chatted to author, broadcaster and comedian Kathy Lette and writer and broadcaster Rosie Green about exactly what it means to be part of this dynamic community of women. Kathy, who says she has long been in a space where she does not give a sh*t what other people think, has finally reached a place where she does not have to compromise her choices, and shared stories to tell from her solo travels around the world. In fact, she joined us straight off the plane from her latest trip – along with straight-talking host Marianne Jones, whose latest solo adventure to India’s Golden Triangle took in some of its most luxurious highlights. Rosie brought her own sharp wit to the proceedings for an evening full of champagne, sage truisms, ‘you as well!’ insights, and luxury travel inspiration. It’s safe to say that the first real-life gathering of the Club Avandra community was a massive hit.
Tuesday 3 February
Simple ways to slow ageing, improve your hormone and gut health
‘They say that you can have 100 problems, but when one is your health it becomes the only problem you really have.’
Join wellness expert Tracey Woodward as she takes you on a captivating journey through her top tips for easy (fun) ways to optimise your hormone health, gut health and longevity.
Former CEO of Aromatherapy Associates and commercial director of Urban Retreat, Tracey’s story is an inspiring tale of resilience, relentless determination and reinvention. She has first hand experience of managing a C-suite career with non-exec board positions, charity fundraising, home, family and travel.Â
Having struggled to leave her impoverished and illiterate childhood, she worked her way up from a counter in a suburban beauty hall to global CEO. She then encountered a new battle – health. Via education, application and intuition she used a combination of science, diet, exercise and alternative therapies to reverse Type 2 diabetes and overcome ovarian cancer.Â
She has become one of the UK’s leading wellness warriors and now consults for a raft of leading centres of excellence and health and beauty brands.
During this event she’ll take a lively (and frank) look at ageing and realistic ways to tweak your lifestyle via:
- Exercise
- FoodÂ
- Fitness
- Sleep
- Fun
- Focus
- Community
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We guarantee you’ll feel transformed before you’ve even left!
Tracey’s wellness journey also dovetailed with her passion for Italy, and when her favourite family hotel Palazzo Fiuggi became a spa focusing on longevity and wellness, Tracey ramped up her annual visits. She’s now an ambassador for Palazzo and will also be hosting an Avandra Exclusive trip this spring.