Fostering encounters with Christ through missions, pilgrimage and travel
Welcome to Encounter Travel
Custom missions, pilgrimages, and travel adventures that are crafted to facilitate an encounter with Christ and transform your life. Let us create the next travel experience for your organization, parish, young adult group, friends, or family.
What makes Encounter Travel different?
Encounter Travel is a family-owned and operated organization. The formative elements of every trip draw on over 17 years of missionary experience serving a variety of apostolates of the New Evangelization. Friendships around the world allow us to provide local encounters and “off-the-beaten-path” experiences unknown to most other travelers.
23 years creating custom travel experiences
We will work with you at every step of the way to provide a custom-made experience of travel that will transform the lives of all participants.
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Encounter Missions
We craft our mission trip experiences with the goal of facilitating encounter.
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Encounter Medical Missions
Crafted for professional physicians to bring physical and spiritual healing to those most in need.
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Encounter Sports Camps
Missions specially crafted to facilitate an encounter with Christ through the shared language of sports.
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Encounter Pilgrimages
Crafted to transform every participant and to “kick-start” evangelization in your parish, young adult group, business or any other community.
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Encounter Father-Son/Mother-Daughter Trips
Crafted to deepen relationships with your children through faith-filled adventure.
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Expert Consulting
Helping your organization with strategic vision to select the most ideal travel experiences for the demographic you serve.
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Group Travel
Planning a mission trip through another organization? We are here to help you arrange any of your group travel needs such as group airfare and travel insurance.
Upcoming Trips
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Baseball and Volleyball Mission Camp
In collaboration with NOVUS we invite you to join us on NOVUS’s first 1:12 Project Mission Trip, a life-changing Baseball and Volleyball Sports Camp in the Dominican Republic.
This three-day camp is crafted to foster a profound encounter with Christ, using the universal language of sports as a conduit. A dedicated chaplain will be on-site, guiding us through a transformative experience alongside the local community.
Our Partners
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The foundation of Encounter Travel is built on decades of international expertise, a profound compassion for the disadvantaged, and an extraordinary talent for orchestrating life-changing experiences. Their visionary approach aligns with the principles of the New Evangelization, offering the promise of transformative impact for both the participants and the communities they will serve.
Craig Miller, CEO at FOCUS Mission Foundation
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Encounter, through the mystery of intentional travel, will bring you closer to the core of the glory of God, closer to being man and woman fully alive. Their team will guide you into incarnational experiences with the formation of the person and the dignity of the human being at heart. Let Encounter Travel show you the world through God's eyes.
Danielle Brown, Director at USCCB
