United States Tour Operators Association: Smart Travel with Tours and Packages

In addition to its Active Member tour operators, USTOA provides for and welcomes Associate and Allied Members into its membership. This invitation is extended to responsible industry and governmental entities and organizations whose interests and purposes are compatible with those of USTOA... to encourage and support professional and financial integrity in tourism and in the future of the travel industry.

USTOA's programs, meetings, communications and services are devised and devoted to an exchange of ideas, facilitation and development of travel on a worldwide basis and to defining and advancing objectives of mutual interest and benefit.

Associate Membership

Associate Membership is offered to common carriers, head offices of organizations, associations and multiple locations of suppliers of tour products and services, government agencies and others interested in developing travel but not directly serving tour passengers.

Allied Membership

Allied Membership is available on a single location basis to suppliers (other than common carriers) directly serving travelers on tour itineraries, the trade press and certain other communications and promotional entities.

An Active Member (tour operator) of USTOA must sponsor your application for Associate or Allied membership. Click here to download a complete list of Active Members.

USTOA Annual Conference & Marketplace

An Annual Conference and Marketplace enables Associate and Allied Members to meet with top executives from the Active Member tour operators on a one-to-one, buy-and-sell basis. Marketplace is not a trade show and does not include exhibits.

An additional fee is required to attend the Annual Conference, which must be paid along with annual dues by the registration deadline in order to attend the Conference and be listed in the Delegate Registry.

USTOA Desk Reference

USTOA publishes an annual membership publication: USTOA Desk Reference, for the travel trade. Travel Weekly produces the guide and distributes it with its issue in early January.

In order to be listed in the USTOA Desk Reference, your membership application and payment of annual dues must be received no later than October 31.

USTOA Logo Use

Associate and Allied Members of USTOA do not carry the USTOA $1 Million Consumer Protection Plan logo on their brochures or websites; only USTOA Active Members, who do participate in that plan, do so. You will receive an Associate or Allied membership logo that may be used on your stationery and business cards.

Dues

Associate Membership Annual Dues: $750.00

Allied Membership Annual Dues: $350.00

Dues are paid in full the year you join and are pro-rated the following year (i.e., if this year you joined in June and paid the full amount, next year you would receive a credit for the five months you were not a member).

Application Forms

Application forms are available as PDFs, which require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. If you wish to have an application form faxed or mailed to you instead, please e-mail us your request.

Associate Membership Application Form

Allied Membership Application Form