I am an avid traveler and adventurer and I have decided to start a business where we completely customize active vacations around the world for the upper middle and upper class. I know it might sound odd, but you would be surprised how many people in those financial categories want to break away from the typical resort vacation and go see what only the locals know about, while experiencing something new such as overnight kayaking, backpacking, rafting, etc..

I am asking for your help in brainstorming some names. The name should be appealing to a wealthy market, have something to do with experiencing something new, or active. Some ideas I have come up with already are:

Destination Unlimited (Taken)
World Class Adventures
Passport to ____________?
_______ Destinations?
Tailor Made Adventures
__________ Therapy?
First Class Adventures?

I'm not saying their great, but I have to start somewhere and hope that with your help I can come out of this with a great name. Thanks for your help.

Derek

Hi Derek-

I really like your idea. I was just reading something in Time magazine along the lines of your business idea.

Whatever name you get, make sure that you get the domain name.

I really like Tailor Made Adventures but the .com is taken. How about-

CustomizedAdventures.com
AtYourWishAdventures.com
AtYourWishTravel.com
PlatinumClassAdventures.com

Good luck!

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Derek, here are some other ideas:

HighClassAdventures.com
GetawayToAdventure.com
CustomWorldAdventures.com
Custom-madeGetaways.com
One-of-a-kindAdventure.com
CustomAdventureVacations.com

These domains are all available as of this posting.

Great idea...best of luck!

I love these types of forums. When your able to brainstorm with others and bounce different ideas off one another, progress happens so much smoother and quicker. Thanks for the ideas everyone.

Derek

My brain has been working overtime on naming this business. Using the ideas you have given I came up with a couple more. What do you think of something along the lines of......

My Own Adventure myownadventure.com

My 5 star adventure my5staradventure.com

My custom adventure mycustomadventure.com

I don't know if a name like this appeals to my market. The plan is to come up with completely custom active vacations around the world while making it an adventure like no other, combining 5 star accommodations with adventure. Let me know what you think...Thanks

Derek

I would scrap any name that start with "my" - it just sounds cheesy. If you could get customadventure - that would be great!

Thanks for the reply. I definitally do not want "cheesy!"

Derek

Derek, I also don't like the "my" which seems to imply for one only.

Based on what you have come up with now, here are some other suggestions...

Custom5starAdventure.com
ExtraordinaryAdventure.com
Elite5-starAdventure.com
Self-StyledAdventure.com
FirstClassGlobalAdventure.com
Private5starAdventure.com
VIPAdventureVacation.com

Good luck, Roger

I really like some of those names. Let me ask you something I had thought about. I was watching the Travel Channel and I realized that many of these upscale businesses are named after themselves. I know marketing just your name is very difficult but what if I included "Custom Adventures?"

Does

Falk Custom Adventures make sense?

I wonder if that is more appealing to my market?

Thanks.

Falk, Custom Adventures?

Falk, Custom Adventure Vacations?

I think adding your name might be a good idea in this case. It lends some distinction and credibility to your business as if you have already been operating for a while.

I would go with Falk Custom Adventures and then perhaps develop a tagline/slogan to complement your name which could help better define what Falk Custom Adventures is all about.

I would do some research to make sure that your name(Falk)is not being used by another travel-related business if you haven't already done so.

Go for it... Roger

Thanks Roger for the reply. That is what I was thinking but I just wanted to see what others thought. Thanks again.

Derek

Adding your own name is the way to go. Marketing wise its actually easier because names are usually easier to remember - and yours, in particular, would be easy.

Use the shorter versiom with the tag line.

Stay away from names with numbers unless you can get both the digit and the spelled out version - i.e., five and 5.



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Hello Everyone. I just wanted to thank everyone for their help and input through the naming process.

We decided on "Falk Custom Adventures" and our tag line is "Adventures a little beyond the ordinary."

Our new website is now done and I would love to hear what you guys think of it. Also if you enjoy adventure yourself please sign up for our newsletter under the "Join Now" tab to find info about new adventure destinations and some of our up and coming trips.

Thanks again everyone! Check out www.falkadventures.com

Derek