A word about
HP Fan Trips™, our first Fan Trip theme :
HP Fan Trips™ was created after a chance meeting of three Harry Potter fans at the first-ever Harry Potter symposium, Nimbus - 2003, held in Orlando, Florida.
Jeff Guillaume (webmaster and editor-in-chief of HPANA), Heidi Tandy (co-founder of FictionAlley) and Jeannie Barresi (co-owner of Beyond Boundaries Travel) planned a Harry Potter fan's dream vacation to the United Kingdom, set to take place in the summer of 2004 with the theatrical release of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Following and building upon the success of that premiere tour,
HP Fan Trips™ in 2004-2008 whisked thousands of Harry Potter fans to Britain, featuring an exclusive ride in the carriages used as the Hogwarts Express in the filming of the Harry Potter movies, private parties at Edinburgh Castle and much more.
HP Fan Trips™ continues the tradition of offering unsurpassed experiences for Harry Potter fans for the fifth straight year.
Helping us to reach as many fans as possible are some of the top international Harry Potter fan sites, including Mugglenet and HPANA, whose loyal readers come from more than 200 countries and generate over 50,000,000 hits per month.
HP Fan Trips™ has been featured MSNBC, CNN, Scotland Today, in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Malaysian Star, New Zealand Herald, Frommer's, Fodor's, The Scotsman and numerous newspapers, magazines, books and TV outlets in the U.S. and around the world.