A famil is a complimentary or heavily discounted travel package offered to travel agents and industry buyers to showcase a destination, airline, or hotel. It serves as a direct marketing tool, allowing agents to experience the logistics and quality of a tour firsthand. This regional clipping is standard jargon in the Southern Hemisphere travel trade, equivalent to the North American fam trip.
Qantas is hosting a famil to Fiji next month for our top-performing corporate booking agents.
Also heard as
- Familiarisation trip
- fam trip
Related terms
Fam trip
A fam trip is a discounted or free tour provided to travel agents to familiarize them with a destination.
Implant
A travel agency employee stationed full-time inside a corporate client's office.
Bucket shop
A bucket shop is a discount travel agency that sells surplus airline tickets at rock-bottom prices.