TORONTO — G Adventures’ VP Customer & Sales Operations and Managing Director, Canada, David Green, thinks the travel industry should take a two-month long vacation every February and March. Who’s with him?

“We could just set our Out-Of-Office messages on our email and take off. Because every f****** year in February and March, something happens,” he said to laughter, cheers and claps from travel advisors, media and tourism board partners at last night’s ‘Travel Your Heart Out’ event.

The annual G Adventures roadshow, arriving in Toronto yesterday after stops in Vancouver and Victoria, was a fun night and a much-deserved break for a travel industry that’s been through so much already in 2026, and especially in the past few weeks, scrambling to rebook clients and dealing with cancellations after Cuba, Puerto Vallarta and now the war.

“This evening is all for you,” Green told agents gathered at the Storys event venue in Toronto’s Entertainment District. Travel advisors mingled and networked with G team members as well as reps from the night’s four partner tourism board destinations: Colombia, Costa Rica, Portugal and Peru.

The roadshow now heads to Halifax, Calgary and Montreal. The annual event is all about agent appreciation, “and thanking the agent community,” Green told Travelweek.

It’s also about raising funds for Raise the World. As Green noted in his ‘G in 3’ column this week, G Adventures has made Raise the World its rallying cry “across every continent where we currently operate. At its heart, it’s a global movement that brings our entire community together, giving everyone the opportunity to raise vital funds to support the incredible work of our non-for-profit partner, Planeterra.”

Agents who connect clients with G Adventures trips are already directly fuelling the Raise the World initiative, he added. For those who want to take it even further, Green suggests talking to clients about Planeterra, or setting up a fundraising page. Agents can also donate to the Team Canada fundraising page, found here. Team Canada has already raised an incredible $18,000, he added.

G Adventures is also honed in on its long-standing partnership with National Geographic Expeditions; its new ‘National Geographic Signature with G Adventures’ itineraries launched earlier this year. G Adventures’ concept of ‘communityship’ is another focus, and it’s also the title of founder Bruce Poon Tip’s latest book, coming out later this year.

JORDAN, EGYPT & OMAN SUSPENDED

Amid the conflict in the Middle East and Persian Gulf, G Adventures has suspended operations in Jordan, Egypt and Oman up to and including March 22, 2026. The company is contacting all affected travellers to advise them about flexible rebooking options.

“Jordan, Egypt and Oman are all suspended,” Green told Travelweek. “We know there’s a level of uncertainty so we’ve relaxed our T&Cs. We’re being very flexible. And we’re very appreciative of all the work agents are doing.”

He added that as soon as possible G Adventures wants to back in those countries. “We’re going to be ready to get back in, we want to be the first into these destinations. The people who are most impacted by all this are the locals.”

‘BORN IN CANADA’

Green also made sure agents at last night’s event knew that working with G Adventures is a boost for a Canadian company. “We’re ‘Born in Canada’, we’re a proudly Canadian business,” he said. “When you support G Adventures, you’re not just supporting those destinations, you’re supporting a proudly Canadian company.”

Green also invited agents to work towards securing a spot on the annual GX Summit, now taking place in Cambodia, Sept. 23 – 28, 2026. G Adventures’ Change Makers Challenge runs until May 31, 2026. The annual agent incentive offers 15 Canadian agents a spot at the 2026 GX Summit.

GX is the company’s annual global multi-day event “where we bring our entire community together,” said Green. As he joked, “only one company is stupid enough to do that, and it’s us.” More than 700 people are expected for GX in Cambodia.

Lead image caption: G Adventures’ National Sales Manager, Erin Rogers; GPS, Ontario, Nuppy Mistry; and VP Customer & Sales Operations and Managing Director, Canada, David Green