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Destination of Choice Package Trips

Lead a Thrivent Builds Worldwide trip. We'll take care of the details.

"Pre-packaged" trips make it easy for you to make a difference.

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Changing Lives

The Thrivent Builds Worldwide program lets you build a home where your heart and passion lead you. And now, it's even easier to lead a trip and make a profound difference in a family's life.

Ready-to-Lead Package Trips

Thrivent Builds Worldwide "prepackaged," ready-to-lead trips make it as easy as possible to plan and lead a trip. We take care of the details, like hotel accommodations and ground transportation. And, we've made team leader training as easy as possible with two online training sessions. You focus on what's really important—recruiting and guiding participants—and working with partner families to build simple, decent, affordable homes.

These pre-packaged volunteer work trips make it easy to take the lead in helping families in these locations.

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Hungary

Location: Hungary

Build in beautiful Hungary, the land of the Blue Danube.

Trip Cost

Members: $1,749 plus airfare
Nonmembers: $2,029 plus airfare

Trip Duration

Nine days.

Cultural Activities

Enjoy a guided tour of Budapest and an excursion to Hortobagy which includes a boat trip.

Macedonia

Location: Macedonia

Enjoy unparalleled beauty and Biblical history in Macedonia.

Trip Cost

Members: $1,640 plus airfare
Nonmembers: $1,920 plus airfare

Trip Duration

Nine days.

Cultural Activities

Enjoy a guided tour of Skopje, including a visit to the Ethno Museum. Experience a cave and boat trip to view some breathtakingly beautiful scenery.

Poland

Location: Poland

Historic Warsaw is calling you to help its families reach economic independence.

Trip Cost

Members: $1,550 plus airfare
Nonmembers: $1,830 plus airfare

Trip Duration

Nine days.

Cultural Activities

Take in the sites on a guided tour of Warsaw and visit Chopin's birthplace.

Portugal

Location: Portugal

Discover the best of Portugal with all its fine monuments, cities and its wonderful landscapes.

Trip Cost

Members: $1,529 plus airfare
Nonmembers: $1,809 plus airfare

Trip Duration

Nine days.

Cultural Activities

You have the option of visiting beautiful Barcelona (with a trip to the beach) and magnificent Geres (countryside/mountains).

Romania

Location: Romania

Experience what makes Romania one of Habitat's most popular international destinations!

Trip Cost

Members: $1,680 plus airfare
Nonmembers: $1,960 plus airfare

Trip Duration

Nine days.

Cultural Activities

Visit Turda's Gorge and salt mines and take a trip to Bucovina, a medieval monastery.

New Mexico

Location: New Mexico

Seated on the high-desert mesa at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Taos is rich with Native American and Hispanic historic culture and art.

Trip Cost

Members: $990 plus airfare
Nonmembers: $1,270 plus airfare

Trip Duration

Eight days.

Cultural Activities

Visit the Taos Pueblo, an ancient American Indian community continuously inhabited for 1000 years. Take a historic trolley tour. There are numerous art galleries and museums. Or visit nearby Bandelier National Monument, learn about the culture of the Ancestral Pueblo people and explore amazing hiking trails through Frijoles Canyon and across picturesque mesas.

South Dakota

Location: South Dakota

Native America invites you to come and build on the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation in Eagle Butte, South Dakota.

Trip Cost

Members: $925 plus airfare
Nonmembers: $1,205 plus airfare

Trip Duration

Eight days.

Cultural Activities

Tour such Historic Landmarks as Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse Mountain, Needles Highway and The Badlands.

West Virginia

Location: West Virginia

Experience Appalachia which is also known as the “poverty pocket of America”. Learn its culture and history.

Trip Cost

Members: $475 plus airfare
Nonmembers: $755 plus airfare

Trip Duration

Seven days.

Cultural Activities

Mid-week enjoy a guided hike up Seneca Rocks in the Monongahela National Forest, a visit through an underground cavern, and a trip to Spruce Knob which is the highest elevation in West Virginia. Additional activities include self-guided driving tours of the historic scenic byways and live folk music.

Available trip weeks are determined by the Habitat host program.

What is Included

Your trip cost, based on a team of 10 – 13 volunteers, with 50% Thrivent Financial members, is all inclusive, including:

• As a benefit of membership, all Thrivent Financial for Lutherans benefit members* receive a $280 discount on trip costs. It's the power of your membership in action.
• A $10,000 donation from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans to the Habitat host program.
• Waived required donations from trip participants to Habitat for Humanity—a $500 value.
• Full coverage of trip costs for team leaders, including airfare up to the average flight cost for that area of the world.
• Tips/gratuities and travel from and to the airport in-country.
• Accommodations at a clean, comfortable local hotel (double occupancy) or volunteer dormitory for US options.
• Daily shuttle service to the job site**.
• Three meals a day.
• Purified water on the build site.
• Tours and taste of the town dinners.
• Organized and supervised build sites.
• All tools and building materials provided on site.
• In-country support from your local Habitat for Humanity host.
• Traveler's medical and trip cancellation insurance for international locations.
• 1-2 days of free time for cultural activities (sites, tours, hotels, etc.).

What is Not Included

• Airfare, except for team leaders.
• Souvenirs.
• Alcohol.
• International entry and exit fees (if applicable).
• Phone bills and extra hotel charges (laundry, massage, etc.).
• Up front cash needed to cover any medical expenses (medical insurance is included in trip price and expenses will be reimbursed at later date if cash is needed for treatment).
• More than one team shuttle to/from airport (if team members have booked significantly different flight times).

Lead a Trip of a Lifetime

Thrivent Financial members are needed to lead volunteer work trips this year. We'll take care of the details so you can take the lead in helping others.

Your enthusiasm and personal leadership skills can be the catalyst to help your congregation, Lutheran group or local chapter of Thrivent Financial experience a lifechanging trip. For details, contact your local manager of Lutheran community services.

* As a benefit of membership, all Thrivent Financial for Lutherans benefit members are eligible for the discounted trip cost. You are considered a Thrivent Financial benefit member if you are age 18 or older and own Thrivent Financial insurance or annuities. You also qualify if you have a Thrivent Mutual Fund account or an insurance or annuity contract issued by Thrivent Life Insurance Company.
** This benefit excluded for West Virginia trips as teams will rent their own ground transportation.