Travel Services

Whether you need promotional resources for your event, itineraries and activities for your group or lodging information, our staff is here to help you.

Tourism

Groups looking for support or leisure travelers needing detailed assistance can call 1.800.999.1613 and request information. Motor Coach operators and tour planners can get their best packages through the assistance of the Tourism Division. Call today for the latest packages and to book your group's trip to Columbus. Be sure to ask about our itinerary package — each can be custom made to your group’s budget, time, and interest.

Contact Sid Kaminsky

Communications

Key to promoting your group, our staff can prepare and distribute press releases to over 200 media outlets throughout the Southeast. City-wide press conferences are also a specialty to help create media and local attention for your group. Be sure to have your event included in our Calendar of Events. This listing is sent to media, hotels, attractions, and key points-of-contact throughout the region to help generate event awareness.

Contact Shelby Guest

Recreation Options

• Golf at Bull Creek, Oxbow Meadows & Lakewood Golf Courses
• Tour National Infantry Museum
• Team Building at Coca-Cola Space Science Center
• Port Columbus National Civil War Naval Museum
• Daytrip to Callaway Gardens
• Performances at the Springer Opera House-Georgia’s State Theatre
• Performances of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra
• Performances at the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts
• Personalized Tours - Broadway Barbecue, & Bach; Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow; To the Moon and Beyond; Walking the Pathways of Presidents; Operation Military Rendezvous
• Heritage Tours
• Historic Church Tours
• Shopping
• Antique Excursion
• Art Galleries Discovery
• Columbus Museum
• RiverWalk activities along the Chattahoochee
• Chattahoochee Indian Heritage Center
• Entertainment District
• Cooper Creek Tennis

Annual Events

• January FDR Birthday Celebration
• February Black History Month Observance
• March Thunder in the Valley Air Show, Port Columbus RiverBlast Celebration
• April  Westville Spring Festival, Callaway Gardens Spring Celebration
• May Cotton Pickin’ Country Fair, Masters Waterski Tournament at Callaway, Uptown Spring Concert Series
• June Miss Georgia Pageant
• July Thunder on the Hooch - July 4th Celebration
• August Columbus International Festival
• September Junior League of Columbus Attic Sale, Plains Peanut Festival, Greater Chattahoochee Valley Fair
• October Arts on the River, Tuskegee-Morehouse Football, Uptown Fall Concert Series
• November Steeplechase at Callaway Gardens, Fantasy in Lights at Callaway, Fountain City Football Classic, Christmas Made in the South
• December Victorian Christmas at Port Columbus, Broadway Holiday, Holiday Tour of Homes, Fantasy in Lights at Callaway Gardens