With almost 2 million visitors every year, Cuba is among the world's fastest growing tourist destination and Cuban people reserve an especially warm welcome for Canadians and Americans.

Cuba Travel 4 Less - is the official tour operator representing the Agencia Receptora Ecotur S.A., one of Cuba's largest local agencies. As we operate out of the Bristish Virgin Islands, Spain, UK and Norway, Cuba Travel 4 Less is not subject to the restrictions imposed by the American embargo. As such, we are able to serve all travelers, regardless of whether they have a Treasury Department license.

It is a well-established fact that tens of thousands of Americans travel to Cuba without a license from the Treasury Department.

However, for those who prefer to take the legal route, you may be interested to know that under current regulations travelers who have a license are free to purchase services from a foreign agency.

Our clients tell us that a travel license for Cuba is becoming increasingly easier to obtain. Many travelers are already authorized to travel, due to their membership in a particular club or association.

We suggest that you actively solicit these groups, whose members are, for the most part, uninformed about or simply unaware of their travel rights.

Listed below, are groups authorized for travel to Cuba:
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Official government travelers; they may include your mayor, governor, senator or employees of government agencies
Journalists (including free-lance) and technical staff
Professionals traveling for meetings, conventions or research purposes
Amateur or semi-professional athletes or teams
Students, undergraduate and graduate university students, researchers, teachers or employees of academic institutions (high school, college, university)
Individuals or member-groups of religious organizations
Humanitarian organizations
Organizations sponsoring person-to-person contact
Artists
Foundations, research and educational institutions
Business people in the healthcare or food industries
Media professionals

Listed below, are examples of groups who have obtained licenses: know more...

Agricultural fact-finding missions
Architect associations
Art alliances
Art institutes
Ballet troupes
Botanical garden representatives
Choirs
Delegates of Jewish communities
Delegations for twin-city programs
Doctors' groups
Graduating students
Health care fact-finding missions
High school classes
Many college groups
Many museums
Many NGO'S
Music producers
Orchestras
Photography workshops
Soccer teams
Teacher associations
Theater troupes
Volleyball teams
Young authors

In most cases, the people traveling to Cuba with organizations are not necessarily all members, but simply accompanying spouses or friends. Some groups even advertise outside their ranks in order to attract travelers.

It is up to you as travel agents to gather more information about such groups and invite them to legally discover Cuba. Draw up a list of groups or organizations in your area and solicit them! We can match groups with their Cuban counterparts, if necessary, for the purposes of obtaining a travel license. Participation in cultural or professional events also facilitates obtaining a permit.