Providing education for athletes through international sports and cultural experience.
AIST provides an incredible sporting experience for you or your team to travel or play abroad.
Our tours offer lasting memories and team unity all built while touring local, rich, and unique cultures.
Our tours include top-quality competition and facilities for training and games. You'll pick up a few tricks along the way.
Team tours are custom built to fit your teams' needs, budget, interests, and skill-level offering unique experiences.
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AIST (American International Sports Tours Inc.) provides an incredible experience for you and/or your team to travel abroad and play internationally while exploring the world.
No matter the sport or group size, AIST has the experience and resources to provide you and/or your team with an amazing tour which will include top quality competition and sports facilities for training and games. In addition, your team will be able to build lasting memories and team unity while exploring and experience the local cultures and sightseeing attractions.
Team tours are custom built to fit the needs of your team allowing you to select options that best fit your budget and interests. We always include first class service with professional tour managers throughout your tour. We look forward to providing you and your team an experience of a lifetime.
Our program is designed to give athletes the opportunity to improve as a player and as a person. Here are a few reasons to travel with AIST:
We serve both the private and public school sector in search of long-term partnerships with reputable institutions such as these.
We go deep to unlock insight and have the courage to act. We bring the right people together to challenge established thinking and drive transformation.
AIST was founded in 2001. We have steadily grown and have perfected the international sport tour experience. With our knowledge and contacts abroad, we can assist teams at any level of play from professional clubs to NCAA Division I,II,II NAIA, club and youth.
Our individual select team program has become very popular for athletes who are not able to travel with their teams or schools. We invite players from around the country to join our select teams representing the USA in international tournaments or exhibition games.
American International Sports Tours (AIST) was incorporated in 2001. Chad Wilkinson and Gary Haarmann saw the need for an honest, loyal and trustworthy international sports tour provider. They wanted to give opportunities for others to experience the world of sports internationally. At the start of AIST, it was all phone calls and snail mail invitations to selected players. Today we have taken advantage of social media, online stats and other recruiting resources to help us locate the best athletes for our select teams. We also host tryouts across the country, some with pro-athletes as well as tryouts online when you are unable to attend. We search the country to find top athletes to represent the USA in international competition.
Friends and family are encouraged to take advantage of these amazing experiences with the athletes. We take great pride in the quality of teams that we put together each year making the experience unforgettable for all who take advantage of the opportunity.
AIST provides customized group or team travel opportunities. Traveling internationally with your team is a great way to build unity and also create lifetime memories. Teams will have the opportunity to compete against quality competition that will give them the opportunity to experience their sport on an international level. In most cases, the host teams like to socialize after the game giving your team the opportunity indulge in the culture and spend some time with locals.
The advantage of taking a sports tour not only gives you more time on the field/court with your team but it also gives them the opportunity to learn about other cultures. The unique option to combine sports with travel helps to create an incredible experience that you would get as a normal tourist. With sports, you get to visit and socialize with likeminded people from other cultures. It’s a fantastic way to watch your team grow and bond together.
We do our best to provide a professional experience as well as top of the line service and overall quality with our tours.
More than just tours, these experiences make immensely positive imprints on our students well into their future. The value of this cannot be overstated.
Hear directly from our experienced coaches about their AIST tour experiences and the value it brings to their players and teams.
You can just sit back and take in all the sites. Our staff will handle all of your needs throughout the tour. We will check you into hotels quickly and easily, get you to your daily tours, show you the best places to see and give you the information you need while traveling abroad.
We will always have someone from staff on tour with the group to manage all aspects of the trip. As a coach or group leader, you will not have to worry with any of the logistics of the tour and you will benefit from the expertise of our guides during tour.
You are welcome to contact us at the office by email or phone to discuss any tour options you would like. You can also speak with individuals who have traveled with us in the past for references.
The following is not included with most tours: lunches (some tours do include lunch), tip for bus drivers and escorts (customarily $4 per day), personal items and drinks with dinners, airline fuel surcharges, baggage fees, Covid testing if needed, connecting airline tickets to meet the group for international flights, laundry, trip insurance and everything not listed on the tour inclusions section of your invitation. Sight seeing listed as optional on itineraries is also not included.
This will depend on what tour you are traveling on. All of our tours include the price of airfare, hotel accommodations 3 and 4 star, breakfast, transportation, some sightseeing, tournament and game fees, guides and tour managers. We also have ground tour packages which do not include airfare if you would like to purchase a separate airline ticket.
All of our International destinations require a passport for travel. Please click here to see how to apply for your passport. It could take up to two months to process a passport, be sure to plan accordingly. Visa’s are required for some citizens to travel to certain countries. Make sure you have a visa if needed.
Most of the teams that enter the tournaments are going to be fairly strong. With our select teams, most of the time we will find ourselves in the championship games but we do have to play well to get there. This also depends on what sport you are traveling with. Some countries are stronger than others and this goes for the USA as well. You will not be disappointed with the level of competition.
We select our players by doing extensive research through statistics posted on the web from previous seasons. We also work with several coaches for recommendations to find the top players to join our teams. We recruit for our collegiate teams from all levels of college. Combining players from all over the USA makes the experience more enjoyable as you will meet people from many different backgrounds. Players will come from all over the USA, Canada and other countries as well. You do not have to be a US citizen to travel with our select teams.
We have a very effective fundraising opportunity for every player who joins our select teams. A fundraiser letter with your name on it will be sent to you so that you can request donations from your friends and family. With the support of your friends and family you can possibly cut the cost of your tour down by 50%. Other fundraising ideas including camps for kids, golf tournaments, basketball tournaments and much more are a few ways that will help to generate a large sum of the cost for you. More information on fundraising is available in your invitation.
There are a few ways you can get selected for our teams. We are always looking to find good people to represent our program as well as the USA. We have several recruiters throughout the country that will nominate players that are top athletes. We find many of our athletes online based on stats posted by the governing body such as NCAA or NAIA. Collegiate and high school coaches will also recommend players for our program. For our select teams we want to put the best team on the field but we also strive to represent the USA with class and honor. You may have seen AIST recruiters at try-out events, showcase tournaments or other large team tournaments as well.