Tours

The rules of the road are getting easier with a variety of purchase options now available for marketers readying mobile tours. With prices for 53-foot tractor trailers starting around $250 000 these days purchasing a truck for a mobile marketing program can be an expensive affair—or it could be one of the best long-term investments your marketing team makes. And if buying isn’t for you leasing is becoming a workable option for a growing legion of brand marketers.

Dodge this month sent three teams of college students on road trips
each in their own Caliber hatchback wagon to generate attention for
the new vehicle and raise funds for Doctors Without Borders.

 

Teams from Boston College Northwestern University and Texas
Christian University each hit three different markets en route to Miami
where they met for a finale event. Along the way their mission was
to set up events that introduced Gen-Y consumers to the Caliber. Each

For many brands a mobile tour is exactly the right medium but without the optimum reach.

Beauty company L’Bel Paris is kicking off its debut in the U.S. with an event tour that’s bringing a mobile spa to 100-plus locations in California through December.
 

In the second year of its Summer 4Ever Road Trip Sunny Delight Beverages’ Sunny D brand has added a few new elements to the program. Most notably the brand has replaced last year’s brand-wrapped ice cream trucks with fully restored and customized 1960s-era Volkswagen buses. The buses are designed to evoke the nostalgia of 1964—the year that SunnyD was introduced to the market.
 
 “The [brand] really comes to life with the new vintage vehicles ” Jennifer Cottle brand manager for SunnyD told Buzz.