I can't tell you how many people don't think of travel insurance for their trip! If you are spending $4000 on a honeymoon to Europe or even $1200 on a cruise special you need to think about protecting your money in case the unthinkable happens. (Like the groom who got a kidney stone attack on his wedding day!) For another $50 - $100 you can be sure that if you have to change or cancel your trip due to accident or illness your money will be safe.
Another thing to think about is a cell phone. If your phone company doesn't have service where you are going - I can rent you a phone for about $14 a week!
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Save on the Homestead -a great weekend trip from D.C.
THE HOMESTEAD TURNS 245!
Today we are celebrating 245 years of Gracious Southern Hospitality.
We would like each of you to celebrate with us the magic of The Homestead.
For the next 48 Hours, if you book one night at our regular price the second
night will be free! It is our way of saying thank you for your loyalty and patronage.
Space is limited, so please call us today.
From $225*
Taxes and 15% daily resort charge are not included
Today we are celebrating 245 years of Gracious Southern Hospitality.
We would like each of you to celebrate with us the magic of The Homestead.
For the next 48 Hours, if you book one night at our regular price the second
night will be free! It is our way of saying thank you for your loyalty and patronage.
Space is limited, so please call us today.
From $225*
Taxes and 15% daily resort charge are not included
* Book by 8/25/11 for stays 8/25/11-12/22/11. Bookings are pre-paid and non-refundable. Free night is
valid on room portion only.. Can not be combined with other offers or on existing reservations. Blackout
dates apply. Not valid for groups of 5 or more.Not combinable with other promotions or offers.
THE HOMESTEAD TURNS 245!
Today we are celebrating 245 years of Gracious Southern Hospitality.
We would like each of you to celebrate with us the magic of The Homestead.
For the next 48 Hours, if you book one night at our regular price the second
night will be free! It is our way of saying thank you for your loyalty and patronage.
Space is limited, so please call us today.
From $225*
Taxes and 15% daily resort charge are not included
Today we are celebrating 245 years of Gracious Southern Hospitality.
We would like each of you to celebrate with us the magic of The Homestead.
For the next 48 Hours, if you book one night at our regular price the second
night will be free! It is our way of saying thank you for your loyalty and patronage.
Space is limited, so please call us today.
From $225*
Taxes and 15% daily resort charge are not included
* Book by 8/25/11 for stays 8/25/11-12/22/11. Bookings are pre-paid and non-refundable. Free night is
valid on room portion only.. Can not be combined with other offers or on existing reservations. Blackout
dates apply. Not valid for groups of 5 or more.Not combinable with other promotions or offers.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Caravan Tour Savings to the Grand Canyon!
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Help keep our prices low: Tell a friend about this vacation!    Begins Phoenix and Ends: Las VegasItineraryDay 1 - Phoenix, ArizonaSpend two nights at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and visit the greatest national parks of the Southwest! Your adventure begins in Phoenix, Arizona. Transfer from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport by hotel courtesy shuttle to your hotel. Rooms are available for check in after 3:00 p.m. Join Caravan for a 6:00 p.m. welcome briefing. Day 2 - Sedona, Grand CanyonDrive through Scottsdale and along Camelback Mountain on your morning sightseeing. Next, visit Montezuma Castle, site of 12th and 13th century Native American cliff dwellings. Continue to the artist colony of Sedona, surrounded by towering red rock formations. You have free time in Sedona to explore galleries, shops and restaurants. Continue through scenic Oak Creek Canyon. Arrive at the Grand Canyon for a relaxing two-night stay. Your lodge is inside the Grand Canyon National Park, near the South Rim. Enjoy dinner at the Grand Canyon. Elevation at the South Rim averages 7,000 feet. BD Day 3 - Grand Canyon National ParkEnjoy breakfast at historic El Tovar Lodge on the rim of the Grand Canyon. Entire day to explore the breathtaking beauty of the Grand Canyon, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Almost 280 miles long, the Grand Canyon varies in width from one to eighteen miles, with the Colorado River winding below. You have a brief morning orientation drive of the Grand Canyon, followed by a short I-MAX movie on the Grand Canyon. The rest of your day is at leisure to enjoy Grand Canyon National Park. You can take a free shuttle bus to the many lookout points on the West Rim. You have plenty of time to hike on Bright Angel Trail into the Grand Canyon, or hike along the rim trails. You also can visit the historic Grand Canyon Park buildings, Hopi House and Lookout Studio. Relax and enjoy Grand Canyon vistas, or attend one of the daily park ranger talks. You stay two nights here inside the Grand Canyon National Park, allowing you time for a comprehensive visit inside the Grand Canyon National Park. Best of all, you will enjoy two opportunities to see Grand Canyon sunsets and sunrises. B Day 4 - Grand Canyon, Lake PowellDrive along the scenic East Rim of the Grand Canyon and visit Desert View Lookout. Then, visit a Navajo and Hopi Trading Post. Here, you will find a large selection of high- quality Hopi and Kachina dolls, fine Native American jewelry and handicrafts. Next, drive over the Glen Canyon Dam to 185 mile long Lake Powell. Arrive at Lake Powell Resort on the shores of Lake Powell. This afternoon enjoy a scenic boat cruise through Lake Powell's Antelope Canyon, lined with rich red sandstone walls. Enjoy a relaxing two-night stay at Lake Powell Resort. B Day 5 - Monument Valley, Jeep TourBreakfast in your resort's famous Rainbow Room with 180 degree sweeping views of Lake Powell. This morning enter the Navajo Indian Nation. Enjoy a guided jeep tour of the restricted backcountry of Monument Valley, a beautiful, pristine area of buttes and arches accessible only with authorized Navajo guides. John Ford, the filmmaker, discovered the rugged beauty of Monument Valley in the 1930's. Western classics, such as "Stagecoach," "The Searchers," and "Once Upon a Time in the West" were filmed in Monument Valley. Hollywood legends, such as Maureen O'Hara, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, and James Stewart filmed Westerns here. Return to Lake Powell. B Day 6 - Bryce Canyon National ParkEnjoy breakfast in the Rainbow Room. Next visit Bryce Canyon. See the Bryce "Hoodoos," fantastic red, orange and pink limestone spirals. This afternoon enjoy stops at Bryce Point and Sunrise Point, overlooking the stunning Bryce Amphitheater. Overnight in picturesque Kanab with an elevation of 5,000 feet. Kanab is known as Western Hollywood. Over 100 western movies and TV shows were filmed here including "Gunsmoke," "The Lone Ranger," "Wagon Train," and "How the West Was Won." Look for colorful sunsets which transform the nearby cliffs into brilliant shades of red, orange and pink. B Day 7 - Zion National ParkThis morning drive to Zion Park. See a wonderland of rock monoliths. Zion features stunning scenery found nowhere else. Zion is a geological showplace with sandstone cliffs among the highest in the world. Early settlers were so inspired by Zion's beauty that they bestowed exalted names on the park's natural features. See East Temple, the Court of the Patriarchs and the Great White Throne. With Caravan, spend the night at the only lodge inside Zion National Park. Stroll the beautiful grounds of your lodge ideally situated in the center of the valley floor. Marvel at the cliffs towering above. Enjoy leisure time this afternoon. You may wish to take the free Zion Canyon shuttle or hike the Park's scenic walking trails near your lodge. Enjoy dinner at Zion Park. BD Day 8 - Zion Park to Las Vegas, NevadaAfter breakfast at Zion Park Lodge, Caravan transfers you from Zion Park to Las Vegas, Nevada. Enjoy a brief sightseeing drive of the dazzling Las Vegas strip. Arrive at the Las Vegas airport at 1:00 p.m. Schedule flights after 3:00 p.m. Thanks for vacationing with Caravan. B Caravan Videos for this Tour
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Have you always wanted to walk a path in Zion Park? Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Australian Eclipse Tours
This is just ONE of the many Solar Eclipse Tours available to Australia. This is a once in a life time trip!
DAY-BY-DAY ITINERARY
(Nov 8-16, 2012)
Day 1- Nov 8, 2012 Arrive Sydney
Arrive Sydney. Check-in to your hotel. Tonight meet your tour leader and enjoy a short briefing about the tour. Overnight at your hotel in Sydney.
Hotel: Intercontinental Sydney Hotel – 5*
Day 2 -Nov 9, 2012 Sydney (B/L)
After breakfast board private coach for sightseeing tour of Sydney including Southern Beaches, Sydney Opera House (includes 1 Hour Tour), Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, The Rocks, Darling Harbour and Lunch Cruise on Sydney Harbour. Tour terminates at your hotel where the remainder of the evening is free at your leisure. Overnight in Sydney.
Hotel: Intercontinental Sydney Hotel – 5*
Day 3 - Nov 10, 2012 Sydney (B/L)
Full breakfast at the hotel. Meet your Local Guide then board private coach for Full Day Blue Mountains Tour. Explore the beautiful bushland on Sydney's doorstep by taking a full-day nature and wildlife day trip to the World Heritage listed Blue Mountains. Leaving the city behind, you'll visit quaint mountain villages and Featherdale Wildlife Park on your scenic drive from Sydney. Experience all the Blue Mountains has to offer including the Three Sisters, Aboriginal Dreamtime legends and a boardwalk stroll through the rainforest.
Day 4 – Nov 11, 2012 Sydney / Cairns (B)
Morning is free to explore the city on your own. Meet at the lobby and transfer to Sydney Airport for your flight to Cairns this afternoon. Upon your arrival in Cairns, meet your local tour guide and then transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Cairns.
Hotel: Shangri-la The Marina Hotel – 5*
Day 5 – Nov 12, 2012 Sydney / Cairns / Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park (B/L)
After breakfast, meet your local tour guide and then transfer to Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park showcases the “People of the Rainforest’s” indigenous culture, allowing guests to watch theatrical performances and engage in interactive activities, to learn the traditional culture and customs of the Tjapukai people. Your Tjapukai by Day cultural experience includes: Face painting on arrival, Creation and History Theatre presentations, Tjapukai Dance Theatre cultural performance, Bush foods and Medicine show that includes bush food sampling, Didgeridoo demonstration, try fire making the traditional way in our Cultural Village, Boomerang and Spear throwing complete with a traditional tutorial. An international buffet lunch is available in their Boomerang Restaurant.
Later board private coach for transfer to the hotel for check in. Overnight in Cairns.
Hotel: Shangri-la The Marina Hotel – 5*
Day 6- Nov 13, 2012 Cairns / Great Barrier Reef (B/L)
Full breakfast at the hotel. Meet your Local Guide in the lobby then board an Ocean Spirit Cruises coach (seat in coach transfer) will pick you up from your hotel for your transfer to Marlin Jetty, the departure point of your cruise. At 7.45am board your vessel to commence a full day cruise to Michaelmas Cay, which is a low lying vegetated Sand Cay encircled by a superb fringing reef. The Cay is a National Park and a protected sanctuary for migratory seabirds. A wide range of activities are available, including snorkelling, semi-submersible tours and guided nature tours. Lunch is included. Cruise concludes at approximately 5.00pm, at which time hotel drop offs will commence. Upon arrival, we will have a short briefing and lecture by Prof. Schneider about the eclipse. Overnight in Cairns.
Hotel: Shangri-la The Marina Hotel – 5*
Day 7 – Nov 14, 2012 Cairns (B/D)
*********TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE***************
This morning, early wake up around 4.00am and get ready for the eclipse. We will observe the eclipse at the special reserved spot for Eclipse Traveler.
Weather predictions confirm that cloud prospects are good along the coast, especially in the region between Cairns and Port Douglas at the time of the eclipse.
5:44am ----------- Start of Partial eclipse
6:38:03am ------- Start of TOTAL ECLIPSE
6:40:07am -------- End of TOTAL ECLIPSE
7:40 am --------- End of Partial ECLIPSE
After the eclipse, we will celebrate with full breakfast and champagne. Rest of the day is at leisure to share your experience with fellow travellers. Tonight we will celebrate eclipse with cocktail and a gala dinner. Overnight in Cairns.
Hotel: Shangri-la The Marina Hotel – 5*
Day 8 – Nov 15, 2012 Cairns / Kuranda Scenic Railway tour (B)
After breakfast, transfer to The Freshwater Train Station. Kuranda Scenic Railway travels up one of the most impressive mountain ranges in Cairns Tropical North Queensland and through the spectacular Barron Gorge National Park. The next stop on this memorable journey is the magnificent Barron Falls Railway Station. Once at the station passengers alight and take some fantastic memorable photographs and are treated to magnificent views of the Barron River, Gorge and waterfalls. Barron Falls is one of the most popular sites in the World Heritage Rainforest. In the Green season Barron Falls really comes alive, and visitors regularly enjoy being shrouded in a spectacular cloud of mist off the raging waterfalls. Only minutes away from Barron Falls the train journey comes to an end at beautiful Kuranda Station. Kuranda train station is famous for its heritage listed buildings and award winning hanging fern gardens. You can enjoy refreshments at the delightful Kuranda Railway Tea Rooms. Transfer back to your hotel at the end of the tour. Overnight in Cairns.
Hotel: Shangri-la The Marina Hotel – 5*
Day 9 – Nov 16, 2012 Depart Cairns (B)
After breakfast , check-out and end of our tour.
DAY-BY-DAY ITINERARY
(Nov 8-16, 2012)
Day 1- Nov 8, 2012 Arrive Sydney
Arrive Sydney. Check-in to your hotel. Tonight meet your tour leader and enjoy a short briefing about the tour. Overnight at your hotel in Sydney.
Hotel: Intercontinental Sydney Hotel – 5*
Day 2 -Nov 9, 2012 Sydney (B/L)
After breakfast board private coach for sightseeing tour of Sydney including Southern Beaches, Sydney Opera House (includes 1 Hour Tour), Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, The Rocks, Darling Harbour and Lunch Cruise on Sydney Harbour. Tour terminates at your hotel where the remainder of the evening is free at your leisure. Overnight in Sydney.
Hotel: Intercontinental Sydney Hotel – 5*
Day 3 - Nov 10, 2012 Sydney (B/L)
Full breakfast at the hotel. Meet your Local Guide then board private coach for Full Day Blue Mountains Tour. Explore the beautiful bushland on Sydney's doorstep by taking a full-day nature and wildlife day trip to the World Heritage listed Blue Mountains. Leaving the city behind, you'll visit quaint mountain villages and Featherdale Wildlife Park on your scenic drive from Sydney. Experience all the Blue Mountains has to offer including the Three Sisters, Aboriginal Dreamtime legends and a boardwalk stroll through the rainforest.
You will see stunning vistas such as the Three Sisters at Katoomba, inclusive of 2 rides - the scenic railway, skyrail or cableway at Scenic World. You'll also have the opportunity to see Australia's unique wildlife including kangaroos, koalas, wallabies and wombats.
After lunch at a local restaurant, we will drive to the Historic Sydney Observatory . The handsome stone observatory building with its distinctive copper telescope domes is set in gardens on top of Observatory Hill. It overlooks parkland and glorious Sydney Harbour - a natural oasis not far from the centre of the city. It is only a few minutes walk from most of the highlights of the historic and charming Rocks precinct: craft centres, cobbled laneways, stone cottages, cosy cafes and characterful pubs. Tour terminates at your hotel where the remainder of the evening is free at your leisure. Overnight in Sydney.
Hotel: Intercontinental Sydney Hotel – 5*
Day 4 – Nov 11, 2012 Sydney / Cairns (B)
Morning is free to explore the city on your own. Meet at the lobby and transfer to Sydney Airport for your flight to Cairns this afternoon. Upon your arrival in Cairns, meet your local tour guide and then transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Cairns.
Hotel: Shangri-la The Marina Hotel – 5*
Day 5 – Nov 12, 2012 Sydney / Cairns / Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park (B/L)
After breakfast, meet your local tour guide and then transfer to Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park showcases the “People of the Rainforest’s” indigenous culture, allowing guests to watch theatrical performances and engage in interactive activities, to learn the traditional culture and customs of the Tjapukai people. Your Tjapukai by Day cultural experience includes: Face painting on arrival, Creation and History Theatre presentations, Tjapukai Dance Theatre cultural performance, Bush foods and Medicine show that includes bush food sampling, Didgeridoo demonstration, try fire making the traditional way in our Cultural Village, Boomerang and Spear throwing complete with a traditional tutorial. An international buffet lunch is available in their Boomerang Restaurant.
Later board private coach for transfer to the hotel for check in. Overnight in Cairns.
Hotel: Shangri-la The Marina Hotel – 5*
Day 6- Nov 13, 2012 Cairns / Great Barrier Reef (B/L)
Full breakfast at the hotel. Meet your Local Guide in the lobby then board an Ocean Spirit Cruises coach (seat in coach transfer) will pick you up from your hotel for your transfer to Marlin Jetty, the departure point of your cruise. At 7.45am board your vessel to commence a full day cruise to Michaelmas Cay, which is a low lying vegetated Sand Cay encircled by a superb fringing reef. The Cay is a National Park and a protected sanctuary for migratory seabirds. A wide range of activities are available, including snorkelling, semi-submersible tours and guided nature tours. Lunch is included. Cruise concludes at approximately 5.00pm, at which time hotel drop offs will commence. Upon arrival, we will have a short briefing and lecture by Prof. Schneider about the eclipse. Overnight in Cairns.
Hotel: Shangri-la The Marina Hotel – 5*
Day 7 – Nov 14, 2012 Cairns (B/D)
*********TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE***************
This morning, early wake up around 4.00am and get ready for the eclipse. We will observe the eclipse at the special reserved spot for Eclipse Traveler.
Weather predictions confirm that cloud prospects are good along the coast, especially in the region between Cairns and Port Douglas at the time of the eclipse.
5:44am ----------- Start of Partial eclipse
6:38:03am ------- Start of TOTAL ECLIPSE
6:40:07am -------- End of TOTAL ECLIPSE
7:40 am --------- End of Partial ECLIPSE
After the eclipse, we will celebrate with full breakfast and champagne. Rest of the day is at leisure to share your experience with fellow travellers. Tonight we will celebrate eclipse with cocktail and a gala dinner. Overnight in Cairns.
Hotel: Shangri-la The Marina Hotel – 5*
Day 8 – Nov 15, 2012 Cairns / Kuranda Scenic Railway tour (B)
After breakfast, transfer to The Freshwater Train Station. Kuranda Scenic Railway travels up one of the most impressive mountain ranges in Cairns Tropical North Queensland and through the spectacular Barron Gorge National Park. The next stop on this memorable journey is the magnificent Barron Falls Railway Station. Once at the station passengers alight and take some fantastic memorable photographs and are treated to magnificent views of the Barron River, Gorge and waterfalls. Barron Falls is one of the most popular sites in the World Heritage Rainforest. In the Green season Barron Falls really comes alive, and visitors regularly enjoy being shrouded in a spectacular cloud of mist off the raging waterfalls. Only minutes away from Barron Falls the train journey comes to an end at beautiful Kuranda Station. Kuranda train station is famous for its heritage listed buildings and award winning hanging fern gardens. You can enjoy refreshments at the delightful Kuranda Railway Tea Rooms. Transfer back to your hotel at the end of the tour. Overnight in Cairns.
Hotel: Shangri-la The Marina Hotel – 5*
Day 9 – Nov 16, 2012 Depart Cairns (B)
After breakfast , check-out and end of our tour.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Machu Picchu!
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