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Featuring Saugatuck, Traverse City, Charlevoix, and Mackinac Island AUGUST 2-6, 2020 Second National Bank • 937.547.2553 • [email protected] Unity National Bank • 937.615.1029 • [email protected] OUR ITINERARY SUNDAY, AUGUST 2: (D) This morning we will travel by deluxe motor coach to Saugatuck, Michigan located on beautiful Lake Michigan. We will make rest stops and a lunch break (on your own) along the way and arrive mid-afternoon. Upon arrival in Saugatuck, enjoy a thrilling sand dune buggy ride! This exciting tour will take you up and down sand dunes along the shores of Lake Michigan, and your guide will tell you about the local vegetation and wildlife, plus share information about the lost town of Singapore, perhaps Michigan’s most famous ghost town. Following your tour, proceed to Muskegon, Michigan to check into your hotel for a one-night stay. Dinner is included at the hotel this evening. MONDAY, AUGUST 3: (B,L,D) Continue your journey north to Traverse City. Along the way, pick up boxed lunches to be enjoyed on a tall ship sail. On this unique adventure, step back in time to discover the beauty of Grand Traverse Bay from the deck of a majestic sailing vessel. The Tall Ship Manitou is a replica of an 1800's “coasting” cargo schooner, similar to those that sailed the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. Back on shore, disembark and meet your local step-on guide for a driving tour of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Wind through 7½ miles of dunes, woods, and breathtaking views of Lake Michigan on this scenic drive. You may even want to try climbing on one of the dunes! Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore won the title of Good Morning America’s “Most Beautiful Place in America”. This hidden gem boasts 64 miles of beaches along Lake Michigan, two islands, 26 inland lakes, more than 50,000 acres of land, and the monumental sand dunes from which it gets its name. Next, visit The Cherry Republic, the largest cherry store in the world. Strangely beautiful, delicious, and eccentric, rustic and friendly, rooted in the region’s bounty, the main store is the primary sampling, shopping, and gift-giving station. Stock up on everything from jams to salsas to chocolates and more! Following your visit, head back to Traverse City and Old Mission Peninsula. Dinner is included tonight on the waterfront at the Boathouse Restaurant. Time permitting, your guide will take you up to the point of Mission Peninsula to enjoy the views of Grand Traverse Bay, the vineyards, and an historic lighthouse, Old Mission Point. The lighthouse began service in 1870 and rests almost exactly on the forty-fifth parallel, halfway between the pole and the equator. The lighthouse is a private residence now, but guests are able to walk the grounds. Upon your return to Traverse City, proceed to check into your hotel for a one-night stay. TUESDAY, AUGUST 4: (B,L,D) Start your day with a tour of the Music House Museum, one of the most popular attractions in the region, with an extensive collection of fine and rare antique and automated musical instruments in period American settings. The gem of the collection is the magnificent 97-key Mortier dance organ, built in Antwerp in 1922. Following your visit, depart for Charlevoix and visit Castle Farms. Lunch is included at the farm, and following lunch, begin a guided tour which will include the beautiful gardens, the museum collections, and the magnificent French Chateau-style buildings. Your guide will delight you with the rich history of Castle Farms, from it original construction as Loeb Farm in 1918 through the art studio and gallery period, the rock concert era, and into the extensive renovation and restoration that took place from 2001-2005. The State of Michigan is blessed with the riches of unspoiled nature: the nation's longest freshwater coastline, lakes that feel like oceans, golden beaches, an abundance Following your visit, take a one-hour driving tour of Earl Young’s of fresh produce straight famous Gnome Houses. In Charlevoix, the residents of Park Avenue are proud to live in some of the most unusual homes in the United from the farm, and States. Designed by the architect Earl Young, the homes on this street glorious sunrises and have been called Hobbit houses, mushroom houses, and gnome houses because they look like something out of Tolkien’s “The Lord sunsets. With long of the Rings”. Your guide will add interesting commentary about the days, comfortable history of Earl Young and his work. These are all private residences, so the tour is drive-by only. temperatures and Next, spend some time browsing the shops in Charlevoix. Then the nation’s longest depart for Petoskey, to check into your hotel for a one-night stay at freshwater coastline, the historic Perry Hotel. Built in 1899 as one of some twenty original luxury resort hotels, Stafford’s Perry Hotel is the only one still in Michigan is America’s operation. Experience the grandeur and elegance of a by-gone era picture-perfect summer without leaving modern-day conveniences behind. Dinner is included destination. at the hotel this evening, and one of the staff will greet the group at dinner and provide a bit of history of the hotel. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5: (B,L,D) PRICE PER PERSON: This morning, depart for Mackinaw City, about a 1-hour drive from $1,899 double occupancy Petoskey. Upon arrival, board a ferry for a 20-minute ride to Mackinac Travel protection: $138 Island. Once you step foot on this resort island, travel back in time to a place where there are no motor vehicles, and transportation is by $2,399 single occupancy horse and buggy, bicycle, or on foot. Upon arrival on the island, start Travel protection: $174 your visit with a Mackinac Island Carriage Tour. This 90-minute narrated tour of the island will go past the beautiful Grand Hotel, up PAYMENT: to Surrey Hill, and through the State Park, with a stop for a great view A deposit of $500 per at Arch Rock. person plus the optional travel protection premium, Your tour will then stop at the Grand Hotel where you will enjoy the if purchasing, is due at the sumptuous luncheon buffet. Afterwards, spend some time strolling time of booking. the grounds and shops, or just relaxing on the 660-foot front porch of the hotel. Then meet your horse-drawn taxis to take you back down Final payment is due on or the hill and into the downtown area. Enjoy free time to shop on before June 5, 2020. the main street, watch the boats in the harbor, or stroll along the boardwalk. Later, check into your hotel located in the downtown area, CANCELLATION POLICY The Lake View Hotel. Dinner is included at the hotel, and the rest of the evening is free to visit the nearby pubs and shops or sit and listen (WITHOUT TRAVEL to live music. PROTECTION:) For cancellations prior to June 5, 2020: $100 per person THURSDAY, AUGUST 6: (B) penalty. Cancellations made on This morning, check out of your hotel and take the ferry back to the or after June 5, 2020: all mainland to meet your coach and depart for Ohio. Rest stops and money is non-refundable. meal breaks (on own) will we made along the way, and you will arrive home later this evening. INCLUDED FEATURES: • Deluxe motor coach transportation • Local guides in Traverse City and Charlevoix • 4 night accommodations (1 each in Muskegon, • Cherry Republic Traverse City, Petoskey, and Mackinac Island) • Music House Museum • 4 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 4 dinners • Castle Farms • Saugatuck Dune buggy ride • Ferry to and from Mackinac Island • Tall ship sail in Grand Traverse Bay • Carriage tour of Mackinac Island and taxi from Grand Hotel to • Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore tour downtown Mackinac Island • All baggage handling, taxes and gratuities on included items NOT INCLUDED: • Meals other than those included on itinerary • Incidentals at hotels • Items and services of a personal nature • Optional travel protection TRAVEL/HEALTH POLICY: It is required that persons needing assistance be accompanied by a companion who is capable and totally responsible for providing that assistance. Neither Freedom Years nor its suppliers may assist with medications, wheelchairs, or physically lift persons onto transportation vehicles. Travelers needing special assistance must notify Freedom Years when they make their reservations. RESPONSIBILITY: Park National Corporation/Freedom Years/World of Travel, Inc are not responsible for personal injury, loss, damage of property, inconvenience or expense resulting from matters beyond their control. Park National Corporation/Freedom Years/World of Travel, Inc will not be held liable for any claims for errors or default by hotels, airlines, and ground operators. Any costs involved in delays due to “Acts of God” or weather will be the responsibility of the individual passenger, not the airlines, trains, or ground operators. Payment of required deposit or any partial or full payment for reservations constitutes your consent to these conditions. TRAVEL PROTECTION: The Travel Insured Group Deluxe travel protection plan is available for your purchase. Some benefits are time sensitive, including the pre-existing condition waiver, so we encourage all travelers to purchase the plan at the time of initial trip deposit. Refer to your plan document for complete plan details including benefits and exclusions and limitations. Rates are based on overall trip cost. The Schedule of Insurance Coverage and the other services are listed below. The Pre-existing Medical Condition Exclusion will be waived if the protection plan is purchased prior to or with final trip payment for the full non-refundable trip cost, the booking for the trip is the first and only booking for this travel period, and you are not disabled from travel at the time you purchase the travel protection.