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2020 Travel Treasures See America From Coast To Coast shockeytours.com HOW TO MAKE A RESERVATION Call our local number (502) 267-4007 or toll free (800) 633-4147 to make your reservation. When making your reservation, please have each passenger’s first and last name, address and phone number, roommate’s name and departure point ready to give the receptionist. We must have this information in order to book the passenger on the tour. Please include your email address, if you have one. You may mail in your deposit (via check or money order) made payable to Shockey Tours within 10 days of making your reservation. Separate checks should be sent for each tour individually. You may also pay your deposit by credit card. Please note that we will not send a billing statement for your deposit. Your canceled check from your bank is confirmation of your reservation. Your seat will be guaranteed. You will receive your itinerary and final balance statement approximately 30 days prior to departure. Your final payment is due within five days of receipt of the balance statement. LOCAL: (502) 267-4007 TOLL FREE: (800) 633-4147 IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR DAY TRIPS 1. Call our local number (502) 267-4007 or toll free (800) 633-4147 to make your reservation. When making your reservation, please have each passenger’s first and last name, address, phone number, and departure location ready to give the receptionist. We must have this information in order to book the passenger on the tour. 1Y ONE DA 2. Day Trips can be paid by check, money order, or credit card upon booking. TOURS 3. Payment must be received within 10 days of making your reservation. Separate checks pages 4-5 should be sent for each tour individually. Please note that we do not send a billing statement for day trips. Your canceled check from your bank is confirmation of your reservation. Your seat will be guaranteed. 4. Two weeks prior to tour departure, you will receive an itinerary reconfirming your departure and return times. 5. Gratuities to the tour director and driver are not included in the cost of the tour and should be extended on an individual basis. A recommended gratuity is $4.00 per day per passenger for the Tour Director, and $4.00 per day per passenger for the Driver. TABLE OF CONTENTS Office Hours & Phone Numbers ....3 23 Indiana Amish ................4 OCTOBER Pick Up Locations ..........Back Cover 24 Boston, Salem 1 Ohio Amish Country ......31 2020 Calendar ..................................3 & Cape Ann .................. 15 2 Albuquerque Motorcoach Tours .....................6-38 JUNE Balloon Fiesta .........32, 47 One-Day Tours .............................4-5 16 Brown County Airline Tours ............................ 40-50 1 Niagara Falls U.S. – Nashville, Indiana .........5 Charter Information ................51-54 & Canada ..................... 16 7 New York Theater 17 7 Day Western Caribbean Cruise ..........32 2020 TOUR SCHEDULE Special ..........................17 8 New Orleans ................ 18 26 Scotland & DATE TOUR PAGE Northern Ireland ..... 34, 48 13 Southern Indiana FEBRUARY Wine Trail........................ 5 NOVEMBER 15 Biloxi, Mississippi ...........6 JULY 2 Indiana Amish .................4 17 Florida Sunshine 9 California Coast 9 Branson Holiday Tour ....34 Getaway .........................7 & Yosemite ..............18, 45 24 New York 24 South Padre 12 Majestic Colorado .........19 Thanksgiving Parade .....35 Island, Texas ..................8 15 Mississippi DECEMBER MARCH River Cruise ...................20 1 San Antonio 10 Philadelphia & the 21 Mackinac Island ............21 Holiday Riverwalk ..........36 Pennsylvania Amish .......9 AUGUST 5 Biltmore Christmas .......37 23 Washington, D.C. 9 Black Hills & 5 Christmas in Cherry Blossom ........... 10 Grand Tetons ................22 Brown County .................5 24 Highlights of Italy’s 10 New! A Taste of 9 Opryland Country Amalfi Coast ........... 10, 41 Michigan .......................24 Christmas ......................38 30 New York 28 West Virginia: 13 Shockey Christmas School Break ................ 11 Music, Mountains, Luncheon ........................5 APRIL & Railroads ....................25 30 Rose Parade New Year’s ..............39, 49 11 Bourbon, Brews SEPTEMBER & Broodmares ................4 6 New Mexico Land 11 Indiana Amish ................4 of Enchantment .............26 17 San Antonio 8 Kick off Fall CONTACT US: Fiesta ..................... 12, 43 Canadian Style ..............28 11117 Decimal Drive 18 Thunder Over Louisville ..4 12 Southern Indiana Louisville, KY 40229 25 Biltmore House Wine Trail.........................5 Phone: (502) 267-4007 Spring Tour ................... 12 21 New York City Toll-Free: (800) 633-4147 MAY “Big Apple” ...................29 Fax: (502) 267-7009 27 New England 11 Gettysburg ................... 13 Hours: M-F 8am-5pm Fall Foliage ....................30 14 Pacific Coast Adventure ............... 14, 44 3 GET AWAY FOR ONE DAY THE SHOCKEY WAY! to Breeders’ Cup Champions “Amazombie,” “Little Mike,” and “Alphabet Soup,” and Kentucky Derby and Preakness Winners “Silver Charm” and “War Emblem.” Military Discount The horses at Old Friends love to be hand-fed and Thank ou for our Service petted like puppies – really BIG puppies. A portion In observance of our military veterans, Shockey Tours is of your ticket cost goes to benefit and continue the offering a 10% discount towards any motorcoach tour in amazing work of Old Friends Farm. our catalog. We would like to extend a 5% discount towards any motorcoach tour in our catalog to military Indiana Amish spouses. Our veterans’ service to our country and patriotism mean so much to us and it is important that April 11 Tour #2020401 they know this. For verification purposes, when making May 23 Tour #2020504 your reservation, please forward a copy of your DD-214 form for this discount. Nov. 2 Tour #20201101 Cost: $86 Our destination for today is the Amish Country of NOTE: This discount cannot be combined with other promotions or discounts. Airline and Cruise Tours are Central Indiana. We make our way through the rolling excluded. Discount cannot be used on previous tours. countryside and over sparkling spring-fed streams as we travel back to a time when life was simpler and at a slower pace. Our motorcoach shares the scenic country roads with buggies of the Amish as a local step on guide takes us on a guided tour of the countryside, stopping at an Amish home for a home-cooked lunch. We will spend the rest of the day browsing through the Brew, Bourbon, shops and looking at the handiwork of the Amish, such as homemade quilts, crafts, and wholesome baked & Broodmares goods. Meal: Lunch “Everything that makes the Bluegrass Great” April 11 Tour #2020407 Cost: $97 Thunder Over Louisville Why is bourbon even called bourbon? Does limestone- Riverboat Dinner Cruise rich water make good beer? Isn’t the limestone really the reason Lexington is called the horse capital of the April 18 Tour #2020406 Cost: $195 world? What’s with the broodmares, isn’t it the stallions The kick-off for the Kentucky Derby Festival is Thunder that make the thoroughbred industry tick? Whoa Nelly! Over Louisville, an incredible fireworks and light Just book one of our Horse Country Day Trips and extravaganza. Enjoy the show but miss the crowds you’ll get all these answers and so much more. Visit by joining Shockey Tours as we step on board our Keeneland for an exclusive behind the scenes peek at chartered riverboat to view this celebration from a this world famous track. Go onto noted farms like Hill special vantage point on the Ohio River. A delightful and Dale Stud, Rose Hill, and Trainer Kenny McPeak’s evening begins as we cruise up and down the Ohio River Magdalena Farm. Tour Alltech Brewery and Distillery, for a couple of hours before our boat is anchored in part of the famous Kentucky Bourbon Trail, right in downtown Louisville to view the Fireworks Extravaganza. the heart of downtown Lexington. Alltech is one of We will be able to view the greatest fireworks display in the few sites in the world that is both a brewery and all of North America from the top deck of our riverboat. a distillery. We break for lunch (on our own) in the city This is like having a front-row seat for this exciting center, pick any of the hot new eateries along Main event. Thrill to the giant sparkling waterfall across the and Broadway or hit the food court in the famous Rupp Kennedy Bridge, reaching from Louisville to Indiana. Area Complex and the Downtown Center Shoppes. Beam with pride as the giant flag which signals the We’ll finish your excursion at Old Friends Thoroughbred beginning of the fireworks, waves from the back of an Retirement Farm – a non-profit that rescues and cares for past champion race horses. Old Friends is home continued... 4 ONE DAY TOURS airplane circling overhead. Be amazed at the various designs and beautiful colors of the lights. Relish the Christmas in Brown County feel of “Thunder” as the night is filled with its sights and Nashville, Indiana sounds. Your Thunder package includes: Cruise, hot buffet dinner with dessert, unlimited soft drinks, and Dec. 5 Tour #20201206 Cost: $87 transportation via Shockey Tours motorcoach to Join us in Brown County and experience the and from the riverboat. enchantment of a village Christmas. This unique Southern Indiana Wine Trail “artist colony” town will be dressed in splendor for the holidays. Fresh baked gingerbread, warm apple June 13 Tour #2020604 cider, holiday music, colorful lights, charming country crafts, and hearty home cooking are all are part of the Sept. 12 Tour #2020804 Cost: $105 kaleidoscope of treasures found in this tiny community. This morning, we visit Stream Cliff Winery, located on Enjoy the aroma of candles and fresh-cut Christmas a 5th generation family owned farm in Commiskey. We trees as you browse through the shops looking for that will enjoy an included lunch and wine tasting here on last unusual Christmas gift.