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Group Leader Brochure 2020 Issued - November 2019
Table of Contents The Potomac Eagle ...... 14 Charter Equipment ...... 4 Ohio Star Theater ...... 15 56 Passenger ...... 4 Farm to Table Agri-Tour ...... 15 25 Passenger Mini-Bus ...... 4 Steam Train Trail ...... 15 49 Passenger Non-Deluxe ...... 4 Fun in Tuscarawas County ...... 16 Contact Information ...... 5 Maritime Mystery Tour ...... 16 Sewickley Office Information ...... 5 Das Dutch Dinner Theater ...... 16 Monroeville Office Information ...... 5 America’s Heroes ...... 17 Christmas in the Laurel Highlands ...... 17 One Day Tours ...... 6 Creativity ...... 18 Canton Classic Option I ...... 6 Pioneers and Heroes ...... 18 Canton Classic Option II ...... 6 Punxsutawney Phil and Jimmy Stewart...... 18 Harvest Delights ...... 6 Ramblin’ Route 30 ...... 19 Canton Palace Theater ...... 7 Remember When ...... 19 Foodie Field Trip ...... 7 VIP’s Visit VIP’s ...... 20 Deck the Halls ...... 7 Johnstown Flood Revisited ...... 20 The NEW Amish Country Theater ...... 8 Mount St. Macrina ...... 20 Springtime in Amish Country ...... 8 How do they do that? Yesterday and Today .. 21 Trains in the Valley ...... 8 Pittsburgh: Mountains! Rivers! Streets! ...... 21 Real Housewives ...... 9 Fall Fun ...... 21 Amish Country Goodie Bag ...... 9 “I Love Lucy” Murder Mystery ...... 22 Wine Cheese Chocolate ...... 9 Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree ...... 22 Wine and Cheese Please! ...... 9 Tales of the Past ...... 23 Academy Theater of Meadville ...... 10 Oldies and Goodies ...... 23 The Cutting Edge ...... 10 Dazzling Ligonier Diamond Christmas ...... 23 Boxcar Escapades on Horseshoe Curve ...... 11 Mobsters, Molls, and Marinara ...... 23 Pennsylvania Trolley Museum ...... 11 Wagon Wheels and Automobiles ...... 24 Chautauqua Belle ...... 12 Cuyahoga Excursion...... 24 National Comedy Center with the Chautauqua Train, Wine and Chocolate ...... 24 Belle ...... 12 Discover Cleveland ...... 25 National Comedy Center ...... 12 Cleveland Cruise ...... 25 Lucy Land One Day ...... 12 Amish Brown Bag Geauga County ...... 25 Chautauqua Institution ...... 13 Amish Brown Bag Holmes County ...... 25 The New Tygart Flyer ...... 13 Tootie Fruitie ...... 26 Queen Esther - One Day ...... 13 Simply Sweet! ...... 26 Mountain Playhouse ...... 14 Progressive Wine Tour I ...... 27
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Progressive Wine Tour II ...... 27 The Legendary Danube ...... 40 Ohio’s Sweetest Corner ...... 27 Globus ...... 41 Great Lakes Adventure ...... 28 Nature’s Best Alaska ...... 41 Buggy Talk ...... 28 Amish Harvest ...... 28 Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines ...42 Amish Tea Party ...... 28 Grandeur of the Seas® ...... 42 Amish Christmas ...... 29 Group Leader Responsibilities ...43 Multi-Day Tours ...... 30 Group Benefits ...... 43 West Virginia Rail Adventure ...... 30 Policy Page ...... 44 West Virginia Rails 2 day ...... 30 Reservations/Payments ...... 44 A Salute to American Legends ...... 31 Refund Policy ...... 44 Queen Esther in Lancaster ...... 31 Multi-Day Tours ...... 44 Lucy Town Tour ...... 32 One-Day Tours ...... 44 Noah’s Ark and the Creation Museum ...... 32 Coach USA Dollars ...... 44 Three Days of Play ...... 32 Important Notes...... 45 Blue Crab Trail ...... 33 Departure Information Packets ...... 45 Thanksgiving at the Beach ...... 34 Multi-Day Tours ...... 45 Presidentially Virginia ...... 34 Coach USA Responsibility ...... 45 Homes of the Presidents ...... 35 Calling All Quilters! ...... 35 Travel Insurance ...... 46
Casino Tours ...... 36 Notes...... 48 MGM Northfield Park ...... 36 The Rivers Casino ...... 36 2020 Calendar ...... 49 Wheeling Downs ...... 36 Meadows Racetrack and Casino ...... 36 Mountaineer, Wheeling & Meadows Casinos .. 37 Seneca Allegany One Day ...... 37 Seneca Allegany Overnight ...... 37 Seneca Niagara One Day ...... 38 Seneca Niagara Overnight ...... 38
Air and Cruise Tours ...... 39 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta ...... 39 Great Trains and Grand Canyons Air Tour ...... 39
Avalon Waterways ...... 40 Romantic Rhine ...... 40
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CHARTER EQUIPMENT 56 PASSENGER Deluxe Motorcoach Air-conditioning DVD WiFi Restroom PA System
25 PASSENGER MINI-BUS Air-conditioning DVD PA System WiFi No Restroom
49 PASSENGER NON-DELUXE Air-conditioning No Restroom
For more information about our coaches, please contact a Charter Representative!
(412) 761-7000
(800) 342-2349
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CONTACT INFORMATION SEWICKLEY OFFICE INFORMATION Pennsylvania Group Relations 110 Lenzner Court Sewickley, PA 15143 (412) 761-7000 or (800) 342-2349 x4173 Fax: (412) 741-7754
Merrill Jones (412) 749-4173 (Direct) [email protected] [email protected]
MONROEVILLE OFFICE INFORMATION Lenzner Tour and Travel / Monroeville Mall 254 Monroeville Mall Monroeville, PA 15146 (412) 372-3094 (800) 334-9937 Fax: (412) 372-3097
Sandy Steele (412) 372-3094 [email protected]
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public about the lives of the First Ladies of the ONE DAY TOURS United states. Lunch will be served at the historical Canton Women’s Club. Enjoy an ANTON LASSIC PTION animated tour of the Canton Classic Car C C O I Museum. This museum has something for Not available the last week of July or the first everyone! MAPS Air Museum is located inside two weeks of August. an airport hangar on the runways of the Akron- Join us as we travel to Canton, OH. Here you will Canton Airport. Go behind the scenes of Fannie begin your day with a stop at Harry London Mae and Harry London Chocolate Factory. Chocolates/Fannie May’s Candies to browse Learn the step-by-step process they use to and shop for delectable treats. Next, enjoy a carefully craft their gourmet chocolates. Sample delicious luncheon at one of Canton’s most some their famous candy and then shop for all prestigious restaurants. After lunch, there will be your favorites. a guided city tour of Canton. You will visit the Cost per person starting at: $98.00 McKinley Monument and either the McKinley Museum and Presidential Library OR the Pro Includes: Transportation, lunch, stops per Football Hall of Fame. itinerary, gratuities, and taxes. Cost per person starting at: $109.00 Includes: Transportation, lunch, stops per itinerary, step-on guide, candy bar from Harry London’s, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes
HARVEST DELIGHTS Travel to Amish Country to see Hershberger Farm Market and Bakery. Treat yourself to a delicious cider slushie or some delicious kettle corn while browsing the market. Visit the petting CANTON CLASSIC OPTION II zoo and see the largest Belgian Draft Horse in the April to June 24 and August through October United States – Big King! Next, enjoy a family style feast at a local Amish home featuring apple Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday ONLY and pumpkin pies. A tour of the Amish home This day is a salute to American Legends! Visit follows lunch and everyone will receive cookies in the McKinley Presidential Library and the kitchen. Enjoy the wagon ride through the Museum. The Museum includes the McKinley park to feed animals before you sample Wines at gallery, The Street of Shops, and an amazing Breitenbach Winery. planetarium. President William McKinley’s Cost per person starting at: $95.00 mausoleum, the largest of any president in the United States, is in the McKinley National Includes: Transportation, admission to all Memorial. The next stop is the National First attractions Ladies’ Library, a National Parks Heritage site. per itinerary, This, two building destination includes the historic lunch, meal home of President McKinley’s wife, Ida McKinley, gratuity, and and the education and research center, taxes. showcases exhibits dedicated to educating the
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CANTON PALACE THEATER DECK THE HALLS Travel to Canton, OH where you will meet your Thursday and Friday, November through guide. Arts in Stark Tour will feature unique December artisans and candy with time to visit some of the Travel with Coach USA to Ohio, where you will area’s finest unique boutiques and enjoy samples meet your guide and tour the interesting city of from a local chocolatier. A holiday feast will follow Akron. An early dinner will be served at Papa at a local restaurant. A two-hour musical variety Joe’s in the Valley. Papa Joe’s is a family owned show will delight you at the Canton Palace and operated Akron icon eatery! The Deck the Theater before departing home. Halls Event at Stan Hywet Mansion and November 14, 2020 Only: Grounds will be your final stop of the day. Enjoy touring the fabulous mansion built by Goodyear Holly Jolly Showtime Tire baron, Frank Seiberling. The grounds will Cost per person starting at $110.00 be lit up with nearly a million lights, and you will enjoy the lights set to music every half hour. Includes: Transportation, lunch, attractions per Treat yourself to some fresh baked gingerbread itinerary, step-on guide, meal and guide gratuities, cookies and hot cider while you browse the gift and taxes. shop. What a great start to your holiday festivities! Cost per person starting at: $112.00
FOODIE FIELD TRIP Monday, Wednesday, Friday only Depart for Cleveland’s fabulous West Side Market in the Ohio City District. This is the Includes: Transportation, admissions per oldest market of its kind in the U.S., featuring itinerary, dinner, meal gratuity, and taxes. ethnic cuisine, baked goods, fresh meats, cheeses, produce, and so much more! Free time to browse and shop. Enjoy lunch at CROP (Creative Restaurant Operations Platform) rated number one in the city of Cleveland, located in a beautiful restored bank building across from the market. After lunch you will depart for Little Italy, drive through Lakeview Cemetery, which is the resting place of John D. Rockefeller, Elliot Ness, President Garfield, and many more. Before departing for home, you will enjoy a complimentary treat in Little Italy. Cost per person starting at: $105.00
Includes: Transportation, admissions per itinerary, lunch and complimentary treat, step-on- guide, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes.
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coach for a pleasant back roads country tour. THE NEW AMISH COUNTRY You will stop at the Lamp and Light Candle for a THEATER candle carving demonstration. Your last stop of the day will be at Broad Run Cheese and Swiss Travel with Coach USA to Ohio where you will meet your guide in Sugarcreek before going to Heritage Winery, in their new tasting room, for Holmes County Flea Market for an exciting spring sangria samples and award-winning cheeses! shopping experience featuring many local products or Walnut Creek Cheese. Then it’s on Cost per person starting at: $85.00 to the Berlin Encore Banquet Hall for a luncheon featuring Amish-style cooking and a two hour Includes: Transportation, family-style feast, musical and comedy variety show. You will be touring and admissions per itinerary, step-on delightfully entertained with the live bands, guide, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. fabulous ventriloquist, audience participation, and hilarious comedy routines and skits! After a wonderful day in Ohio’s Amish Country, you will board the coach for your return home. Special Shows! March 12, 13 and 14, 2020: When Amish Eyes are Smiling October 21 and 28, 2020 (Wednesday): Goblin’ Up the Music Inquire about other dates that you are interested in.
Cost per person starting at: $112.00 Includes: Transportation, lunch, stops as per TRAINS IN THE VALLEY itinerary, step-on guide, meal and guide gratuities, Available June – October, Wednesday – and taxes. Saturday NO SATURDAY IN OCTOBER Travel with Coach USA to Akron, OH to the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Station. Enjoy a train ride to the Peninsula and the scenic views as you journey through Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Lunch is included at Papa Joe’s in the Merriman Valley. See the Goodyear Blimp Air Dock, the Soap Box Derby site, and more during the city tour of Akron. You will stop by
Strickland Homemade Custard, the original SPRINGTIME IN AMISH COUNTRY creators of frozen custard and you will see the famous Peanut Shop, one of the original April and May remaining Planters Peanuts stores before Enjoy spring flowers, trees with blossoms, and the returning to Pittsburgh. joy of the beautiful countryside coming back to Cost per person starting at: $114.00 life! After meeting your step-on guide at Shrock Heritage Village, you will enjoy visiting the Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per Leather, Antique and Craft Malls. Find the hidden itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. flowers for fun prizes! Next stop is Der Dutchman in Walnut Creek. Here you will enjoy a delicious family style lunch followed by free time to browse the many shops. After lunch, you will board the
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REAL HOUSEWIVES April through November WINE CHEESE CHOCOLATE Enough of those reality TV shows, this is the real No Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday thing! Meet your guide at Anna Erb’s Amish Travel to Canton, Ohio to Harry London’s home for coffee and cinnamon rolls. After Chocolates for a tour and samples. Your guide stopping at Hershberger Bakery and Farm will meet you here and you will receive a London Market you will have lunch at Esta Hershberger’s Mint Candy Bar. Lunch will be served at Hartville featuring a family style feast. Esta will explain Kitchen with time to shop at the fabulous flea more about the Amish Life Style. Watch Lydia market, see the nation’s largest hardware store make some of her most popular treats at Troyer and enjoy Chocolate Creations inside the market. Homemade Candies. Visit another Amish You will stop at Maize Valley Winery for tasting cottage industry started by Mary Troyer, Light for before departing for home. My Patch Candles. Watch her make her famous muffin candles. Walnut Creek Cheese is where Cost per person starting at: $95.00 the Amish ladies shop, which features bulk foods, spices, groceries, produce and the best ice cream Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per in the county. Ice cream is included for all. itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. Cost per person starting at: $95.00 WINE AND CHEESE PLEASE! Includes: Transportation, family style lunch, Arrive at Hans Tasting Room for cheese and admissions per itinerary, meal and guide crackers and breakfast sangria. There will be free gratuities, and taxes. time to visit Broad Run Cheese for shopping as well as Swiss Heritage Winery. Don’t forget to AMISH COUNTRY GOODIE BAG walk over to Breitenbach Winery for more samples. At Baltic Mills Winery there are four April through October samples of their most popular labels waiting to be Fill your bag (provided by the guide) with treats tried. Enjoy more varieties of cheeses and from Ohio’s Amish Country! Meet your guide at specialty crackers. A buffet lunch will be served Heini’s Cheese Chalet. Sample over 60 varieties before your tour of Raven’s Glenn Winery, which of locally made cheeses. After receiving your is located on the banks of the beautiful chunk of cheese, walk across the street to Tuscarawas River. An ice cream treat will be Kauffman Bakery and sample several varieties of given to everyone at MacKenna’s Market, and fresh baked goods. A loaf of bread is included for there will be time to shop for meats, cheeses, bulk all. A buffet lunch will be served at the foods and baked goods before departing for Farmstead Restaurant with Amish peanut butter home. whip! Stop at Coblentz Leather Shop and Cost per person starting at: $114.00 receive a leather key ring. There is time to feed the goats before finishing the day at Troyer Market. A jam is included for all, but there is also time to shop for bulk foods, spices, ice cream and more before you depart for home. Cost per person starting at: $114.00 Includes: Transportation, family style lunch, admissions per itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes.
Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes.
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THE CUTTING EDGE ACADEMY THEATER OF MEADVILLE NO SATURDAYS In December of 1885, Ernest P. Hempstead Arrive at Warther Cutlery for the NEW tour, demo presented the Academy of Music to the people and appetizers using the updated and exciting of Meadville. This “splendid temple of new line of Warther Cutlery which has been amusement” was designed by architect J. M. made for 100 years! Visit the new woodshop and Wood. From the time it opened, the Academy enjoy delicious dips, spreads, and more while Theatre housed local productions and hosted watching the knives being made. The beautiful touring vaudeville shows. In the early 1900s it new facility showcases the entire line of Warther began showing films, and through 1980, it was Cutlery along with so much more. There is a new known mostly as a movie theater. After a fire in line of cutting boards and other kitchen the mid-80s, a group of citizens came together to accessories available. There will be a light lunch save the ailing building. These Friends of the next door at the Warther Museum and a tour of Academy restored the theatre to its original the beautiful gardens, button house, and the beauty and since then it has regained its status as family home. Sample some of the best desserts Meadville’s home for all varieties of artistic and at Walnut Creek Cheese (coffee and water are cultural events. You are in store for a delightful included). Depart for Coblentz Chocolates, for experience! more samples and Hans Tasting Room and Broad Run Cheese House before departing for November 30-December 22, 2019: Annie home. February 7 - 23, 2020: Hush Up Sweet Cost per person starting at: $114.00 Charlotte April, 17 – May 10, 2020: Peter Pan June 12 - 28, 2020: Mamma Mia July 24 – August 2, 2020: A Bit of Broadway October, 2019: Fiddler on the Roof December 2020: TBA
Cost per person starting at: $89.00 Includes: Transportation, lunch, reserved Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per seating, meal gratuity, and taxes. itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes.
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BOXCAR ESCAPADES ON HORSESHOE PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MUSEUM CURVE Join us as we travel the short distance to Washington, PA to the Red Pump Spirits for a Board Amtrak’s, The Pennsylvanian at tour and tasting. Lunch will be enjoyed at the Johnstown Train Station. Ride the train to Doubletree by Hilton, at the Meadowlands. At Altoona, PA around the famous Horseshoe Curve. the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, you will ride Then travel by coach to Boyer’s Candy Outlet, into the past on a restored antique trolley. Enjoy a home of the Mallow Cup. Visit Horseshoe Curve scenic four-mile ride with a uniformed operator on Visitor Center and Benzel’s Pretzel Outlet. a vintage streetcar. Then take a guided tour of 15 Enjoy lunch, then a stop at the Railroader’s historic trolleys at the Trolley Display Building and Memorial Museum. To end the day, enjoy wine visit the museum store. A stop at Sarris Candies tasting at Oak Spring Winery. This tour has a lot before heading home will make your day just of walking and steps! Wear comfortable walking perfect! shoes! Cost per person starting at: $99.00
Cost per person starting at: $114.00 Includes: Transportation, lunch, train ride, touring and admissions per itinerary, guide, wine tasting, Includes: Transportation, lunch, admission to meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. Red Pump Spirits, the Trolley Museum, shopping at Sarris Candies, meal gratuity, and taxes.
Note: A valid photo I.D. is required for security purposes.
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CHAUTAUQUA BELLE Cost per person starting at: $135.00 June, July, August, September Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per itinerary, step-on guide, meal and guide gratuities, Travel to Chautauqua, NY where you will have a and taxes. guided tour of the historic Chautauqua Institution. Enjoy a buffet lunch at the Historic NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER Lenhart Hotel. Board the Chautauqua Belle for Travel to Jamestown, NY to the National a steamboat adventure with history of the Comedy Center. This is the first state-of the art Northern end of Chautauqua Lake. See the museum dedicated to telling the vital story of beautiful multimillion-dollar homes, once owned comedy in America. The museum celebrates by the Studebakers, the Packard’s, the Edison’s comedy’s great minds and unique voices from and the Heinz’s, and learn what made the country Charlie Chaplin to Dave Chappelle. You will have an industrial giant in the late 1800’s. plenty of time to explore the exhibit before Cost per person starting at: $129.00 heading home. Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per Cost per person starting at: $83.00 itinerary, step-on guide, meal and guide gratuities, Includes: Transportation, admission to National and taxes. Comedy Center, and taxes.
LUCY LAND ONE DAY July and August Travel to Jamestown, NY, hometown of Lucille NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER WITH Ball. Enjoy a driving tour of Jamestown to see the famous THE CHAUTAUQUA BELLE sites from Lucy’s past. Have a September and October Only wonderful luncheon in the Travel to Jamestown, NY where you will board Tropicana Room, modeled the Chautauqua Belle for a cruise along the after Ricky Ricardo’s famous Chadakoin River. Enjoy a barbeque lunch while Manhattan night club. cruising on the river before arriving at the Following lunch, you will have National Comedy Center. Spend the afternoon the opportunity tour the Desi- at this new and exciting museum. You will have a Lucy Museum, Desilu great time learning about comedy, laughing and Studios and the National Comedy Center before discovering new comedians and sticking with the departing for home. classics! The National Comedy Center has been Cost per person starting at: $123.00 ranked the top new attraction in the country by USA Today, Time Magazine, Conde Nast, the Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per Wall Street Journal and many others! itinerary, meal gratuity, and taxes.
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CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION QUEEN ESTHER - ONE DAY Sundays only in July and August Sight & Sound’s Millennium Theater invites you to a brand new original stage Production! Set in Travel to Chautauqua Institution in the opulent yet perilous Persian Empire, QUEEN Chautauqua, NY. A plated lunch will be served ESTHER is a captivating tale of beauty and at the famous Athenaeum Hotel. Spend the bravery. Experience one the most riveting Bible afternoon browsing and shopping at Art in the stories as it comes to life with magnificent sets, Park. Here you will find more than 60 artists and special effects and live animals! craftspeople participating to display their paintings, jewelry, pottery, carvings, and other Note: This tour can be done with recommended works. Enjoy a leisurely walk throughout the meals added at Miller’s Smorgasbord, Plain and beautiful grounds of Chautauqua. Capture the Fancy Restaurant, Hometown Kitchen, or Good scenery and memories as you board the and Plenty. Chautauqua Belle and cruise from Chautauqua Cost per person starting at: to Mayville, NY. $250.00 (Sat) Cost per person starting at: $125.00 $240.00 (Fri) Includes: Transportation, lunch, boat cruise, $225.00 (Tue-Thurs) meal gratuity, and taxes. Includes: Transportation, lunch, reserved seating, meal gratuity, and taxes.
THE NEW TYGART FLYER Travel to Elkins, WV to board the NEW Tygart Flyer. This vintage diesel-powered passenger train has gained a reputation as one of the most relaxing mountain wilderness excursions in our Mountain Rail Adventure portfolio. The 4-hour, 46 mile round trip departs at 11 a.m. from the restored Elkins Depot on Railroad Avenue. Enjoy a buffet lunch while on board. Cost per person starting at: $120.00 Includes: Transportation, buffet lunch, 4-hour train excursion, meal gratuity, and taxes.
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MOUNTAIN PLAYHOUSE THE POTOMAC EAGLE Travel to Jennerstown, PA, for a wonderful Depart for Cumberland, MD to have a buffet lunch luncheon at the quaint Green Gables before you board The Potomac Eagle. The Restaurant. After lunch, enjoy a show at the excursion is a 3-hour trip that goes southbound renowned Mountain Playhouse, which is through the Trough to Sycamore Bridge and back. adjacent to the restaurant. A most relaxing and (It is approximately 35 miles round-trip.) There is pleasant experience awaits you. no layover and will passengers stay on-board. June 16 – June 28, 2020: Cost per person starting at $154.00 Honky Tonk Angels (Musical) July 7 – 19, 2020: Perfect Wedding (Farce) July 21 – August 9, 2020: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Musical) August 11 – 23, 2020: Popcorn Falls (Comedy) Sept 15 – 27, 2020: Ripcord (Comedy)
September 29 – October 11, 2020: Includes: Transportation, buffet lunch, three hour Sanders Family Christmas (Musical) train ride, meal gratuity, and taxes. Cost per person starting at: $105.00 Includes: Transportation, lunch, reserved seating, meal gratuity, and taxes. The Original Pie Shoppe can be added for no additional cost.
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OHIO STAR THEATER FARM TO TABLE AGRI-TOUR April – December Wednesday Only, June - October An international tour is just a short drive away! Happy! Happy! Rise and Shine! Start the day Enjoy the cheese nibbles at Walnut Creek early to travel to Ohio to an Amish Farm and have Cheese. A short walk across the street will lead a behind-the-scenes tour of a working Amish you to see the World’s largest Cuckoo Clock. produce farm. You will learn about the various Hungry visitors will enjoy lunch at Dutch Valley techniques used to sustain and extend the Restaurant before a show at the Ohio Star growing season. Enjoy a sit-down lunch with the Theater. Amish family and learn the customs of preparing a meal without the use of modern technology while Cost per person starting at: $105.00 your group enjoys a homemade lunch that is sure Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per to please. itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. Cost per person starting at: $84.00 May – July: Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per A Simple Sanctuary itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. August – October: STEAM TRAIN TRAIL Josiah for President May through October November – December: Thursday, Friday, Saturdays ONLY The Christmas Tree Ship Start the day at the world’s largest private collection of 20 locomotive engines of the late Jerry Jacobson at the Age of Steam Roundhouse. The turntable offers an impressive glimpse into the former life of this 18-stall brick roundhouse. Enjoy lunch amongst the carvings at The Ernest Warther Museum and Gardens. There are over 65 hand carved masterpieces that await you. Warther created perfectly scaled working replicas of steam engines, including the Lincoln Funeral Train. The Dennison Railroad Depot Museum is a National Historic Landmark that will take you back in time to experience the beautifully restored 1873 Pennsylvania Railroad depot. There are railroad cars and interactive NOTE: If travelling on (Wednesday in October learnings for all ages! only), Thursday, Friday or Saturday a stop can be made at Holmes County Flea Market NOTE: This tour requires proper shoes that instead of Walnut Creek Cheese and the cover the entire foot. (NO sandals, flip flops or Cuckoo Clock. beach shoes). Waivers will need to be signed the day of the tour.
Cost per person starting at: $111.00
Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per itinerary, meal gratuity, and taxes.
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FUN IN TUSCARAWAS COUNTY MARITIME MYSTERY TOUR June through October May through October Wednesday Only Enjoy a Mystery Tour that will explore what sits on the water, and what can be made with water. This tour is for all those late risers! Travel to Water, Water everywhere! Oh what a mystery! downtown New Philadelphia to OV Harvest. Here, they showcase a wide range of extra virgin Cost per person starting at $127.00 and flavored olive oils as well as aged balsamic Includes: Transportation, a full day of surprises, vinegars. Demonstrations and tastings will please gratuities, and taxes. the palate while learning about the health benefits of adding oils to your everyday meals. Shop for locally sourced produce, herbs, baked goods, honey, handmade soaps and more at the DAS DUTCH DINNER THEATER Tuscarawas Valley Farmers Market. Next you At the Das Dutch Village Inn in Columbiana, will go to Warther Cutlery. This brand new Ohio, Pennsylvania Dutch tradition is served up facility offers a firsthand look at the manufacturing in a hearty style with delicious entrees, of the world famous Warther Knives. Learn the vegetables, and desserts. Besides the knife techniques and uses with an onsite kitchen scrumptious four-course plated meal, there is a knife demonstration. End your day with a gourmet great theater entertainment with heartwarming meal prepared by an executive chef at the Tool comedies, dramas, and musicals. Before heading Shed at Breitenbach Wine Cellars and home, there will be time to browse the shops and Vineyards. This smorgasbord will feature the bakery. The Horst and Witmer Families of seasonally fresh products sourced from local Das Dutch invite you to be their guests this farmer’s markets. Wine pairing suggests are also coming year! featured during this culinary experience. Call for show dates! Cost per person starting at: $87.00 Cost per person starting at: $89.00 Includes: Transportation, admissions per itinerary, meal gratuity, and taxes. Includes: Transportation, lunch reserved seating, meal gratuity, and taxes.
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AMERICA’S HEROES CHRISTMAS IN THE LAUREL Somerset County, Pennsylvania has been called HIGHLANDS “America’s County” because of the two life- changing events in which heroes lived and died in Available Thanksgiving through New Years 2001 and 2002. Come and experience the places NO MONDAYS and hear the stories. Pay your respects at the Flight 93 National Memorial including both the Connellsville has a new and amazing site to Memorial Plaza with the Wall of Names of the enjoy! Harry Clark’s HO Scale Model Railroad Heroes of Flight 93 and the Visitor Center, as display is one of the most incredibly built model well and “The Tower of Voices”. The 93 foot tall railroads you will ever see. The railroad is located tower houses 40 wind chimes that provides in the Connellsville Canteen, a recreated B & O harmonious sounds reminding us of the 40 heroes Train Station that commemorates the women who who came together and gave their lives. Lunch served the troops on trains passing through during will be a smorgasbord at Oakhurst Tea Room. WWII. Next to the Canteen and Train Display you Next, visit Flight 93 Memorial Chapel, which was find Appalachian Creativity Center, a unique dedicated to the memory of the 40 heroes of gallery featuring artwork and various crafts of local Flight 93. The final stop of the day will be artists. Next, is a stop at Colebrook’s Quecreek Mine Rescue site where nine miners Chocolates to try some delicious samples! Enjoy were miraculously rescued from 240 feet beneath a light snack at Craftique Collections in the earth. Greensburg. A walk through Greensburg’s Ramada Hotel Parade of Trees will follow, where Costs per person starting at: $94.00 local businesses decorate the trees and you vote Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per for your favorites. DiSalvo’s Station Restaurant itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. is located in the restored train station where dinner will be served. The last stop of the day will NOTE: If you would like to add on the be Overly Country Christmas with more than a Somerset Historical Center for a maple syrup million lights. There will be time for the bonfire, demo, or Glades Pike Winery for wine tasting, train display and shopping. there would be an additional charge. Please inquire if you have an interest. Costs per person starting at: $99.00 Includes: Transportation, light snack, lunch, admissions per itinerary, step-on guide, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes.
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CREATIVITY PIONEERS AND HEROES Creativity is the theme of this day…..what After meeting your guide, travel to Quecreek others have done and what you will do! Mine Rescue Memorial. Learn about the nine miners who were trapped 240 feet beneath a Begin the day at the Big Mac Museum in Irwin, farmer’s field. Stop at the Original Pie Shoppe to meet your local step-on guide. Explore this of Ligonier for some shopping and receive an McDonald’s Restaurant that is also a museum apple pie. A delicious lunch will be served at a dedicated to the inventor of the Big Mac restored train station, DiSalvo’s Station. On the sandwich. See the world’s largest Big Mac (good campus of St. Vincent College visit the Fred photo op) and lots of McDonald’s memorabilia. Rogers Center. There is also time to view the The next stop of the morning will be at the amazing early American coverlets/quilts. The last Latrobe Art Center where you will create an art stop of the day will be at the Lincoln Highway project – a set of 4 hot pad/coasters. There will Heritage Museum to learn the history of the be enough time to browse through the art center Lincoln Highway – Route 30! Pie will be served and the attached gift shop. Enjoy a delicious with a beverage before departing for home. luncheon in the beautiful setting of DiSalvo’s Station, a restored Amtrak railroad station. A Costs per person starting at: $103.00 brief tour will highlight the stop here. Then, it’s on Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per to St. Vincent College where a visit to the itinerary, pie/beverage, a step-on guide, meal and gristmill, built by the Benedictine monks and in guide gratuities, and taxes. continuous operation since 1854 will be explored. There is a presentation on the mill operation and its history. There is an opportunity to purchase various flours as well as breads made from grains grown at St. Vincent by local farmers. The last stop of the day will be at Craftique Collections, a large store with dozens of individual booths featuring items from many suppliers offering florals, knits, candles, candies, jewelry, kitchen items, home décor, and much more. Enjoy a beverage and a small snack in the Café, courtesy of Craftique. Cost per person starting at: $98.00 Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per UNXSUTAWNEY HIL AND IMMY itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. P P J STEWART Travel to Punxsutawney, PA where you will meet Punxsutawney Phil. A local guide will take you on a tour that includes Gobbler’s Knob where Phil does his “important” weather prediction. A lunch will be provided before going to Indiana, PA where you will have a driving tour of the city. While in Indiana, you will tour the Jimmy Stewart Museum and enjoy a live presentation by a local gentleman doing an excerpt from one of Jimmy’s most beloved films, as Jimmy! Costs per person starting at: $102.00 Includes: Transportation, lunch, touring and admissions per itinerary, step-on guide, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes.
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RAMBLIN’ ROUTE 30 REMEMBER WHEN A Dine-Around along this Historic Highway! Enjoy a day of nostalgia, music and memories! Begin the day with a rest stop at the Big Mac After meeting your local guide at The Big Mac Museum in Irwin, which was built to honor Jim Museum, you will go to DeLallo’s Italian Delligatti, the inventor of the Big Mac. There are Marketplace. This is the flagship store and timelines, exhibits, and memorabilia regarding headquarters of the George DeLallo Company, McDonald’s, including the World’s Largest Big home of fine Italian foods. Each tour member Mac! Next stop will be Craftique Collections, receives a jar of their famous spaghetti sauce. which is a large consignment shop which offers a Ferrante’s Lakeview Restaurant will provide a wide selection of new goods from clothing to delicious lunch and show featuring Cathi Rhodes home décor and much more. Lunch will be at and Chris Collins bringing you “Jimmy Stewart”. Carol and Dave’s Restaurant in the village of You will hear a synopsis of one of Jimmy Ligonier. Visit to the Historic Compass Inn Stewart’s movies, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, where docents will share history and add some Harvey or It’s a Wonderful Life. You will receive a fun with etymology, the origins of words and complimentary beverage and snack at Craftique phrases. There will be a quick stop at the Collections while browsing and shopping at the Original Pie Shoppe to purchase delicious baked Art and Craft Mall. goods and receive an individual apple pie. The Costs per person starting at: $103.00 last stop of the day will be at the Lincoln Highway Museum to see nostalgic photos and Includes: Transportation, lunch, show, light artifacts of travel along the road. A pie and snack, step-on guide, meal and guide gratuities, beverage will be served at the 1938 Lincoln and taxes. Highway Diner before departing for home.
Cost per person starting at: $103.00 Includes: Transportation, step-on guide, admissions per itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes.
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VIP’S VISIT VIP’S JOHNSTOWN FLOOD REVISITED Today you will visit the Fred Rogers Center, with a After you pick up your local guide, you will travel beautiful “green” building that houses a detailed to the Johnstown Flood Museum in Johnstown, exhibit of the life of Fred Rogers PA. You will have a guided tour that includes an exhibit showing the movement of the flood, items You will meet your local guide in Irwin before you recovered, and news articles. You will see the visit the Big Mac Museum. The only McDonalds Academy Award winning film “The Johnstown Restaurant of its kind in the world – it has the Flood.” Ride the Johnstown Incline Plane that world’s largest Big Mac! Next, arrive at the was built after the flood of 1889 as a means of campus of St. Vincent College, home of the escape from the city as well as transportation in Steeler’s Training Camp! and out of Johnstown, which is currently used. Drive through Grandview Cemetery which provides a view of the 777 graves of the unknowns of the 2209 lives lost on that fateful day. You will have a delicious luncheon at an area restaurant before you go to the Johnstown Flood National Memorial. Here you may view many photos and exhibit and hear about the Southfork Dam from a park ranger. There is an optional film here as well to learn about that fateful day. Cost per person starting at: $105.00. Includes: Transportation, admissions per itinerary, lunch, step-on guide, meal and guide Next, you will have a guided tour at St. Vincent’s gratuities, and taxes. Basilica, with its many stained glass windows. While on campus you will visit the St. Vincent MOUNT ST. MACRINA Gristmill – the gristmill has been in operation Travel to the Connellsville Canteen which offers since 1854. Lunch will be at DiSalvo’s Station a look at the world during World War II. There is Restaurant, located in a restored train station. an exhibit of World War II memorabilia, photos You will then make a set of 4 hot pads/coasters at and bios of local veterans who served during the the Latrobe Art Center. You may even purchase war. See a 25x50 foot layout of the HO Scale some beautiful artwork from the gift shop. To trains all made from scratch at the Henry Clark complete your day you will stop at Craftique Railroad Display. There is time at Colebrook Collections which offers 7,000 square feet of Chocolates for samples and an opportunity to shopping pleasures at reasonable prices. purchase fine chocolates. Lunch and a tour of Costs per person starting at: $100.00 Mount St. Macrina, a Uniontown Monastery for the Byzantine Catholic Order of Sisters of St. Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per Basil. The retreat house, is a stunning mansion itinerary, step-on guide, meal and guide gratuities, once owned by J.V. Thompson, a leading figure in and taxes. the coal and coke boom in the late 19th century. Note: Sand Hill Berries and Green Dance There will be a driving tour of the city of Winery may be used instead of Craftique Uniontown at the conclusion of the day. Collections. The cost per person start at: Cost per person starting at: $109.00 $108.00 if you would like this. Includes: Transportation, admissions per itinerary, lunch, step-on guide, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes.
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HOW DO THEY DO THAT? PITTSBURGH: MOUNTAINS! RIVERS! YESTERDAY AND TODAY STREETS! The day will begin at Brantview Maple Farms. May through October Enjoy an indoor guided tour which shows the Sit back and relax aboard The Explorer! Enjoy process of tapping trees for maple syrup and this 90-minute scenic, informative, relaxing cruise processing it to create various products. There is on Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers. Lunch will be served a live demonstration, exhibits, samples and at the LeMont Restaurant atop Mount shopping in the Sugar Camp Store. While the Washington. What a View! Board the motor process hasn’t changed too much from yesterday, coach for a 2-hour guided city tour with a ride on there are many new tools and processes to learn the famous Duquesne Incline. about. There will be a wagon ride through the 300-acre maple tree farm which shows the ground Cost per person starting at: $119.00 operations first-hand, (weather permitting). Have a delicious luncheon at Coal Miners’ Café. Stop Includes: Transportation, admissions per itinerary, lunch, step-on guide, meal and guide at the Original Pie Shoppe of Ligonier to purchase some bakery. The cinnamon rolls are gratuities, and taxes. still made as they were in 1947 by the Pie Shoppe’s original owner when he was a Navy cook on a battleship! An individual size apple pie will be given to everyone. Compass Inn Museum was established in 1799 as a stagecoach stop on the Philadelphia-Pittsburgh Turnpike. See how they did many things “yesterday.” From wagon and stagecoach travel to blacksmithing, inn keeping and cookhouse food preparation, ingenious methods of making do with what they had. See a demo of donut making or ice cream making as they did it so long ago. Samples for all!
Cost per person starting at: $107.00 Includes: Transportation, admissions per FALL FUN itinerary, lunch, a step-on guide, meal and guide Available September and October gratuities, and taxes. Start your day with St. Vincent Gristmill and General Store which was built in 1854 by the Benedictine Monks. Enjoy a red-carpet welcome from the Ramada of Ligonier, followed by a delicious Bar-B-Que lunch. Cathi Rhodes and Eric Harris will perform All Star Country Music Revue, featuring a variety country music favorites. Enjoy the pumpkin carving demo, hayride and pumpkin souvenir at Faranda Farms before departing for home. Costs per person starting at: $101.00 Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per itinerary, meal gratuity, and taxes.
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“I LOVE LUCY” MURDER MYSTERY ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS Somebody has some ‘splainin’ to do when TREE America’s favorite red head turns up dead. Has Ricky tired of her attempts to join his Available November and December show? Is Ethel fed up with her wacky You will start your day with a red-carpet welcome schemes? Or has Fred finally found a way to from Ramada of Ligonier, followed by a get rid of his least favorite neighbor? traditional Christmas buffet. After lunch, you will Enjoy a red-carpet welcome from Ramada of hear the “Holiday Musical Revue” performed by Ligonier, with a delicious 1950’s themed buffet Cathi Rhodes, will surely put you in a Christmas lunch. See if you can figure out who “done it” as mood. There will be free time to browse and shop the cast from Mystery’s Most Wanted present in downtown Ligonier while enjoying the festive the “I Love Lucy” Murder Mystery show. Follow lights and decorations of the town square. A this with a visit to the Latrobe Art Center where candlelight tour at the Compass Inn Museum you will express your talent working on a Lucille follows with candlelit wreaths and trees plus Ball art activity. delicious mulled cider. There will be a stop at the “Old General Store” and “The Country Pie Costs starting at: $95.00 Shoppe” where everyone receives a mini pie. To Includes: Transportation, lunch, attractions, round out your Christmas tour, you will have an entertainment, meal gratuity, and taxes. opportunity to drive through the beautiful holiday light display at Overly’s Country Christmas. Cost per person starting at: $95.00
Includes: Transportation, Christmas holiday luncheon, attractions, entertainment, meal gratuity, and taxes.
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TALES OF THE PAST DAZZLING LIGONIER DIAMOND Available all Year CHRISTMAS Discover first-hand how drinking spirits impacted Start the day with a Candlelight tour at the 18th century military life on the “History and Hops” Compass Inn Museum. This 1799 stagecoach tour at Fort Ligonier. You will see how Spruce stop will have candlelit wreaths and trees. Beer was made and sample the concoction Ramada Inn of Ligonier will give you a red created by troops to prevent scurvy. After carpet welcome and a delicious Christmas lunch. exploring the fort, a local craft beer is served for There is free time to shop in downtown Ligonier everyone. The Ramada Inn of Ligonier will and visit the Festival of Lights. Enjoy a welcome you for lunch, followed by the Murder “Holiday Show” at the Diamond Theater. Stop Mystery Comedy show by Mystery’s Most at Overly’s Country Christmas to see the live Wanted – perhaps an Alfred Hitchcock parody! A nativity, bonfire and train display. guided tour of Compass Inn Museum with costumed docents to tell the story of life during the Cost per person starts at: $105.00 early 1800’s. Stop at the Original Ligonier Pie Includes: Transportation, lunch, entertainment, Shoppe for some bakery items before heading admissions per itinerary, meal gratuity, and taxes. home. Costs per person starting at: $114.00 Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per itinerary, meal gratuity, and taxes.
MOBSTERS, MOLLS, AND MARINARA Available All Year Come join the party at this gin joint, set in the roaring twenties where every night was New OLDIES AND GOODIES Year’s Eve. But “speak easy” because the Start the day with some shopping in Ligonier. bathtub gin ain’t the only think that’ll kill ya! There are more than 30 specialty shops to Solve the murder of a local Chicago crime explore. Ramada Inn of Ligonier will give you a boss. Who knows, you may even be the mug red carpet welcome and a delicious lunch. Sit who saves the day! back and relax while Cathi Rhodes sings her Ramada Inn of Ligonier will roll out the red carpet Sentimental Jukebox Journey. There will be a and serve a buffet lunch. Enjoy Mobsters, Molls, tour of the Southern Alleghenies Art Museum and Marinara the Murder Mystery Show by before you visit the Lincoln Highway Mystery’s Most Wanted. See who don it! Stop Experience. Here, is the tribute to the Lincoln for a slice of pie and cup of coffee at the Lincoln Highway, designated in 1913 as America’s first Highway Experience. A tribute to the Lincoln coast to coast highway, stretching from New York Highway designated in 1913 as America’s first City to San Francisco. Enjoy a slice of pie and a coast to coast highway, stretching from New York cup of coffee at the 1938 diner onsite, and a City to San Francisco. souvenir postcard. Cost per person starts at: $92.00 Costs per person starting at: $91.00 Includes: Transportation, lunch, entertainment, Includes: Transportation, lunch, entertainment, admissions per itinerary, meal gratuity, and taxes. admissions per itinerary, meal gratuity, and taxes.
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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Tour at WAGON WHEELS AND AUTOMOBILES least 30 rooms and the beautiful gardens at Stan April through May Hywet. The morning adventure is at Wagon Trails. This Cost per person starting at: $115.00 park features more than 300 animals around the world. Ride a Safari truck through 62 acres, Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per providing an up-close glimpse of the animals. itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. Lunch is at Saratoga Restaurant. This all-time favorite restaurant has been serving up great food since 1916. Explore the National Packard Museum. Learn about the family, the industry, and the automobiles, including the classics dating back to 1903. Take a tour of the beautiful Upton House. This house became the temporary center of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1903. Mrs. Upton was instrumental in getting women the right to vote in the United States. The final stop is Jimmies Italian Specialties. You will think you are in Italy! There are homemade noodles, tomato sauce, wines and much more. The deli case includes all different imported olives, salads and cheeses. Your sweet tooth will love the twenty foot bakery case that is TRAIN, WINE AND CHOCOLATE filled with grandma’s goodies! May through September Costs per person starting at: $102.00 Tuesday through Saturday Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. Ride the rails through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. During your two-hour train ride, a USA park ranger will be on the train car to give you the “Voices of the Valley” tour. There is free time for shopping around the picturesque town of Hudson. Enjoy lunch at Papa Joe’s followed by wine tasting at a local winery. The last stop will be at Harry London’s Chocolates for gourmet chocolates, fudges and candies that keep your taste buds happy!
Cost per person starting at: $116.00 Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per CUYAHOGA EXCURSION itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. April through October Tuesday through Saturday Enjoy a scenic train ride from Akron to Peninsula on the Cuyahoga National Park Train Ride. The historical train ride is one of the longest and oldest tourist excursion railways in the U.S. Enjoy the wood-fired pizza from 3 Palms Pizzeria before shopping around the beautiful town of Hudson. Before travelling back to Pittsburgh you will tour Stan Hywett Hall and Gardens. A 65 room Tudor Revival Manor House and historic gardens and grounds make up this estate, which once belonged to F.A. Seiberling, the co-founder of
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DISCOVER CLEVELAND AMISH BROWN BAG GEAUGA April through December COUNTY Travel to Cleveland, Ohio to everyone’s favorite April through November foodie destination – West Side Market. There are more than 100 vendors offering an array of Monday through Saturday diverse, ethnic foods. Lunch will be at the oldest Enjoy the day and fill your bag in Ohio’s Amish ethnic restaurant in Cleveland, Sokolowski Country Treats. Begin the day at the Middlefield University Inn. This establishment specializes in Swiss Cheese House, where you will taste Polish and Eastern European cuisine. Enjoy more samples of fine cheeses as you browse through than 20 miles of facts and fun on a Trolley Tour in the cheese store. A variety of cheeses are Cleveland. This is one of the most reliable and available for purchase, in addition to the bag of pleasant ways to see Cleveland. You will learn cheese for your own brown bag to take home. how to make ice-cream while touring a local Visit the museum and see how the cheese store. The final stop is Breezewood Gardens industry has changed over the years. Another and Gifts, a unique garden center and gift shop. seasonal treat will be added to your cache from a Cost per person starting at: $110.00 Farm Market. Next will be a stop at Middlefield Bakery. A small loaf of bread is yours to take for Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per your brown bag. Enjoy a real Amish Wedding itinerary, guide and meal gratuities, and taxes. feast in an Amish home. The day would not be complete without a stop at the End of the CLEVELAND CRUISE Commons and the Nauvoo Family Market for a April through November handmade item and a jar of Amish jam for your brown bag. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Cost per person starting at: $106.00 Travel to Cleveland, OH and enjoy a two-hour narrated cruise on the Nautica Queen. A buffet Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per meal will be on the boat along with entertainment. itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. Don’t forget to bring your coolers, ice packs and grocery bags! There will be plenty of time at West Side Market – everyone’s favorite food destination. Savor an ice cream at Mitchell’s Ice Cream before finishing the day at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens. Cost per person starting at: $114.00 Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes.
AMISH BROWN BAG HOLMES COUNTY April through November Travel to Holmes County, OH where there will be several stops and many opportunities to fill your bag with snacks! There will be a stop at the GRANDMA of bulk food, The Ashery. Take a tour of Heinies Cheese and watch how cheese is made. Lunch will be provided by the famous Der Dutchman Restaurant. Walnut Creek Cheese is the area’s finest cheese, fresh meat, and bulk food and produce store. The final stop is nestled
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Group Leader Brochure 2020 Issued - November 2019 among the rolling hills of Ohio’s Amish countryside, Breitenbach Wine Cellars. They SIMPLY SWEET! are an exclusive producer of award-winning April through October grape, fresh fruit, berry wines, and dandelion Travel to Holmes County, Ohio to relax and enjoy wine! Taste 3 different wines while you are there! the horse drawn wagon ride at a real working Cost per person starting at $102.00 Amish farm. Get up close and personal while you feed many different exotic animals. Enjoy lunch at Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per one of the most famous places in Amish Country itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. – Amish Door! There is plenty of time to shop in the bulk foods market, bakery and gift shop. For more than a century, The J.M. Smucker Company has offered quality products. Visit the outlet store that features all your favorite jellies and jams. Nestled in the heart of Amish Country is P. Graham Dunn. This company creates and produces a wide selection of high quality wood decor and gifts. Enjoy the breathtaking factory as you watch the folks at work. The final stop will be Lemans Hardware. Find thousands of products that you thought they stopped making years ago. There are many displays of museum quality antiques, USA made toys and housewares. Price per person starting at: $100.00 TOOTIE FRUITIE May through October This fruitful Brown Bag Tour begins at Das Dutch Cupboard Shop, a bulk store offering a wide variety of old fashion and hard to find favorites. There are a lot more goodies at the local Farm Market. White House Fruit Farm is one of the largest farm markets in the state of Ohio! They have been growing fruits and vegetables for over 90 years. Lunch is at Spread Eagle Tavern. You will love this restored federal-style three story building built in 1837. A final stop of the day will be at a local winery for a tour and tastings!
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piece of pie topped with their famous Wineshake PROGRESSIVE WINE TOUR I ice cream while tasting five wine samples. May through October Price per person starting at: $115.00 Travel to Madison Ohio where you start your progressive wine tour at Spring Hill Orchard. Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per Enjoy three samples of wine and a breakfast itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. pastry as you learn about how this apple orchard became a first-class winery. Have a taste of three wines at Lakehouse Inn and Winery before OHIO’S SWEETEST CORNER going to Grand River Cellars for a delicious lunch and tasting three varieties of wine. There will be a May through October wine cellar tour as well. Debonne Winery and Begin your morning strolling through Harbor Perk Chalet is Ohio’s largest estate winery. Enjoy in Geneva, Ohio. Stop at the quaint coffee house cheesecake complemented by a tasting of the and enjoy a cup of specialty coffee and a famous ice wine. Learn the tricks of the trade on homemade muffin. Visit this lake port where how ice wine is made while touring the freights, pleasure boats and railcars still dominate underground facilities. the Ashtabula River and Lake Erie. Follow the Lake Erie Coastal Trail through the area and Price per person starting at: 115.00 view the famous Bascule Lift Bridge. Browse a Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per unique bulk food store – Better-N-Bulk. Take an itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. opportunity to purchase those hard to find items at a great price. Visit the new Smolen-Gulf covered bridge. This bridge is the longest covered bridge in the United States and came with an eight million dollar price tag. Lunch will be at Grand River Cellars. While dining, sample three wines and then have a guided tour of the winery. A final stop at a local Country Market to stock up on any seasonal fruits and vegetables. Price per person starting at: $105.00 Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes.
PROGRESSIVE WINE TOUR II May through October Travel to Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH and see Cherry Valley Furniture, which offers a huge inventory of stylish furniture, along with unique gifts and accessories for your home. The store offers bulk food, and some Amish baked goods. Old Firehouse Winery is known for its fine wines. There are seven wine samples at this quaint winery located on the Lake Erie Shoreline. Lunch will be at Ferrante Winery and Ristorante, which is tucked in the heart of the vineyards. Enjoy the 3 wine samples while enjoying lunch. Emerine Estates Winery is a quaint and cozy, and has a country style atmosphere. Taste their award winning 100% all natural fruit wines. Enjoy a fresh
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shopping experience. There is plenty of bakery, GREAT LAKES ADVENTURE fresh produce, household items and much more. May through October Costs per person starting at: $104.00 Visit the Ashtabula Marine Museum which holds all the treasures of the Great Lakes. View Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per thousands of pictures showing the history of the itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. Great Lakes and the Ashtabula Harbor. Grand River Cellars has a beautiful picturesque location AMISH HARVEST with an outdoor terrace overlooking the vineyards September – November and farmland. Lunch will be served here with 3 wine tastings, followed by a guided tour. Drive Visit Sage’s Farm, a family owned apple orchard. over Smolen-Gulf Covered Bridge which is the Enjoy a tour of the orchard and learn about how Sage’s grows and harvests over forty-two different longest covered bridge in the United States. Shopping will be done around the wonderful town varieties of apples. Taste samples of fine cheese of Geneva. Stop at Rees Corner General Store as you browse through Middlefield Swiss Cheese House. There are a variety of cheeses for an ice cream cone before visiting Robinson Apple Barn to purchase pies and other fresh available to purchase. Visit the museum and fruits and vegetables that are in season. learn how the cheese industry has changed over the years. Meet Mrs. Miller, enjoy pumpkin Costs per person starting at: $112.00 cookies and coffee (or tea) in her kitchen and learn about how the family preserves food. Lunch Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per will be served in an Amish home before taking a itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. hayride at Ridgeview Farm and Country Market. Learn the daily operations of a real working farm. Tour End of the Commons before ending your day. Costs per person starting at: $108.00 Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. AMISH TEA PARTY May through October Start the day with an Amish tea party in an Amish home! At the Miller’s you will enjoy a cup of tea as you visit and learn about the Amish culture. The cheese maker will be on hand to give you a BUGGY TALK brief description of the cheese making process at Amish Middlefield Original Cheese Co-op. May through October Enjoy the samples of “Squeaky Cheese”. Visit Learn about the Amish Culture in Holmes County, Country Arts and Jewelry to see Native Ohio! Start the day off at an authentic Amish American Artifacts, South Dakota Gold and farm. The folks at the Amish home want to share Sterling Silver, gifts, sage, incense, soaps and oils their knowledge and heritage with your group. and much more at reasonable prices. Lunch will Friendly guides will take you on a guided tour of be an Amish Wedding Dinner at a local Amish the Amish house, barn full of animals, and Amish home. The final stop of the day is Fig Tree Bulk School house. Enjoy a real Amish buggy ride Food Store to have the opportunity to purchase around the farm. No trip would be complete those “hard to find items” at great prices. without an authentic Amish meal. Enjoy a generous family-style meal at the Amish Costs per person starting at: $100.00 Restaurant and Gift Shop. You will find amazing Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per treasures at the Amish Country Flea Market and itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. shop at the Mega Farm Market. This 50,000 square foot ultra-food market will be a unique
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AMISH CHRISTMAS HOLMES COUNTY FLEA MARKET Start the day in Ohio with a lovely Amish tea. Mrs. May be added to any tour in Sugarcreek, OH Miller will open her home to guests to enjoy tea and some of her scrumptious Christmas cookies. Thursday, Friday, Saturday She will give her guests a glimpse into an Amish Also Wednesday in September and October Family's Christmas celebration. Time to shop in the unique bulk food store Fig Tree Bulk Food The Holmes County Flea Market is a 67,000 Store. Visit Mary Yoder’s Amish Bakery & Gift square foot indoor flea market and Antique Mall, Shop that specializes in Amish baked goods. fully handicapped accessible, climate controlled, Find a special holiday decoration at Sunrise with a huge variety of shopping options, as well as Farm. This charming greenhouse is fully a full service food court that serves gourmet decorated with wreaths, center pieces, poinsettia burgers, sandwiches, salads, pizzas, and plants, and Christmas trees. For lunch, enjoy a desserts. You will find something for everybody in traditional Amish feast of baked turkey, stuffing, our market! mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetable, season Starting in the spring of 2020, the Holmes salad, fresh bread, and Amish pies. End your day County Flea Market will be home to the Holmes with some shopping at Heritage Market Place. County Forge; an experience that will allow Costs per person starting at: $103.00 visitors to watch as the old world craft of ironwork is put into practice! Twice each month, the Forge Includes: Transportation, lunch, admissions per will be open to visitors to watch a knife-making itinerary, meal and guide gratuities, and taxes. demonstration and black-smithing. There is nothing quite like watching a smith at his craft, forging hot iron under his hammer!
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ULTI AY OURS WEST VIRGINIA RAILS 2 DAY M -D T May through October WEST VIRGINIA RAIL ADVENTURE Day 1: Travel to Elkins, WV and check into your hotel for the evening. Enjoy dinner and a show at May through October the Gandy Dancer Dinner Theater. Day 1: There is no better way to explore some Day 2: Enjoy a warm breakfast at the hotel and remote areas of West Virginia than by rail. You depart to Elkins Railway Depot. You will depart will head south to Elkins, WV to depart on a four- for a four-hour train excursion on the New Tygart hour excursion aboard the New Tygart Flyer. Flyer. A buffet lunch is included on board, and a The ride features mountain grades, a spectacular 30-minute scenic layover at High Falls of Cheat. “S” curve tunnel, and miles of unspoiled mountain Depart for home after exploring some of the wilderness. Lunch is included on board the train. remote areas of West Virginia. Return to Elkins for the History of American Music Show at the American Mountain Theater. Cost starting at: Day 2: Your coach will depart for Durbin, WV $315.00 per person, double occupancy and the Durbin Rocket train. The Durbin Rocket is powered by Old #3 which is only one of three Includes: Transportation, lodging, breakfast, operating Climax geared logging locomotives on lunch, dinner, Theater attraction, baggage earth. The riverside ride skirts along the handling, meal gratuities and taxes. Greenbrier River and through the Monongahela National Forest. This afternoon another historic rail adventure awaits you as you depart the Cass Whitaker Station aboard the Cass Railroad. Cass has the largest fleet of Shay locomotives in the world. These legendary locomotives were used to haul lumber to the mill in Cass and have operated on this rail line for over 100 years. Return to Elkins for a dancing good time at the Gandy Dancer Dinner Theater. Day 3: Today is the end of the line for your railroad adventure in West Virginia. Time to depart for Home Sweet Home. Cost starting at: $577.00 per person, double occupancy Includes: Transportation, lodging, two breakfasts, lunch, boxed lunch, two dinners, two musical theaters, three railroad excursions, baggage handling, meal gratuities, and taxes. Note: The railroads reserve the right to alter locomotive power at its discretion.
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A SALUTE TO AMERICAN LEGENDS QUEEN ESTHER IN LANCASTER Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Sight & Sound’s Millennium Theater invites you to a brand new original stage Production! Set in Day 1: Travel to Canton, OH to MAPS Air the opulent yet perilous Persian Empire, QUEEN Museum. This impressive museum is located ESTHER is a captivating tale of beauty and inside an airport hangar on the runways for the bravery. Experience one the most riveting Bible Akron-Canton Airport. The museum has acquired stories as it comes to life with magnificent sets, a broad collection of aircrafts from both private special effects and live animals! individuals and government collections. Lunch will be served at the Twisted Olive, a beautiful This tour can be done with accommodations at restaurant nestled in a park. The next stop will numerous Lancaster Hotels. Meals can be added have an exquisite aroma of fresh chocolate – for Miller’s Smorgasbord, Plain n’ Fancy Fannie Mae and Harry London Chocolate Restaurant, Hometown Kitchen, or Good and Factory. Go behind the scenes to learn the step- Plenty. by-step process used to carefully craft their American Music Theater and Dutch Apple gourmet chocolates. After checking into your Dinner Theater may be added to this package. hotel for the evening you may enjoy dinner and a theater experience at one of the local venues. Shows for 2020 at American Music Theater: Day 2: After breakfast and checking out of your May – October: Britain’s Best hotel you will have the morning at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is more November/December: The 2020 Christmas than a museum, it is an interactive experience! Show: Deck the Halls Enjoy over 120,000 square feet of awe-inspiring Shows for 2020 at Dutch Apple Dinner exhibits that present pro football’s unique story Theater: and bring to life to words such as courage, skill and dedication. Enjoy a private, elegant dining February/March: Grumpy Old Men room at the historical Canton Women’s Club for April/May: Guys and Dolls lunch. A brief tour of the house, with the history is available as well. At the Canton Classic Car May/June: Something Rotten Museum, you will have an animated tour and July/August: The Little Mermaid view the unusual classic and special interest automobiles. These gorgeous vehicles are August/September: Finding Neverland complemented by the thousands of pieces of September/November: Saturday Night Fever historical memorabilia, automobiles, vintage toys, steam engines and more displayed throughout the November/January: Elf, the Musical museum. Before departing for home, you will tour Prices vary according to customized add-ons of McKinley Presidential Library and Museum hotel lodging, meals, attractions, and touring. and have dinner with “President McKinley”! Please call Merrill Jones (Ext. 173) for pricing Cost starting at: at: 1-800-342-2349. $354.00 per person, double occupancy Includes: Transportation, lodging, breakfast, lunches, dinners, admissions per itinerary, baggage handling, meal gratuities, and taxes.
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LUCY TOWN TOUR NOAH’S ARK AND THE CREATION June – September MUSEUM Monday – Thursday Day 1: Join us as we travel to Petersburg, KY Day 1: Travel with us to Jamestown, NY, where we will visit the state-of-the-art 60,000 hometown of Lucille Ball. You will enjoy a driving square foot Creation Museum. This amazing tour of Jamestown to see the famous sites from place brings the pages of the Bible to life, casting Lucy’s past, as well as a tour of the Desi-Lucy its characters and animals in dynamic form and Museum and Desilu Studios. After checking into placing them in familiar settings. The museum your hotel for the evening you will have a cost $27 million, raised entirely through private wonderful dinner at the Tropicana Room, donations, and opened in May of 2007. The modeled after Ricky Ricardo’s famous Manhattan museum employs nearly 300 people and night club. approximately 250,000 people visit each year. Dinner will be included this evening prior to Day 2: After a hot breakfast and checking out of checking in to your hotel for the night. the hotel, you will have a full day at The National Comedy Center. This is the first state-of the art Day 2: Following breakfast at the hotel and museum dedicated to telling the vital story of checking out, you will have the opportunity to visit comedy in America. The museum celebrates the brand new life-size replica of the Biblical comedy’s great minds and unique voices from Noah’s Ark. The wooden ark has old-world Charlie Chaplin to Dave Chappelle. You will have details such as wooden pegs instead of nails, plenty of time to explore the exhibit before straight-sawed timbers and plenty of animals – heading home. some alive, some robotic. It will be an amazing sight! Cost starting at: Cost starting at: $265.00 per person, double occupancy. $329.00 per person, double occupancy
Includes: Transportation, lodging, breakfast, dinner, admissions per itinerary, baggage handling, and taxes.
Includes: Transportation, lodging, breakfast, admissions per itinerary, baggage handling,meal gratuities, and taxes. Note: If you would like to add Seneca Allegany Casino to this tour making it a two-night, three day tour, please call for pricing. Other attractions include: Eckloff’s Bakery, Chautauqua Belle, and Chautauqua Institution.
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heirloom gardens or the working 19th century farm THREE DAYS OF PLAY to say hello to the oxen and other animals. Lunch Day 1: Travel to Niagara Falls, NY to witness will be included before departing for Pittsburgh. one of nature’s greatest wonders of the World! Have a 2-hour ride on the Niagara Jet Cost starting at: Adventures. Skim the waters of the Niagara $512.00 per person, double occupancy River Gorge for 1 hour through Class 5 rapids and 360 degree spins. Stay dry inside or enjoy the Includes: Transportation, lodging, two spray on deck! After checking into your hotel, you breakfasts, one lunch, admissions per itinerary, have the rest of the day to explore Niagara Falls. baggage handling, meal gratuities, and taxes. Get up close on the world-famous Maid of the Mist, explore the Cave of the Winds, and fill your BLUE CRAB TRAIL day with visits to the Niagara Adventure Theater May through October and Aquarium of Niagara. Don’t forget to enjoy the illuminated Falls and nightly fireworks. Dinner Day 1: Travel to Ocean City, MD to check into on own. your hotel and have a crab feast for dinner. Day 2: After breakfast you will visit the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was formed in the early 19th century and reached its height between 1850 and 1860. Much of what we know today comes from accounts after the Civil War and accurate statistics about fugitive slaves using the Underground Day 2: Following breakfast, you will check out of Railway may your hotel and make your way to Rochester, NY. never be verifiable. Enjoy a seafood lunch at Experience the Strong Museum of Play for four Suicide Bridge before visiting the Blackwater hours! This is home to the National Toy Hall of Refuge National Park. This is a waterfowl Fame, the World Video Gaming Hall of Fame, the sanctuary for birds migrating along the highway Academy of Inter-active Arts and Sciences, the called the Atlantic Flyway. Dinner will be an all- dancing Wings Butterfly Garden and more one-of you-can-eat seafood buffet! a kind exhibits. The Strong has something to Day 3: After breakfast you will visit J. Miller offer for all ages! Next, visit the George Eastman Tawes Museum. Here you will explore Museum. Enjoy a two-hour tour of the mansion, interpretive exhibits about maritime past, including beautiful gardens, and landscape that belonged to natural history, the crab, oyster industries, and George Eastman, inventor, entrepreneur, and ship building. Have fun with a crab picking philanthropist. Finish the day at Casa Larga demonstration. Cruise to Smith Island and enjoy Vineyards for a tour and samples of Ice Wines, lunch at the Bayside Inn. Dinner will be on your and wine from the Finger Lakes Region. Check own this evening. into your hotel for the evening, and enjoy free time exploring Rochester, NY. Dinner is on own. Day 4: Enjoy breakfast before checking out of the hotel. You will see a crab catching demonstration Day 3: After breakfast and checking out of your before departing for home. hotel you will go to Genesee Country Village and Museum. Here you will travel back in time at Cost starting at: the largest living history museum in New York $618.00 per person, double occupancy State. Immerse yourself into the 19th century as you experience this historic village come to life. Includes: Transportation, lodging, three Interact with costumed interpreters during live breakfasts, two lunches, three dinners, demonstrations at the pottery, copper shop, admissions per itinerary, baggage handling, meal tinsmith, and the blacksmith. Visit one of the 13 gratuities, and taxes.
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during the 1700’s at James Monroe’s Highland, THANKSGIVING AT THE BEACH a neighbor of Thomas Jefferson’s. A tour of November Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello will follow before Day 1: Travel to Ocean City, MD and check into having dinner at Bistro 27. your hotel for the next two nights. Dinner will be a Day 3: After breakfast and checking out or the Thanksgiving Feast at an all-you-can-eat hotel, you will stop at Berkeley Plantation. One restaurant. Have a Winterfest Tram ride before of America’s first plantations, dating to 1726. settling in for the evening. Berkeley was the site of America’s first Day 2: After breakfast at the hotel, there will be “Thanksgiving” and the birthplace of President time for the Holiday Shoppers Fair, and an William Henry Harrison. As a grand finale you will exploration of Assateague Island National visit one of America’s most famous homes, Seashore. Assateague Island National George Washington’s Mount Vernon. A Seashore is protected by the National Parks sensational underground museum and visitor’s Service and Fish and Wildlife Service. You can center vividly reveals the lives of George and explore the natural marshes and lovely sandy Martha Washington. Enjoy a tour of the home beach. Dinner will be at a local restaurant and and grounds before departing for home. then a theater production at Dickens Parlor. Cost starting at: Day 3: Enjoy breakfast before checking out of the $637.00 per person, double occupancy. hotel. Squeeze in some shopping time at Tanger Outlets before departing for home. Thanksgiving Includes: Transportation, lodging, two has never been so easy! breakfasts, two dinners, admissions per itinerary, meal gratuities, baggage handling, and taxes. Cost starting at: $416.00 per person, double occupancy Includes: Transportation, lodging, two breakfasts, two dinners, admissions per itinerary, meal gratuities, baggage handling, and taxes. PRESIDENTIALLY VIRGINIA July 24 – August 30, 2020 Day 1: Travel to Richmond, VA to the Virginia State Capitol building. Jefferson designed this masterpiece which has housed the Western Hemisphere’s oldest legislature, the Virginia General Assembly. Dinner with a President? Yep, that’s what is on tap at the Historic Hanover Tavern. Patrick Henry was a regular patron here in the 1700’s and thus it comes highly recommended. After checking into the hotel there will be a delicious dinner followed by a trip downstairs to Virginia Repertory Theatre’s intimate theater space to see the one-man play A Late Morning (in America) with Ronald Reagan. Day 2: After breakfast you will go to James and Dolley Madison’s home which has been returned to its original appearance through a fascinating archaeological process. Some rooms are left unfurnished to reveal how experts determined where pictures were hung. See Madison’s library, where he wrote portions of the Constitution. Lunch will be at the original Colonial tavern, Michie Tavern. Learn how to make candles
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period fare, in this 200 year old converted log HOMES OF THE PRESIDENTS house. Day 1: Arrive in Washington, DC to meet your professional DC Tour Guide and depart to tour Cost starting at: The Woodrow Wilson House. It is the residence $509.00 per person, double occupancy. of the Twenty-Eighth President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, after he left office and Includes: Transportation, lodging, two where he spent his final days. Drive by the breakfasts, two dinners, lunch, admissions per Octagon House, a former home of James itinerary, meal gratuities, baggage handling, and Madison, and walk through Lafayette Park, a taxes. storied park with large statues set north of the White House and a National Historic Landmark. Stop by the White House Visitor Center, for a photo opportunity en route for dinner and checking into your hotel. CALLING ALL QUILTERS! Here are the dates and times for AQS QuiltWeek Shows. Call for pricing if you are interested. Daytona Beach, FL: February 26 – 29, 2020 February 24-27, 2021 Lancaster, PA – Downtown: March 25 – 28, 2020 Branson, MO: March 24-27, 2021 Day 2: After breakfast at the hotel, you are off Paducah, KY: with your Tour Guide to tour Lincoln’s Cottage. Located on a picturesque hilltop in Washington, April 22-25, 2020 DC, President Lincoln’s Cottage is the most April 21-25, 2021 significant historic site directly associated with Lancaster, The Nook, PA: Lincoln’s presidency aside from the White House. Lunch (on own) at the National Portrait Gallery August 5 – 7, 2020 and tour the Hall of Presidents Official August 4 – 6, 2021 Portraits. Continue on for a visit to George Grand Rapids, MI: Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate, home and final resting-place. Enjoy dinner in Old Town August 19 – 22, 2020 Alexandria and enjoy a tour of this historic town. August 18 – 21, 2021 See Christ Church, where both George Charleston, SC: Washington and General Robert E. Lee attended church services, Robert E. Lee’s boyhood home, September 30-October 2, 2020 and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial before returning to the hotel for the evening. Day 3: Enjoy breakfast before checking out and departing to visit Monticello, the mountain top estate of Thomas Jefferson. The Visitor Center includes a wonderful film, galleries, gift shop, cafe, courtyard, and more. Before departing for home, enjoy a buffet lunch at historic Michie Tavern, where costumed wait-staff serve hearty Colonial
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CASINO TOURS MGM NORTHFIELD PARK WHEELING DOWNS 1 Day 1 Day Try out this rocking casino in our neighboring Wheeling Downs is located in Wheeling, WV. state of Ohio. With over 2200 of the hottest games, five incredible restaurants, climate Cost per person starting at: $34.00 controlled, all-season patios, full beverage Bonus: To be Advised. service, live entertainment, and live racing every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday Bonus is subject to change. evening. You will have an awesome time! Each guest will receive a bonus of $25.00 free play. There are additional incentives for the group leader. Cost per person starting at: $45.00 Includes: Transportation, Bonus of $25.00 free play (bonus subject to change). Special Offer: Free Buffet Lunch with a four hour stay from a Motor Coach Tour. Note: This tour can also be an overnight trip, please call for pricing. MEADOWS RACETRACK AND CASINO 1 Day The Meadows is located in Washington, PA. Includes: Transportation only. Cost per person starting at: $35.00 Bonus to be advised. THE RIVERS CASINO 1 Day Located on Pittsburgh’s North Side, Rivers Casino has become a top entertainment destination since its opening. The Casino offers more than 100 table games and nearly 3000 slots. Rivers has nine restaurants and bars and live indoor and outdoor entertainment, plus daily gaming promotions. Cost per person starting at: $35.00
Includes: Transportation only. Bonus to be advised. Note: Rivers Casino partners with the Gateway Clipper and Carnegie Science Center on tours.
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MOUNTAINEER, WHEELING & SENECA ALLEGANY OVERNIGHT MEADOWS CASINOS Sunday - Thursday 2 Day/1 Night Day 1: Board the motor coach and depart for the Seneca Allegany Casino in Salamanca, NY. Sunday – Tuesday or Try your luck at the slots and gaming tables! Monday – Wednesday Each passenger will receive a $50.00 slot bonus. Enjoy your deluxe overnight accommodations in Start the day with a stop at Wheeling Island this AAA Four Diamond Hotel. On 11 levels of Casino with bonus before checking into the pure luxury, each of the 413 rooms and suites Mountaineer Casino hotel for one night with feature upscale amenities, including pillow-top bonus. Depart on day two with a stop at the beds, oversized showers, flat-screen TVs, Internet Meadows in Washington, PA with a bonus. access, and more. Make a splash in the resort’s Bonus Mountaineer $10.00 slot, $10.00 indoor pool, unwind as you soak in a wonderful Food steamy whirlpool, or get your heart pumping in the Bonus Wheeling: $25.00 state-of-the-art workout facility. Bonus Meadows: $25.00 Day 2: Enjoy your morning at the resort prior to January – April: checking out. Cost starting at: Cost starting at: $120.00 per person, Double Occupancy $163.00 per person, double occupancy May – September: Includes: Transportation, lodging, casino bonus, baggage handling, and taxes. $130.00 per person, Double Occupancy Please Note: Casino bonuses are subject to October – December: change. $120.00 per person, Double Occupancy SENECA ALLEGANY ONE DAY The time of your life happens here, as the Seneca Allegany Casino redefines excitement. It’s time to put your luck to the test in this world-class casino. Seneca Allegany offers endless ways to win with the most sought-after slot, table, keno and poker games in New York. Feel the anticipation, experience the thrill, and claim your fortune at Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino. Cost per person starting at: $65.00 Bonus to be advised. Includes: Transportation and casino bonus.
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SENECA NIAGARA ONE DAY SENECA NIAGARA OVERNIGHT The Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino is located Sunday - Thursday on the American side in Niagara Falls, NY. Try Day 1: Board the motor coach and depart for the your luck at one of the 100 gaming tables or Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls, New choose from more than 3,600 reel and video slot York. Try your luck at the slots and gaming machines. This could be your lucky day! tables! Each passenger will receive a $50.00 slot Cost per person starting at: $80.00 bonus. Enjoy your deluxe overnight accommodations in this AAA Four Diamond Hotel. Bonus to be advised. Day 2: Enjoy your morning at the resort prior to Includes: Transportation and casino bonus. checking out. Cost starting at: $189.00 per person, double occupancy Includes: Transportation, lodging, casino bonus, baggage handling, and taxes. Note: Casino bonuses are subject to change.
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AIR AND CRUISE TOURS GREAT TRAINS AND GRAND CANYONS AIR TOUR ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FIESTA Sept. 20-25, 2020** Oct. 2-7, 2020 **Other dates may be available** $2,589.00 per person, double occupancy $2,699.00 per person, double occupancy $300.00 deposit per person required at $300.00 deposit required at time of time of booking. booking Final payment due by July 17, 2020 Final payment due by July 3, 2020 Call Lenzner Monroeville office 1-800 Call Lenzner Monroeville office 1-800 334-9937 for reservations or more 334-9937 for reservations or more information. information. Highlights Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Albuquerque City Tour Old Town, Albuquerque Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Bandelier National Monument Los Alamos Science Museum Santa Fe City Tour Taos Pueblo Taos City Tour High Road to Taos 3 nights Santa Fe 2 nights Albuquerque
Highlights Included Two Rail Journeys Round trip air fare from Pittsburgh o Grand Canyon Railway Admissions and sightseeing as listed o Verde Canyon Railway 7 Meals (5 Breakfasts & 2 Dinners) Oak Creek Canyon Hotel transfers Black Bart’s Steakhouse Motor coach transportation Sedona Trolley Tour
Chapel of the Holy Cross Tlaquepaque & Uptown Sedona Montezuma Castle Jerome Chuck Wagon Supper and Show Old Town Sedona Includes Round-trip air fare from Pittsburgh 5 nights accommodations in Sedona 8 meals (5 breakfasts & 3 dinners) Sightseeing and admissions as listed Motor coach transportation Professional tour director Baggage handling
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VALON ATERWAYS THE LEGENDARY DANUBE A W Weekly Departures: ROMANTIC RHINE May 20, 2020 – October 31, 2020 Weekly Departures: $2,999.00 per person, double occupancy. March 24, 2020 – October 27, 2020 $300.00 deposit per person required at $2,699.00 per person, double occupancy time of booking. Call Lenzner Monroeville office 1-800- $300.00 deposit per person required at 334-9937 for reservations or more time of booking. information. Call Lenzner Monroeville office 1-800 Highlights: 344-9937 for reservations or more information. 8 days Nuremberg to Budapest. Highlights: Guided tour of Nuremberg Beer tasting on board Amsterdam Canal Cruise Guided walking tour in Regensburg and Cologne Walking Tour Passau Scenic Cruise through Rhine Gorge in Guided tour of the Benedictine Abbey in Koblenz Melk Heidelberg Castle Guided sightseeing in Vienna and Black Forest Budapest including Heroes’ Square Avalon River Cruises Always Includes: Avalon River Cruises Always Includes: Complimentary regional wine, beer and Complimentary regional wine, beer and soft drinks at lunch and dinner. soft drinks at lunch and dinner. Onboard meals, including four course a- Onboard meals, including four course a- la-carte dinners. la-carte dinners. Onboard local entertainment. Onboard local entertainment. Complimentary bicycles available for use Complimentary bicycles available for use on shore. on shore. Free Wi Fi. Free Wi Fi.
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GLOBUS NATURE’S BEST ALASKA Highlights: Weekly Departures: Fairbanks cruise aboard the sternwheeler Riverboat Discovery May 12, 2020 – September 8, 2020 Denali National Park dinner and $2,699.00 per person, double occupancy presentation by a local Naturalist Denali-Talkeetna journey aboard the $300.00 deposit per person required at Alaska Railroad in Deluxe Dome service time of booking. Big Lake – Visit Happy Trails Kennels to Call Lenzner Monroeville office 1-800- see the Iditarod dogs 334-9937 for reservations or more Kenai Fjords National Park information. Globus Inclusions: 7 Days from Fairbanks to Anchorage. Hotels and sightseeing per itinerary See what the “Great Land” of Alaska has to offer Deluxe motor coach, Alaska Railroad and on this exhilarating Alaska tour. You will visit Riverboat Discovery Denali National Park and you will have an opportunity to ride the thrilling, world famous Breakfast Daily Alaska Railroad in Deluxe Dome Service to 3 Lunches Talkeetna. At Kenai Fjords National Park, you 2 Dinners will have opportunity to see the glaciers crash into Cruise through Kenai Fjords National the sea and hear the thunderous roar! It is a Park spectacular sight! Alaska is a destination that should not be missed.
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ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINES
GRANDEUR OF THE SEAS® Includes: Sailing from Baltimore year round. Motor coach to the pier Call Lenzner Monroeville office Cruise with all port charges & taxes Most meals on board the ship 1-800-334-9937 for reservations or Entertainment on board more information. Prepaid gratuities on board the ship Take our deluxe motor coach to the pier for a no hassle cruise from 5-12 nights. Can’t get a whole group? Inquire about dates already set for the general public. Choose from a 5-8 night Bermuda, 7 nights Bahamas & SE Coast, 9 night New England and 12 night Southern Caribbean.
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GROUP LEADER RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Only the Group Leader should be communicating with Coach USA Tours. 2. Group Leaders are responsible for handling all money transactions with their passengers. (ie: deposits, full payment in a timely manner, insurance purchases, etc.) 3. Prior to trip, discuss with your Product Developer where meal (or rest) stop(s) will be made. 4. When the motor coach arrives, introduce yourself to the Driver. 5. Check off passengers from your list as they board the motor coach. 6. Discuss with the Driver where the meal or rest stop(s) will be. 7. When all passengers are seated, introduce yourself and the Driver to the group using the microphone. 8. Pass out EMERGENCY CONTACT FORMS and explain why you are asking for this information, and that it is completely voluntary on their part. 9. At each stop, it is the responsibility of the Group Leader to count passengers as they reboard the coach. 10. Anything (flyers, maps, etc.) that is to be distributed to the passengers is to be done by the Group Leader. 11. Please keep in mind, that the Driver is there strictly to drive the motor coach and to help the passengers on and off the motor coach. GROUP BENEFITS Group Leaders are very important to us! When you become a group leader and reserve tours through our tour department, this is what applies to groups. 1. Motor coach transportation is included in all tours 2. Tour pricing is based on a minimum of 30 paid passengers. Tours with less than 30 paid passengers are available but the price per person will increase. 3. Wheelchair accessible coaches are available. (Keep in mind a wheelchair takes up 4 seats when taking reservations for your tour. You will lose 4 seats. Two wheelchairs can be put on the coach at one time. You will lose 8 seats). 4. Complimentary Policy: 5. With 30 paid passengers the 31st passenger is complimentary. 6. With 40 paid passengers the 41st and 42nd passengers are complimentary. 7. On Multi-Day Tours the complimentary packages are based on the double occupancy rate. 8. Travel Insurance is available on all tours. To be eligible for the waiver of pre-existing medical condition exclusion, the protection plan must be purchased within 15 days from the time you make your initial trip deposit and for the prepaid non-refundable payments or deposits. If purchased, the insurance premium is refundable during the 15 day review period, unless you have filed a claim or departed on your trip. The insurance premium is non-refundable after the 15 day review period. To view/download the Policy, go to: http://policy.travelexinsurance.com/312A- 1217. Insurance checks must be mailed into the office within 14 days of when a customer makes their initial trip deposit. 9. Reservations/Payments: Reservations cannot be made without the signed contract and required deposit. The Balance is due no late than the date listed on the contract. If payments are not received in a timely manner, it may result in cancellation of your tour. Hotels require rooming lists 30 days from the date of the tour. Without rooming list, they have the option of cancelling the rooms. 10. The Charter Department is a different department than Tour. When you charter the coach from the Charter Department, you must make your own arrangements for the tour.
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POLICY PAGE Reservations/Payments A reservation CANNOT be made without the required deposit listed on the tour contract. The BALANCE is due no later than the date listed on the contract. If payment is not received in a timely manner, it may result in cancellation of your tour. Payment in full is due 30 days prior to travel. Refund Policy Travel insurance is available on all multi-day tours and must be purchased on the initial deposit with the group leader. Insurance is through Travelex Insurance. Insurance premiums go into effect upon purchase and are non-refundable. 1. These terms may not apply to all tours due to stipulations from vendors. Please refer to your group contract for specific details. 2. The group leader must provide a replacement person(s) for the cancelled seat(s). The office must be notified at the time of cancellation. Multi-Day Tours 1. 30 days prior to departure – Group Cancellation Full refund less any non-refundable charges. (i.e. theater tickets, hotel rooms, service fees). 2. 29 – 0 days before departure NO REFUND unless replacement is provided. One-Day Tours 1. 30 days prior to departure – Group Cancellation Full refund less any non-refundable charges. (i.e. theater tickets, hotel rooms, service fees) 2. 29 – 0 days prior to departure NO REFUND unless replacement is provided. Coach USA Dollars 1. Dollars will be mailed after completion of the booked tour. 2. Tour must be booked by the person in charge of tours for the group. 3. Dollars may be used as payment for individual or group motor coach tours within a year from the date of issue. Coach USA Dollars are based on .50 cents per paid person per day. EXAMPLE: 40 paid @ $.50/1 day = $20.00 Coach USA Dollars 40 paid @$.50/2 day = $40.00 Coach USA Dollars Complimentary persons are not eligible.
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IMPORTANT NOTES In order to meet special requirements of passengers with disabilities or special dietary requirements, Coach USA Tours and Events require notification at the time of reservation. The driver is not to act as a travel attendant for passengers that need special assistance. A 48-hour notice is required for wheelchair accessible vehicles. Departure Information Packets Multi-Day Tours You will receive your departure information packet, which includes itinerary, exact pickup time for your departure point, baggage tag(s), and hotel information once final payment and rooming list have been received. NOTE: Coach USA does not mail tickets for attractions, shows, etc., included on our tours. The driver will have them in his/her possession.
Coach USA Responsibility Coach USA Tours and Events acts only as an agent in arranging transportation, accommodations, or any optional sightseeing tours, cruises, etc., and as such are not responsible for any damages, loss, delay, injury, or accident due to weather, or any act of default of any company or person engaged in providing service included in our tours. Coach USA Tours and Events reserves the right to cancel any tour or make changes in any itinerary or change of tour arrangements. Any person may be dismissed from any tour at any time by the Tour Director or Driver in charge, should his or her conduct not be in harmony with the rest of the passengers; no further obligation will be assumed by Coach USA Tour and Events or anyone in their employ. Rates are subject to change due to increases in hotel, airline, or escalated fuel or operation charges.
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