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Registered State of FL Seller of Travel #ST12255 TRAVEL IS FUN TOURS Our Website address: WWW.TIFTOURS.COM 919 Tyrone Boulevard St. Petersburg FL 33710 PHONE: (727) 347-1600 FAX: (727) 347-9698 W/L= SOLD OUT, WAIT LIST ONLY

NOTES FOR TRAVEL CLUB MEMBERS: The Monthly, St. Petersburg Travel Club Meeting is held at THE BIG APPLE BUFFET in TYRONE GARDENS SHOPPING CENTER ON WEDNESDAY, August 11th at 1:30 PM, Our Travel Club Meeting for August 11th will also be presented on YOU TUBE LIVE! Meeting at 1:30 PM, don’t miss it!! A link for the YouTube Live! presentation will be posted on our website at WWW.TIFTOURS.COM Come & enjoy a presentation on tours, fun & prizes! Our pickup location for both single & multi-day tours in Seminole is at Home Depot at 10550 Park Blvd Seminole FL 33772. We also offer parking/pickup for all tours at our Tyrone Gardens location at the corner of 58th St & 9th Ave N. in St. Petersburg.

**PLEASE BRING A MASK OR FACE COVERING ON ALL TOURS, IT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE AT SOME OF OUR DESTNATIONS AND VARIES PER THE DESTINATION.

AUGUST 2021 AUG. 4, WED. – BARTOW HAS AMAZING HISTORY! On the driving portion of our Bartow tour, we’ll see the Wonder House & the house used in the film “My Girl”. We will visit the Bartow History Center featuring the Industry Gallery with photos and artifacts from the first-ever Publix Super Market opened in 1940, which was the first air-conditioned grocery store in the country. Lunch is included at Broadway Diner, a local favorite. We’ll also visit L.B. Brown House Museum. Mr. L.B. was born into slavery in 1856 and through much adversity and hard work he became a very successful home builder. His headstone reads “From Slavery to Community Builder”. Come see his Victorian style mansion in Bartow, a living testimony to one person’s triumph over adversity…$69 AUG. 7, SAT. – FLORIDA RAILROAD MUSEUM with BUFFET LUNCH AT FRED’S MARKET in Riverview …$79 AUG. 17, TUES. – TEAROOM ELIXIR in Sarasota – High Tea style meal including: Champagne, Tea, cakes, pastries, Chicken salad croissant, assorted finger sandwiches and scones...$69 (Date changed from 7/31/21 due to a conflict in tearoom schedule) AUG. 19, THURS. – LUNCH BUNCH with TODD at the METRO DINER IN BRADENTON…$49 AUG. 21, SAT. – VICTORY CASINO CRUISE This is the most authentic Las Vegas Style Casino Cruise experience in Florida with a five-hour cruise departing at noon from Cape Canaveral & traveling along the Space Coast. The ship features 600 slots, & the best selection of 27 casino games with Florida’s only LIVE Roulette & Craps Tables as well as individual Bingo games. With four decks & over 40,000 square feet featuring dining, dancing and complimentary drinks while gaming – you’ll have a great Atlantic Ocean adventure! Includes meal, SOME qualified slot play & boarding fee…$79 AUG 26, THURS. – CAPONE’S Matinee Show with Italian/American Lunch – A Complete meal experience with a four-course served midday meal. Beer, Wine, Mixed Drinks, Soft Drinks included!! Enjoy the variety show as you are immersed in the atmosphere of an Al Capone-era Speakeasy…$85 (NEW DATE, MOVED FROM May 20) AUG. 26, THURS. – “ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN” at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg. This is a ninety-minute show, starting at 8:00 PM. Gary Mullen and the Works recreate a complete Queen Concert with all the pomp and power we know and love. He perfectly mimics Freddy Mercury’s behaviors, style and dynamic vocal range to bring the passion of Queen to a new generation. They will certainly rock you with their performances of “,” “,” “” and many more. Seats are in Loge Level, Rows 4 or 5 with very good views…$69 AUG. 28, SAT. – SHOPPING with WENDY An outing to the beautiful International Plaza and Bay Street in Tampa! A great variety of shopping options including: Dillard’s, Chicos, Coach, Fabletics, Gap, Gucci, Lilly Pulitzer, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Talbots, Aveda, Bath and Body Works, GNC, Williams Sonoma & more! You’ll find many options for a quick or not so quick lunch (on your own) including: The Cheesecake Factory, Chic Fil A, Earl of Sandwich, Haagen Dazs and many more…$29

SEPTEMBER 2021 SEPT. 3, FRI. – CROC ENCOUNTERS REPTILE PARK & WILDLIFE CENTER in Tampa departure for tour in early afternoon and back before dinner! You’ll enjoy an up close, personal look at the park including alligator and crocodile ponds, plenty of smaller stuff, a live feeding encounter and a hands-on live animal encounter! Come learn about these animals in a fun & safe way…$49 SEPT. 9, THURS. – “NIGHT ON BROADWAY” at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theater, matinee show with buffet, soup, salad, dessert table and more! “This all-new musical revue features the best of Broadway combining favorites from the past along with the most recent musical hit sensations. The bright lights of Broadway will shine on our stage with showstopping numbers and some of the greatest Broadway songs of all time. You’ll hear songs from Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, CATS, Oklahoma, Wicked, 42nd Street and more!”…$105 SEPT. 12, SUN. – WAT Tampa Buddhist Temple & Food Market The Tampa Thai temple has been offering its Sunday market for 30 years. It started with two tables and today there are dozens of vendors selling all sorts of authentic Thai foods, orchids and more. Religious services are held in the temple from 1 to 2 PM, the services include meditation and chanting and a sermon in the Thai language of Pali. An English language guide is available. Visitors can observe the services, but observe proper etiquette…$34 SEPT. 17, FRI. – MYSTERY TOUR, fairly local with some type of family friendly, evening entertainment, dinner too!...$99 SEPT. 18, SAT. – LAKERIDGE WINERY with Complimentary Tours & Tasting and live music, Food and Wine and more available for purchase as you enjoy live music in the afternoon. Bring your own chair or blanket if you wish…$39 VIP Tours available (fee applies) SEPT. 20, MON. – TOM & JERRY AIRBOAT RIDE on Lake Panasoffkee, one of the most beautiful and wildlife diverse lakes in Florida! Enjoy a fun day out featuring an airboat ride with Tom and Jerry’s Airboats in Lake Panasoffkee and lunch on your own at Cracker Barrel…$79 SEPT. 23, THURS. – LUNCH BUNCH with TODD at OZONA BLUE in Palm Harbor…$59 SEPT. 24, FRI. – BOK TOWER & SPOOK HILL PHENOMENON Come out and enjoy a day out with us as we pay a visit to Bok Tower in lovely Lake Wales! Featuring a Bird Sanctuary and 250-acre Gardens and the enchanting 205-foot tall Singing Tower with its Carillon Bell. (Lunch on your own) Marvel at how the bus will roll “up the hill” at nearby Spook Hill! …$39 SEPT. 25, SAT. – FISHERMAN’S VILLAGE KEY LIME FESTIVAL- A lovely place to visit anytime! During this festival you’ll enjoy live music in all three sections of the Village, specialty vendors and a variety of key lime delights for purchase. As always, there are a number of great lunch spots (lunch on your own) and unique shops too…$39 SEPT. 27, MON. – The JOHN & MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART in Sarasota – a world-class art museum with an extraordinary collection including a Ruebens Galleries, ever changing fascinating exhibitions from around the world and the classical sculptures that fill the grand courtyard…$39 Pricing to include entrance to Ringling Circus Museum as well…$59 (Lunch on own) SEPT. 29, WED. – GIRAFFE RANCH an Eco-Adventure in DADE CITY Have you ever fed a giraffe? Have you ever smelled their grassy breath? These are memories that will last you a lifetime! You’ll experience, first-hand, the lives of giraffe and 70+ other species from around the world living under a canopy of trees and open grasslands in a setting that is right out of Africa. Giraffe Ranch is not a Zoo or a Theme Park. It is a hands-on, real working game farm and wildlife preserve where animals have room to roam. We’ll stop in quaint Dade City for lunch on your own…$109 SEPT. 30, THURS. – “SOCIAL SECURITY” at the OFF-BROADWAY PALM DINNER THEATER , matinee show with buffet, soup, salad, dessert table and more! “The hilarious comedy about a happily married couple who live in the art world of New York. Their domestic tranquility is shattered upon the arrival of the wife’s goody-goody sister, her uptight brother-in-law, and her aging mother. The comedic sparks really begin to fly when the mother hits if off with an elderly minimalist artist who is the art dealers’ best client”…$99

OCTOBER 2021 OCT. 4, MON. - HARD ROCK CASINO TAMPA “Safe + Sound” Program in place to keep the Casino a cleaner more welcoming experience. Casino now features two large non-smoking sections! Lunch on your own during our 4 hour visit…$29 OCT. 6, WED. - TODD’S ST. PETERSBURG MURALS TOUR Downtown St. Petersburg is an Art Gallery, hundreds of Murals painted on the sides of the buildings. You’ll enjoy the tour as Todd gives you the backstory on many of the murals and their artists. Also included, an early dinner (4:00) at Ruth’s Chris featuring choices from their delicious lounge menu & dessert too!…$69

OCT. 7, THURS. – “FULL MONTY” at the Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theater in Hudson (formerly the Show Palace), matinee show with buffet lunch included. “Drop everything…and run to experience the hottest title this fall. They may not be young, they may not be pretty, they may not be very good, but for one night only, with nothing to lose, they’ll lose it all! Broadway’s smash hit musical is about six buddies who are so desperate to get their lives back together they’re daring to go THE FULL MONTY! Join us for a wildly hilarious afternoon of rousing music and howling laughter that stops just short of offending sensibilities.”…$89 OCT. 12, TUES. – Southeastern Guide Dogs “Beyond the Dark” presentation. “Come experience Darkness in a whole new light. You’ll meet graduates of our programs and hear their triumphant stories. You’ll witness our highly trained guide dogs and service dogs at work and see the powerful difference they make. And you’ll come away with a greater connection to the human-dog teams who journey beyond the dark. Also enjoy an included lunch at the Der Dutchman buffet in Sarasota…$85 OCT. 14, THURS. - LUNCH BUNCH with TODD at New, Family-Owned ITALIAN GRILL in SARASOTA…$59 OCT. 15, FRI. - ZOO TAMPA at LOWRY PARK The Zoo is broken up into Primate World, Asian Gardens, Wallaroo Station, Safari Africa, and the Florida Boardwalk. You’ll love visiting Manatee’s, Otters, Rhino Baby named Gronk and his mother, swinging primates and many more fascinating animals. The on-site restaurant is near the entrance for lunch on your own at the zoo…$79 OCT. 23, SAT. – UPPER TAMPA BAY OCTOBERFEST Featu+ring authentic German Food, Drink, Music & Dancing, as well as Carnival & Midway and Arts & Crafts. This event is held in Oldsmar and price includes Admission & transportation…$43 OCT. 24, SUN. - Mount Dora Craft Fair, throughout this historic community, the streets come alive with more than 400 talented crafters & artists from all over the country displaying and offering for sale their finest works. Plus, there's food and entertainment to round out a perfect day outdoors. This is one of Central Florida's favorite festival, and was the #2 Craft Fair in 2020!...$54 OCT. 26, TUES. – CALYPSO BREEZE “LUAU”! A sightseeing midday cruise from Johns Pass featuring a Tropical Island style buffet with dessert, coffee or tea, also includes beer, wine rum punch and sodas…$69 (moved from July 30) OCT. 28, THURS. – MURDER MYSTERY DINNER TRAIN All aboard the Murder Mystery Dinner Train for a one-of-a-kind theatrical and culinary experience! Enjoy a five-course dinner with a choice from three entrees, prepared fresh onboard the train while a live murder mystery show is played out in the dining cars during your forty-mile round trip over 3 and half hours from Colonial Station in Fort Myers, Florida. Enjoy the presentation of “Murder Wrap” while using your detective skills to solve the “murder mystery.” This is an evening event, late-night return…$149 OCT. 31, SUN. - “SOUND OF MUSIC” at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theater, matinee show with buffet, soup, salad, dessert table and more! “This Rodgers and Hammerstein musical has touched the hearts of audiences around the world for decades. Follow Maria, the high-spirited, aspiring nun as she is sent from her convent to be the governess of seven unruly children of a strict father, Captain Von Trapp. The timeless score includes Do-Re-Mi, My Favorite Things, Climb Every Mountain, Sixteen Going on Seventeen, Edelweiss and The Sound of Music…$105

DECEMBER 2021 DEC. 10, FRI. – VILLAGE PEOPLE-at 7:30 PM at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland’s Youkey Theater- Do the Y-M-C-A! Dinner is included en route, before the show at Fred’s Market in Lakeland…$109

2 DAYS AND LONGER TOURS/MULTI-DAY TOURS CALL OR STOP BY FOR YOUR BROCHURE WITH ALL OF THE EXCITING DETAILS FOR THESE TOURS! ACCEPTING VISA/MC/DISCOVER (Day Trips add $2, Multi-Day Tours add 4%, cash or check discount prices as listed)

AUG. 9, 4 DAY – CHARLESTON, an HISTORIC TREASURE incl. 5 Meals (3B, 1 L, 1D) 3 nights Holiday Inn Express in nearby Mt. Pleasant. City tour w/local step-on guide, Dinner Cruise, visit Magnolia Plantation…$619*/$789 W/L AUG. 22, 3 DAY – MYSTERY TOUR – 2 nights in great hotels with breakfast included each day. See a bunch of new sights in central Florida. Brand new locations, attractions & places we have not ever visited! There will be some walking and stairs on this trip – but worth every step for the awesome things you’ll get to experience – great sight- seeing and exciting adventures. Three days of fun, with surprises & memories to share…………………………$399*/$499 NEW DATE>> SEPT. 1, 16 DAY – BEST OF THE WEST featuring GRAND CANYON’S SOUTH RIM! 26 Meals (15B, 2L, 9D) Full Day at Grand Canyon with Imax Movie Step-On Guide, time at Cameron Trading Post. City tours with step-on guides in Santa Fe, NM, Oklahoma City, OK, Dallas, TX, Plus see the National Cowboy Museum, Southfork Ranch (from TV’s “Dallas”), Oak Creek Canyon, The Petrified Forest and much more!.…………$2369*/$3079 OCT. 16, 7 DAY – SMOKY MOUNTAINS FALL FOLIAGE 12 meals (6B, 1L, 5D) featuring a visit to the “Alpine Village” of HELEN, a scenic overnite stay with views of the Smoky’s, Smky Mtn. Nat’l Park, Elk herds perhaps, 3 nts. at Fairfield Inn & Suites Asheville NC area, incl. Biltmore Estate, Blue Ridge Pkwy……$1019*/$1317 W/L

>>>>Coming in November – MYRTLE BEACH, 6 DAY - Shows, Oceanfront Resort…$TBA

DEC. 2, 3 DAY - ST. AUGUSTINE NIGHT OF LIGHTS TROLLEY TOUR incl. 3 meals (2B, 1D), 2 nights at Courtyard by Marriott St. Augustine with hot Breakfast each morning, Night of Lights Trolley Tour, a day of Trolley Touring included (at your own pace), Dinner included first night…………………………………………………………………$410*/$519 DEC. 25, 3 DAY - A TROPICAL CHRISTMAS 6 Meals (2B, 2L, 2D) PLUS, two night’s hotel accommodations at the Drury Inn in Fort Myers, with nightly 5:30 Kickback with food and drinks and a full, hot buffet breakfast, included daily, Broadway Palm Dinner Theater for Christmas dinner and “HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS” song & dance extravaganza on Christmas Night, BABCOCK WILDERNESS with lunch included! Also includes an Amish buffet midday meal at Der Dutchman in Sarasota……………………………………………………………………………………………………$479*/$569 DEC. 30, 3 DAY – A SPECTACULAR NEW YEAR’S EVE incl. 5 Meals (2B, 2L, 1D) two nts. at Holiday Inn Express in Ft. Myers. Mid-morning departure for tour and activities/sights to include: Braden Castle, Farmer’s Market Restaurant for incl. dinner, Ford & Edison Estates Holiday Lights visit, Broadway Palm Dinner Theater for “Singin’ in the Rain” & buffet lunch, New Yr’s Eve at Casino Immokalee, Pure Florida Boat Tour & Pincher’s Lunch……$509*/$629 FEB. 13, 6 DAY – NEW ORLEANS for VALENTINES DAY, 4 nts. Drury Inn, pre-Mardi Gras, beat the crowds…$TBA

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PAYMENT for one-day tours or the DEPOSIT for longer tours needs to be made within 10 days following booking. Full payment for longer tours is due per trip. After 10 days without payment, you will be put on a standby list and will need to check again for availability. REFUNDS for one-day tours are usually available, if notified in time, unless tickets and reservations have already been paid at the attraction and are nonrefundable. Check for each circumstance. Travel is Fun Tours of St. Petersburg, Inc. and acts only as an agent in arranging transportation, accommodations, sightseeing tours etc. and as such, shall not be liable for any damages or inconvenience due to the weather or any act of default of any person or company engaged in providing services included in our tours. TRAVEL PROTECTION IS HIGHLY SUGGESTED, and plans help protect your travel investment and residents of TX, WA & NY may purchase direct from Travel Insured. Tour members agree to be photographed and the photo may be used in advertising with no further compensation. Offers or discounts listed at any Casinos are subject to change at any time. Prices do not include driver or escort gratuity *TWIN, PER PERSON $50.00 cancellation fee on cruises/prices subject to change