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Update SPRING 2018 First-Class Tours and Cruises at Fabulous Prices! Book by May 31st and save up to $400 on select tours! WIN 2 FREE DAY TRIP SPoTS! See page 3 T oURS INSIDE! 38 WNE SUPER LOOK! Up in the air. It’s a bird. It’s a plane... It’s ALKI MAN! The vacation super hero that arranges great tours in a single bound! He’s faster Alki Tours is a Premier than a speedy jet to Thailand. More powerful than Travel Provider for an Amtrak train to Glacier National Park! Public Television His super-duper vision allows ALKI MAN to see all Alki Tours, along with PBS, can fill of the potential highlights of a tour, giving him the your bucket list of travel dreams. power to set up the diverse travel itineraries you’ll We love to create exclusive trips find in this brochure. And his fists of discount fury– that build community and increase along with his bulging puchasing muscles–clobber fund-raising opportunities while evil, high tour prices. Okay, so he doesn’t have a travelling the world. fancy-shmancy Batmobile, but his deluxe motor In May we join Eric Johnson, host coach ain’t too shabby! of the PBS show GardenSmart, on ALKI MAN doesn’t stop with great tours at super a river cruise through Holland and Belgium. We’ll learn secrets about prices. He smooths out the rough patches of trying gardening and watch as the crew to organize a trip yourself, so that you, too, can films upcoming shows. In October become a super hero to your loved ones. Simply join Rob Dunlap, CEO and President pick up the phone and call his alter ego, Kent of KCTS9, on an exclusive river boat Clark–or Jayme Miller, Diana Phelps, Doug Prior, cruise on the Danube River. etc.–at the Alki Tours phone booth to book a Thank You Public Television! tour and earn your own cape like the fellow below. You’re on your own with that bulging muscles thing. On an Alki Tour you can be any super hero you wish to be–like Beach Man here. Or, how about Exotic Restaurant Man–with a wine & gravy-stained tablecloth cape? PAGE 2 Win 2 day trip tickets The Alki Tours playing our Facebook Difference... At-Home Pick-Up “Where am I?” Contest! Our service begins at your home: On tours with flights, we offer FREE pick-up in the Seattle area. Alki Tours is giving away 2 more spots on any day trip (excluding Snow Train) for the first person who Unbeatable Value It’s not just our affordable prices– solves our winter “Where am I?” Contest. Each it’s what’s included that makes Monday, from April 30th to May 28th we will post a an Alki Tour a great value. Like new clue on our Alki Tours Facebook Wall, leading round-trip air and much more! to the tour answer we are looking for. The clue will be Fabulous Hotels up on the wall at 12 noon, Seattle time. Our hotels reflect the region. His- toric, luxurious, or charming, your If you think you know the answer, simply reply in accommodations will be one of the comment area beneath the clue with your answer the highlights of your holiday. and the reason WHY. First correct answer WINS! By the way, the answer to our Winter Update contest Mouth-Watering Meals clues was our Quinault Rainforest tour. Congrats to Savoring local cuisine is important, so we offer some included meals perennial winner, Don Lackey! as well as the freedom to discover local flavors on your own. There is no purchase necessary to win. Just log-in Mondays at noon for another photo hint. All images Great Sightseeing will connect to a tour in this Update. So, here you go Alki Tours vacations are action- with your first clue... packed! Explore the key attractions, then go beyond to dine with native families, enjoy regional cooking classes, and other activities. Superb Tour Directors & Guides Your Tour Director is with you to ensure that your trip runs smoothly. Our English-speaking guides are destination residents. They’ll show you customs and hidden gems only a local would know. Where am I ? Spontaneity It’s the key to your journey! We make sure that your travel experi- ence is seamlessly executed, but we’ll also take time to enjoy an unexpected wildlife sighting or a rare and beautiful sunset. Refund Guaranteed We are proud to offer a 100% refund if you cancel 76 days prior to departure. Good on all over- night tours with the exception of If you have a code reader on your smartphone, you can cruises and international travel. snap this QR Code to go straight to our Facebook page and click on the Wall button to post your answer. PAGE 3 Trains across Colorado It’s included... Fortune-seekers, loggers and dreamers streamed to • Free at home shuttle from Colorado after the discovery of gold in 1859 and silver your Seattle area home to in the 1870s. Now you can ride those historic routes of SeaTac Airport the Old West, traveling on trains that remain 100 percent coal-fired, steam-operated and maintained in their original • Round-trip airfare from condition. Seattle to Denver & transfers • 4 scenic train rides following Wind through breathtaking canyons and remote wilder- historic routes of the Old West: ness in the San Juan National Forest. Journey through the Rockies on the railroad voted one of the “Top Ten Most 1. Royal Gorge Route Railway Exciting Train Journeys in the World” by the Society of 2. Cumbres & Toltec Scenic American Travel Writers. You’ll even take a “Ride to the Railroad through the Rockies Clouds” and visit a place called “Garden of the Gods” on this tour rich in geologic, American and transportation 3. Durango & Silverton Narrow history. Gauge Railroad, voted one of the “Top ten most exciting train journeys in the world” 4. Georgetown Loop Railroad and Devil’s Gate High Bridge • Deluxe motorcoach transportation • U.S. Air Force Academy and Cadet Chapel • Garden of the Gods Park ONLY • Colorado Train Museum $2199 pp/do • Denver city tour • 13 meals: 6 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 6 dinners • Fully escorted and narrated ...and much more! Where you’ll stay... 1 Night Denver 1 Night Colorado Springs 1 Night Alamosa 1 Night Durango 1 Night Grand Junction 2 Nights Denver The bottom line... BOOK BY DATES: June 2-9 OR MAY 20TH FOR A September 8-15, 2018 $200 PER COUPLE 8 days DISCOUNT PRICE: $2299 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $587 Includes round-trip airfare! PAGE 4 Pricebuster rail It’s included... • Transfers in the Seattle area to Glacier Park to King St. Station The wheels turn and the train moves slowly forward as you • 2 nights Sleeper accommo- wave goodbye and your wonderful rail journey begins. dations on Amtrak’s Empire Explore one of Amtrak’s most legendary and scenic routes Builder as we board the Empire Builder for our trip east through the soaring mountain ranges of the Big Sky Country. Enjoy • 2 nights hotel accommoda- tions in Glacier National Park dinner in the diner before nestling in for the night. See the feature film, “Glacier Park” in the lounge car in anticipation • 2 dinners and 2 breakfasts of tomorrow’s adventure. As we leave Whitefish Montana, • 1930s vintage jammer joy the train follows the Flathead River for eighty miles as it ride over the Going-to-the-Sun skirts the southern boundary of Glacier National Park and Highway crosses the Continental Divide at Marias Pass, the lowest rail crossing of the Divide in the United States. • Cruise on Swiftcurrent Lake • Fully escorted and narrated so Upon arrival at Glacier Park, our mode of transportation will you won’t miss a thing! change to a 1930s vintage convertible touring bus to view the extraordinary scenery offered on the Going-to-the-Sun Highway. The afternoon is exciting as we ascend Logan Pass, Where you’ll stay... surrounded by craggy mountains, glaciers, veil-like water- 2 Nights Empire Builder falls, lush alpine meadows and wild life. Two nights are 1 Night Many Glacier Lodge spent in this glorious park before we board the train 1 Night Glacier Park Lodge to Seattle. The bottom line... Starting at DATES: July 11-15 OR $1899 pp/do July 18-22, 2018 5 days PRICE: Starting at $1899 pp/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $625 Available Upgrades: Deluxe Amtrak Sleeper with private bathroom–$550 per person HURRY! THIS TOUR LIMITED TO 16 PASSENGERS PAGE 5 Rail through the It’s included... Canadian Rockies, • Free at home shuttle from your Seattle area home to and sail through the SeaTac Airport • Airfare from Seattle to Calgary and Ketchikan to Seattle Inside Passage to Alaska • Cruise on Alaska Marine Hwy A trip jam-packed with thrills rolls out like this…. Fly to Calgary, Alberta and overnight. The next day see the • 8 nights quality hotel highlights of Banff National Park before heading through accommodations the Icefields Parkway. There, you will board a snowcoach • Deluxe motorcoach and ascend a glacier 1000 feet thick. Next, overnight in transportation majestic Jasper National Park. The following afternoon board Via Rail for a stunning two day first-class rail journey • 7 breakfasts, 2 lunches, to Prince George and Rupert. 2 dinners • Canadian Rockies including After a lovely night in Prince Rupert, take a float plane to Calgary, Banff and Jasper Khutzeymateen Wilderness Lodge, then take a boat cruise Snowcoach trip on the to the Valley of the Grizzlies–home to the highest concen- Athabasca Glacier tration of Grizzly Bears in the U.S.