NEW TOURS! 33 with Volume 30 January-December 2021 Welcome aboard one of the most popular train tours in North America, the Agawa Canyon Train Tour. This breathtaking journey is a one-day rail adventure into the heart of the Canadian wilderness! Through the large windows of our coaches, the beauty of the region will unfold, and you will experience the same rugged landscapes that inspired the Group of Seven to create some of Canada’s most notable landscape art. This one-day wilderness excursion will transport you 114 miles north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, over towering trestles, alongside pristine northern lakes and rivers and through the awesome granite rock formations and vast mixed forests of the Canadian Shield. There’s plenty to photograph during your excursion so be sure to pack your camera! Don’t miss this NEW tour! Book Early! See page 44 AGAWA CANYON for description TRAIN TOUR Niagara Falls & PLUS, SOO LOCKS BOAT TOUR See page 53 African Safari for description Canada’s Safari CRUZ’IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER Adventure FROM LE CLAIRE TO DUBUQUE, IOWA See page 55 See page 59 for description for description Maine Lobster Become Tom Sawyer or Huck Finn for the day when we join our Captain and Crew Festival & for a day on the Mighty Mississippi River! You will board an authentic riverboat, the “Celebration Belle” Rocky Coast of Maine departing from , for an 11-hour cruise on the Mighty Mississippi can be what you Lemake Claire, of it, aIowa learning and cruiseexperience north or to simply Dubuque, an enjoyable Iowa. leisurely cruise down the Mississippi. Come hungry, no cruise would be complete without food! Our chefs stay busy all day long preparing 3 fresh meals right aboard Your theday boat. Last but not least, be sure to visit the gift shop located on the 3rd deck. Don’t miss this NEW tour! Book Early! Ghosts, Witches & Gravestones and The Jack-O-Lantern 2021 Vacations Spectacular! Motorcoach • Air • Cruise See page 82 P.O. Box 348 • Hanover, MD 21076-0348 for description 410-761-3757 1-800-888-1228 www.gunthercharters.com 2 INTRODUCTION PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION THOROUGHLY This section covers very important information and will answer many of your questions. Booking Your Tour Seating Information: 1. You must call to make your reservations, Monday 1. Passengers are assigned seats on all Gunther Tours. through Friday from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm. 2. Seating will be assigned on the date of reservation. You 2. Do not mail in payments before confirming availability. will be given your seat number on the date of reservation. 3. Please supply the following information when making 3. If you would like to be seated in a specific area, or with your reservation: friends, please give your request when making your A. First and last name of each person in your party. reservation. This is a request - not a guarantee. B. Daytime phone number for each person in your party. 4. We do not rotate seats on any tours. C. Departure point for each person in your party. 5. Those with physical handicaps do get preferred seating, D. Menu choice (when specified) for each person in but we must know at time of reservation. your party. 6. We do sympathize with those who suffer from motion E. Inform if a child (age 3-12) is going, if a children’s sickness, and there are too many to always accommodate, rate applies. so please check with your doctor about medication and/ F. Any special requests (rooming, arrangements, bus or patches so that your trip is a pleasant one. You may seating). also want to try Transderm Scop, or an over-the-counter product for motion sickness. Making Your Payments: 1. You may make your payment by mailing a check or Meal Choices: money order to: 1. Meal choices are required on some tours. Please give your Gunther Tours choice when making your reservation. If you do not give P.O. Box 348 your choice upon booking, we will make the choice of Hanover, MD 21076-0348 chicken, if available, or a suitable choice as stated in the 2. Please no more than 1 trip per check. Also, be sure to itinerary. indicate if it is a deposit or balance payment. 2. There may be meal choices needed for multi-day tours as 3. Make sure trip date & phone number is on your check. well. If so, you will need to fill out the question form that 4. There will be a $25.00 fee for any returned checks. will be mailed to you (approximately 2 weeks prior) and mail it back with your choices. Prices/Deposits/Balance: 1. All prices for all tours are per person. Departures/Pick Up Points: 2. Children’s prices (ages 3-12) only apply to the tours that 1. Specific times for departures are listed in the brochure for specify a children’s rate. each tour. Please be at your selected departure point at 3. All deposits are due within a 7 day period following your least 15 minutes prior to departure time. reservation. If deposits are not received within 7 days, 2. We have 2 pick-up locations for our tours: your reservation will automatically be cancelled without Gunther Charters on Shipley Avenue, off Dorsey notice. Road near BWI airport 4. All balances are due 45 days prior to tour date. If that and should fall on a Saturday or a Sunday, the balance is due Carney Park & Ride, exit 31-A off Rt. 695, east and the next regular business day, (Monday). You will not exit 31-B off Rt. 695, north 1 block past Joppa Road receive a statement, so please make note of the balance to Jomat Ave. – this is the 9600 block of Harford date on your calendar. Road. 5. Please note that we do not mail out any receipts. Your 3. We now offer a Harford County departure point, (see canceled check will be your receipt. directions page 10), for all Gunther multi-day motorcoach 6. On all multi-day tours, you will receive a letter tours and selected one-day motorcoach tours traveling (approximately 2 weeks prior to tour date) with luggage north only!SUSPENDED tags, hotel information, etc. 4. We now offer a Howard/Carroll County departure point, (see directions page 10), for all Gunther multi-day motorcoach tours and selected one-day motorcoach tours traveling west only! 3 5. If you decide to change your departure point, please Articles left on coach: notify the office A.S.A.P. 1. We cannot assume any responsibility for any articles that 6. We will make an additional courtesy pick up for those are left on the coach at any time. Please check your seat who have 20 or more in their party. If this occurs pick up and overhead space carefully for any items you may have and return times may be changed. You will be notified of purchased or brought with you before departing the coach. any changes on an tour. 2. Gunther Tours does have a “lost & found” where we will hold items left on the coach for 1 week. After that time, Cancellations/Refunds: all items are sent to different shelters, etc, for the needy. 1. All money will be gladly refunded in full when cancellation is made 45 days prior to departure (which is the same as Insurance: the balance due date). Any cancellation made after the 45 1. Gunther Tours carries standard liability insurance only. days will result in forfeiture of any amounts paid by the 2. We highly recommend that you get trip cancellation customer (no option of transferring the money paid onto insurance on any overnight tour. You can tell the another tour). office to have a brochure mailed to you, but you will 2. A $2.00 service charge for any cancellations unless you need to contact the insurance company direct for transfer to another tour. rates and information: Allianz Travel Insurance 3. We will make every effort to sell your seat, providing we # 1-800-284-8300, and reference claim #F022404. have a waiting list. 3. Be advised, some of our tours are of a strenuous nature 4. Gunther Tours strongly suggests trip cancellation requiring much walking. Check your itinerary. Again, we insurance. You can obtain an insurance brochure by highly recommend you purchase insurance to avoid any calling the office; however, you will need to contact the monetary loss to you, in case of a cancelled or interrupted insurance company direct for rates and information. See tour. Gunther Tours is not responsible in these cases. information under insurance. Itineraries: Motor Coach Information: 1. Itineraries are given out on multi-day tours only. You Gunther Tours owns and operates the very best equipment will receive the itinerary with your luggage tags etc., for your traveling comfort. We offer reclining seats, air approximately 2 weeks prior to departure date. conditioning, lavatory, picture windows and public address 2. Itineraries are subject to change without notice. systems. Times, hotel, restaurants, etc. may be changed due to circumstances beyond our control. Escorts: Gunther Tours is very proud of our tour escorts, which are Change of Address/Phone Number: provided on every tour, whether a one day or muti-day tour, 1. Please inform us of any address or phone number changes. and they are there to assist you with any situations that may This will help eliminate any information b eing mailed to arise. the wrong address, etc. 2. If your old address and phone number is still on your check, Smoking: please cross it out, and write the correct information on 1.