READY FOR FUN IN ‘21? 2021 MEMORY MAKER NEW 2021 TOUR DISCOUNT Pay deposit on any tour before 1/31/21 and get the best discount of the year - 10% up to $200 per person! CASH DISCOUNTS If you pay for ANY tour with a check, money order or cash, you will receive a 3% discount. For additional questions regarding discounts, please call 1.888.845.9582. TRIP INSURANCE General We strongly encourage you to consider trip insurance to help with financial cover- age in the unlikely event of unforeseen complications. We work with an industry Information & leader in travel insurance to bring reasonable rates based upon the price of the tour (not your age) and has various add on options to basic packages for your specific considerations. If you choose to utilize trip insurance with our partner Details company and have pre-existing health conditions you wish to be covered for, you must take out trip insurance within 21-days of paying your tour deposit. TO FLY ON AN AIRPLAN E YOUR TOUR INCLUDES Tours featuring this symbol will involve a flight. • Deluxe Transportation Each traveler must present a REAL ID compliant driver’s license or state-issued • Professional Tour Director enhanced driver’s license and for international travel, a valid passport is required. • Meals as indicated in the catalog Please note for all domestic flights, luggage fees are not figured into the cost of • Gratuities for luggage handler, local Step-On guides, entertainers the tour and will be an additional cost payable direct to the airline upon your tick- and all meals as included in your itinerary eting process for boarding. International flights accommodate luggage fees, provid- • Quality Hotel Accommodations ing you abide by size and weight limits, you will be will responsible for any overages. • Entrance/Admission Fees/Guide Services as mentioned Because air travel schedules can be altered without given notice to us, additional fees • Frequent comfort breaks for motor coach travel charged by airlines, regardless of reason, will be your responsibility. Travel insurance • Baggage handling of 1 standard large size bag (limit 50 lbs) policies make provisions to cover these additional fees. Bottom line: we recommend • A load of memories! travel insurance for any tour with airfare. MAKING MEMORIES TOUR DIRECTORS WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT A professional tour director guide will accompany the group for the entire itiner- • After you make your deposit, we will generate an invoice and mail or email it to you. ary on all motor coach tours. For air and/or rail tours, a Making Memories rep- • We will mail a small packet of tour information to you which will include your resentative will be on the tour as long as the size of the group warrants his/her luggage tag, departure information including pick up times and locations, presence. If this is the case, a professional tour director from the supplier of the medical forms, hotel address and phone number along with your tour director tour will be available to assist with your needs and to direct the itinerary. Be- contact information all of which you may leave with your family. You will receive fore the tour ever departs, you will have your seasoned tour director’s name and this 7-10 days prior to your tour departure. cell phone number. • A staffed tour office with a kind voice ready to answer any questions. ABOUT EACH TOUR GENERAL INFORMATION We carefully plan a custom itinerary of every tour for your enjoyment. We travel • R EAL ID compliant state issued identification is required by multiple venues on scenic routes and interstate highways for the best possible tour. We take a which we visit on any given tour. It is your responsibility to ensure you have a break every two to three hours. We make sure your reservations are scheduled proper REAL ID. and confirmed months in advance. Luggage tags, departure information including • T ravel outside of the United States requires a valid passport, most airlines pick up times and locations, all hotel contact information and your tour director will not issue an international ticket to passports expiring within six months. contact information will be mailed to you 7-10 days prior to tour departure. Any traveler with a prior felony should inquire with Making Memories Tours man- agement regarding any special permissions and/or documentations required for PRE AND POST ACCOMODATIONS international travel. To better serve our customers who live 70 miles away or more from your closest • We have a no smoking and no alcohol policy on our motor coach. All hotels/ pick up point, we offer a pre-night and/or a post-night hotel room at a $60.00 per motels are non-smoking accommodations. Our tours do provide frequent stops night to you. Payment and reservations for these rooms are arranged by Making allowing those who wish to smoke the time to do so, providing the most enjoyable Memories Tours at 45-days prior to tour launch, so call us before then and we can tour for all participants. visit about the best option for you. • Any extra miscellaneous items utilized at hotels such as valet, telephone, pay per view movies, room service, etc are not covered by Making Memories Tours and HOW DO I BOOK A TOUR? are your sole responsibility. • To ensure your complete reservation, we require a deposit or full payment for • On trips of four or more days, we have our passengers rotate seats daily. This the specified tour(s). However, we do offer our wildly popular FUZZY BOOKING res- allows everyone the opportunity to interact with more people and have different ervations. So, you are thinking what is a fuzzy booking? We are glad you asked! A views of the scenery. The back of the motor coach is reserved for those who do fuzzy booking is a reservation with no money down on any trip. You can sign not wish to rotate seats. Passengers who pay single rates are not guaranteed a up for a fuzzy booking at a Travel Expo or call us to reserve your spot today – no single seat on the coach. obligation! This will save your spot in the event the trip begins to fill up. We will • Making Memories Tours cannot assume liability for loss, damage, or breakage call you for a deposit for one of two reasons: If the trip begins to fill up or at of luggage or personal property. 90-days before the departure of tour we will ask if you would still like your seat. • Due to the volatility of fuel prices, Making Memories Tours reserves the option When contacted, if you can’t go for any reason – that’s no problem! Because we to add a fuel charge to the price of the trip should fuel prices increase in the time know that sometimes the future is “fuzzy”. following the announcement of trip pricing. • To ensure your complete reservation, we require a deposit or full payment for • Making Memories Tours, in conjunction with similar companies, acts only as an the specified tour(s). Most domestic, motor coach only, tours require a $100.00 per agent for tour passengers concerning sponsorships and arrangements of miscel- person deposit. Final payment is usually due 45-days prior to departure. Refunds laneous accommodations presented. In connection with all services of any motor can typically be given at 45-days prior to departure unless stated differently on coach, vehicle, excursion, accommodations, sightseeing, hotel arrangements, or invoice. Your invoice will include all the pertinent action dates. restaurants, no liability or responsibility is assumed by Making Memories Tours • T ours including airfare, overseas riverboat cruises, or ocean liner cruises with any of the previously mentioned. It is our reserved right at our discretion for require a $250.00 per person deposit. Final payment is usually due 100 to 75 days any itinerary changes to be made in regard to tour arrangements. Making Memo- prior to departure. After final payment, full refunds are not possible. Your invoice ries Tours, 128 N. Old Wire Rd., Washburn, MO 65772 is owned and operated by will include all the pertinent action dates. Jerry and Angie Varner (DBA) Making Memories Tours, is the facilitator of this tour • NOTE: If you choose to utilize trip insurance with our partner company and program. It is assumed by booking a tour trip and by purchasing one of Making have pre-existing health conditions you wish to be covered for, you must take out Memories Tours trips that any of our passengers/clients assign and agree that trip insurance within 21-days of paying your tour deposit. Making Memories Tours is the sole agent in all the transportation arrangements. ❤ THANK YOU ❤ Thank you for helping us spread the word and generate additional customers! As a reward we would like to give you $ off your next tour. How does that work? You have gone on a tour; you come home and tell all your friends and family. Then they call or email us wanting to be added to our customer list as a new customer. When they notify us, they need to tell us you referred them. If they go on a 5-day or more tour we mail you a $50 tour certificate. If they go on a “Short & Sweet” tour, we will mail you a $25 tour certificate. We rely on our happy customers to advertise for us and would rather reward you instead of spending that same money on costly newspaper advertising. CONTENTS SHORT & SWEET TRIPS THE MARDI GRAS TRADITION SPRING INTO THE DESERT MUSIC LEGENDS *VARIOUS DATES* 02.12.21 - 02.17.21 03.03.21 - 03.12.21 03.16.21 - 03.21.21 BRAND NEW IN 2021! 5 12 14 16 COLORS OF EAST TEXAS AMERICAN HEROES ARK ENCOUNTER MYSTERY TOUR 03.22.21 - 03.28.21 04.09.21 - 04.20.21 04.12.21 - 04.17.21 04.19.21 - 04.23.21 18 20 22 24 GEORGIA ON MY MIND HOLLAND TULIPS MACKINAC ISLAND NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR 04.23.21 - 05.01.21 05.01.21 - 05.07.21 05.24.21 - 0 5.31.21 05.30.21 - 06.11.21 25 27 29 31 GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN CANYONS & PARKS GALORE MISSOURI 4TH OF JULY THE GREAT CANADIAN ROCKIES 06.16.21 - 06.20.21 06.19.21 - 06.