Tour Newsletter Dated January 30, 2012
Dear Vacations To Go Customer,
This week, I've rounded up all the best discounts and deals from the
world's top tour and river cruise companies, and they are listed below.
I've mentioned many of the best deals already, but wanted to remind you
because the deadline for booking is upon us -- 10pm (CST) tomorrow,
January 31.
All of the other deals must be booked by the end of February.
Just click the links for itineraries, departure dates and rates.
Abercrombie & Kent
Save $1,000 per couple
($500 per person) off select 2012 Galapagos departures when you book
by February 29.
Adventures by Disney
Receive a free one-night hotel stay
with select Europe vacations when you book by February 29.
AmaWaterways
The following offers must be booked by January 31:
Save $2,000 per couple
($1,000 per person) off the cruise portion, plus receive shipboard
credits of $200 per stateroom, when you book the August 14 departure of
Magnificent Europe.
Receive the land portion
of certain Europe river cruise vacations for free or save $1,000 per
couple ($500 per person) off the cruise portion and receive a free
upgrade and shipboard credits of $100 per stateroom.
Save $1,000 per couple
($500 per person) off the cruise portion, plus receive shipboard credits
of $100 per stateroom, when you book select 2012 Europe river cruises.
Save $500 per couple
($250 per person) off the cruise portion of select Mekong sailings and
certain wine-themed departures of Provence & Spain.
Save 5%
off Africa safari & wildlife cruises or
companion saves 50%
off the land/cruise price of select Africa departures.
Avalon Waterways
Save $1,000 per couple
($500 per person) off the cruise/land price of applicable
European river cruises in certain cabin categories. Book by January
31.
Save $600 per couple
($300 per person) off the air-inclusive price or save $300 per couple
off the land price of 2012 Europe and Egypt departures when you
book by February 28.
Pay no single supplement
on select Europe river cruises in certain cabin categories when you
book by January 31.
Blount Small Ship Adventures
Save $1,600 per couple
($800 per person) off select departures of The Best of Belize, the
Barrier Reef and Guatemala when you book by February 17.
Brendan
Take advantage of
last-minute discounts
on select spring departures when you book by February 1. Prices
shown reflect discounts.
CIE Tours
Save $200 to $600 per couple
($100 to $300 per person) off the land price of select Britain and
Ireland departures when you book by February 29.
Save $100 to $150 per couple
($50 to $75 per person) off select Ireland departures when you book
by January 31.
Collette
Save up to $500 per couple
(up to $250 per person) off select departures worldwide when you
book by February 28.
Contiki (for travelers ages 18-35)
Save $100 to $300 per person
off trips worldwide when you book and pay in full by January 31.
Save $150 per person
off applicable vacations to USA, Canada, Mexico, and South America when
you book and pay in full by February 6.
Save 15%
off select trips worldwide when you book by February 9.
Cosmos
Save $100 per couple
($50 per person) off the land price of any 2012 vacation when you
book by January 31.
Gate 1
Save $400 per couple
($200 per person) off select Kenya departures when you book by
January 31.
Globus
Save $500 per couple
($250 per person) off the air-inclusive price of select 2012 Europe
departures when you book by February 14.
Great American Steamboat Company
Receive free shore excursions
and shipboard credits of up to $150 per stateroom on 2012 river cruises
when you book by January 31.
Receive two free pre-cruise hotel nights
plus transfers on select sailings when you book by February 18.
Save 5%
when you book two back-to-back cruises by February 18.
Hurtigruten
Take advantage of
special rates
for Vacations To Go customers when you book by February 29.
Prices shown reflect discounts.
Insight
Save $800 per couple
($400 per person) off the air-inclusive price or save 10% off the land
price of certain departures of Hawaiian Dreams when you book
and pay in full by March 16.
Take advantage of
special discounts
on last-minute departures of certain Europe and Britain vacations when
you book by January 31. Prices shown reflect discounts.
Intrepid
Save up to 15%
off select departures worldwide when you book by January 31.
Save 10%
off certain North America departures when you book by February
29.
Monograms
Save $400 per couple
($200 per person) off the air-inclusive price of applicable Europe
departures when you book by February 14.
Pacific Delight
Save $1,000 per couple
($500 per person) off select China departures when you book and pay
in full by January 31.
Star Clippers
Receive shipboard credits of $100 per stateroom
on select 2012 sailings when you book by February 4.
Tauck
Receive one free pre- or post-night hotel stay
with select 2012 North America departures when you book by February
29.
Trafalgar
Receive up to three free pre- or post-tour hotel nights
on select air-inclusive Australia vacations when you book and pay in
full by February 29.
Take advantage of
last-minute discounts
on select vacations in Britain, Europe and Mexico when you book by
February 1. Prices shown reflect discounts.
Uniworld
The following offers must be booked by February 29:
Save $800 to $2,000 per couple
($400 to $1,000 per person) off the air-inclusive price of select 2012
Europe departures when you book and pay in full.
Save $200 to $800 per couple
($100 to $400 per person) off the land/cruise price of certain 2012
European, Nile, Yangtze and Mekong river cruises.
Save $800 per couple
($400 per person) off the land/cruise price of 2013 Mekong sailings.
Viking River Cruises
The following deals must be booked and paid in full by February 29:
Companion cruises and flies for free
from select gateways on applicable cruises in Egypt, China and Europe.
Some departures in China are also eligible for shipboard credits of $300
per stateroom.
Companion cruises for free,
plus save $400 to $1,000 per couple ($200 to $500 per person) off
roundtrip airfare on eligible Mekong and European river cruises.
Save 40% off the cruise-only price,
plus save $400 to $1,000 per couple ($200 to $500 per person) off
eligible trips in Europe.
Save 40% off the cruise-only price,
plus receive free companion airfare off select departures in China
and Europe. Certain Yangtze sailings also receive shipboard credits of
$300 per stateroom.
These promotions apply to 2013 departures, and must be booked by February 29 and paid in full by May 31:
Companion cruises and flies for free
from select gateways on select river cruises in China, Ukraine and
Russia.
Companion cruises for free,
plus save $600 to $1,100 per couple ($300 to $550 per person) off
roundtrip airfare on certain Mekong and European river cruises.
Here are this week's Top 10 lists, one consisting of our favorite
Europe & Great Britain tours and the other highlighting our picks
for the rest of the world. All prices are per person, based on double
occupancy, and subject to availability.
Top 10 Tours of Europe and Great Britain
1) Italian Mosaic,
13 days with Globus. Begins and ends in Rome with visits to
Florence, Lake Maggiore and Sorrento. Save $500 per couple off the
air-inclusive price. Land-only starting from $2,599. Departures
from February 21 through October 30, 2012.
Book now!
2) Best of Britain
(8 Day), 8 days with CIE Tours. Begins and ends in London
with visits to Edinburgh, Liverpool and Stonehenge. Save $200 per
couple off the land price. Land-only starting from $1,648.
Departures from April 21 through November 3, 2012.
Book now!
3) Mediterranean Dreams,
9 days with Insight. Begins and ends in Athens with stops in
Mykonos, Kusadasi and Santorini. Land/cruise-only starting from $1,652.
Departures from March 16 through November 2, 2012.
4) Black Sea Voyage (Cruise-Only),
8 days with AmaWaterways. Travels between Budapest and Rousse
with stops in Vukovar, Belgrade and Bucharest. Save $1,000 per
couple, plus receive a free upgrade and $100 shipboard credit per
stateroom. Cruise-only starting from $2,449. Departs April 13
& July 29, 2012. Book now!
5) British
& Irish Voyager, 14 days with CIE Tours. Begins in London
and ends in Dublin with visits to Stratford-upon-Avon, Loch Lomond and
the Cliffs of Moher. Save $200 per couple off the land price.
Land-only starting from $2,648. Departures from April 13 through
October 19, 2012. Book now!
6) Tastes
& Tales of Ireland, 9 days with Brendan. Begins in Dublin
and ends in Shannon with visits to Cork, the Ring of Kerry and Dromoland
Castle. Land-only starting from $2,800. Departures from April 28
through October 6, 2012.
7) Normandy,
Brittany & the Loire Valley, 10 days with Insight. Begins
and ends in Paris with stops in Trouville, Mont St. Michel and Chartres.
Land-only starting from $2,885. Departures from April 13 through
October 12, 2012.
8) Tulips
& Windmills 2013, 10 days with Viking River Cruises.
Begins and ends in Amsterdam with visits to Antwerp, Rotterdam and
Keukenhof Gardens. Companion cruises for free, plus save $1,100 per
couple off roundtrip airfare from select gateways. Land/cruise-only
starting from $3,349. Departures from March 20 through April 29,
2013. Book now!
9) Best of Finland,
Russia & the Baltic States, 16 days with Trafalgar.
Begins and ends in Helsinki with stops in St. Petersburg, Vilnius and
Tallinn. Land-only starting from $4,100. Departures from April 28
through October 6, 2012.
10) Spain
& Portugal, 14 days with Tauck. Begins in Lisbon and ends
in Madrid with visits to Evora, the Rock of Gibraltar and Granada.
Receive economy airfare for $1,290 per person or business airfare for
$3,290 per person from select U.S. gateways. Land-only starting from
$4,890. Departures from April 6 through August 31, 2012.
Book now!
Top 10 Tours Worldwide
1) Vietnam,
Cambodia & the Riches of the Mekong (Siem Reap to Ho Chi Minh City,
Cruise-Only), 8 days with AmaWaterways. Begins in Siem Reap
and ends in Ho Chi Minh City with visits to Tonle Sap Lake, Phnom Penh
and Cai Be. Save $500 per couple. Cruise-only starting from
$1,749. Departures from March 26 through April 23, 2012.
Book now!
2) Steamboat Race
(Memphis to Cincinnati), 8 days with Great American Steamboat
Company. Begins in Memphis and ends in Cincinnati with stops in
Henderson, Louisville and Madison. Receive two free pre-cruise hotel
nights before your voyage plus transfers. Land/cruise-only starting
from $1,995. Departs April 27, 2012.
Book now!
3) Land of the Maharajas,
16 days with SITA Tours. Begins in Delhi and ends in Mumbai with
visits to the Taj Mahal, Jaipur and Jodhpur. Land-only starting from
$2,290. Departures from February 10, 2012 through April 12,
2013.
4) Glories of China,
14 days with Wendy Wu Tours. Begins in Shanghai and ends in
Beijing with visits to Guilin, the Terra Cotta Warriors of Xian and the
Great Wall of China. Save $300 per couple off the air-inclusive price
or save $200 per couple off the land price. Land-only starting from
$2,390. Departures from February 18 through November 24, 2012.
Book now!
5) Tanzania Safari Experience,
7 days with G Adventures. Begins and ends in Arusha with visits
to Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro
Crater. Land-only starting from $2,749. Departures from June 24, 2012
through February 17, 2013.
6) Glimpse of South America,
10 days with Trafalgar. Begins in Rio de Janeiro and ends in
Buenos Aires with visits to Corcovado, Iguassu Falls and Recoleta
Cemetery. Receive a free Be My Guest dining experience at an
exclusive venue. Land-only starting from $2,845. Departures from
April 6, 2012 through April 19, 2013.
Book now!
7) Wonders of Australia,
14 days with Trafalgar. Begins in Sydney and ends in Cairns with
visits to Adelaide, Alice Springs and Uluru (Ayers Rock). Earn up to
three free nights stay on select air-inclusive vacations when you book
and pay in full. Land-only starting from $3,880. Departures from
September 3 through December 31, 2012.
Book now!
8) 11 Day Southern Spectacular,
11 days with Scenic Tours. Begins in Wellington and ends in
Christchurch with visits to Franz Josef Glacier, Queenstown and Lake
Tekapo. Land-only starting from $4,195. Departures from March 15
through May 27, 2012.
9) Hawaiian Dreams GOLD
(12-Day), 12 days with Insight. Begins in Honolulu and ends
in Kauai with visits to Pearl Harbor, Maui and Hawaii Volcanoes National
Park. Save $800 per couple off the air-inclusive price when you book
and pay in full. Land-only starting from $4,545. Departs April
14, 2012. Book now!
10) The Classic Expedition,
10 days with Hurtigruten. Begins and ends in Buenos Aires with
visits to Ushuaia, the Drake Passage and Antarctica. Early booking
discount! Save up to 10%. Land/cruise-only starting from $6,959.
Departures from November 29, 2012 through February 13, 2013.
Book now!
To see our listing of escorted tours, train tours or air and hotel
packages to worldwide destinations,
click here.
For safaris in Africa,
click here.
Once you've found a tour that interests you, call us toll free at
800-680-2858 (US and Canada) and a travel counselor will attend to your
needs. Customers from the UK, please call toll free 0800 279 8084. All
other international customers, please e-mail or call us at
+1-713-974-2121.
For hotels and resorts in the Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, Bermuda,
the Bahamas and Europe,
click here.
For river cruises worldwide,
click here.
For savings of up to 75% on ocean-going cruises,
click here.
Please e-mail me your comments, suggestions and questions at
alanfox@tourvacationstogo.com
and I will respond the same day.
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Sincerely,
Alan Fox
Chairman & CEO
Vacations To Go
