North America
Travel Impressions’ new Washington, D.C., offerings include five-day, four-night hotel packages starting at $449 per person.
Central America
This summer, Adventures by Disney is introducing a new value-priced Gateway Collection itinerary to Costa Rica.
Europe
Sceptre Tours’ air-inclusive Tuscany Deluxe Package includes a six-night stay in a two-bedroom villa, starting at $999 per person.
Asia
Pacific Delight Tours is offering two-for-one airfare on select departures of its 17-day Cultural China & Yangtze River Gold Experience if booked by Feb. 15.
Africa
Sunny Land Tours is offering $500 off all 10-day Nile Cruise Tour Packages to Egypt in March and April.
CIE Tours Offers Senior Discounts to Europe
For clients ages 55 and older, CIE Tours is offering discounts of $200 per couple, or $100 per person, on more than 80 departures of escorted vacations to Ireland and Britain. The mature traveler discount applies to select departures taking place from March through November and is limited to the first 15 seats requested per date. All vacations are conducted at a leisurely pace and typically include first-class hotel rooms, sightseeing via luxury motorcoach and daily breakfast.
www.cietours.com
Ritz Tours Offers Early Bird Savings in Asia
Ritz Tours has implemented an Early Booking Offer on select Premiere, Asia Series and China/Yangtze River travel itineraries. Travelers can receive a $500 discount per couple, or a $250 discount per person, if they book by Feb. 28, or at least 60 days before the departure date. A $300 deposit per person is also required within seven days of booking in order for the discount to apply.
Valid departure dates for the discount range between March and December 2010, with some winter 2011 dates also available.
www.ritztours.com
Brendan Offers Savings Down Under
Brendan Vacations is promoting the May 5 departure of its Contrasts of Australia and New Zealand tour with an air promotion. Couples can save $1,200 if they book and deposit by Feb 28. The total discounted rate per person of $5,224 includes roundtrip airfare from Los Angeles via Qantas Airways.
The tour package includes meals per itinerary, hotel taxes, land transportation and sightseeing. The tour takes participants from the modern cities of Sydney and Melbourne to the peaks of the Southern Alps and Franz Josef Glacier to the tropical Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef.
www.brendanvacations.com
Take a Walk in Jane Austen Country
The Wayfarers’ new walking tour is sure to please literature lovers. Beginning in Steventon, England, and ending in Winchester, England, the six-day Jane Austen Country walking trip takes travelers through the quaint regions that served as inspiration for much of Austen’s work.
Stopping points include the Jane Austen Museum, Oakley Hall (the hotel that inspired Mansfield Park) and Winchester cathedral, Austen’s final resting place. A discussion led by an Austen scholar and a song recital round out the Austen experience.
The trip moves at an easy pace of six to 10 miles per day on country byways, well-trodden footpaths and village lanes.
Clients can choose from three departure dates: June 27, July 25 and Aug. 29. The tour is priced at $3,595 per person, based on double occupancy.
www.thewayfarers.com
