The economy is beginning to climb upwards – but we still need to get away from stress and problems.

We have approached our valued travel suppliers to see what kind of special rates they can offer us, for select departures. Browse below, and call us to check availability and to send the flyers to you:

NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINES – NCL

Don’t forget the freedom of lifestyle that has become NCL’s Hallmark – eat when you want, where you want, wear what you want, do what you want!

Several good ones still in 2009……………..:

September 12 – NCL STAR – 7 nights Seattle to Alaska (rates starting at $469 p/p double)

October 25 – NCL DAWN – 7 nights New York to Bermuda (starting at $464 p/p double)

And look what we have in 2010

April 10 – NCL GEM -21 nights Transatlantic – New York to Venice (starting at $1129 p/p double)

April 11 – NCL JEWEL – 13 nights Miami to New York (starting at $569 p/p double)

September 4 – NCL EPIC – 7 nights Western Caribbean (starting at $469 p/p double)

SCHOOL VACATIONS:

ON RCCL – ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINES:

These ships are tailored for family fun, with boat-loads of youth facilities: an Ice Skating rink, Rock Climbing wall, Flowrider Surf Simulator – Plus recive $100 On-Board credit per stateroom if booked by July 15 Remember, the rates are ‘cruise only’. You must book the air separately – or perhaps cash in on those frequent flyer miles that you have been hoarding.

February 14 – RCCL INDEPENDENCE OF THE SEAS – Western Caribbean (starting at $490 p/p double)

Cruising from Ft. Lauderdale to Belize, Costa Maya, Cozumel

April 11 – RCCL FREEDOM OF THE SEAS – Eastern Caribbean (starting at $790 p/p double)

Cruising from Port Canaveral, to Cococay in the Bahamas, St. Thomas, St. Maarten.

…..and the Shore Excursion packages offer some amazing adventures!

COLLETTE VACATIONS:

We have chosen to block space on these particular tours – after carefully studying the itineraries, the hotels used, the climate and weather conditions, and the prices – and feel that they are especially attractive. Alternate dates are also available. We have a supply of the brochures, which are yours for the asking:

January 19 – February 2 – DISCOVER SOUTH AMERICA, with optional 3 night Amazon Post Tour Extension. With air included, the tour starts upon arrival in Santiago, Chile. Cross overland to the beautiful Lake District – Puerto Montt; Puerto Varas; Bariloche and the Alpine region of, Argentina. Crossover the Andes into Buenos Aires; to the thundering waterfalls of Iguazu at the junction of Argentina, Paraguay & Brazil. On to Rio de Janeiro. Stay at beautiful hotels and resorts. Continue, if you wish, flying to Manaus on the great Amazon, to stay in a wonderful Ecopark Jungle Lodge while you explore the Amazon basin.

March 21 – 31 – A TASTE OF NORTHERN ITALY featuring the Italian Lakes, Veneto, Liguria, and Lombardy.

Air and Land complete, visiting the Lake District bordering on Switzerland: Stresa, Lugano, Como, Garda. On to Bergamo, Vicenza, Venice, Sirmione. You will see Mantua, Cremona- the city of violins, and even the charming villages of the Cinque Terre on the Ligurian coast. Transportation is by bus and train. Northern Italy – a very romantic area!

April 10 – 18 – COPPER CANYON ADVENTURE

A real adventure, combining beautiful scenery, culture, and heritage, staying in small rustic hotels. Mexican dancing and folklore is featured. This is one of the most intriguing train journey’s in the world, through Mexico’s magnificent Copper Canyon. You will depart from Tucson, crossing the border into Mexico, to San Carlos, where the desert meets the ocean at the Sea of Cortez. From El Fuerte, travel on the Chihuahua Pacifico RailRoad, where you rise from sea level to over 8,000 feet. This is a thrilling journey via numerous tunnels and countless bridges. Turn northward again, and back across the Texas boreder to El Paso. This tour is priced as Land Only. We will help with your flights, or perhaps you have mileage points waiting to be used!

Just to show you a smattering of other domestic Collette programs with many departure dates and availabilities, we illustrate with these possibilities for 2009 and 2010. These are excellent value – put them together with your own air:

SOUTH DAKOTA – THE BLACK HILLS & BADLANDS – 7 days – 10 meals.

Highlights are:1880 Steam Train, Mt. Rushmore, Deadwood, Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer State Park, Wall Drug Store, Badland’s National Park

NORTHERN NATIONAL PARKS, - 8 days – 11 meals

Featuring Yellowstone, Grand Tetons and Craters of the Moon National Parks.

Highlights are: Salt Lake City, Idaho Falls, Craters of the Moon, Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole, Yellowstone National Park, Old Faithful.

ALASKA DISCOVERY LAND & CRUISE, - 13 days – 21 meals

Featuring a 7 night Southbound Cruise aboard a Princess ship.

Highlights are: Fairbanks, Stern Wheeler Discovery, Denali National Park, Music of Denali Dinner Theater, Denali Express Rail Car, Balcony Cabin aboard cruise ship, College Fjord, Glacier Bay, Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan, Inside Passage.

NEW ORLEANS GETAWAY – 5 days – 7 meals

Highlights: Steamboat Natchez, New Orleans School of Cooking, Court of Two Sisters. What a bargain – with prices starting at $599!

DON’T FORGET THAT 2010 IS OBERAMMERGAU PASSION PLAY YEAR!

COLLETTE VACATIONS has created 7 different itineraries incorporating a performance of the Passion Play, in the little Bavarian village of Oberammergau. The play, which depicts the life and death of Jesus is presented from the end of May, to the beginning of October, only every 10 years, to commemorate the town’s reprieve from the Black Plague which swept through Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries. Even if you have seen the Passion Play in the past, you will want to see it again, with new interpretations and cast. The time of the play has changed, with the first half taking place in the afternoon, followed by dinner in the village, and the final act in the evening.

King Travelways is holding space on “The Alpine Explorer with the Glacier Express”, and “Discover Croatia” for various dates during the season. Please call for availabilities and the brochures for those departures, as well as any other which might be of interest. It is a MUST that you commit to this now, as the tickets are becoming harder and harder to come by.(you are protected by trip cancellation insurance should you decide that you cannot go!)

A number of other tour operators, such as TAUCK, GLOBUS & COSMOS, are also running programs, which we would be happy to check into for you.

King Travelways is also operating a special Passion Play itinerary designed for UConn Alumni, departing May 26, featuring Krakow in Poland, Prague in the Czech Republic, Nuremburg and Munich, and the Tyrol in Bavaria. From there it is on to Oberammergau and the Passion Play. This itinerary has lots of fascinating extras. Call King Travelways or the UConn Alumni Office, c/o Deb Crary, for the brochure.

TAUCK WORLD DISCOVERY has reduced rates on many of their upcoming tours.We must call them on a one-on-one basis. But if you have a little date flexibility you might luck out on a fabulous Tauck Tour at a fabulous price. We will be happy to check for you. You have always wanted to try a Tauck Tour but thought that you couldn’t afford it ? You may be in for a terrific surprise!

UNITED TRAVEL GROUP – with whom we handle our special “journey’s to extraordinary places” have some vacation ideas for under $3,000 per person, including Air and Land: Cape Town Breakawy, 9 days from $1595 – Glimpses of Egypt, 9 days from $2395 – Arabian Escapade, 9 days from $2495 – Highlights of Kenya, 9 days from $2695 – The Cape & the Bush, 11 days from $2695 – Romance in Mauritius, 10 days from $2795. They want you to know that they do a lot more than safaris: Costa Rica – India – Galapagos – Dubai – Egypt – Oceania. Most of their programs will operate with just a minimum of 2 people. They will tailor-make an itinerary to any of their destinations, to create your very own tour!

You have asked for more river cruises – on the small ships sailing the waterways of Europe’s rivers (Rhine, Moselle, Danube, Elbe, Volga, Seine, Rhone). There are many wonderful opportunities for all-inclusive programs, without changing hotel rooms every night! We are constantly hearing of great offers (like 2 for 1) from Viking, Uniworld, Tauck. And now we have a new one: SCENICTOURS, with their brand new “space” ships, Scenic Sapphire and Scenic Ruby and Scenic Diamond. They offer 5 star amenities with exclusive private balcony suites, extra space in the public areas, fully inclusive – no extra charges for shore excursions, all tipping included, free airport transfers, quality wine with lunch and dinner, and complimentary butler service. They sail the Rhine, Moselle, Main, and Danube – including Paris and Prague. And they are offering introductory incentives!

UPCOMING PLANS FOR LATER IN 2010

GOLFERS - We have an “IN” with the planning committee for the 38th RYDER CUP, which is scheduled to be played in South Wales October 1st through 3rd. .Headquarters will be the beautiful Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, So.Wales. This is convenient for arrivals into London’s Heathrow Airport, and all kinds of optional tour possibilities present themselves for before and after. If you, and a group of your golfing buddies have a yearning to be at this world class event, let’s talk about it and plot and plan a little tour around this. Wales is one of our favorite destinations, and we would like to show this to you! It is the perfect time of the year to be in UK.

Plans are underfoot for a King Travelways tour to the Land of the Pharaohs – EGYPT. We will leave around November 1, for 2 weeks. Besides Cairo, the Pyramids and the Sphinx, we will fly to Luxor and from there board a beautiful Nile cruise ship for 4 nights, exploring Karnak, the Valley of the Kings and King Tut’s Tomb – the Aswan Dam and Abu Simbel. As long as we are ‘in the neighborhood’ we will take an extra 3 days and go to Jordan, to see the amazing ‘Rose City”, carved out of the rock mountains south of the Dead Sea, PETRA. Call to get your name on the list, as this will be a very special tour..

NOW – WE ARE REALLY LOOKING INTO OUR CRYSTAL BALL AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.

* You know that the Summer Olympics will be in London in 2012
* You know that the United States Women’s Basketball Team is being coached by Connecticut Huskees own Geno Auriemma

Which means that all of UConn’s loyal fans are going to London in the summer of 2012!

King Travelways has been asked by UConn Alumni Association to create and handle several groups to attend the Summer Olympics. Already we have contracted for space in a beautiful Manor House outside of London on the River Thames, and we are planning several choices of itineraries. For those wishing to stay in the city of London itself we are looking into an ‘apart-hotel’, which can accommodate groups and families. You must get your name on the list for priority attention as we progress during the planning stages. Call King Travelways – or e-mail, with your name and numbers of your group, and we will get in touch with you to discuss your needs.

If you have any other travel plans with which we can assist, please let us know. This is how a tour is ‘born’.

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