2008 Group Cruises & Tours

Come join us on one or more of our exciting group trips! All groups are escorted* by our professional staff or a guest celebrity. Transportation from Monterey / Salinas / Santa Cruz is included on most trips. Our goal is to take care of all the details so you can sit back, relax, and enjoy the trip!

*Based on at least 20 people traveling. **Based on double occupancy.

MARCH 31st

The California Gold Rush Country! Join Nancy Johnson, our tour guide from Monterey Peninsula College’s Gentrain program! This is an extraordinary tour to the gold country of California. Spend 3 nights aboard the riverboat Delta King, moored in the heart of the Sacramento Historic District. Then spend one night at the historical Sonora Days Inn. This trip includes walking tours and much more! From Monterey with our private motorcoach; $828.00 /person.**

APRIL 20th

Cruise Mexico with KWAV Radio! Join Barry Brown and Karen Hamilton from KWAV Radio for this springtime, 7-day cruise to the Mexican Riviera. Visit Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas on the Fun Ship, Carnival Pride. Priced from $593.00 /person**; includes cruise only from Long Beach

MAY 3rd

America’s Canyonlands with Tauck Tours This is one great tour! This all-inclusive Tauck Tours trip visits three of America’s most spectacular national parks: Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, and Zion. Stay at the best available lodges with most meals included. Tauck Tours is known for excellent excursions and service. 7 days, from Monterey; $2752.00 /person.**

MAY 20th

Chicaco! Nancy Johnson, our tour guide from Monterey Peninsula College’s Gentrain Program, leads this exciting trip to one of America’s greatest cities—Chicago! The tour leaves from Monterey and includes 7 nights in Chicago. Many tours are included. $2194.00 /person.**

JUNE 16th & SEPT 4th

Alaska Cruising with Princess Cruises Join us for our 12th season to Alaska! We depart San Francisco on the beautiful Dawn Princess for 10 spectacular days. We’ll visit Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Tracy Arm Fjord, and Victoria! Includes transportation from the Monterey Peninsula to and from the pier. This cruise sells out early each year, so make your reservations now! Travel dates for Summer or Fall! Prices starting at only $1499.00 /person!**

JULY 19th

Grand Lux Railroad- Great Northwestern National Parks! This is railroading at its finest. Enjoy the luxury of a long-distance train with private on-board sleeping cabins, exceptional service, outstanding cuisine, vintage furnishings, and escorted off-train tours daily. Don’t miss out on this incredible journey to the Pacific Northwest, the magnificent Rockies, and stops at four dazzling National Parks: Glacier, Mt. Rainier, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton. Board your private luxury train in Seattle and enjoy 9 days of pampered traveling. All meals and tours included; $4960.00 /person** plus air

JULY 23rd

Switzerland, Austria, and Bavaria! This Collette Tours trip was so popular last year that we’re going again! We’ll stay 5 nights in the lovely city of Bern, Switzerland and enjoy day trips to Montreux as well as the Panoramic Train to Gstaad, Lucerne, Interlaken, and Grindelwald. We then motorcoach to the historic city of Innsbruck for 3 nights, visiting Salzburg and Bavaria. All-inclusive from Monterey, Escorted by local Collette Tours rep, Dan Smart. 11 days, 13 meals; $3299.00 /person.**

AUGUST 20th

Regent Cruises Voyager to Scandinavia and Russia! Here is the trip you’ve been waiting for! Join Anne and Ed Dickinson from Magic 63 Radio as you jet to the delightful city of Stockholm. Spend 2 nights in Stockholm, then board the deluxe Regent Seven Seas Voyager for 7 nights to Tallinn, Estonia, St. Petersburg (3 nights), Helsinki, Visby, and finally Copenhagen for 2 nights. While onboard, everything is included (i.e., tips, spirits, etc.). Plan to join us on this once-in-a-lifetime trip! If you book by Feb. 29, 2008, you’ll receive a free air and land all-day tour to Moscow! ($659.00 value) All-inclusive from Monterey; from $7270.00 /person.**

AUGUST 30th

Transatlantic Crystal Cruise - London to New York! Enjoy the splendor of London and the elegance of the 6-star Crystal Symphony. We’ll fly from San Francisco to London, spend 2 nights at the Renaissance Chancery Hotel, then board the beautiful Crystal Symphony for our 14-day transatlantic cruise. Sail out of historic Dover to Invergordon, Scotland; Faeroe Islands, Reykjavik, Iceland; Nuuk, Greenland; Halifax, Nova Scotia and end the cruise in New York City. From New York, we’ll fly back to San Francisco. From $6782.00 /person.**

OCTOBER 20th

Discover Croatia Enjoy this newly popular travel destination! Join our Collette Tours expedition as we spend 10 days visiting three of this area’s most beautiful countries: Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy! Relax for 2 nights in Opatija, Craotia’s Riviera. Then discover the magnificence of the ancient Romas Palace of Diocletian. Walk the footsteps of Marco Polo as you explore the medieval city of Corcula. Experience the wonder of 16 cascading lakes at Plitvice National Park and spend 2 nights in the “Pearl of the Adriatic,” Dubrovnik! All inclusive from Monterey at $3499.00 /person.**

OCTOBER 22nd

Charleston and Savannah! Plans are underway for a one-week tour to Charleston and Savannah with Tauck Tours, one of our favorite tour companies. Stay at the best hotels, eat in the best restaurants, and enjoy the hospitality of the South! We’ll fly from San Jose to Jacksonville, Florida, and spend the night there. The next day, we’ll enjoy our own private tour of Jacksonville, including lunch. In the afternoon, we’ll meet our Tauck Tours guide and begin our trip to St. Simons Island, Savannah, Civil War sites, Beaufort, antebellum plantations, and Charleston! All-inclusive from Monterey; price TBA.