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A ONCE IN A LIFETIME IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MARCO POLO
EXOTIC SILK ROAD TOUR 20 day tour - August 21, 2019 - with Dr. Michael Wilcox
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EXOTIC SILK ROAD TOUR 20 day tour - August 21, 2019 - with Dr. Michael Wilcox
Registan Square - Samarkland, Uzbekistan
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Ancient Buildings on the Silk Road – Registan Square in Samarkand with over one BILLION individual beautiful colored tiles. Possibly, the most beautiful buildings we have seen anywhere in the world and that includes the Taj Mahal.
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EXOTIC SILK ROAD TOUR 20 day tour - August 21, 2019 - with Dr. Michael Wilcox
Registan Square - Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Our SECRET Tour Along The SILK ROAD The Best Kept Secret
We have offered this special Silk Road Train Tour twice before - once for 2017 and another one going in 2018. Both times we kept it a secret from the vast majority of you that have traveled with us. We never advertised it in our mailer and we never put it on the web site. We just contacted a few past guests each time and easily sold out this special tour. We decided that wasn’t really fair to the rest of our loyal past guests that never received the information or had a chance to participate in this fantastic tour, AND WE DO MEAN FANTASTIC!!! By including our Silk Road Train Tour into this mailer, this special tour is no longer a secret it is open to everyone.
“BEST Tour in the World”
One of the Fun For Less Tours owners, who has been to over 100 countries, expressed after experiencing the Silk Road: “this was the BEST tours she had ever been on”. The quality of any tour is the number of highlight days. This tour is filled with highlight days. The most beautiful building in the world, with over one billion colorful mosaic tiles, is part of this tour. The tour is filled with hundreds of UNESCO World Heritage Site buildings, most covered in colorful mosaics and some even in goldleaf. There are even ancient walled cities still intact. It is really one of the BEST tours in the whole world and should not be missed.
Why We Have the BEST Silk Road Tour
There have been two ways to travel the silk road through Central Asia. By bus and by train. When we started working on this tour we talked to many that had traveled the Silk Road by bus, we wanted to know how much they liked their bus tour. They all said the same thing - They loved the sites but absolutely hated the extremely long exhausting drives on bad roads to get from one place to another. They all felt a private train would be a much better option! The owners of Fun For Less Tours experienced the Silk Road by private train in 2015. They absolutely loved the train, it would travel by night from one place to another and then they would park the train during the day so you had time to see all the fantastic sites. There was only one drawback to the train Jim and Carol went on – it visited less countries than doing it by bus. We wanted to do all the countries AND we wanted to do it by train. The only way we could do that was to charter the whole train and design our own itinerary that included the additional countries. It took us six months to get permission for our private train to enter the additional countries we wanted, we now include all of the countries that would be done by bus. We are the only ones in the world that offers a private train tour that covers China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. We were the first to ever bring a private train into Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan – the only other way to visit all these countries in the past was by vehicle that often involved many 10 hour drives in one day on bad roads. WE SEE IT ALL WITHOUT THE LONG DRIVES!
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Chartering the Whole Train Gave Us FANTASTIC PRICING When the owners of Fun For Less Tours went on the Silk Road train in 2015 that visited only 3 countries, there were 16 passengers from the USA on the same train. They knew we were preparing for a group in 2017. They also knew we were going to add the Silk Road in China and most likely visit additional countries that were not included on our 2015 train trip. They asked what we might be charging our group when we put it all together. There was no way to be accurate, but we could give an estimate as we knew what our costs would be in China and had some estimated pricing for the train. We took our train cost estimate, added extra for additional countries, added China, added our best guess on airfare in China and then gave them our best guess price. Their program was a 14-day tour, we estimated our future program to be a 20-day tour. They were shocked, at our estimated pricing! For the same cabin category, without China, educator and additional countries we planned to include, they had paid almost $3,000 more per person than we estimated we would charge our passengers for everything. We not only have the best tour for the Silk Road, we have the best pricing! Chartering the whole train created huge savings! We have the best price possible!
Why NOW IS THE TIME We contracted for three chartered Silk Road Train Tours. 2017, 2018 and 2019. We have already taken 2017, we have only 8 spaces left on 2018, but we have just started to sell 2019. When 2018 and 2019 are sold out, we do not know when we will be able to do this again. We have not been able to get a contract for 2020 as they are using their train in other parts of Europe. We do hope we will be able to charter the train again in the future, but no one knows. Don’t take the chance - Now is the time to schedule this special train tour.
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EXOTIC SILK ROAD TOUR 20 day tour - August 21, 2019 - with Dr. Michael Wilcox
Almaty
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Samarkand
Tashkent Khujand
Bishkek
Shakhrisabz In China:
Xi’an was the ancient capital of China and the start of the Silk Road. Xi’an was where the Emperors lived during the time of the Silk Road. If you look at the map above you will see our tour starts in Xi’an and then flys to Dunhuang, which was a major crossroad on the Silk Road. In Dunhuang the Silk Road splits into three major trails. We will take the Northern route, which is the absolute best route for experiencing ancient ruins and staggering beauty. From Dunhuang we take a high-speed train to Turpan, then on to Urumqi by bus. From Urumqi, we will fly over the 14,000-foot mountains that separates China from Central Asia into Almaty Kazakhstan (the 9th largest country in the world). Almaty is where we will find our PRIVATE DELUXE Train waiting for us.
In Central Asia (The Heart of the Silk Road):
We will travel throughout Central Asia by our Chartered Private Train - almost every stop was part of the Silk Road! In addition to Almaty you will experience Bishkek, Tashkent, Khujand, Shakhrisabz, Samarkand, Khiva, Bukhara, Merv and Ashgabat. The Ancient Silk Road continued into Iran, through Syria and on into Europe, but we leave our Private Train in Ashgabat. This really is a once in a lifetime chance to experience the Silk Road in a way no one else can deliver!
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Urumchi Turpan Dunhuang
Very Important information:
Xi’an
There are a total of 7 countries that end in Stan. We will actually be traveling through 5 of those countries: Kazakhstan (the 9th largest country in the world), Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. There are two other countries that end in Stan THAT WE ARE NOT VISITING – Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is critical to understand the difference. The 5 Stans we visit were part of the Soviet Union from the 1800’s until 1991. After 70 years of Russia’s no religion policy, there are very few that practice religion, be it Christian or Muslim.
Silk Road
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EXOTIC SILK ROAD TOUR 20 day tour - August 21, 2019 - with Dr. Michael Wilcox
Central Asia (The Heart of the Silk Road)
The Silk Road brought riches to Central Asia, which was used to create some of the most beautiful buildings in the world. The best way to describe Central Asia’s Architecture is Unique, Majestic and Breathtakingly Beautiful. In Samarkand alone there were billions of tiles used to create some of the most beautiful structures in the world. Above is one example of work that dates back to the 1400’s. Central Asia’s architecture is not only beautiful on the outside it is also unique and beautiful on the inside!!
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Our Fantastic 20 day Silk Road Package Price Includes: The Silk Road Express Private Train is 15 days (we added a 4 day China portion that brings the total tour to 20 days). The 15 day train portion includes many nights on the train along with several hotel nights. We are using the same train company as the one across Siberia. Chartering the whole train has made it possible to do the Silk Road at prices substantially less than the Siberia Rail trip. The 15 day Siberia Rail Train cost was $8,395 for the Classic Cabin (2 lower beds). The 15 day Silk Road Train portion costs $6,595 for the Aladdin Cabin (same 2 lower beds). That is a full $1,800 less than our passengers had to pay to visit Siberia on the same train for the same number of days. We have even more savings on cabins that include their own toilet and shower – the savings range from $5,000 to $7,000 LESS per person. Chartering the train has created a huge savings.
The 15 day Train portion includes the following: Price: $6,595
• It is our train, with only our passengers on it. We have designed a special tour including stops not offered to others including visiting all 5 Stans. • 1-night 5-star Luxury Hotel in Almaty. • 2-nights 3-star Deluxe Hotel in Samarkand. • 1-night 2.5-star First Class Hotel in Bukhara – best location to enjoy Bukhara. • 2-nights in one of the best 5-star Luxury Hotels in the World – Ashgabat. • Private Chartered Train in Aladdin Cabin. • Most days you will have three meals. • All touring, Guides, Entrance fees in Central Asia. • Shows and cultural performances along the way. • Special experienced train staff that will accompany us on the train and with us on all tours. • Dr. S. Michael Wilcox as your special guest educator throughout the time on your private train. • Fun For Less Tour Staff: throughout. • Whisper Perfect headset receivers that allow you to hear everything, even when you step away from the group to take the important picture.
The 4 day China Portion Includes: Price: $2,095
• $880 in airfare. • Xian to Dunhuang. • Urumqi to Almaty. • High Speed Train between Dunhuang and Turpan, China. • 1-night 5-star Luxury Hotel Xi’an, China. • 1-nights 4-star Deluxe Hotel Dunhuang, China. • 2-nights 4-star Deluxe Hotel Turpan, China. • All tours in China. • Breakfast and dinner in China. • Fun For Less Tour Staff: throughout. • Whisper Perfect headset receivers that allow you to hear everything, even when you step away from the group to take the important picture.
Total 20 Day Package Price: $8,690*
*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include Domestic or International airfare, visas and tips.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have already done the China Silk Road portion and want only the train portion - that is possible. Please Call Us.
* NOT included in the 20 day package price:
• Optional Pre-tour to Xi’an & Dunhuang, China. • Airfare into China and home from Ashgabat. Airfare will not open up until approximately 10 months before your tour. We estimate it will be about like the Airfare into China and home from Russia for the Trans-Siberia group. All roundtrip airfare into China and home from Russia was around $2,000 per person. • Visas, tips, personal expenses.
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ANTARCTICA CRUISE with Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and the Chilean Fjords 26 day cruise/tour - January 7, 2019 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
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“Thi s wa s th e Mos t Spec t acul ar Trip I h ave t a ke n any w her e i n t he wor l d ” - D r. S . M i c h a e l W i l c ox
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ANTARCTICA CRUISE with Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and the Chilean Fjords 26 day cruise/tour - January 7, 2019 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
Sunrise in the Chilean fjord
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ANTARCTICA CRUISE with Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and the Chilean Fjords 26 day cruise/tour - January 7, 2019 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
King Penguins in the Falkland Islands
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ANTARCTICA CRUISE with Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and the Chilean Fjords 26 day cruise/tour - January 7, 2019 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
Iguazu Falls, Brazil, Argentina
A few things you should understand:
• The most spectacular trip you will ever take! Take the best cruise, times it by ten and you may come close to how phenomenal this cruise is! • It really isn’t freezing!!! The climate is dry and sunny with temperatures around 40 degrees 24 hours a day during the Antarctic portion. • Cruising the Antarctic is not done from miles away! You are able to get up close to the most beautiful majestic land on earth. It literally can take your breath away! • Your cruise includes more than the Antarctic: It includes the Falkland Islands, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay with many ports of call. It also includes the Chilean Fjords, Cape Horn, Terra del Fuego, Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage, penguins, seals, whales and so much more! • You can add an optional extension to Iguazu Falls, the BEST falls in the world.
Optional Extension to Iguazu Falls
There is not space to adequately explain the majesty and beauty of Iguazu Falls. Simply put – IT IS THE #1 FALLS IN THE WORLD! When Eleanor Roosevelt first saw the falls, her reaction was “Poor Niagara”. When our passengers traveled to this part of the world they were so impressed with Iguazu Falls, they believed it was the single best touring day anywhere in the world. Then they cruised through the Antarctic changing their minds, stating that Antarctica were the best days! Then sailing through the Chilean Fjords, was icing on the cake. They came away saying “this was the best trip anywhere in the world!” This is exactly what will happen to you if you come join us on our 2019 Antarctic Cruise and Tour!
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Package Price Includes:
Important Note: Many travel companies show a low price, but by the time you add everything in, they become expensive. Our pricing is a package that will actually give you more for less! Below we have listed what is included in our discounted package price. • Inside Upgraded Cabin on Holland America’s MS Zaandam. • $440 in ship port charges and fees. • $570 in ship taxes. • All land taxes. • All booking fees and ticketing fees. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. • 5 star luxury hotel in Santiago, Chile. Does not include Iguazu Falls option, shore excursions, airfare, visas and tips. • Transfer from Valparaiso to Santiago hotel. • Transfer Buenos Aires airport to ship. • Tour of Valparaiso Chile, including guides, buses and entrance fees. • Tour of Santiago Chile, including guides, buses and entrance fees. • Special Guest Educator: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox. • Fun For Less Tours staff throughout the cruise, tour and shore excursions – “We Don’t Send You, We Take You.” • OPTION to purchase our group airfare. • Shore excursions are not included in our package: We give you the OPTION to purchase our discounted shore excursions, that are significantly less than the ship charges.
Package Price: $5,495*
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VOLGA RIVER CRUISE with Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan & the Caspian Sea
18 day cruise/tour - August 10, 2019 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
Wooden Church on the island of Kizhi - Lake Onega
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VOLGA RIVER CRUISE with Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan & the Caspian Sea
18 day cruise/tour - August 10, 2019 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
Ananuri Fortress - Georgia
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VOLGA RIVER CRUISE with Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan & the Caspian Sea
18 day cruise/tour - August 10, 2019 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
Narikala Fortress at sunset - Tiblisi, Georgia
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VOLGA RIVER CRUISE with Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan & the Caspian Sea
The 5 star Volga Dream Cruise Ship is a small luxurious boutique ship. Unlike the large ships doing the Volga River with hundreds of passengers, this special ship holds approximately 100 passengers. It is luxurious inside and allows the passengers on any deck to walk around seeing all there is to see while traveling on the beautiful Volga River. The Boutique ship is perfect for us, we were able to buy the whole ship and because of its small size we will never feel crowded.
Uglich Village - Yaroslavl, Russia
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Everything is 5 star luxury. We needed the BEST in hotels to go along with your 5 star ship. We chose the Belmond Grand Hotel in St. Petersburg. The Belmond Grand is located in the center of St. Petersburg, the perfect location. We will stay in Moscow in either in the Four Season Hotel or the Ritz Carlton Hotel, both are right next to Red Square - you can’t get any better than this. For our tours in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, we will stay in the 5 star Marriott Hotel in Tbilisi Georgia and the 5 star luxury JW Marriott in Baku, Azerbaijan. In addition to the 5 star ship and hotels, we have also included: All shore excursions on the Volga River, all breakfasts, lunches and dinners while on the cruise and breakfasts and dinners in Moscow and St. Petersburg. We have also included a cruise on the Caspian Sea.
Our Fantastic 18 day - August 10, 2019 Volga River Cruise with Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Caspian Sea Package Price includes:
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· 5 Star Luxury Volga Dream Cruise Ship · Inside cabin. · Ship taxes. · Ship port charges. · All shore excursions off of the ship. · Three meals a day on the cruise. · St. Petersburg Russia · 5 Star luxury Belmond Grand Hotel. · All transfers to and from airport, hotel and ship. · Private tour of Hermitage Museum. · All tours, buses, guides and entrance fees. · All taxes. · All breakfasts and dinners. · Moscow Russia · 5 Star Luxury Four Seasons or Ritz Carlton Hotel (next to Red Square). · All transfers from ship, hotel and airport. · Private backstage tour of Bolshoi Theater. · All tours buses and guides (including Red Square, the Kremlin and the Amory). · All taxes. · All breakfasts and dinners. · Tbilisi, Georgia · 5 Star Luxury Marriott Hotel. · All transfers to and from airports and hotel. · Tour into Armenia from Tbilisi. · All buses, guides, entrance fees while in Georgia. · All taxes. · Baku, Azerbaijan · 5 Star Luxury JW Marriott Hotel. · All transfers to and from airports and hotel. Guest Educator · Boat ride on the Caspian Sea. Dr. Michael Wilcox · All taxes. · Breakfasts. · Two Airfares · Baku, Azerbaijan to Tbilisi, Georgia. · Tbilisi, Georgia to St. Petersburg, Russia. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. · Special Guest Educator on cruise: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox. Does not include international airfare, tips & visas. · Fun For Less Tours Managers throughout. · “Whisper Perfect” headset receivers – allows you to hear guides and educators clearly.
Package Price: $6,295*
This trip is very limited. There is only room for 92 passengers plus Michael and our Fun For Less Tours Staff. It will sell out! DO NOT Procrastinate! Reserve your space right away!!!!
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2019 DANUBE RIVER Romania to Budapest
16 day cruise/tour - October 6, 2019 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
Aggstein castle ruin and Danube river at sunset in Wachau valley near Vienna, Lower Austria
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Countries Visited:
Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria.
Major Cities Visited:
Hungary: Budapest, Pécs and Mohács. Croatia: Vukovar. Serbia: Novi Sad and Belgrade. Bulgaria: Vidin, Ruse and Veliko Tarnovo. Romania: Giurgiu, Sibiu, Hunedoara, Sighișoara, Brașov, Sinaia and Bucharest.
Tour Overview:
· 7 nights 5-star Luxury Exotic Danube River Cruise through Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania. · Includes all Shore Excursions. · Major Tour Highlights: Budapest Castle Hill, Chain Bridge, Pecs, Yugaslav Civil War tour, Petrovaradin Fortress, Baba Vida Fortress, Veliko Tarnova (Bulgaria’s ancient capitol), walled city of Sibiu, ancient Corvin Castle, walled city of Sighisoara, Transylvanian Alps, Bran Castle, Brașov, Peles Castle, Sinaia Castle and Bucharest. · Special Guest Educator: Dr. Michael Wilcox. · Fun For Less Tour Managers throughout.
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2019 DANUBE RIVER Romania to Budapest
16 day cruise/tour - October 6, 2019 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
Peleș Castle - Sinaia - Transylvania, Romania
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Budapest parliament at sunrise, Hungary
We have combined a fantastic Exotic Danube River Cruise with a Romania Tour. There is not room enough to express how fantastic this tour is. Michael specifically asked for this tour. It is always high on his list to return. What a wonderful way to visit 5 countries: Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania. You will be sailing in luxury on an AmaWaterways’ ship. It just doesn’t get any better than this. You’re going to absolutely love Romania, it has 3 of the top castles in Europe and what we consider to be the #1 Castle in the world. It also has the mystique of Count Vlad Dracula. Yes, there really was a Count Vlad Dracula in the Transylvania mountains of Romania. He was born in a small medieval walled village in 1431 and the village is still there. One of our favorite castles, the Corvin Castle, was once voted the scariest place on earth, Count Dracula was a prisoner in this castle for many years in the 1400’s. Please listen to us, Romania is our favorite country in Europe. If you ever wanted to do this part of the world, do it in 2019 with Michael. It will be a long time before we offer this tour again and for sure it will not have Michael.
We had several goals when we started negotiating with river cruise lines in Europe to take our groups:
• #1: Quality of ship: AmaWaterways has won almost everyone’s award as the best cruise line in Europe, even beating out Viking. • #2: Shore excursions: Shore excursions are included with River Cruising in Europe. The issue is the quality of the shore excursions. They often do short city or walking tours, skipping the sites that have expensive entrance fees and almost daily they end up stopping at a winery for wine tasting. ***THIS IS BIG - AmaWaterways has agreed to allow Fun For Less Tours to design their own shore excursions. The Fun for Less Tours' owners are spending a month in Europe in 2018 visiting AmaWaterways’ ports of call on both the Rhine and Danube Rivers to design our own private ENHANCED shore excursions. We are no longer just driving by the castles so we can get to wine tasting. • #3: Lower the pricing: By doing partial or full charters, we were able to save our passengers up to $1,000 PER PERSON! On some sailings the cruise company offers $250 per person discount, but NO ONE EVER offers a $600 to $1,000 per person discount, especially when you consider the extra costs to do ENHANCED shore excursions, the costs of bringing our Fun For Less Tours staff and the costs of bringing Dr. S. Michael Wilcox as a guest educator. YES, the cruise line made us an unbelievable deal!!! - We are passing the savings on to you! • Look at OUR special savings over the cruise lines prices for 2019 Cabins o Cat D Two Large Port Hole Windows - 160 square feet: 2019 Ship Price: $3,894 MINUS our $600 savings - you pay $3,294 pp. o Cat C French Balcony - 170 square feet: 2019 Ship Price: $4,494 MINUS our $800 savings - you pay $3,694 pp. o Average of Cat BB&BA Double Balcony Mini Suites - 210 square feet: 2019 Ship Price: $5,094 MINUS our $1,000 savings - you pay 4,094 pp. To get the savings needed to lower the price for our customers and do our own designed enhanced shore excursions, we committed to doing ½ to full ship charters. The cruise line needs charters to be sold in advance of normal sales. That means we need to sell our portion of the ship now so we can pass the savings on to you! When you consider you save up to $1,000 per person on the cruise that includes our special ENHANCED shore excursions AND you get the very best of Budapest and all of Romania, AND you get Dr. S. Michael Wilcox as your guest educator – WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR – CALL US NOW!
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2019 DANUBE RIVER Romania to Budapest
16 day cruise/tour - October 6, 2019 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
S i g n a t u re To u r Our package price is a combination of two packages: The Exotic Danube River Cruise with AmaWaterways (with savings up to $1,000 per person) AND our special Land Tour and Hotel Packages in Budapest and Romania. AmaWaterways Exotic Danube River Cruise Package Includes: · 8 day 7 night sailing on a 5-star luxury river boat from Budapest, Hungary to Bucharest Romania covering 5 countries: Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania. · Cabin Category D: Two Large Port Hole Window Cabin. · ENHANCED Shore Excursions designed by Fun For Less Tours. · Special Guest Educator: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox. · Fun For Less Tours Staff. · Three quality meals onboard the ship every day. · Free internet. · Free movies. · Bottled water, fluffy bathrobes, and slippers free in each cabin. · All bicycles and helmets on board are free to use. · Option to upgrade cabin to French or Double Balcony.
Danube Cruise Package Price Cat D: $3,294 PLUS, Ship Port and Taxes: $168 Total Ship Price: $3,462
Budapest and Romania Land Package:
Note: AmaWaterways charges $1,480 for their 5-night land package added to their cruise. It includes 2 night Budapest, 1 night
Brasov and 2 nights Bucharest. Our Special Land Package added to the cruise is for 7 nights: 1 night Budapest, 2 nights Sibiu that will include the walled city of Sibiu and the Corvin Castle, 2 nights Brasov - that will include Bran Castle and the walled city of Sighisoara and 2 nights Bucharest. All for $1,380 - one hundred less than the ship charges for their 5 night package.
Here is what is included in our special Budapest and Romania Land Tour Package: · · · · · · · ·
9 days of buses, tours and entrance fees in Hungary and Romania. Deluxe Hotels in Budapest, Hungary along with Bucharest, Brasov, and Sibiu in Romania. Three Major Castles: Peles Castle, Bran Castle, and Corvin Castle. Two Major walled cities Sighisoara (where Dracula was born) and Sibiu. Cruise Package: $3,462 All Entrance Fees. Land Package: $1,380 Fun For Less Tours Staff. Total of both Packages: $4,842* Guest Educator: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox. *Does not include International air or tips. “Whisper Perfect” headset receivers
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BRANSON CHRISTMAS 7 day 6 night trip - December 3, 2018
"SAMSON" - Sights & Sounds Theatre in Branson
The owners of Fun for Less Tours were in Branson 4 times in the last two years, twice to prepare for future groups and twice with groups. You need to know they love Branson! They find the Branson experience more fun and enjoyable than Broadway. You can’t compare one show like “Wicked” to any one show in Branson, but the sheer enjoyment and fun of Branson overall, outweighs Broadway. Then there is the gigantic price differences. Branson shows are usually between $30 and $40 for prime center seats and around $60 for Dinner Shows and Silver Dollar City’s two shows. Compare that to one show on Broadway for prime center seating (if you can get them) they can easily cost $200 to $400 per show. Several of the shows we attended during our week of previewing shows, had groups from Utah attending the same show. In all cases, those groups were sitting in the back section of the theater and one time even on the back rows. We never buy the cheap seats – all of our seats start on row 2 and go back in the center section. We buy the best seats!!!!
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BRANSON CHRISTMAS 7 day 6 night trip - December 3, 2018
Voted #1 Branson Christmas Show 9-years in a row!
We preview the shows for you, before we take you!
Jim and Carol (owners of Fun For Less Tours) went to Branson to preview the Christmas Shows we would be taking you to this year. Previewing the shows ahead of time is critical to offering the best experience possible. The biggest problem in Branson is the sheer number of shows. There are often 100 shows going on in Branson. Of that number, maybe 20 are great, and another 10 are good, the rest can be ok to less than ok. When choosing shows to preview, we looked at lists of shows offered by other companies from Utah, along with Trip Advisors recommendations. We also called those living and working in the show business in Branson, for their recommendations. Many of the shows on other Utah companies lists fell to the bottom of our list after seeing all of the shows. We chose not to take our passengers to ‘The Presley’s,’ ‘Shoji Tabuchi Christmas Show,’ ‘Hallmark’s Maxine Christmas Carol’ and more. Many of these shows were okay, but definitely not great. We chose the BEST SHOWS.
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Our Package Price Includes:
• 6 nights in a wonderful Deluxe Boutique Hotel in a great location. • 14 Branson shows plays and musicals. We have included the Trip Advisor's Rating. Many shows that are rated on Trip advisor are not there at Christmas Time and others we really did not like. Below are the shows we plan to attend all in Prime center seating and when applicable Trip Advisor Ratings. • Sounds & Lights Theater – Sampson the musical, as good as anything you will see on Broadway – Rated #1 on Trip Advisor. • The Haygoods Christmas Show – Rated #2 on Trip Advisor. • SIX Christmas Show – Rated #5 on Trip Advisor. • Dixie Stampede Dinner Show – Rated #6 on Trip Advisor. • Magic of Rich Thomas – Rated #7 on Trip Advisor. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. • George Dyer Christmas Show – Rated #8 on Trip Advisor. Does not include airfare and tips. • Clay Cooper Christmas Show – Rated #9 on Trip Advisor. • Dutton Family Christmas Show – Rated #17 on Trip Advisor. • Hughes Brothers Christmas Show – normally rated #20 on Trip Advisor – BUT rated #1 for 9 years in a row for BEST Christmas Show!!! • Christmas Wonderland – not rated as it is Christmas only (similar to the Rockets). • Brett’s Christmas – voted best morning show – not rated as it is Christmas only. • Silver Dollar City Theme Park – over 6 Million Lights and two fantastic Broadway-quality musicals’: USA Today named them “Best Theme Park Holiday (Christmas) Event”. ABC’s Good Morning America declared it one of the top five holiday events in the country and CNN.com called it one of the “world’s top holiday destinations”. We will enjoy the lights and two musicals. • It’s a Wonderful Life - musical. • Christmas Carol - musical. • The Andy Williams Christmas Show with the Osmond’s & Lennon Sisters – not rated as it is Christmas only. • Buses to take us to the shows and downtown Branson for shopping. • Tour Managers throughout your stay and shows.
Package Price: $1,299*
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2019 RHINE RIVER Amsterdam to Paris
16 day cruise/tour - June 7, 2019 with Dr. Michael Wilcox & Jeff Lawson
The medieval Eltz Castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle River - Koblenz, Germany
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S i g n a t u re To u r
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Countries Visited:
Netherlands, Germany, France and Switzerland.
Major Cities Visited:
Grindelwald, Lausanne, Chillon, Zermatt, Lenzburg, Basel in Switzerland. Freiburg, Hohenzollern, Heidelburg, Rudesheim, Cologne, and Eltz in Germany. Strasbourg, Versailles and Paris in France and Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Tour Overview:
· 7 nights 5-star Luxury Rhine Cruise from Basel, Switzerland to Amsterdam, Netherlands. · Includes all shore excursions designed by Fun For Less Tours. · Major tour highlights: Trummelbach Falls, train and cable car rides near Grindelwald, Hohenzollern Castle
(rated the #2 Castle in Germany), old town of Strasbourg, Heidelberg Castle, The Rhine River Cruise, Eltz Castle rated the #3 best castle in Germany, Cologne Cathedral, Chillon Castle (the #1 castle in Switzerland), Zermatt and the Matterhorn, Linzberg Castle, windmills, the Anne Frank House, Versailles, the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, Notre dame, and the Paris Temple.
· Fun For Less Tours Manager throughout. · Special Guest Educator: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox on the cruise portion.
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2019 RHINE RIVER Amsterdam to Paris
16 day cruise/tour - June 7, 2019 with Dr. Michael Wilcox & Jeff Lawson
colorful timbered houses in “Petite Venise” - Colmar, France outside of Strasbourg
The River Cruise Portion of our Package We have combined a fantastic Rhine River Cruise from (Basel, Switzerland to Netherlands) with a fantastic land tour in Switzerland and France. The land tour portion starts in Paris, visiting all of the important sites, then travels by high-speed train to Switzerland. The major highlights of this tour will be the Rhine River Cruise and your stay in the quaint picturesque villages of Zermatt at the base of the Matterhorn and Grindelwald at the base of the Eiger. We have included clog trains, waterfalls inside a mountain, cable cars, high-speed trains and so much more to go along with your fantastic River Cruise. You will absolutely love the many castles you will see along the way which will include: the Chillon Castle and the Lenzburg Castle in Switzerland, along with 3 of the top 5 castles in Germany: The Hohenzollern Castle, the Burg Eltz Castle, and the Heidelberg Castle. Join us on a wonderful romantic Rhine River Cruise.
We had several goals when we started negotiating with river cruise lines in Europe to take our groups:
• #1: Quality of ship: AmaWaterways has won almost everyone’s award as the best cruise line in Europe, even beating out Viking. • #2: Shore excursions: Shore excursions are included with River Cruising in Europe. The issue is the quality of the shore excursions. They often do short city or walking tours, often skipping the sites that have expensive entrance fees and almost daily they end up stopping at a winery for wine tasting. ***THIS IS BIG - AmaWaterways has agreed to allow Fun For Less Tours to design our own shore excursions. The Fun for Less Tours owners are spending a month in Europe in 2018 visiting AmaWaterways’ ports of call on both the Rhine and Danube Rivers to design our own private enhanced shore excursions. We are not going to just drive by a castle so we can get to wine tasting. • #3: Lower the pricing: By doing partial or full charters, we were able to save our passengers up to $1,000 PER PERSON! On some sailings the cruise company offers $250 per person discount, but NO ONE EVER offers a $600 to $1,000 per person discount, especially when you consider the extra costs to do enhanced shore excursions, the costs of bringing our Fun For Less Tours staff and the costs of bringing Dr. S. Michael Wilcox as a guest educator. YES, the cruise line made us an unbelievable deal!!! • Look at OUR special savings over the cruise lines prices for 2019 Cabins • Cat D Two Large Port Hole Windows - 160 square Feet: • 2019 Ship Price: $3,794 MINUS our $600 savings - you pay $3,194 • Cat C French Balcony - 170 square feet: • 2019 Ship Price: $4,394 MINUS our $800 savings - you pay $3,594 • Average of Cat BB&BA Double Balcony Mini Suites - 210 square feet: • 2019 Ship Price: $4,994 MINUS our $1,000 savings - you pay 3,994. • In order to get the savings needed to lower the price for our customers and do our own designed enhanced shore excursions, we committed to doing ½ to full ship charters. The cruise line needs charters to be sold in advance of normal sales. That means we need to sell our potion of the ship now so we can pass the savings on to you! When you consider you save up to $1,000 per person on the cruise that includes our special shore excursions AND you get the very best of Switzerland along with all of Paris including the Paris Temple!
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Our package price is a combination of two packages: The Rhine River Cruise with AmaWaterways (with savings up to $1,000 per person) AND our special Land Tour and Hotel Packages in Switzerland and France. AmaWaterways Rhine Cruise Package Includes: • • • • • • • • • • •
8 day 7 night sailing on a 5-star luxury river boat from Basel Switzerland to Amsterdam Netherlands with AmaWaterways. Cabin Category D: Two Large Port Hole Windows. Enhanced Shore Excursions designed by Fun For Less Tours. Special Guest Educator: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox on your cruise portion. Fun For Less Tours Staff. Three quality meals onboard the ship every day. Free internet. Free movies. Bottle water, fluffy bathrobes, and slippers free in each cabin. All bicycles and helmets on board are free to use. OPTION to upgrade to French Balcony or the mini suite double balcony.
Rhine Cruise Package Price Cat D: $3,194 Plus Ship Port and Taxes: $168 Total Price: $3,362
Note: AmaWaterways charges $1,680 for a 4 night land extension in Switzerland. That is for Luzern and Zurich which are not nearly
as good as Zermatt with the Matterhorn and the quaint village of Grindelwald! Our special land tour includes not only a better 4-night package in Switzerland, we have included 3 nights in a deluxe hotel in Paris, all the tours in Paris and a high-speed train ride, Paris to Switzerland - Our 7-night package is only $1,580 - that is $100 less than the ship charges for just their lesser 4 night package that includes only Switzerland.
Here is what is included in our Special $1,580 Switzerland and Paris Land Package: • • • • • • • • • • • •
Eight days of buses, tours and entrance fees in Switzerland, Netherlands, and France. Zermatt Hotel at the base of the Matterhorn. Grindelwald Hotel at the base of the Eiger. Deluxe Paris Hotel in Paris. High-speed train Paris to Switzerland. Cruise Package: $3,362 Small van transfer to the walking mountain village of Zermatt. Clog train rides. Land Package: $1,580 Cable car. Total of both Packages: $4,942* Entrance fees. *Does not include International air or tips. Buses and guides in Switzerland and France. Special Guest Educator: Jeff Lawson on your land portion. Fun For Less Tours Staff.
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AUSTRALIA , NEW ZEALAND & FIJI optional Great Barrier Reef Extension 19 day cruise/tour - February 10, 2019 with Dr. Michael Wilcox and George Dyer
Sydney Harbor - Australia
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This is your chance to pet a koala, feed a kangaroo, be taught by Aborigines to throw a boomerang, sail through the New Zealand Fjords, snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef and the list goes on. This fantastic tour is filled with so many fun filled experiences; there is not room to mention them all. This special cruise / tour will visit all of the BEST sites in Australia and New Zealand, plus it visits the beautiful Island of Fiji. In Australia you will visit Sydney and Melbourne and have an option to visit the Great Barrier Reef. In New Zealand you will visit Tauranga, Akaroa, Napier, Wellington, Dunedin, Auckland, and cruise through the Fjord Land National Park. We offer our own discounted shore excursions at every port of call that is less than the ship would charge. Plus we spend 3 nights at a 5-star beach resort on the beautiful island of Fiji!
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AUSTRALIA , NEW ZEALAND & FIJI optional Great Barrier Reef Extension 19 day cruise/tour - February 10, 2019 with Dr. Michael Wilcox and George Dyer
white beach on a a Plantation Island, Fiji, South Pacific
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AUSTRALIA , NEW ZEALAND & FIJI optional Great Barrier Reef extension 19 day cruise/tour - February 10, 2019 with Dr. Michael Wilcox and George Dyer
Milford Sound Fjords - New Zealand
Snorkling on the Great Barrier Reef extension
Great Barrier Reef Extension
Optional 3 night Extension
Our 3 night extension package includes an additional night in Auckland and 2 nights on the Great Barrier Reef. It also includes a full day of snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef, a visit to an Aborigine village and an Aborigine Show. We have also included additional tours in Auckland to go along with your extra night in Auckland. We will travel outside of Auckland to visit the famous Waitomo Caves, plus a short photo stop to see the LDS Temple outside of Auckland.
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Special Package Price Includes: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
3 nights at a 5-star Luxury Resort & Spa hotel in Fiji. 2 nights 5-star hotel in Sydney. 1-night 5-star hotel in Auckland. Internal flight from Melbourne to Sydney. 10 night cruise on Royal Caribbean's "Radiance of the Seas". Category 2V upgraded inside cabin. $275 in ship port charges and fees. $180.78 in ship taxes. All hotel and land taxes. All tours, entrance fees, buses, guides in Sydney and Fiji. Includes Australia visa. Special Guest Educator: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox. Special Guest Entertainer: George Dyer. Fun For Less Tour Staff throughout the cruise and tours “We Don’t Send You, We Take You.” • Option to purchase our deeply discounted shore excursions (much less than the ship). • Option to purchase our fantastic Great Barrier Reef and Auckland Extension Package. • Option to purchase our group airfare.
George Dyer makes sure Branson audiences hear something that they won’t at most other shows...a stunning voice that delivers both Broadway-style music and a little touch of opera! Dyer boasts one of Branson’s best live acts.
Package Price: $3,687* *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include Great Barrier extension, shore excursions, international airfare and tips.
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2nd BEST TOUR in the WORLD!
THAILAND & ANGKOR WAT with Burma 15 day tour - January 18, 2019 with Glenn Rawson
Ruins at Angkor Wat - Cambodia
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2nd BEST TOUR in the WORLD!
THAILAND & ANGKOR WAT with Burma 15 day tour - January 18, 2019 with Glenn Rawson
Bagan Temples of Burma
Here is why we consider this tour the 2nd Best Tour in the World!
You will love every day of this tour, PLUS it has the most highlight days of any tour we offer anywhere in the world. If you rated each day on a scale of 1-10 there can be many 5, 6 and 7s but there are very few 10s or 10+ days. For example, you may love every day on a tour of Peru and Machu Picchu, but two of the days will stand above everything else. The day you explored Machu Picchu and the day you visited the Uros Tribe on Lake Titicaca. They are a 10 or what we call “highlight days”. A Machu Picchu Tour has two “highlight days”. Until now China with 5 highlight days held the most. With this special designed tour you end up with 6 fantastic highlight days, the most of any tour or cruise we offer anywhere in the world.
Here is a partial list of what you will see and experience: In Cambodia:
There are two fantastic highlight days in Cambodia, Angkor Wat and Tonli Sap Lake. Angkor Wat has some of the best ruins in the world and are unrivaled both in beauty and state of preservation! Its magnificence displays a pomp and luxury surpassing that of a Pharaoh, an impressiveness greater than that of the Pyramids, and artistic distinctiveness as fine as that of the Taj Mahal! Movies like Tomb Raiders have been filmed here. Tonli Sap Lake will amaze you with the villages and houses built on stilts, along with the floating villages and houses that float on the lake.
In Thailand:
Thailand is Siam, home to the films the King and I and Anna and the King. You will have one fantastic highlight day in Chiang Mai, Thailand - One of our passengers this year said, “this has been the best 24 hours of my life” after his day in the Chiang Mai area. The day included petting large tigers, witnessing the best elephant show in the world, and riding elephants over the mountain to visit the Long Neck Tribe. As seen in National Geographic, the women stretch their necks by putting metal rings around them. Your second highlight day in Thailand will be the visit to the beautiful King’s Palace and temples.
In Myanmar (Burma):
There are Two fantastic highlight days in Myanmar: Bagan ruins and Inle Lake. Bagan is probably one of the most amazing sights we have ever seen. Within a few square miles are the ruins of over 2,500 temples and pagodas. Inle Lake is beautiful and unique. It is filled with floating villages, floating gardens, floating temples and so much more. This is a 10+ in sites to visit in the world. We also tour Rangoon before leaving Myanmar.
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Travel & Leisure Magazine list the top 10 cities in the world each year. Three of the cities you are going to visit on this tour have made their top 10. Bangkok, Thailand as a #1 city in the world and Siem Reap (Angkor Wat) as a #7. Chiang Mai, Thailand as a #10. Singapore Air: We use one of the top 3 airlines in the world, Singapore Air. There is more leg room, better service and each seat has its own individual television with over 100 hundred movies that you can start, pause or stop at your pleasure. Whisper perfect receivers: You can hear every word clearly, even when you step away from the group to take that important picture.
Package Price Includes:
• $1,172 for (6) airline flights in Southeast Asia, including airline luggage fees: Rangoon to Bagan - Bagan to Inle Lake - Inle Lake to Rangoon - Rangoon to Angkor Wat - Angkor Wat to Bangkok - Bangkok to Chiang Mai. • All tours, entrance fees, buses and the best in local English speaking guides. • All land taxes, hotel taxes and booking fees. • 1 night hotel in SFO airport on your way home. • Elephant show and elephant ride over a mountain to the Long Neck Tribe. • Tiger Kingdom where you can get up close and personal with tigers. • All boat rides in Cambodia and Myanmar (Burma). • Special Educator: Glenn Rawson. The package price below includes $1,172 for • Fun For Less Tours staff throughout the tour: “We Don’t Send You, 6 flights inside of S.E. Asia. We Take You!” • “Whisper Perfect” headset receivers. You can hear every word Tour Price: $2,795 Plus inside flights $1,172 = $3,967* clearly even when you step away from the group to take that important picture. • Does not include international airfare to and from the US and S.E. Asia. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.
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Package Price: $3,967* Does not include international airfare, visas and tips.
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER PADDLE BOAT Memphis to New Orleans 9 day cruise/tour - November 25, 2018 with Dr. Michael Wilcox & Jeff Lawson
American Queen Steamboat - Chattanooga, Tennessee
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER PADDLE BOAT Memphis to New Orleans 9 day cruise/tour - November 25, 2018 with Dr. Michael Wilcox & Jeff Lawson
historic Nottoway plantation in Louisiana
The excitement, fun, and relaxation of a Mississippi paddle boat cruise combined with the study of the Civil War with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox. This fantastic paddle boat cruise starts in Memphis, Tennessee and travels the Mississippi to New Orleans. When you combine the American Queen Paddle Steamboat package with our optional 4 day, 3-night extension package you will experience it all. Our optional extension package has added two full days of touring in Memphis, Tennessee. In Memphis, our optional tour package includes one night in a deluxe hotel before the cruise, along with two full days of touring. Our tours of Memphis and the surrounding area includes the home of Elvis Presley’s Graceland and the birthplace of rock and roll – Sun Studio. We will then board our beautiful American Queen Paddle Boat Steamer for our 8-day 7-night cruise on the Mississippi River. You will enjoy wonderful stops along the Mississippi including the famous Civil War site in Vicksburg. We then spend 2 nights in New Orleans after your cruise. We will spend the 2 days visiting everything from Bourbon Street to an authentic Cajun experience – a boat ride on the Bayou. We have even included Mardi Gras World Studio where they are in the middle of building next year’s Mardi Gras floats. You do not want to be touring or sailing the Mississippi in the heat of 90 plus degrees and 90 to 100% humidity. We have chosen the perfect time of year, the end of November in the South has the best temperatures. Our Mississippi River Cruise starts the Sunday after Thanksgiving in 2018 (November 22). Thanksgiving is over, the Friday after Thanksgiving's maniac shopping is over and the Christmas parties haven’t started. The average temperature at the time of our sailing is 70 degrees in New Orleans and the vast majority of our stops the average temperatures will range between 65 to 70 degrees. There are fewer crowds along with perfect touring and walking temperatures. Another reason this is the perfect time of year is that New Orleans lights up for Christmas on Thanksgiving weekend. We will see the pageantry and beauty of Christmas in New Orleans and other cities as we travel the Mississippi without the cold temperatures of Christmas. Consider all this has to offer: The BEST in educators, a fantastic Mississippi paddle boat cruise, Christmas Lights and pageantry, all while avoiding stifling heat and humidity.
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American Queen Package Price Includes: • • • • • • • • • • • •
8 days 7 nights sailing on the American Queen Steamboat. Category E inside stateroom. 1-night deluxe hotel in Memphis. One Transfer – from the Memphis Hotel to the ship. 3 meals a day on the ship. Music and evening shows on the ship. $169 in ship taxes and fees. Shore excursions: They have Hop on Hop off buses at their ports of call. They are free and included. They work perfectly for most ports of call. THE EXCEPTIONS: The free buses do not do the Civil War site of Vicksburg, and the ship does not include any touring in Memphis or New Orleans. We have added to our package on our own, the Civil War site of Vicksburg. Dr. S. Michael Wilcox as Guest Educator. Jeff Lawson is an enthusiast on Civil War History. Fun For Less Tours Staff throughout the tour and cruise. Use of our “Whisper Perfect Headset receivers.”
Package Price: $1,999*
Optional Extension Package with Dr. Wilcox: • • • • • • • • • •
*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include airfare, tips, transfer from Memphis airport to hotel or optional extension package.
1 additional deluxe hotel night in Memphis before the cruise. 2 additional deluxe hotel nights in New Orleans after the cruise. 2 full day tour of New Orleans. Jean Lafitte National Park and Preserve swamp boat ride on the Bayou. Marty Gras Studio. Full day tour of Memphis. Platinum tour of Elvis Presley’s Graceland. All buses, guides and entrance fees in New Orleans and Memphis. All land taxes and fees. Our Optional Extension offers over $1,000 worth of hotels and tours for $848.
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INDIA
with Kathmandu & Mt. Everest 15 day tour - November 6, 2018 with Dr. Taylor Halverson
Taj Mahal - Agra, India
Why this year is the best year to explore India
The purchase power of the dollar: Not long ago we were getting 42 Rupees (India’s currency) for each dollar. We are now getting 64 Rupees for each dollar. You do not need to be a math teacher to understand that everything has become less expensive. India is trying to do things that would take the number of Rupees per dollar below 50 so the savings will not last. Our 2018 group is using the savings to improve the tour AND upgrade many of our hotels to opulent Maharaja Palaces!
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5 - S t a r Lu x u r y !
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The quality of hotels in India can make or break your tour. Most 3 and some 4 star hotels are not up to US standards and are not always safe. Our hotels for the most part beat 5 star US standards. Our hotels are like an oasis with many acres of manicured gardens. Your tour includes real 5 star opulent luxury palaces (built by Maharajas), along with 5 star luxurious hotels! Here is a partial list of hotels we expect to use on your tour: the 5 star JW Marriott Deli, the 5 star Hyatt Regency Kathmandu, the 5 star Jaypee Palace Agra, the 5 star Taj Mahal Palace in Jaipur, a 5 star hotel in Pushkar and the Taj Hari Mahal Palace in Jodhpur. As you can see we are staying in a lot of Palaces that very few tours ever get to stay in. National Geographic created a list of ten places you should see before you die. As part of your tour, you will have the rare opportunity to experience the famous Pushkar Festival that was part of that list of 10. The Pushkar Festival is considered the oldest festival in the world. It has been held annually for over 1,000 years. An astonishing 50,000 camels along with cattle and horses are brought to Pushkar each year to barter and sell. It’s a fascinating and spectacular sight that will rank at the top of your list of travel experiences. Less than 1% of the visitors to India get the opportunity to attend a Pushkar Festival. There are only a few 5-star hotels and a few 1 to 2 star small hotels at Pushkar, so most of the visitors have to stay in tents during their visit to the festival. With our connections in India, we have been given one of the 5 star luxury hotel for our group to stay in.
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INDIA
with Kathmandu & Mt. Everest 15 day tour - November 6, 2018 with Dr. Taylor Halverson
Decorated elephants going on the cobblestone path to Amber Fort near Jaipur, India
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“Tiger’s Nest” Himalayan Buddhist Temple - Bhutan
Optional 4 Day Extension To The Ancient Country of Bhutan
Bhutan is a small picturesque country located high in the Himalayas with a border to Tibet. It was almost completely cut off for centuries with no roads in or out. It has tried to let in some aspects of the outside world while fiercely guarding its ancient traditions. They still wear clothing styles that are from the 16th century. Bhutan “Land of the Thunder Dragon”, only began to open up to outsiders in the 1970’s. Bhutan’s ancient Buddhist culture, friendly people and breathtaking scenery make it a natural tourist attraction. Tourism is very restricted, they limit the number of visas each year and all visitors must travel as part of a pre-arranged package or guided tour, it is not open to independent travelers. Fun For Less Tours' owners have been to Bhutan and have worked hard to obtain a chance for our passengers to visit this wonderful country. We highly recommend you add this optional extension!!!!
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INDIA
with Kathmandu & Mt. Everest
15 day tour - November 6, 2018 with Dr. Taylor Halverson
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Package Price Includes:
• 5 star luxury hotels and palaces • Five internal flights costing $1,019. Includes all taxes and fees. • Delhi, India to Kathmandu, Nepal. • Kathmandu, Nepal to Delhi. • Delhi, India to Varanasi, India. • Varanasi, India to Agra, India. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. • Jodhpur, India to Delhi, India. Does not include international airfare, tips and visas or Bhutan extension. • Mt. Everest Flight costing $180. • Includes over $300 in hotel and land taxes. • The Famous Pushkar Festival. Less than 2% of those that visit India will ever experience the Famous Pushkar Festival. National Geographic listed it as one of the 10 things you should do before you die! There are only 5 days a year you can really experience this festival. 90% of the tourists that attend the festival have to stay in tents! • All entrance fees, tours, deluxe buses and guides. • Special Guest Educator: Dr. Taylor Halverson. • Fun For Less Tours Staff throughout the tour-“We Don’t Send You, We Take You.” • “Whisper Perfect” headset receivers. You will hear every word from your guides and educator, even when you step away from the group to take that important picture. • All booking fees. • Boat ride on the River Ganges. • Elephant Ride to Amber Fort in Jaipur. • Package price does not include international air into and home from Delhi. We will offer an option to purchase our group airfare.
Package Price: $4,595*
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HOLY LAND TOURS
the treasury, ancient city of Petra, Jordan
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ISRAEL & JORDAN Holy Land Tour
11 day tour - November 1, 2018 with Glenn Rawson
Jerusalem skyline, Israel
Garden Tomb - Jerusalem
The Treasury - Petra, Jordan
Dome of the Rock - Jerusalem
The Holy Lands are on both sides of the Jordan River. Your tour will include all of the important spiritual sites in Israel, along with Mt. Nebo and the most likely area Jesus was baptized in Jordan. We will also swim in the Dead Sea. A few years ago the world was asked to vote on a new Seven Wonders of the World. Along with places like Machu Picchu and the Great Wall, Petra in Jordan was voted as one of the new Seven Wonders. You will have the chance to experience Petra on this tour.
Here is a partial list of what you will see and experience:
Jerusalem, the sea of Galilee, Bethlehem, Jerusalem Center, Nazareth, Garden of Gethsemane, Mount of Olives, the Garden Tomb, Mount of Beatitudes, Mt. Carmel, Capernaum, Masada, Caesarea, Mt. Tabor, Antonia Fortress, tour on top of Temple Mount, Palace of Caiaphas, Mt. Nebo, Jesus’ baptismal area, swim in the Dead Sea, Petra, Amman and so much more! We also visit places others miss or are not allowed to visit. Some even leave off Bethlehem, and most leave off Jordan! One of the sites missed by everyone else: The ongoing excavations of the City of Lehi. A cave was discovered a short distance down from Jerusalem with writings of a Prophet from 600 BC. The Nomad tribes consider the hill above the cave to be a sacred place. As they put it, “Before there was Muhammad there was a great prophet named Lehi and he taught from that hill”. We do not know if this is our Lehi, but we do know this will be a huge highlight as you visit an active archaeological dig. The excavations are on an Army Base. Only those excavating and Fun For Less Tours have been given permission to go onto the site. To see a video on the Lehi excavations go to the Israel section of our website you will find a link. NOTE: The excavations are now far enough along, there are stairs into the underground excavations.
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Package Price Includes:
• 4-star deluxe hotels in Israel. • 5-star luxury hotel in Jordan. • Special Guest Educator throughout Israel: Glenn Rawson. • The best in guides and bus drivers! • All land taxes and booking fees. • All buses and entrance fees. • Petra in Jordan: Voted as one of the Seven Wonders of the World! • Boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. • Breakfast and dinner throughout your stay in Israel. • Important sites in Israel and Jordan. • The City of Lehi Excavations. • Fun For Less Tours staff throughout your tour – “We Don’t Send You, We Take You.” • “Whisper Perfect” receivers: Everyone on this tour will have their own individual “whisper perfect” headset receiver. You will be able to hear every word clearly spoken by our guides and educators, even when you step away from the group to take that important picture. • Not included in our package is the option to purchase our group airfare.
Package Price: $2,895*
*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include international airfare to and from the Middle East, visas and tips.
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the Ultimate Holy Land tour with Nile cruise
ISRAEL, JORDAN & EGYPT 17 day tour - October 11, 2018 with Dr. John Madsen 17 day tour - October 25, 2018 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
Jerusalem, Israel
This is our Ultimate Holy Lands experience. We have combined our Israel & Jordan Holy Land Tour with a fantastic Egypt extension that includes: Cairo, the Pyramids, King Tut’s Treasures in the Cairo Museum, Luxor, Karnak Temple (more impressive than the Pyramids), Luxor Temple, a 5 star three night luxury cruise on the Nile and so much more. You are already going to be in the neighborhood – why not do it all!!!! Your tour will include all of the important spiritual sites in Israel, along with Mt. Nebo and the most likely area Jesus was baptized in Jordan. We will also swim in the Dead Sea. A few years ago the world was asked to vote on a new Seven Wonders of the World. Along with places like Machu Picchu and the Great Wall, Petra in Jordan was voted as one of the new Seven Wonders of the World. You will have the chance to experience Petra on this tour.
Here is a partial list of what you will see and experience:
Jerusalem, the Sea of Galilee, Bethlehem, Jerusalem Center, Nazareth, Garden of Gethsemane, Mount of Olives, the Garden Tomb, Mount of Beatitudes, Mt. Carmel, Capernaum, Masada, Caesarea, Mt. Tabor, Antonia Fortress, tour on top of Temple Mount, Palace of Caiaphas, Mt. Nebo, Jesus’ baptismal area, swim in the Dead Sea, Petra, Amman and so much more! Plus on this tour you will visit all that we have mentioned above in Egypt! We also visit places others miss or are not allowed to visit in the Holy Land Some tours even leave off Bethlehem and almost everyone leaves off Jordan! One of the sites in the Holy Land that only we are able to visit, the ongoing excavations of the City of Lehi. A cave was discovered a short distance down from Jerusalem with writings of a Prophet from 600 BC. The Nomad tribes consider the hill above the cave to be a sacred place. As they put it, “Before there was Muhammad there was a great prophet named Lehi and he taught from that hill”. We do not know if this is our Lehi, but we do know this will be a huge highlight as you visit an active archaeological dig. The excavations are on an Army Base. Only those excavating and Fun For Less Tours have been given permission to go onto the site. To see a video on the Lehi excavations go to the Israel section of our website you will find a link. NOTE: The excavations are now far enough along, there are stairs into the underground excavations.
Pyramids of Giza - Egypt
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Below is the information on the two packages we have COMBINED to create our Ultimate Tour: Package #1: Israel & Jordan • • • • • • • • • • • • •
4-star deluxe Hotels in Israel. 5-star luxury hotel in Jordan. Special guest educator throughout Israel: See dates. The best in guides and bus drivers! All land taxes and booking fees. All buses and entrance fees. Petra in Jordan: Voted as one of the Seven Wonders of the World! Boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. Breakfast & dinner throughout your stay in Israel. Important sites in Israel & Jordan. The City of Lehi Excavations. Fun For Less Tours staff throughout your tour – “We Don’t Send You, We Take You.” “Whisper Perfect” headset receivers: Everyone on this tour will have their own individual “whisper perfect” headset receiver. You will be able to hear every word clearly spoken by our guides and educators, even when you step away from the group to take that important picture. • Not included in our package is the option to purchase our group airfare. • Not included in our package is the Cairo, Nile cruise program – information and pricing can be found below. • Not included in our package is the internal flight from Amman, Jordan to Cairo, Egypt. Unless doing our international airfare.
Package #1 (October 11th Price: $2,895*) (October 25th Price: $2,995*)
Package #2: Our 7 day 6 night Cairo, the Pyramids, Nile Cruise Package includes the following: • $580 in domestic airfare: • Airfare from Cairo to Aswan. • Airfare from Luxor to Cairo. • All taxes, ticketing fees and fuel surcharges. • Deluxe Nile Cruise ship with all meals. • 5-star luxury Intercontinental Citystars Hotel Cairo. • All shore excursions of the ship. • Guest educator: See dates. • All tours, entrance fees, buses and guides throughout. • Fun For Less Tour staff throughout – “We Don’t Send You, We Take You.” • Use of our “Whisper Perfect” receivers.
Package #2 Price: $1,694*
The Total for our Ultimate Package - Package #1 plus Package #2 is: (October 11th Tour Date Price: $4,589*) (October 25th Tour Date Price: $4,689*) *does not include international airfare to and from the Middle East, border fees, tips or visas.
The Treasury - Petra, Jordan
Garden Tomb - Jerusalem
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LEWIS & CLARK'S EXPEDITION Snake & Columbia River by Paddle Boat
15 day tour - June 17, 2018 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
American Empress - Sailing the Columbia River
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LEWIS & CLARK'S EXPEDITION Snake & Columbia River by Paddle Boat
15 day tour - June 17, 2018 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
Vista House Columbia River Gorge
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Our Package Price for the Lewis and Clark Expedition Paddle Boat Cruise Includes: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Deluxe hotel in Spokane, Washington the night before the cruise. 8 Days 7 nights cruising the Snake and Columbia Rivers on the American Empress Steamboat. Category C outside with deluxe veranda balcony. All hotel taxes. $179 in ship taxes and port charges. All of the “Hop on Hop off” bus shore excursions in every port of call. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include airfare, tips or optional premium Special Guest Educator: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox. shore excursion package. Breakfasts in the hotels and three quality meals a day on the Steamboat. We found the meal quality often exceeded those found on large cruise ships. They also include 24-hour room service. Get-togethers on the ship with FREE specialty drinks like Virgin Pina Coladas and Virgin Strawberry Daiquiris. Music and evening shows on the Steamboat. All soft drinks are included. Fun For Less Tours staff throughout the trip. Not included are the ship’s Premium Shore Excursions OR Our Premium Shore Excursion Package. Not included – Transfer to the Portland Airport at the end of the cruise if you do not take our Premium Shore Excursion Package.
Package Price: $4,199*
Fun For Less Tours OPTIONAL Premium Shore Excursion Package: • • • •
1 additional night hotel in Portland, Oregon. Full day tour of Spokane down to Clarkston and board your Steamboat. Full day tour to Mt. Hood, Timberline Lodge, the Fruit Loop, Bonneville Dam, the old scenic highway and Multnomah Falls. Lewis and Clark Expedition tour to Middle Village – Station Camp, Cape Disappointment – Lewis and Clark National Park and Fort Clatsop. • Full Day tour to Mount St. Helens. We will make many picturesque stops including the ability to see the full blast zone. We also plan on doing a tour of Portland at the end of the day before going to our hotel. • All with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox and our Fun For Less Tours staff.
OVER $500 worth of Premium Shore Excursions and Hotel for only $299
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ITALY & GREECE CRUISE 17 day cruise/tour - May 17, 2018 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
Acropolis - Athens, Greece
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ITALY & GREECE CRUISE 17 day cruise/tour - May 17, 2018 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
Venice, Italy
HAVE YOU EVER DREAMED OF DOING ITALY & GREECE? THEN JUMP ON BOARD!
The combination of land and sea is the best we have ever offered for a Italy Greece Cruise with Michael Wilcox and it is at a great time of year! This special Cruise and Land Tour has it all. It gives you the very best of Italy and Greece. If you have ever dreamed of doing Italy and Greece, jump on board. This fantastic cruise/tour is for you! Italy is hard to see from a ship as there just isn’t enough time in port to really experience cities like Rome and Florence. With our well planned land tour we will be able to take the time to really enjoy Rome, Venice and Florence as well as visiting places not on the ship's itinerary – places like San Gimignano, Verona, Tuscany, the Italian countryside and so much more. We even visit Verona home of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Throughout your land tour we will we stay in deluxe hotels and tour in deluxe buses. Our special land tour is combined with a fantastic Royal Caribbean Cruise that includes some of the very best ports of call: the island of Sicily, Naples and Pompeii in Italy. In Greece we visit Mykonos, Athens, Crete and Greece’s most beautiful island, Santorini. We have added to your fantastic vacation Dr. S. Michael Wilcox; the very best educator for this part of the world. He will bring to life the history and magic of all that you will see and experience. He will be teaching throughout the cruise, Florence and Pisa. This cruise/tour has sold out every year we have offered it with Michael. This is one tour you do not want to wait to make your reservation.
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Our Special Package Price Includes: • • • • • • • • •
10 night cruise inside cabin on Royal Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas. $300 in ship port charges and fees. $81.35 in ship taxes. Deluxe hotels in Rome, Florence and Venice area. All tours, buses and guides in Rome, Florence, San Gimignano, Venice, Verona, Tuscany and the Italian Countryside. Special Guest Educator on cruise: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox. Fun For Less Tour Staff throughout your tour and cruise. Shore excursions are not included. You have the option to purchase our discounted shore excursion package. Option to purchase our group airfare.
Pisa - Florence, Italy
Package Price: $3,195*
*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include airfare, tips or shore excursions.
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sunset at Stonehenge
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BRITISH ISLES CRUISE
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland & France
18 day cruise/tour - June 2, 2018 with Glenn Rawson
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BRITISH ISLES CRUISE
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland & France 18 day cruise/tour - June 2, 2018 with Glenn Rawson
Edinburgh castle at sunset - Scotland
Shakespeare ~ Harry Potter ~ C.S. Lewis ~ History We have combined the perfect land tour with a Princess cruise. There are always give and takes between a land tour and a cruise. We have added a partial land tour to your cruise. This allows you to experience most of what is included in our land tour. With the extra days on this cruise/tour you have added the Normandy Landing Beaches in France, Loch Ness at the top of Scotland; Cork, Ireland and a stop in the island of Guernsey. We have also added our optional discounted shore excursions. If you take our tour cruise package along with the optional shore excursions you will see and experience the following: • In England: London, Windsor Castle, Tower of London, Stonehenge, Oxford, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, LDS Church History Sites, The English Countryside, Southampton, Guernsey Island, Liverpool and so much more. • In Scotland: Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Inverness, Loch Ness, Scottish Highlands, Glasgow, Sterling Castle and so much more. • In Ireland: Cork, Blarney Castle, Dublin, Book of Kells and Glendalough Monastery – Northern Ireland: Belfast, one of the best coastal drives in the world, Giant’s Causeway and so much more. • In Wales: Tintern Abby, Conwy Castle and Conwy’s walled city. • In France: Le Havre, Normandy Landing Beaches and the American Cemetery.
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Package Price Includes: • • • • •
Princess Cruise Line Disclaimer
General Disclaimer: Fares are cruise only, per person, USD, based on double occupancy, capacity controlled and subject to availability. Government
Fees and Taxes of up to $220 are additional. Refer to applicable Princess Inside upgraded cabin on the Ruby Princess. brochure or princess.com for terms, conditions, and definitions which will $300 in ship port charges and fees. apply to all bookings. Ships’ Registry: bermuda. Fuel supplement: Princess cruises reserves the right, even if the cruise fare $205 in ship taxes. has been paid in full, to impose a fuel supplement for all guests of up to 2 nights Deluxe hotel in London, England. $9per person per day if the NYMEX oil price exceeds $70 per barrel. 2 nights Deluxe hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. • 4 transfers: • Stratford-upon-Avon to ship. come back new • Ship to London hotel. All booking fees and ticketing fees. 5 days of touring in England: London, Tower of London, Runnymede, Windsor Castle, Oxford, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick Castle, Stonehenge, LDS Church History sites from and more. *Per person cash discount price, based on double Our 5 days of touring includes all buses, guides, entrance fees and tour staff. occupancy. Does not include shore Special Guest Educator on the land and ship: Glenn Rawson. excursions, airfare and tips. Fun For Less Tours staff throughout the tour, ship and shore excursions. “We Don’t Send You, We Take You”. “Whisper Perfect” headset receivers. You can hear every word spoken by our guides or educator, even when you step away from the group to take that important picture. Shore Excursions are not included. We offer a special discounted shore excursion package that covers every port of call for only $979. The ship would charge over $1,600 for the same or similar shore excursions. Option to purchase our group airfare option. SM
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$3,695*
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Church of the Saviour on the Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, Russia
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SCANDINAVIA & RUSSIA
Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland
18 day cruise/tour - July 21, 2018 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
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SCANDINAVIA & RUSSIA Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland
18 day cruise/tour - July 21, 2018 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
Frederiksborg Castle and Gardens - Hillerød, Denmark
THE BEST SCANDINAVIAN CRUISE AND TOUR EVER!
Our cruise/tour includes Oslo, Norway; Stockholm, Sweden; Helsinki, Finland; St.. Petersburg, Russia; Tallinn, Estonia; Riga, Latvia; Klaipeda, Lithuania; Fredericia, Aarhus and Copenhagen in Denmark. We found the best cruise that has almost everything we want. What it was missing is Norway and the Fjords. To make it the best tour that does have everything, we have added Norway with an option to purchase the “Norway in a Nutshell”® excursion. It will take you through Norway’s most beautiful fjord scenery. You will experience the scenic Bergen Railway, the breathtaking Flåm Railway, cruise the Aurlandsfjord, cruise the narrow Nærøyfjord and travel by bus through the steep hairpin bends of Stalheimskleiva. To make it even better we have added Dr. S. Michael Wilcox as our guest educator on the ship.
Fjords of Norway
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Your Fantastic Cruise/Tour Package Price Includes: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
13-night cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas. Includes Window cabin with an unobstructed view. $390 in port charges. $180.69 in cruise taxes. $175 Airfare between Oslo, Norway and Stockholm, Sweden. All land taxes. All booking fees and ticketing fees. Hotels can really make a difference when traveling in Europe. Even cheap hotels are expensive in the Scandinavian countries. We have been able to arrange a quality hotel at a fraction of what you would have to pay on your own: 3 nights luxury hotel in Oslo. A city tour of Oslo including guides, buses, entrance fees, etc. Private group get-togethers on the ship. Fun For Less Tours staff throughout the cruise, tour and shore excur- *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include shore excursions, sions – “We don’t send you, we take you.” Norway in a Nutshell option, airfare and tips. Educational lectures on the ship from our special guest educator: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox. Individual headset receivers that allow you to hear every word spoken by our guides, staff and educator, even when you step away from the group to take that important picture. Not included in our package price is the option to purchase our discounted shore excursions and the optional “Norway in a Nutshell”®.
Package Price: $3,895*
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BRITISH ISLES LAND TOUR England, Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland 14 day tour - September 9, 2018 with Glenn Rawson
sunset at Stonehenge
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BRITISH ISLES LAND TOUR England, Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland 14 day tour - September 9, 2018 with Glenn Rawson
London skyline
A Great choice at a GREAT price. You can see so much more on a land tour compared to a cruise. Here is an
example of what you will see and experience that the cruise does not include: The Lake District in England, Lake Windermere, England; Grasmere, England; York (the best preserved ancient medieval walled city in England) the English, Scottish and Irish countrysides.
Here is a partial list of what you will see and experience on this fantastic tour:
• In England: The Lake District, paddle boat on Lake Windermere, Grasmere, Liverpool, Albert Dock, LDS Church History sites, Ancient Walled City of York, Stratford-upon-Avon, Oxford, Windsor Castle, Runnymede, Tower of London, city tour of London, Warwick Castle, Stonehenge, the English countryside and so much more. • In Scotland: Loch Lomond, St.. Andrews, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, the famous Royal Mile and the Scottish highlands. Plus a ferry boat from Scotland to Ireland! • In Northern Ireland: Belfast, The northern coast (one of the top 5 coastal drives in the world) and Giant's Causeway. • In Ireland: Dublin, the Book of Kells and the beautiful Irish countryside.
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Package Price Includes: • The BEST in Deluxe Hotels. Our hotel is the best location possible in Edinburgh (right in the middle of the Royal Mile). The quality of hotels can make or break a tour in the British Isles!!! Our hotels are fantastic, you would spend more booking your own hotels than the cost of our whole tour with everything! • All hotel taxes, bus taxes and other tour taxes. • All booking fees. • All tours, entrance fees, buses and guides throughout England, Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland! *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. • Many sites visited that cannot be done from a ship. Does not include airfare and tips. • Boat ride on Lake Windermere. • Ferry from Scotland to Ireland. • Special Guest Educator: Glenn Rawson. • Fun For Less Tours Staff that travels with you throughout – “We Don’t Send You, We Take You.” • “Whisper Perfect” receivers. You will be able to hear every word clearly spoken by your guides or educator, even when you step away from the group to take that important picture! The best value! You get more for less!
Package Price: $2,995*
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Scenic views, Banff National Park Alberta Canada
We offered it once before and it sold out and ended up with almost 100 people on a wait list. We have it again and you don’t want to miss out. The Majestic Canadian Rockies Rocky Mountaineer Train travels 2 full days during daylight hours from Vancouver to Lake Louise in the Rocky Mountains. The rest of the tour is by bus staying in luxurious 5-star Hotels. The Rocky Mountaineer Train delivers “The Best Train Trip in the World”. They offer two classes of service on the train. Both services are great!!! The SilverLeaf Service Car (Business Class) has one single level: It has gigantic windows and business class seating but does not have an all glass domed roof. Your 5-star restaurant meals will be served at your seat. You do not have a vestibule where you can go outside. Those traveling in SilverLeaf Service stay in 3 and 4 Star Hotels. We reserved a full train car of SilverLeaf Service.
The GoldLeaf Service Car (First Class) has two levels: The bottom level holds a 5-star
restaurant where guests in GoldLeaf Service will eat their breakfasts and lunches on the two travel days. It also has an outside vestibule where you can go outside (look at the end of the last car in the picture above, you can see the vestibule). The upper level, in the first class seating area, has a completely domed glass roof. See picture on following pages. Those traveling in GoldLeaf Service stay in hotels throughout the tour. We have booked a full train car of GoldLeaf Service.
Very Important Information: We simply wanted everyone including the SilverLeaf passengers to stay with our GoldLeaf
passengers in the 5-star Luxury Hotels (as listed on the next page). It took some doing, but we finally made it happen. The only difference between Gold and Silver is the class of service traveling from Vancouver to Banff. At the end of the two days on the train, both groups will join together. The SilverLeaf group has been upgraded to the same hotels where the GoldLeaf group is staying with the exception in Kamloops, where we maybe split into two hotels.
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CANADIAN ROCKIES 14 day train tour - June 3, 2018 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
The Majestic Canadian Rockies by Train Voted 7 years in a row “The BEST Train Trip in the World”
After arranging the BEST train, we had to arrange getting all of the hotels to be the same for both Silver and Gold. They needed to all be in the GoldLeaf hotels. The train was the easy part. Getting both groups into the Four Seasons in Vancouver, the Oak Bay Beach Resort in Victoria AND the famous Fairmont Hotels in Banff and Lake Louise was the hard part.
Take a look at some of the hotels you will be staying in:
• The World Famous – 5 star Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. Located in the heart of Banff National Park. The Banff Springs Hotel stands as a landmark in the picturesque alpine town of Banff, Canada’s “Castle” in the Rockies. It has been providing legendary hospitality to guests for more than 125 years. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. • The World Famous – 5 star Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise Hotel. It is surrounded by soaring mountain peaks, the majestic Victoria Glacier and a glistening emerald lake. It was built over 100 years ago and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. • The World Famous – 5 star Fairmont Chateau Whistler Hotel. Nestled at the base of Blackcomb Mountain is Whistler’s landmark hotel and golf. Combining classic elegance and a modern alpine setting. • The 5 star Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver. The Four Seasons hotel chain is one of the top hotel chains in the world. The Four Seasons Hotel’s exceeds the standards used to rate 5-star luxury hotels. • The 5 star Oak Bay Beach Resort Victoria, B.C. on Vancouver Island. Winner of several “Travelers Choice Awards” for 2015 - Luxury Hotels in Canada #4 - Top Hotels in Canada #9 – Romantic Hotels in Canada #20 - every bedroom has a fireplace! This is your one chance to stay in the lap of luxury. This fantastic tour includes hotels that are next to impossible to get in to. We have great pricing for the Fairmont and Four Seasons hotels. To understand the value here are a couple of comparisons. • Fairmont Banff Springs with a dinner and two breakfasts and tax like we have included in our package – the same dates in June in 2017 would easily cost over $800 PER NIGHT and you have two nights in our package. • Fairmont Lake Louise with a dinner and breakfast and tax we have included in our package would be over $1,000 PER NIGHT! It really is a fantastic package at an inexpensive price when you consider all that you get in the package! You owe it to yourself to live like Royalty once in your life. Don’t pass up this chance!
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CANADIAN ROCKIES 14 day train tour - June 3, 2018 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
SilverLeaf Car
Take in the scenery through large tall windows.
GoldLeaf Car
Unparalleled panoramic views through your all glass domed roof.
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Our Program Package Price (using SilverLeaf Train Car): · Rocky Mountaineer Train Vancouver to Banff in our chartered SilverLeaf Train Car. The GoldLeaf and SilverLeaf are together, in the same hotels and doing the same tours throughout the trip. The only difference is the class of service on the train and GoldLeaf passengers pay for upgraded rooms in the Oak Bay Beach Resort in Victoria. · The SilverLeaf Train includes: · Single Level rail car with large windows (but not a domed glass roof ). · Hot gourmet meals served at your seat. · First class hotels in Kamloops. · Transfers and luggage handling in Kamloops. · The following is also included in the package price: · 2 nights 5 Star Luxury Oak Bay Beach Resort Hotel Victoria – standard room with city view. · Puget Sound and driving up the Olympic Peninsula, WA. · Ferry transfer Port Angeles, WA to Victoria, Vancouver Island. · 2 days of touring Vancouver Island. · Tours include Victoria and Butchart Gardens. · 1 night luxury Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver. · Transfer to Rocky Mountaineer Train. · 2 nights luxury Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. · 2 luxury breakfasts and 1 luxury dinner. · All tours in Banff Springs, Lake Louise, Ice Fields, Jasper & Whistler. · 1-night luxury Fairmont Château Lake Louise Hotel. · 1 luxury breakfast & 1 luxury dinner. · 2 nights first class hotel (IN TOWN) Jasper. · Bus from Jasper to Quesnel. · 2-nights deluxe hotel Quesnel. · Full day tour to Barkerville “Gold Rush” town. · Bus from Quesnel to Whistler. · 2 nights luxury Fairmont Château Whistler Hotel. · All train, hotel and tour taxes. · Bus from Whistler to Vancouver airport. · All meals as discussed on Our Program. · Dr. S. Michael Wilcox as guest educator. · Fun For Less Tours Staff throughout. · Whisper perfect headset receivers – you hear everything, even when you step away to take that important picture. · Airfare is not included in the Package Price: Airfare will not be expensive. Best guess at this time – approx. $400 to $500. NOT $1,700 like most of our tours out of country!
Package Price: $6,595*
*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include airfare, tips, optional GoldLeaf package and most meals.
Package includes:
Optional GoldLeaf Package: $694
· Rocky Mountaineer Train in our GoldLeaf Chartered Train Car. · Two Level Train Car. · Top Level includes the best viewing possible with a completely domed glass roof. · Bottom Level includes a luxury restaurant where you will dine. · Bottom Level also has a vestibule or balcony area where you can go outside for better picture taking and fresh air. · Price includes upgrading your hotel room at the Oak Bay Beach Resort Hotel Victoria. Your room will either be a standard Room facing the ocean or a Boutique Suite with a city view.
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CARIBBEAN "LAND CRUISE" 7 day "land cruise" - June 9, 2018
Iberostar Resort - Playa del Carmen
Why do we love to cruise? You only unpack once – all of the meals are included – fun nightly entertainment, quiet places to relax and read a book – wonderful places to visit and much more. It is time to step up to the next level – a fantastic “Land Cruise”. When you take a deluxe resort and locate it on a wonderful beach, add the amenities a cruise offers, you end up with a vacation that is better than a cruise. Take a look at our “apples to apples” comparison we have made to the least expensive Caribbean Cruise on Royal Caribbean out of Florida in 2015 and what our Western Caribbean “Land Cruise” has to offer.
Ruins of Chichen Itza
Ruins of Ek Balam
Comparing Apples to Apples Comparing our June 11 “Land Cruise” to The Least Expensive Royal Caribbean Cruise From Florida on the least expensive ship and the ship’s least expensive small inside cabin. • Small Inside Cabin: 1,199 + 98.41 Ship Taxes + 91 expected tips = $1,388.41 • The almost $1,400 does not include: • Shore Excursions – You could easily spend hundreds more. • Drinks including soft drinks – would cost around $75. • The needed hotel before going to the ship – approx. $75. • Fun For Less Tours Staff. • With transfers, shore excursions, drinks and the needed hotel before the cruise you could easily be over $1,700 per person to take a Caribbean cruise in June. Compare the least expensive Royal Caribbean cruise above to our FANTASTIC “Land Cruise” package pricing on the following page.
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If you love Cruising – YOU WILL LOVE THIS !! Compare the differences and value!
For a lot less than a small inside cabin with Royal Caribbean, we give you the whole package for a lot less! Here is what is INCLUDED in our FANTASTIC Package: • Large balcony resort rooms in our wonderful “Land Cruise’ deluxe beach front resort hotel. • Like the ship all Quality Meals are included – but unlike the ship it does not cost extra to eat in their specialty restaurants that include: a steak house, Japanese. Italian or seafood restaurants. Free room service all day every day. • Quality entertainment – at times even better than the ship has. • All transfers are included - if you are flying with our group airfare or you can meet us at the airport when the group arrives if you have your own airfare. • Tours to Ekbalam and Chichen Itza, including guides, buses and entrance fees. • All your drinks every day all day, including virgin Piña Coladas, Coke, Sprite, etc. • Beach only a few steps from your luxury resort room - no beach on a ship. • All Resort Hotel Tips. • All Taxes and Booking Fees. • Gigantic Swimming Pools - tiny pools on the ship. • No Sea Sickness. • No worries, the ship will leave you if you are late – your resort is not going anywhere. • Sports equipment like paddle boats, snorkel equipment, etc. are free – not available on a ship unless you are on an expensive shore excursions. • Fun For Less Tours Staff throughout your transfers, tours and at the resort.
Our special “Land Cruise” includes tours to:
Ekbalam and Chichen Itza Ruins
Package Price: $1,299* Discounts for Children
(ages 3-11) are cheaper if sharing as 3rd or 4th in a room. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include airfare.
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EUROPEAN ROMANCE Amsterdam, Belgium, Normandy, Paris, Switzerland, Germany & Austria
17 day tour - August 24, 2018 with Jack Marshall
Filled with Romance, Castles, Alps and History!
The Romance of Paris… The Castles of Europe… The History of Normandy… The Beauty of the Alps… The Canals of Amsterdam…
Mont Saint-Michel Monastery - France
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EUROPEAN ROMANCE Amsterdam, Belgium, Normandy, Paris, Switzerland, Germany & Austria
17 day tour - August 24, 2018 with Jack Marshall
Ludwig’s 19th Century Neuschwanstein Castle - Bavaria, Germany
This fantastic tour of Europe includes 7 countries. You will visit Switzerland, France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Netherlands and the tiny country of Liechtenstein with your great educator! The Alps are the most beautiful mountains in the world! Your tour will experience the beauty of the Swiss, Austrian and German Alps. The Alps are like a diamond...Marvelous, Multifaceted, Mystical, Mysterious, Magnificent and Mesmerizing! Our tour will take you to the cities of Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Luzern, Innsbruck and Munich. We will explore Mad Ludwig’s castles, the Palace of Versailles, the Chillon Castle on Lake Geneva and the fantastic rock castle island of Mont Saint-Michel. But the real highlight of the tour will be the many small villages you stay in and explore!
Here is a partial list of villages you will see and experience: • • • • • • •
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Bruges in Belgium with its many canals (considered better than Amsterdam). Zermatt at the base of the Matterhorn in Switzerland. Oberammergau in the German Alps (home of the Passion Play). Grindelwald at the base of the Eiger in Switzerland. Mont Saint-Michel Monastery - a castle rock island off the coast of Normandy France. The Normandy Landing Beaches and the American Cemetery. This tour is really a home run!
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Package Price Includes:
• High speed train from Paris to Switzerland. • Hotels on this tour are 4 and 5 star in the cities. The hotels in the Alpine villages: Zermatt, Grindelwald, Lucerne, and Oberammergau are 3- 31/2 star. It is worth the experience to stay in these quaint mountain villages. • All land taxes and booking fees. • All tours, buses, guides and entrance fees. • The Matterhorn cog wheel train. • Lake Lucerne paddle boat. • Canal boat ride Amsterdam. • Cable car to Männlichen. • Cog wheel train to Wengen. • Guest educator: Jack Marshall. • Fun For Less Tours staff that travels with you throughout – “We Don’t Send You, We Take You!” • “Whisper Perfect” receivers. You will be able to hear every word clearly spoken by your guides, even when you step away from the group to take that important picture!
Palace of Versailles
Package Price: $3,895*
*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include airfare and tips.
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MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE with Spain tour
20 day cruise/tour - September 29, 2018 with Jack Marshall
Isles of Santorini, Greece
The BEST EVER! We have added a fantastic land tour of Spain to one of the best Mediterranean cruises we have ever seen. The combination has created the best Mediterranean cruise we have ever offered. This special tour includes Spain, France, Monte Carlo, Italy, Greece and the wonderful island of Malta. There is so little of the top spots left off – it is almost the perfect Mediterranean land tour and cruise!!! If you look at our list (next page), of what we consider the major highlights of the Mediterranean, there are only two major highlights missed on this special cruise / tour. This is the best itinerary we have ever offered, all at a great price!!! Cruise ships normally just hit locations near each other. Every stop on this ship is another highlight day! This is the first time we have found such a perfect itinerary that included almost everything we feel is important. It may not happen again – don’t miss out!
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Here is our list of the top places to visit in the Mediterranean! Only two on our list are missed – it just doesn’t get any better than that! Take a look: • Madrid, Spain – included. • Toledo, Spain (top tourist site in Spain) – included. • Granada, Spain with the beautiful Alhambra Palace – included. • Seville, Spain – included. • Barcelona, Spain – included. • Nice, France – included. • Monte Carlo, Monaco – included. • Florence, Italy – included. • Pisa, Italy – included. • Rome, Italy – included. • Venice, Italy – NOT included. • Athens, Greece – included. • Santorini, Greece (the most beautiful island in Greece) included. • Ephesus, Turkey – included. • Istanbul, Turkey – NOT included. • The Island of Malta – included.
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MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE with Spain tour
20 day cruise/tour - September 29, 2018 with Jack Marshall
Alcazar of Segovia - Segovia, Spain
Our Land Tour of Spain Includes the Best of what Spain has to Offer:
• Madrid has the most opulent palace in the world – it is absolutely jaw dropping. • Avila is an ancient 11th century fortified town. • Segovia is a fantastic fortress with a stunning Gothic Cathedral. • Toledo was once the capital of Spain. It is one of the most spectacular cities in the world. • Barcelona is filled with Antoni Gaudi Architecture – it really is “gaudy”. Everything is unique and fun.
Our cruise ship is scheduled to stop in the following ports of call:
• Cairns, France: Experience Nice, Monte Carlo and the walled city of Eze. • Florence and Pisa, Italy: Leaning tower, spectacular Tuscan scenery and world class museums. • Rome, Italy: The Colosseum , famous fountains, the Vatican, Sistine Chapel and so much more. • Athens, Greece: The Acropolis, the Parthenon along with Paul the apostle in Corinth and Mars Hill. • Ephesus, Turkey: Wonderful day visiting the ruins of Ephesus. • Santorni, Greece: Hands down the most beautiful Greek Island. • Malta: Another treasure in the Mediterranean, missed by most. • Marseille, France: Visiting the surrounding area.
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Package Price Includes: • • • • • • • • • • • •
13 Night Royal Caribbean Cruise on Brilliance of the Seas. $370 in port charges and ship fees. $136.58 in ship taxes. All land taxes. $190 Airfare from Seville to Barcelona. 4 and 5 star luxury hotels in Madrid, Granada, Seville and Barcelona. All tours, guides, buses and entrance fees throughout Spain. All transfers to and from airports, hotels and ship. Private get together and lectures. Special guest educator: Jack Marshall. Fun For Less Tours staff throughout your land tour and cruise. “Whisper Perfect” head set receivers. You can hear everything clearly even when you step away to take that important picture. • The option to purchase our own private discounted shore excursions (they are not included in the package price). • The option to purchase our group airfare to Madrid and home from Barcelona (it is not included in the Package Price).
Colosseum - Rome, Italy
Package Price: $3,395* *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include Int. airfare, tips and shore excursions.
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MACHU PICCHU with Lake Titicaca and Cusco
10 day tour - June 21, 2018 with Dr. David Douglas - LIMITED! 10 day tour - October 5, 2018 with Glenn Rawson
“City in the Clouds” Machu Picchu
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MACHU PICCHU with Lake Titicaca and Cusco
10 day tour - June 21, 2018 with Dr. David Douglas- LIMITED! 10 day tour - October 5, 2018 with Glenn Rawson
Floating Reed Islands of the Uros Tribe - Lake Titicaca, Peru
Over 100 million people voted on what the new Seven Wonders of the World should be. Machu Picchu was voted into the elect group of seven. Your visit to the majestic “Lost City of the Incas” will give you memories that will last a lifetime. Your specially designed tour includes a visit to Lake Titicaca, a site that should not be missed! Half of our passengers have liked Lake Titicaca even better than Machu Picchu. That is why it is part of this tour!
Optional 4 night Amazon River Extension!
Amazon River
You will spend 4 nights and 5 days visiting the breathtaking Amazon. You will fish for piranha, visit a local tribe and hike through the jungle. You will be staying in the only 5-star luxury village on the Amazon. Everyone else has rooms open to the elements with outhouses, almost like camping out. You will have individual units that are fully air conditioned with your own private bathroom. You will have all the comforts of a 5-star deluxe lodge with a swimming pool deep in the Amazon!
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Your Tour to Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, Cuzco, Sacred Valley and Lima includes: • • • • • •
All deluxe buses, guides, entrance fees and transfers. All land taxes and booking fees. Educator: see dates above. Deluxe and 5 Star Luxury hotels. Vista Dome train ride to Machu Picchu. Fun For Less Tours staff throughout. “We Don’t Send You, We Take You.”
Whisper Perfect Headset Receivers You can hear everything your guides and educators have to share with you, even when you step away from the group to take those important pictures.
This is not a backpacking expedition.
All of your accommodations are deluxe and luxury hotels. We stay in the best! We also take the Vista Dome Train to Machu Picchu!
Red tiled rooftops of Cuzco, Peru
Package Price: $2,387*
*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include optional Amazon extension, visas, airfare and tips.
Reed Islands of the Uros at Lake Titicaca
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PANAMA CANAL CRUISE 17 day cruise/tour - October 9, 2018 with Dr. Glenn Kimber
The Arch of Cabo San Lucas - Mexico
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There are only a few times each year where cruise ships go through the canal and they are very expensive. We finally have found the right cruise itinerary for the right price, on the right ship. Celebrity Cruises “Infinity ship” is the perfect size to fit into the Panama Canal locks.
April Ports of Call:
Package Price Includes: • • • • • • • • •
16 night Celebrity Infinity Cruise category N. $400 in Port Charges. $391.35 in cruise taxes. All land taxes and booking fees. 1 night hotel in Miami after your cruise. All fantastic shore excursions at every port of call. All land tours before cruise. Special Guest Educator: Dr. Glenn Kimber Experienced Fun For Less Tours staff.
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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala Punt arenas, Costa Rica Panama Transit Willemstad, Curacao Miami
Package Price: $2,684*
*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include international airfare and tips.
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NEW ENGLAND CANADA 15 day cruise/tour - September 27, 2018 with Dr. Bernell Christensen
Château Frontenac Fairmont Hotel overlooking the St.. Lawrence River Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
What you will see and experience on this fantastic cruise begins in Quebec and goes down through Canada and the New England States all the way to New York. One of the best ports of call they have included that is left off of most Canada cruises is Prince Edward Island and home to the beloved Anne of Green Gables. We have added to this fantastic cruise, a land tour that spends two nights in Montreal with touring, and one night in the famous Fairmont hotel Château Frontenac (seen above) in Quebec City. Here is what you will see and experience during your 15 day Canada Fall Foliage Cruise and Land Tour: • New York, New York (Cape Liberty, New Jersey) • Bar Harbor, Maine • Portland, Maine • Saint John, New Brunswick (Bay of Fundy) • Halifax, Nova Scotia – Canada • Sydney, Nova Scotia – Canada • Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island – Canada • Quebec – Canada • The St.. Lawrence River – Canada • Montreal – Canada
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“Green Gables” - Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Le Château Frontenac Fairmont Hotel
Your Cruise Package Price Includes: • 10-night cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas, inside cabin. • All port charges and fees of $270. • All ship taxes of $97.28. • All hotel and land taxes. • 2 nights Marriott Hotel in Montreal, Canada. • 1 night Fairmont Hotel in Quebec. • All tours, buses, guides, entrance fees and tours in Montreal and Quebec. • Educational lectures on ship: Dr. Bernell Christensen. • Fun For Less Tour Staff throughout. • Use of our special “Whisper Perfect” headset receivers. You can hear every word even when you step away from the group to take that important picture. • Shore excursions are not included in the package price. You have the option to purchase our deeply discounted shore excursion package. • Airfare is not included. You have the option to purchase our group airfare.
Peggy’s Point Lighthouse - Peggy’s Cove Nova Scotia, Canada
Package Price: $2,595*
*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include international airfare, tips, shore excursions.
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SHAKESPEARE 2018 4 day trip - July 16, 2018 with Dr. Michael Wilcox 4 day trip - July 19, 2018 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
6 Fantastic Plays & Musicals
“I’d rather see Shakespeare in Cedar City than in Stratford, England. My experiences have been better there. This is professional theatre rated among the top three Shakespeare festivals in North America.” – Dr. S Michael Wilcox Michael has seen all of the plays offered each summer for over 20 years. No matter how busy he is he finds time to experience Cedar City’s Shakespeare Festival. Everyone, even if you question your love of Shakespeare, will absolutely love this festival. It has 4 Shakespeare plays and 2 other musicals, comedies or Broadway type plays. Michael helps all of us understand each Shakespeare play by explaining the story and the characters before we go to each Shakespeare play. Knowing the story will make Shakespeare more enjoyable for everyone. Each day you will enjoy 2 wonderful plays. Look at the fantastic line-up of plays for 2018:
THE ENGELSTAD SHAKESPEARE THEATRE THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Falstaff in love? Hardly! But the loveable old renegade does have his lusty eye on a couple of middle-class housewives. Trouble is feminine with and wisdom triumph once again as the amused and annoyed wives teach Sir John a lesson in this bubbling, popular comedy sure to please everyone in the family. HENRY VI PART ONE Henry V has died, and his young son is soon crowned Henry VI. In France, war is raging. At home in England various factions are claiming the right to the throne, choosing between the symbolic red and white roses. In this seldom produced history, Shakespeare gathers these threads together and combines them into a powerful tapestry of a country soon to be racked by civil war. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Whether you consider this thought-provoking masterpiece a story of love and humor or one of racism and greed, Shakespeare’s controversial tragicomedy will touch your soul. Its modern and relevant themes and memorable characters could have been drawn from today’s headlines, and will certainly cause you to pause and think about justice and mercy, the complexity of humankind, and the nature of forgiveness and love.
THE RANDALL L. JONES THEATRE THE FOREIGNER Charlie, shy and seeking solitude, is on vacation at a Georgia hunting lodge. Avoiding the other guests, he pretends he is a foreigner, understanding no English. However, he soon witnesses bizarre schemes by people who think he can’t understand a word they say, leading to confusion and non-stop hilarity that set up one of the funniest endings in all of theatre. BIG RIVER Mark Twain’s timeless classic sweeps us down the mighty Mississippi as the irrepressible Huck Finn helps his friend Jim, a slave, escape to freedom. Their adventures along the way are hilarious, suspenseful, and heartwarming, bringing to life your favorite characters from the novel, and leaving you humming tunes such as “River in the Rain,” “Worlds Apart,” and the rousing anthem “Free at Last.”
ANES STUDIO THEATRE OTHELLO Brimming with incredible passion and anguish, as well as very human tenderness, this tragic story will lure you into a powerful world of jealousy and betrayal. Fast moving and devastating, Othello is one of Shakespeare’s most haunting plays, exploring how fear and jealousy can destroy the most intelligent minds and the purest of loves.
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New!
Our BEST Seating Ever Before seating is open to the public to purchase, it is first offered to those that contribute money or time to the Shakespeare Festival. Fun For Less Tours does not fall into this group. After receiving our seat assignments for this year (2015) we expressed our disappointment in the seats that were assigned to us. All of our seats were in the back half of the Orchestra section. We did not have any seats in the front half. We understand why the large donors and those involved in the plays should get first choice. We just wanted to be included in those getting first choice. We told the Festival we needed to be included in the first group for the following reasons: • This is more of a service then a profit center for us. By the time we pay for the hotels, the show tickets, three meals a day, thousands of dollars to rent our meeting space at the Festival, all tipping, money paid to actors for the private seminar, along with the cost of sending many staff members with all of their costs and the costs of Dr. Michael Wilcox – we make very little money. The winner in all of this are our customers AND the Shakespeare Festival. • We asked the Festival to look at the many years of our buying around 2000 show tickets each year, which is 10 times more than other groups have purchased. We felt they needed to consider the large number of tickets we buy each year as our donation to the Shakespeare Festival. • If we could not get better seating we would likely stop coming. Our petition did not fall on deaf ears! This year all of our seats were in the Orchestra, but in the back sections. The Festival has re-evaluated our position for next year. We already have our seats assigned and know exactly what we have to offer and believe us, they are GREAT! We ended up with 3 packages for next year. • Our Gold Package: Four of the plays are in Rows 1, 2, 3 or 4. The other two plays are in great Orchestra seating. NOTE: The Gold Package has already sold out. • Silver Package: Three of the plays are in Rows 1, 2, 3, or 4. The other three plays will be in good Orchestra seating. We still have space in our Silver Package. • Bronze Package: One of the plays will be in Rows 1, 2, 3 or 4. The rest of the seats are not bad, they are basically what we had this year. The Bronze Package will not go on sale until after we sell out our Silver Package. Approximately 40% of our seats are in the Gold Package, which has sold out. We also have about 40% of our seats in the Silver package and 20% of our seats are part of the Bronze Package. Not much difference between the Gold and Silver packages. The Silver Package will also sell out, so don’t wait!!
Silver Package Price
Our Silver Package Price includes everything: hotels, all taxes, breakfasts, lunch and quality dinners, show tickets for 6 plays (3 of your plays in rows 1-4), all tipping, private actors seminar, private meeting with founder of the Shakespeare Festival, Fred Adams, Fun For Less Tours Staff, Shakespeare Festival programs, back stage tours, costumes seminar, special meal at Rusty’s Ranch House, and special guest educator - Dr. S. Michael Wilcox.
July 16th Silver Package Only: $954* July 19th Gold Package Only: $994* *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Abbey Inn accomodations or similar, does not include transportation.
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ALASKA CRUISE
10 day southbound cruise/tour - May 23, 2018 11 day northbound cruise/tour - August 23, 2018
Cruising the Inside Passage
Feel the warmth of the spring sun as you glide along past the dense forests of dark green pines, fields of rainbow-hued wildflowers and dazzling white glaciers. In the clear blue sky, silent eagles circle in search of unsuspecting salmon. Cherish every moment you spend on this endlessly fascinating itinerary.
May 23 ports of call - Southbound
August 23 ports of call - Northbound
(Anchorage to Vancouver)
(Vancouver to Anchorage)
• Anchorage (Talkeetna & Iditarod) • Seward, Alaska • Hubbard Glacier (Cruising) • Juneau, Alaska • Skagway, Alaska • Icy Strait Point, Alaska • Ketchikan, Alaska • Inside Passage (Cruising) • Vancouver, British Columbia
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• Vancouver, British Columbia • Seward, Alaska • Inside Passage (Cruising) • Ketchikan, Alaska • Icy Strait Point, Alaska • Skagway, Alaska • Juneau, Alaska • Hubbard Glacier (Cruising) • Seward, Alaska • Anchorage (Talkeetna & Iditarod)
“We Don’t S en d You, We Ta ke You!”
Package Price Includes:
• 7 night cruise on Royal Caribbean’s “Radiance of the Seas.” • Includes all port charges. • Includes all cruise taxes. • All taxes and booking fees. • Southbound Itinerary Only: 2 nights hotel in Anchorage before the cruise. Includes 3 transfers: Anchorage airport to hotel - Anchorage to Seward - Vancouver pier to Seattle airport. • Northbound Itinerary Only: 1 night hotel in Vancouver before the cruise. 1 night hotel in Anchorage after the cruise. Includes 4 transfers: Vancouver airport to hotel - Vancouver hotel to ship. Seward to Anchorage - Anchorage hotel to airport. • Shore excursion Juneau: Whale watching cruise, plus a tour of Juneau and the Mendenhall Glacier. • Shore excursion Skagway: Scenic drive over White Pass Summit May 23 Package Price: $1,872* to Canada border and city tour. • Anchorage: Full day tour to Talkeetna with jet boat ride on the August 23 Package Price: $1,972* river. Also, visit the Iditarod site and ride a dog sled. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. • Vancouver city tour on the way to your ship. (Northbound ItinerDoes not include Ketchikan shore excursion, airfare and tips. ary Only) • Fun For Less Tour Staff throughout your cruise, transfers and shore excursions. • Private parties and group get-togethers. • Option to purchase our group airfare. • We do not include a side tour in Ketchikan & Icy Straight Point.
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CENTRAL AMERICAN RUINS and the Book of Mormon
13 day tour - December 26, 2018 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
Ancient Tikal - Guatemala
• Mexico City: The famous museum and the ruins of Teotihuacan. • Palenque: Considered by many to be the best ruins in Central America. • Travel by boat on the Mayan Nile: Considered by many to be the River Sidon. • Ruins of Tikal: Probably the most impressive ruins in Central America. • Ruins of Kaminaljuyu: Prime candidate for the first City of Nephi. • Lake Atitlan: Prime candidate for the Waters of Mormon. • Ruins of Copan in Honduras. • Xunantunich ruins on Belize border.
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Package Prices Include: • • • • • • • • • • •
1 inside flight. Native boats across the Usumacinta River. All reservations, land taxes and booking fees. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. 4 star deluxe and 5 star luxury hotels. Does not include international airfare and tips. Special Guest Educators: Dr. Michael Wilcox. Educational lectures. All transfers, buses, and entrance fees. The best in local guides. Boat ride on Lake Atitlan. Fun For Less Tour staff throughout your tour. “We Don’t Send You, We Take You.” Individual headset receivers for every guest. Even when you step away from the group to take that important picture, you will hear every word spoken by your educator, guide or tour staff. • Option to purchase our group airfare.
Package Price: $3,199*
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LDS CHURCH HISTORY 9 day tour - July 19, 2018 with Glenn Rawson 11 day tour - September 5, 2018 with Dr. David Christensen
The Sacred Grove
We will start our fantastic Church History Tour in Palmyra, the Sacred Grove, and the Hill Cumorah. We will then follow the legacy-rich path of the saints from Palmyra to Kirtland, on to Independence, Far West, Adam-ondi-Ahman, Liberty Jail and then finally into Nauvoo and Carthage. We will not be traveling by wagon train - we are going to fly from Kirtland to Independence! Flying eliminates two full days of traveling by bus (and two months if traveling by wagon.) Along with our own prepared manual, each bus will have qualified educators and escorts that have been to the Church History sites before. All of our Special Educators have been teachers in the Church Education and seminary programs.
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Package Price Includes:
• Quality Hotels. • All land taxes and booking fees. • Flight from Kirtland to Independence - $276 including taxes and fees. • Special Guest Educator: See dates listed above. • Educational lectures. • Fun For Less staff throughout your tour. “We Don’t Send You, We Take You.” • All transfers, buses, guides, entrance fees. • Individual receivers for every guest. You do not have to run to keep up with your educator – you also do not need to stand close to your educator or guide to hear them. Even when you step away from the group to take that important picture, you will hear every word spoken by your educator or tour staff. • Airfare is not included in our package: We give you the OPTION to purchase our group airfare.
A spectacular tour visiting ALL of the major LDS Church History Sites in CHRONOLOGICAL order of the Restoration!
9-day Package Price: $1,796* 11-day Package Price: $2,197* *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include airfare and tips.
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BOOK of MORMON "land cruise" 7 day "land cruise" - June 9, 2018 with Eric Towner
Castillo fortress at sunrise in the ancient Mayan city of Tulum, Mexico (only visited on our "Land Cruise")
Why do we love to cruise? You only unpack once – all of the meals are included – fun nightly entertainment, quiet places to relax and read a book – wonderful places to visit and much more. It is time to step up to the next level – a fantastic “Land Cruise”. When you take a deluxe resort and locate it on a wonderful beach, add the amenities a cruise offers, you end up with a vacation that is better than a cruise. Take a look at our “apples to apples” comparison we have made to the least expensive Caribbean Cruise on Royal Caribbean out of Florida in 2015 and what our Western Caribbean “Land Cruise” has to offer.
Comparing Apples to Apples
Comparing our June 11 “Land Cruise” to The Least Expensive Royal Caribbean Cruise From Florida on the least expensive ship and the ship’s least expensive small inside cabin. • Small Inside Cabin: 1,199 + 98.41 Ship Taxes + 91 expected tips = $1,388.41 • The almost $1,400 does not include: • Shore Excursions – You could easily spend hundreds more. • Transfers to and from the ship – you could easily spend $50 or more. • Drinks including soft drinks – would cost around $75. • The needed hotel before going to the ship – approx. $75. • Fun For Less Tours Staff & our guest Educator. • With transfers, shore excursions, drinks and the needed hotel before the cruise you could easily be over $1,700 per person to take a Caribbean cruise in June. Compare the least expensive Royal Caribbean cruise above to our FANTASTIC “Land Cruise” package pricing on the following page.
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Our special “Land Cruise” includes tours to:
Ekbalam & Chichen Itza Ruins Compare the differences and value!
For a lot less than a small inside cabin with Royal Caribbean, we give you the whole package for a lot less! Here is what is INCLUDED in our FANTASTIC Package: • Large balcony resort rooms in our wonderful “Land Cruise’ deluxe beach front resort hotel. • Like the ship all Quality Meals are included – but unlike the ship it does not cost extra to eat in their specialty restaurants that include: a steak house, Japanese. Italian or seafood restaurants. Free room service all day every day. • Quality entertainment – at times even better than the ship has. • All transfers are included - if you are flying with our group airfare or you can meet us at the airport when the group arrives if you have your own airfare. • Tours to Ekbalam & Chichen Itza, including guides, buses & entrance fees. • All your drinks every day all day, including virgin Piña Colada’s, Coke, Sprite, etc. • Beach only a few steps from your luxury resort room - no beach on a ship. Discounts for Children (ages 3-11) are cheaper if sharing as 3rd or 4th in a room. • All Resort Hotel Tips. • All Taxes and Booking Fees. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. • Gigantic Swimming Pools - tiny pools on the ship. Does not include airfare. • No Sea Sickness. • No worries, the ship will leave you if you are late – your resort is not going anywhere. • Sports equipment like paddle boats, snorkel equipment, etc. are free – not available on a ship unless you are on an expensive shore excursions. • Fun For Less Tours Staff throughout your transfers, tours and at the resort.
Package Price: $1,299*
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