November 2015 Magazine

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THE BALTICS Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia & Belarus

12 day tour - September 1, 2016 with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox

Trakai Castle - Vilnius, Lithuania

Michael is doing the Trans-Siberian in late August and then in September he is doing the Italy / Greece Tour. When we asked if he wanted to come home between the two, he said no, he would rather visit somewhere he hasn’t been and suggested Poland. We pulled out the map and looked at the wonderful Baltic States that were next to Poland and decided it was time to put a tour throughout this area. Michael loved the idea.

Let us be honest about this tour, Michael needed more pins in his world map and SO DO YOU! We have never offered a tour that covered this part of the world, even though Michael has been asking us for years to do so. There is so much rich history in this area, along with wonderful castles, ancient walled cities, old towns and beautiful mountains.

Until recently this part of the world was completely under the Communist rule of Russia. You will be amazed at the changes, in fact many of these countries have far exceeded Russia when it comes to progressing and embracing freedoms. We have also included Krakow along with a visit to Auschwitz and Birkenau.

The truth is, this may be your only chance to experience these wonderful countries with Michael as your educator. There are so many places we need Michael to be in the world, we do not expect we will return again. So don’t miss out!!!

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This once in a lifetime tour will include the countries of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus. You will enjoy castles, walled cities and ancient towns filled with rich and tragic history. Michael will be able to bring it all to life. Since this may be your only chance to see it all, don’t miss out. Call us now!!!

Our Special Package Price Includes: • • • • • • • •

Deluxe hotels in Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Minsk, Warsaw and Krakow. $310.00 in airfare - Tallinn to Riga and Minsk to Warsaw Deluxe hotels Radisson Blu, Renaissance, Marriott and Sheraton.

All buses, guides & entrance fees.

All transfers between airports and hotels.

Special Guest Educator Dr. S. Michael Wilcox. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.

Does not include airfare and tips.

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“Whisper Perfect” head set receivers.

Package Price: $2,595*

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INDIA

with Kathmandu & Mt. Everest 16 day tour - November 2, 2016 with Dianne Prince

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 Rupee’s (India’s currency) for each dollar.

We are now getting 65 Rupee’s 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 Rupee’s per dollar below 50 so the savings will not last. Our 2016 group is using the savings to improve the tour AND upgrade many of our hotels to opulent Maharaja Palaces!

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5 Star Luxury

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, the 5 star Ananit Spa & Resorts 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 is only one 5 star 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 the 5 star luxury hotel for our group to stay in.

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Optional 4 Day Extension To The Ancient Country of Bhutan

The rare opportunity to visit Bhutan has never been offered before by us and we do not know if we will ever have the opportunity again. 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!!!!

Jodhpur Fort - India

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INDIA

with Kathmandu & Mt. Everest 16 day tour - November 2, 2016 with Dianne Prince

“Tiger’s Nest” Himilayan Buddhist Temple - Bhutan

Package Price Includes:

• 5 star luxury hotels and Palaces • Four Internal Flights costing $819. Includes all taxes and fees.

• Delhi, India to Kathmandu, Nepal. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.

• Kathmandu, Nepal to Varanasi, India.

Does not include international airfare, tips and visas or Bhutan extension.

• Varanasi, India to Agra, India.

• Jodhpur, India to Delhi, India.

• 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 and there is only one quality hotel – the 5 star Ananita Spa & Resort (which is your hotel). 90% of the tourists that attend the festival have to stay in tents!

• All transfers to and from airports and hotels.

• All entrance fees, tours, deluxe buses & guides.

• Special Guest Educator: Dianne Prince • 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 rides on the River Ganges.

• Elephant Ride to Amber Fort in Jaipur.

• Special Kalbelia dance show on sand dunes at Pushkar.

• Package price does not include International air into and home from Delhi. We will offer an option to purchase our group airfare.

Package Price: $4,495*

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EUROPEAN ROMANCE

Amsterdam, Belgium, Normandy, Paris, Switzerland, Germany and Austria

16 day tour - August 27, 2016 with Jeff Lawson

The Alps

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Linderhof Castle

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EUROPEAN ROMANCE

Amsterdam, Belgium, Normandy, Paris, Switzerland, Germany and Austria

16 day tour - August 27, 2016 with Jeff Lawson

Mont Saint-Michel Monastery - Normandy, France

This fantastic tour of Europe includes 7 countries. You will visit Switzerland, France, Germany, Belgium, Austria and the tiny country of Liechtenstein with a great educator, Jeff Lawson.

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.

Mount Saint-Michel - 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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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…

Package Price Includes:

• High speed train from Paris to Switzerland.

• Hotels on this tour are 4 & 5 star in the cities. The hotels in the Alpine villages: Zermat, Grindawald, Lucerne, and Oberammergau are 3- 31/2 star. It is worth the experience to stay in these quaint mountain villages.

• All transfers to and from airports and your high speed train.

• 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: Jeff Lawson.

• 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: $3,395*

*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.

Does not include airfare and tips.

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MACHU PICCHU

with Lake Titicaca & Cusco 10 day tour - June 17, 2016 with Dr. John L. Lund - NEW! 10 day tour - October 8, 2016 with Dr. John L. Lund - NEW!

Reed Islands of the Uros at Lake Titicaca

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MACHU PICCHU

with Lake Titicaca & Cusco 10 day tour - June 17, 2016 with Dr. John L. Lund - NEW! 10 day tour - October 8, 2016 with Dr. John L. Lund - NEW!

“City in the Clouds” Machu Picchu

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 Inca’s” 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 & 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. We 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 gorgeous swimming pool deep in the Amazon!

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Your Tour to Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, Cuzco, Sacred Valley & Lima includes: • • • • • •

All deluxe buses, guides, entrance fees and transfers.

All land taxes and booking fees.

Educator: Dr. John L. Lund Deluxe and 5 Star Luxury hotels.

Vista Dome train ride to Machu Picchu.

Fun For Less Tours staff throughout.

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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: $2,287*

*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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ANTARCTICA CRUISE with Chile, Argentina, Uruguay & the Chilean Fjords 25 day cruise/tour - January 29, 2016 - SOLD OUT! 25 day cruise/tour - January 29, 2017 - NEW!

“This was the Most Spectacular Trip - Dr. S. Michael Wilcox

2016 Sold Out

6th Year in a Row HAD To Turn Passengers Away

NEW Cruise 2017

Most Beautiful Place on Earth Don’t miss out - Act Now!!

Over the last 6 years only the Holy Land has been more popular! The Antarctica Cruise is our second most popular tour we offer anywhere in the world AND every year it sells out.

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A few things you should understand:

• Read Michael’s statement above – believe every word of it! 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.

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ANTARCTICA CRUISE with Chile, Argentina, Uruguay & the Chilean Fjords 25 day cruise/tour - January 29, 2016 - SOLD OUT! 25 day cruise/tour - January 29, 2017 - NEW!

Iguazu Falls

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 travelled 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 come 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 2017 Antarctic Cruise and Tour!

Penguins of Antarctica

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Ushuaia, Argentina

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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.

• $420 in ship port charges and fees.

• $473.91 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 Santiago airport to hotel.

• Transfer Santiago hotel to ship in Valparaiso.

• Transfer ship to Buenos Aires airport.

• Tour of Valparaiso Chile, including guides, buses and entrance fees.

• Tour of Santiago Chile, including guides, buses and entrance fees.

• Fun For Less Tours staff throughout the cruise, tour and shore excursions – “We Don’t Send You, We Take You.” • Educational lectures on the ship.

• 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.

• Airfare is not included in our package: We give you the OPTION to purchase our group airfare.

Package Price: $4,995*

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BRITISH ISLES LAND TOUR England, Scotland, Ireland & Northern Ireland 14 day land tour - June 18, 2016 with Glenn Rawson 14 day land tour - July 23, 2016 with Jack S. Marshall

The prehistoric monument of Stonehenge - Wiltshire, England

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 you cannot visit from a cruise ship: The Lake District in England, Lake Windermere England, Grasmere England, York (the best preserved ancient medieval walled city in England) Preston England, the English, Scottish and Irish countrysides.

Here is a partial list of what you will see and experience on the fantastic tour:

• In England: The Lake District, paddle boat on Lake Windermere, Grasmere, Preston, Liver Pool, Albert Dock, LDS Church History sites, Ancient Walled City of York, Stratford-upon-Avon, Oxford, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Runnymede, Tower of London, 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), Giants Causeway, Dunluce Castle.

• 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 so fantastic, you would spend more on your own getting these hotels than the cost of our whole tour with everything!

• All hotel taxes, bus taxes and other tour taxes.

• All transfers airport to hotel and hotel to airport.

• All booking fees.

• All tours, entrance fees, buses and guides throughout England, Scotland, Ireland & Northern Ireland! *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.

Does not include airfare and tips.

• Many sites visited that cannot be done from a ship.

• Boat ride Lake Windermere.

• Ferry from Scotland to Ireland.

• Special Guest Educator: See dates above.

• 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: $2,795*

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BRITISH ISLES

PRINCESS CRUISE

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland & Northern Ireland

18 day cruise/tour - May 28, 2016 with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox - LIMITED! 18 day cruise/tour - May 30, 2016 with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox

London skyline

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 (missing places like York, the Lake District, etc.). 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 deeply discounted (and we do mean deeply 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, and so much more.

• In Scotland: Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Inverness, Loch Ness, Scottish Highlands, Kirkwall - Orkney Islands, Glasgow, Sterling Castle and so much more.

• In Ireland: Cork, Blarney Castle, Dublin, Book of Kells, Glendalough Monastery, Belfast, one of the best coastal drives in the world – Northern Ireland, Giant’s Causeway, Dunluce Castle 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

Inside upgraded cabin on the Ruby Princess.

General Disclaimer: Fares are cruise only, per person, USD, based on double occupancy, capacity controlled and subject to availability. Government $300 in ship port charges and fees.

Fees and Taxes of up to $220 are additional. Refer to applicable Princess $215 in ship taxes. brochure or princess.com for terms, conditions, and definitions which will apply to all bookings. Ships’ Registry: bermuda.

2 nights Deluxe hotel in London England.

Fuel supplement: Princess cruises reserves the right, even if the cruise fare 2 night Deluxe hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon England. has been paid in full, to impose a fuel supplement for all guests of up to • 4 transfers: $9per person per day if the NYMEX oil price exceeds $70 per barrel.

• London Heathrow to hotel.

• Stratford-upon-Avon to ship.

• Ship to London hotel.

• London Hotel to airport. come back new 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.

Our 5 days of touring include all buses, guides, entrance fees and tour staff. *Per person cash discount price, based on double Special Guest Educator on the land and ship: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox. occupancy. Does not include shore Educational Lectures on the ship. 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 deeply 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.

Airfare is not included; you can purchase your own airfare or choose to purchase our group airfare option.

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Package Price:

$3,495*

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SCANDINAVIA & RUSSIA CRUISE with the Fjords of Norway option

15 day cruise/tour - June 27, 2016 with Dr. Michael Wilcox - LIMITED! 15 day cruise/tour - July 1, 2016 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

Frederiksborg Castle and Gardens - Hillerød, Denmark

This is the perfect combination of a Scandinavian cruise combined with a Scandinavian land tour. Our land tour includes Copenhagen, Denmark; Oslo, Norway and Stockholm, Sweden! Our cruise includes Helsinki, Finland; St. Petersburg, Russia; Tallinn, Estonia and Raga, Latvia. We know of no cruise that includes everything we have included. We have even added Dr. S. Michael Wilcox as our guest educator on the ship. Our optional “Norway in a Nutshell”® trip takes 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.

Fjords of Norway

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Your Fantastic Cruise/Tour Package Price Includes: • • • • • • •

• • • • • • • • •

7 night cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Legend of the Seas (inside cabin). $200 in port charges. $164.06 in ship tax. $170.00 Airfare between Copenhagen and Oslo Norway.

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 quality hotels at a fraction of what you would have to pay on your own: • 2 nights 5 star Luxury hotel in Oslo.

• 2 nights 4 star Deluxe hotel in Copenhagen.

• 1 night 4 star Deluxe hotel in Stockholm.

• 1 night Karlstad, Sweden First Class Hotel.

All land tours, guides, buses, entrance fees, etc. in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Transfers airport to hotel in Copenhagen.

Transfers from airport to hotel in Oslo.

Transfers from hotel to airport in Stockholm. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.

Private parties and group get-togethers on the ship.

Does not include shore excursions, Fun For Less Tours staff throughout the cruise, tour and shore Norway in a Nutshell option, airfare and tips. excursions – “We Don’t Send You, We Take You.” Educational lectures on the ship from our special guest educator: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox.

Individual 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 deeply discounted shore excursions and our optional Norway in a Nutshell package.

Package Price: $3,195*

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2016

CHINA YANGTZE with optional Bali extension

15 day tour/cruise - April 21, 2016 with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox

The Great Wall of China

Why China Should Be Your First Choice!

We have the BEST Tour to China!!!! We include both the Li River and the Yangtze River, we visit more cities, we stay in 5 star luxury throughout, we have the best 5 star ship, we fly instead of drive inside China and we have the best educator – Dr. S. Michael Wilcox during your Yangtze Cruise!!!

If you have not been to China, we recommend you make it your number one priority!

Let us try and tell you in a few words why China is the best tour anywhere in the world.

A cruise on the Yangtze is more beautiful than cruising the Inside Passage of Alaska. The 60,000 life size stone carvings of Dazu (carved by monks over thousands of years), is a sight to behold. The Li River’s staggering beauty will be one of your best days on earth. You will marvel as you explore the 9 mile city wall of Xi’an with it’s draw bridges and moats still intact.

Climbing the Great Wall creates memories for a lifetime. The Chinese Cultural Village makes the Polynesian Cultural Center look small. Add the experience of seeing the Terra-cotta Warriors, Summer Palace, Forbidden City, Hong Kong, Beijing and so much more – all in a country that is friendly and loving to Americans. You will live and cruise in 5-star luxury throughout the tour. Please believe us on this one. THIS SHOULD BE YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY!!!

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Major Addition To Our China Tour Our special tour to china is not a copy of other tour company’s tours. Our tour was designed by Jim and Carol Tyndall (the owners of Fun For Less Tours) after many weeks of exploration in China. Their goal was to make sure you see the best of the best that China has to offer.

That is why they included in their tour both the Li River and the Yangtze River - most tour companies make you chose a tour that includes the Li River OR the Yangtze, but rarely if ever offer a tour that would include both! On a recent three week exploration of new areas of China they had not visited, the owners found an area that was so fantastic they had to add it to our tour!

Introducing OUR BEST addition ever! Zhangjiajie National Forest

In 2016 we are adding Zhangjiajie to our China tour. China is Jim and Carol’s favorite place to visit in the world. They have been there more than 20 times with groups and on their own explorations. They were amazed at the unique beauty of the little known Zhangjiajie National Forest. They spent three days exploring Zhangjiajie and during that time they saw plenty of Chinese tourists, but never saw any European or American tourists. Zhangjiajie is now their favorite place in China! They had to find a way to add it to our already special China tour. If you saw the movie Avatar, the stunningly beautiful hanging mountains were actually filmed in Zhangjiajie. They filmed the Zhangjiajie Mountains and then cut off the bottoms to give the illusion that they were hanging in midair. The Avatar Mountains do exist and they are in Zhangjiajie China!

2016 China Offers Two Choices:

• The Regular China tour: is the same great tour we have been offering. It includes Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China Cultural Village, Guilin, The Li River, The Yangtze, Chongqing, Dazu, Xi’an, Terra-cotta Warriors, Beijing, the Great Wall and so much more.

• The Regular Tour with Zhangjiajie option departs five days earlier than the regular tour. It has everything offered in the regular tour, just in a different order, PLUS the 3 night extension to Zhangjiajie.

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Limestone Mountains of the Li River

Regular China Tour Package Price Includes:

• 4 flights inside of China costing $797: We travel from Hong Kong at the bottom of China to Beijing near the top of China by airplane!

We do not waste time traveling by rail or by bus! We include 4 flights inside of China. The average cost per flight is $197, or a total of $797 worth of airfare - that is included in your package price. Below are the scheduled flights: • Shenzhen to the Li River.

• Li River to Wuhan.

• Your Yangtze cruise ship to Xi’an.

• Xi’an to Beijing.

• Includes all taxes, fuel surcharges and fees related to your flights in China.

• NEW 5-star luxury cruise ship on the Yangtze: 5 day / 4 night cruise – every cabin is a mini-suite with over 300 square feet! All of our cabins are outside cabins with a private balcony!!!

• All shore excursions off the ship!

• All cruise taxes and port charges.

• Private get-togethers on the ship.

• Li River Cruise – very, very few companies include both the Li River and the Yangtze River. We include both!!!

• The quality of the meals and hotels in China can make or break your tour and we have the best!

• 5 Star Luxury Hotels throughout your tour!

• Quality breakfasts and dinners throughout your time in mainland China!

• Lunch is also included during your 5 day Yangtze cruise and on the Li River.

• All transfers to and from airports, hotels and ship.

• All land taxes and booking fees.

• Cities visited: Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guilin, Wuhan, Yichang, Chongqing, Dazu, Xi’an, Beijing, along with many villages and the countryside in China.

• All tours, buses, guides and entrance fees.

• Small groups - only 30-32 passengers on a 50 passenger bus. You will not be crowded!

• Many cultural and entertainment shows.

• China Cultural Village. China wanted a Cultural Village for their different ethnic groups like the Tibetans, Mongolians, etc. They asked the Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii to help them design and build their China Cultural Village. You will experience their creation, along with a cultural show.

• The famous Tang Dynasty Dinner Theater Show in Xi’an.

• Cultural show on the Yangtze.

• Sampan boat ride Hong Kong Harbor.

• Special Guest Educator on the Yangtze River cruise: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox.

• Fun For Less Tours staff that travels with you throughout China, the Yangtze cruise, and on your shore excursions. “We Don’t Send You, We Take You.” • “Whisper Perfect” headset 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!

• Not included in the package is the option to purchase our group airfare with the number one airline in the world...Singapore Air!

Important Note:

• The regular China package does not include the 4 day 3 night Zhangjiajie option.

• The regular China package price does not include Bali.

Very Important The package price includes the regular tour price of ($2,995) plus 4 flights of ($797) for a total of $3,792*

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Package Price: $3,792*

*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.

Does not include Zhangjiajie or Bali extension, international airfare, China visa and tips.

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China Yangtze tour

ZHANGJIAJIE & BALI

EXTENSIONS

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China

There are two options you can add to your regular China tour. You can pick either or both options to add to your China tour. Below is the cost of each option and what is included:

Zhangjiajie Option

This will add 3 days to your tour and you will start your tour 5 days earlier than the regular group. You will start April 16, 2016. You will see everything the regular group sees and experiences, just in a different order, plus the tours in Zhangjiajie. Here is what is included in the Zhangjiajie Option and the price: • 3 nights in 5 star luxury hotel in Zhangjiajie.

• All buses, guides and entrance fees in Zhangjiajie.

• Gondola ride to and from Zhangjiajie Mountain Tops.

• Gondola ride to and from Tianman Mountain top.

• Chair lift on top of Tianman Mountain.

• Special Cultural show at Zhangjiajie Mountain.

• Breakfast and dinner daily.

• Tour managers from Fun For Less Tours “We Don’t Send You, We Take You”.

• Head set receivers that allow you to hear our guides clearly.

• Total of the Zhangjiajie Option (including all taxes and fees): $899

Tianmen Mountain Zhangjiajie

Bali Option

This is highly recommended: Bali is the most beautiful island on earth. If you are flying Singapore Air with us to China you can add the Bali flight for only $100. You are already in the area, it is too fantastic of a deal to pass up. Here is what is included in the Bali Option and the price: • 5 nights in 5 star luxury hotels (hotels that would cost you over 1,000 per night in Hawaii). You will stay in two beach front luxury hotels. One of the hotels has a golf course that would rival Pebble Beach Golf course in California.

• $100 in additional airfare is included when flying Singapore Air. • All tours, buses, guides and entrance fees during your time in Bali.

• The most beautiful rafting trip in the world.

• Tour managers from Fun For Less Tours “We Don’t Send You, We Take You”.

Beaches of Bali

• Total of Optional Bali Extension (including Singapore Air add on, all taxes and fees):

$1,495

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ULTIMATE

MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE with Spain tour 19 day cruise/tour - September 17, 2016 with DeAnn Sadleir

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: Ancient city rich in religious history.

• Santorni, Greece: Hands down the most beautiful Greek Island.

• Malta: Another treasure in the Mediterranean, missed by most.

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Package Price Includes: • • • • • • • • • • • •

12 Night Royal Caribbean Cruise on Brilliance of the Seas. $350 in port charges and ship fees. $142 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: DeAnn Sadleir.

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: $3,295* *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.

Does not include Int. airfare, tips and shore excursions.

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Salzburg, Austria

See the #1 Castle in the World!

Peleş Castle - Sinaia, Romania

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Istanbul, Turkey

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EXOTIC EUROPE

Prague, Istanbul, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Dracula & The Transylvania Alps

18 day tour - August 26, 2016 with Dr. John L. Lund

VOTED SCARIEST PLACE ON EARTH!

Hunedoara Castle - Romania

Bran Castle - BraĹ&#x;ov, Romania

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EXOTIC EUROPE

Prague, Istanbul, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Dracula & The Transylvania Alps

18 day tour - August 26, 2016 with Dr. John L. Lund

Prague, Czech Republic

Here is a PARTIAL List of what you will see and experience:

• Istanbul, Turkey: One of the top 5 cities in the world. It’s like stepping into another world.

• Romania: This is our favorite country in Europe! Here is a taste of what Romania has to offer: • Count Vlad Dracula (yes, there was a Count Dracula) and the Transylvania Alps. Next to the Swiss Alps these are the most impressive mountains in Europe.

• Sinaia: nestled in beautiful mountains, this small town has what we consider the #1 castle in the world – Peles Castle!

It is beautiful on the outside, but unbelievable on the inside.

• Castle Hunedoara: This 14th Century Castle was voted as the scariest place on earth. Count Vlad Dracula was held prisoner there for 7 years during the 1400’s.

• The walled cities of Sibiu and Sighișoara are two of the best preserved walled cities in all of Europe.

• Budapest, Hungary: It is the combination of two ancient towns, Buda & Pest. They were located across from each other on the Danube River and today they are one city.

• Vienna, Austria: It is a beautiful city filled with music, palaces and cobblestone streets.

• Salzburg, Austria: The location of the Sound of Music film, ancient old town and a fantastic fortress.

• Prague, Czech Republic: Twice the capital of the world. This is one of the greatest cities of the world and should not be missed.

This is only a partial list. We visit many other towns and villages as we tour Exotic Europe. We even take a day cruise on the Danube. We highly recommend you put this tour at the top of your list.

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This unique and fantastic itinerary designed by Fun For Less Tours gives you the “best of the best” Europe has to offer. When it comes to great cities, culture, beauty and history, this tour has it all. When you are through you will say, “this is the best tour in all of Europe.” In addition to visiting our favorite city of Istanbul, you will see and experience three of the top five walled cities in Europe, and three of the top 5 ancient castles, including what we consider to be the best castle in the world! This special tour will deliver more “oohs and aahs” highlight days than any other tour you could take! It really is the best of the best of European countries!

Package Price Includes: • • • • • • • •

Airfare from Istanbul to Bucharest, Romania.

Luxury and deluxe hotels throughout your tour.

All land taxes and booking fees.

All transfers to and from airports and hotels.

All tours, buses, guides and entrance fees.

Special Guest Educator: Dr. John L. Lund.

Fun For Less Tours staff throughout tour.

Does not include our optional international airfare package.

Vienna, Austria

Package Price: $3,295*

*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.

Does not include airfare and tips.

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ITALY & GREECE CRUISE

15 day cruise/tour - September 11, 2016 with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox

Venice, Italy

This special Cruise & Land Tour has it all. It gives you the very best of Italy, Greece and Ephesus, Turkey.

If you have ever dreamed of doing Italy and Greece, jump on board. This fantastic vacation 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 and Florence as well as visiting places ships do not visit like San Gimignano, Ravenna, 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 stay in deluxe hotels.

Our cruise portion of your special vacation starts in the romantic city Venice. From your beautiful Royal Caribbean ship “Vision of the Seas” you will visit Venice (home of gondola’s and canals), Dubrovnik, Croatia (one of the best walled cities in Europe), Ephesus, Turkey (one of the best ancient ruins in the world), Santorini Greece (Greece’s most beautiful island) and Katakolon, Italy.

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. This cruise tour has sold out every year we have offered it with Michael. We usually turn away almost as many as have signed up. This is one tour you do not want to wait to make your reservation.

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Our Special Package Price Includes:

• 7 night cruise Category N inside cabin on Royal Caribbean’s “Vision of the Seas” to Venice, Dubrovnik, Ephesus, Santorini and Katakolon.

• $200 in Ship port charges and fees.

• $97.25 in Ship taxes.

• Deluxe hotels in Rome, Florence and Verona area.

• All transfers to and from airports, hotels and ship.

• All tours, buses and guides in Rome, Florence, San Gimignano, Ravenna, Tuscany and the Italian Countryside.

• Special Guest Educator: 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.

• Airfare is not included. You have the option to purchase our group airfare.

Ephesus, Turkey

Package Price: $2,995*

*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.

Does not include airfare, tips or shore excursions.

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FALL FOLIAGE CRUISE

NEW ENGLAND & CANADA 15 day cruise/tour - September 30, 2016 with Jack S. Marshall

The perfect cruise at the right time of year!

It was next to impossible to find the fall foliage cruise that included the fantastic cities of Montreal and Quebec Canada. There was only one that came close to delivering what we wanted, but to put it bluntly it was so expensive it was a rip off. So we decided to design our own tour and cruise that would include the best of the best New England and Canada have to offer. This really is going to be the best fall foliage experience ever!

We start our tour in New York, spending a Friday and Saturday night. You will even have time to take in two Broadway plays (on your own) while you are there. We will then take a morning flight to Boston, start our touring of Boston before boarding our beautiful Royal Caribbean Cruise ship in the afternoon. We will spend the next 7 nights sailing up the coast of Maine and into Canada. When we get off the ship Boston we will finish our tour of Boston and then early evening we will drive the short distance to Manchester New Hampshire to overnight. New Hampshire is famous for its beautiful fall foliage! The next day we will travel through the middle of New Hampshire all the way to the Canadian Boarder. Then it is on to Canada where you will experience 4 nights and 5 days enjoying Quebec City, the St. Lawrence River and Montreal Canada. What a fantastic opportunity to enjoy New York, Boston, Quebec, Montreal, Fall Foliage, combined with a fun cruise. This cruise/tour really does have it all!!!

We have picked the best time of year to see fall foliage. History shows the Fall Foliage in New Hampshire starts in the North around the end of September or first few days of October. It then moves south. We should be hitting the prime time as we are driving through the middle of New Hampshire the 10th of October.

No one has a crystal ball to tell the future, but history gives us the best chance to see the staggering fall colors of New Hampshire and throughout Canada!!!

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Le Château Frontenac Hotel

Le Château Frontenac Hotel- Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Your Cruise/Tour Package Price Includes: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

7 night Royal Caribbean Cruise. $195 in Port Charges and Ship Fees. $157 in Ship Taxes.

Airfare NYC to Boston.

2 nights 4 star Marriott Hotel in Newark.

Bus to and from New York City to tour and take in shows.

2 nights 5 star luxury hotel - Le Chateau Frontenac in Quebec.

1 night deluxe hotel in Manchester.

2 nights 4 star deluxe Marriott Hotel in Montreal.

All transfers to and from airports, hotels and ship.

All tours, entrance fees and guides during the land portion of our tour. Shore excursions are not included in the package price. We do offer optional discounted shore excursions.

Lectures and get-togethers on the ship.

Fun For Less Tours Staff through the Land Portion and the Ship shore excursions.

“Whisper Perfect” head set receivers that allow you to hear every word from our guides, even when you step away from the group to take that important picture.

Airfare into New York and home from Montreal is not included in the package price.

Le Château Frontenac Hotel You Will Spend 2 Nights in this 5-Star Luxury Castle Hotel overlooking the St. Lawrence River in Quebec City!

Guinness Book of World Records

“Most photographed hotel in the World!”

Package Price: $2,795* *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.

Does not include broadway plays, international airfare, tips, shore excursions.

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SHAKESPEARE 2016

4-day trip - August 8-11, 2016 with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox 4-day trip - August 11-14, 2016 with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox

6 Fantastic Plays & Musicals

2016 is going to rank as one of the BEST years ever! Everyone, even if you question your love of Shakespeare, will absolutely love this festival. It has 3 Shakespeare plays and 3 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 2016: Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (Michael’s favorite Shakespeare’s comedy), Shakespeare’s Henry V (one of Shakespeare’s best history plays), Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (a great play studied in school) and who wouldn’t love Mary Poppins and The Three Musketeers. The 6th play is always a comedy. In 2016 they will have two comedies; Group 1comedy will be The Coconuts and Group 2- comedy will be Murder for Two.

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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 *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Abbey seminar, special meal at Rusty’s Ranch House, and special Inn accomodations or similar, does not include transportation. guest educator - Dr. S. Michael Wilcox.

Total Package Price: $884*

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Relaxing on the Sun Deck

American Queen’s Grand Staircase

No one can ever predict the exact dates when the staggering beauty of fall foliage will appear on the upper Mississippi. History shows it usually starts in late September and hits its peak around the middle of October. The middle of October is the most beautiful time of year in the Upper Mississippi. The average high temperatures in the middle of October are around 65. A perfect touring temperature compared to 90s of summer. Come join Michael and Fun For Less Tours on this wonderful paddle boat steam ship ride down the Mississippi.

While we are in the neighborhood, why not drop down the short distance to Branson for a few days and enjoy some wonderful entertainment. We are adding a 3 night extension and 6 wonderful shows in Branson as an optional add on. Again, we are away from the heat of summer, enjoying average temperatures in Branson in the low 70s. This option will be announced early in 2016, once the usual 50 plus shows and times are announced for fall of 2016 in Branson. You can add the fun of Branson without having to add additional airfare to get there.

Important Note: The price shown in our complete package is for an inside cabin. The American Queen has 10 categories of cabins (plus 2 Single categories), from insides to large suites. For doubles (two in a cabin) there are two categories of inside cabins, 1 category of window cabins and 8 categories of Veranda cabins that open from your room right on to the ships deck. All double cabins can be two twin beds or one queen bed.

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2016 PADDLE BOAT CRUISE

MISSISSIPPI RIVER CRUISE 10 day tour/cruise - October 9, 2016 - LIMITED with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox

limited spa ce

The Complete Package:

The ship’s portion of our package includes the following: • • • • • • • • • • • •

Luxury hotel in St. Paul – including breakfast and taxes.

Transfers from the hotel to the American Queen Steamboat.

7 night 8 day cruise on the American Queen (inside cabin).

Taxes and fees of $129 are included as well as all port charges.

The ship offers complimentary Hop on Hop off excursions for every port.

All meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner – PLUS snacks & ice cream.

The only steamboat with multiple specialty dining options, all at no additional charge!

All soft drinks, bottled water, coffee and tea all day long on the ship.

Professional Show Boat entertainment and dancing nightly.

Casual elegance abounds, no formal wear required.

The family recipes of acclaimed Southern chef Regina Charboneau.

Daily lectures by the Riverlorian, their on board historian.

Our price is what you would pay if you bought the cruise directly from the cruise line. We just wanted to sweeten your experience! Instead of keeping all of the commissions they were paying us, we lowered our profit and added for our passengers only, the following at no additional cost to you:

• A transfer from St. Paul airport to the ship’s hotel if you arrive with or around the time of our group airfare.

• Deluxe hotel in St. Louis • A fantastic tour to Springfield and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum with Michael. This will be a big highlight!!!

• Dr. S. Michael Wilcox as your Educator throughout.

• Jim & Carol Tyndall as your Tour Managers throughout.

• We also offer optional (not included) group airfare into St. Paul and home from St. Louis.

• The cruise ship offers complimentary Hop on Hop off excursions for every port. They also offer optional Premium Tours for $69 each, the tours include a lot more than the Hop on Hop off excursions.

• We will be offering our own optional Premium Tours to St. Paul, Minnesota before boarding the American Queen and to Nauvoo, Illinois during the cruise. Our *Per person cash discount price, based on double Premium Tours will be substantially less than the ship charges for their Premium occupancy. Does not include airfare, tips, 2 Premium Tours!

Tours, optional Branson Show & Hotel Package.

• We also offer an optional (not included) Extension to Branson. You are already in the area come join us for a fantastic 3 night extension that includes hotels and 6 plays or musicals.

Package Price: $2,699*

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ARCTIC CIRCLE with the Fjords of Norway!

16 day cruise/tour - June 2, 2016 with Jeff Lawson

The island town of Ålesund, Norway

Copenhagen, Denmark

Fjords of Norway

We went on an Arctic Circle Cruise and to put it bluntly, we were blown away by the staggering beauty we experienced!

Each day was another fantastic highlight day. We were so impressed; we put it into our small list of top places to visit in the world. Very few ships go all the way up to Norway deep into the Arctic Circle to Nordkapp the very top of Europe. Ours did this year and so will yours in 2016! This is the perfect time of year to experience some of Norway’s most beautiful fjords and travel deep into the Arctic Circle.

When it comes to staggering beauty, only an Antarctic Cruise can compete. This cruise visits the best in Norwegian Fjords.

You will sail through stunning fjords, visiting some of the quaintest communities in the world. Here is a list of the places you will see and experience: Copenhagen, Denmark; Ålesund, Norway; cruising the Arctic Circle, Honningsvåg, Norway; Tromsø, Norway; Geiranger, Norway; Olden, Norway and Bergen, Norway.

In addition to a wonderful cruise we have added a tour that includes Amsterdam in the Netherlands and the beautiful old city of Lubeck in Germany. Our tour will include Anne Frank’s home, canal ride in Amsterdam, Windmills, Castles, picturesque old towns, plus the drive through the countrysides of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.

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Arctic Circle Cruise Package includes: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Package Price: $2,977*

Royal Caribbean’s “Serenade of the Seas”. $330 in port charges & fees. $145.82 in cruise taxes. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.

Does not include international airfare, tips, shore excursions.

All land taxes.

All booking fees and ticketing fees.

Deluxe hotels in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Lubeck, Germany and Copenhagen, Denmark.

All transfers between airport, hotels and ship.

Special Guest Educator: Jeff Lawson.

All tours in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Lubeck, Germany - including entrance fees, guides and buses.

Private parties and group get-togethers on the ship.

Fun For Less Tours staff throughout the cruise, tour and shore excursions – “We Don’t Send You, We Take You.” Educational lectures on the ship.

Shore excursions are not included. You have the option to purchase our discounted shore excursion package.

Airfare is not included in our package: We give you the OPTION to purchase our group airfare.

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ISRAEL & JORDAN Holy Land Tour

11 day tour - October 1, 2016 with Glenn J. 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”. This will be a major highlight of your tour in Israel. 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 J. Rawson.

• The best in guides and bus drivers!

• All land taxes and booking fees.

• All transfers, 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.

• All of the 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” 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: $2,595*

*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 with Nile Cruise

ISRAEL, JORDAN & EGYPT 17 day tour - Ocotber 13, 2016 with Dr. John M. Madsen 17 day tour - Ocotber 20, 2016 with Dr. S. 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, a visit to the Red Sea 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”. This will be a major highlight of your tour in Israel. 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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This Special Ultimate Holy Land Tour is a combination of two different tour packages: Our Israel Jordan package (which is the same as the 11 day package we offer with Elder Madsen on March 31, 2016 - plus a fantastic Egypt package that includes Cairo, the Pyramids, a Nile Cruise, Karnak Temple, Valley of the Kings and the Red Sea.

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 transfers, 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.

• All of the 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, Red Sea program – information and pricing can be found below.

Package #1 Price: $2,595* for October 13th date. $2,695* for October 20th date.

Package #2: Our 7 day 6 night Cairo, the Pyramids, Nile Cruise & Red Sea Package includes the following: • $500 in domestic airfare: • Airfare from Cairo to Luxor: $171 • Airfare from Aswan to the Red Sea by chartered jet: $329 • All taxes, ticketing fees and fuel surcharges.

• 5-star Nile Cruise ship with all meals.

• 5-star luxury Intercontinental Citystars Hotel Cairo.

• 5-star luxury beach resort hotel on the Red Sea. • All shore excursions of the ship.

• Guest educator: See dates.

• Educational lectures during the Nile Cruise and at the Red Sea Resort.

• 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: $1,594* for the 17 day tour.

The Total for our Ultimate Package - Package #1 plus Package #2 is: 17 day tour $4,189* for October 13th date. $4,289* for October 20th date. *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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Elephants gather beneath Mount Kilimanjaro

Kenya and Tanzania is home of the safari and is considered the world’s top plains wildlife viewing. There is no reason to go anywhere else.

Within these two countries you will travel through lush green forests, snow-capped tropical peaks, endless rolling savannah, fiery deserts and deep rift valleys. Kenya and Tanzania offers you an adventure in paradise.

We put only 6 passengers in a 10 passenger safari vehicle on this 5-star tour! If African wildlife is your interest, this is the BEST tour. Some of the places you will venture to: Nairobi, Samburu National Park, Lake Nakuru National Park, Maasai Mara Reserve, Serengeti National Park, and the Ngorongoro Crater.

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KENYA & TANZANIA

A Safari for the most Adventurous!

15 day safari & tour - May 11, 2016

Package Price Includes:

• Safaris in small groups on 4-wheel drive open air vehicles.

• Deluxe hotels and safari game lodges throughout – the right hotels and game lodges can really make the difference in your experience!

• All transfers to and from airports, hotels and tours.

• All entrance fees, buses and guides throughout.

• Fun For Less staff throughout your tour - “We Don’t Send You, We Take You”.

• Does not include our group airfare option.

Maasai Warriors demonstrating their competitive jumping skills from a traditional dance

Package Price: $4,795*

*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.

Does not include airfare, visas and tips.

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ALASKA CRUISE 11 day cruise/tour - May 25, 2016 11 day cruise/tour - August 25, 2016

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 25 ports of call (Anchorage to Vancouver) • 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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August 25 ports of call (Vancouver to Anchorage) • Vancouver, British ColumbiaSeward, Alaska • Inside Passage (Cruising) • Ketchikan, Alaska • Icy Strait Point, Alaska • Skagway, Alaska • Juneau, Alaska • Hubbard Glacier (Cruising) • Seward, Alaska • Anchorage (Talkeetna & Iditarod)

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ALASKA CRUISE 10 day cruise/tour - May 25, 2016 11 day cruise/tour - August 25, 2016

Package Price Includes:

• 7 night cruise on Royal Caribbean’s “Radiance of the Seas.”

• Includes $235 in port charges.

• Includes $195.39 in cruise taxes.

• All taxes and booking fees.

• May 25 date: 2 nights deluxe hotel in Anchorage before the cruise.

• August 25 date: 1 night deluxe hotel in Vancouver before cruise and 1 night deluxe hotel in Anchorage after cruise.

• Includes 4 transfers: Vancouver airport to Hotel - Vancouver hotel to ship - Seward to Anchorage hotel - 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 to Canada border and city tour.

• Anchorage full day tour to Talkeetna with jet boat ride on the river. Also a visit with a ride on an Iditarod dog sled site.

• Vancouver city tour on the way to your ship.

• Fun For Less Tour Staff throughout your cruise, transfers and shore excursions. from • Private parties and group get-togethers. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.

• Option to purchase our group airfare.

Does not include Ketchikan shore excursion, airfare and tips.

• We do not include a side tour in Ketchikan & Icy Straight Point.

Package Price:

$1,685*

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EXOTIC CARIBBEAN 7 day “land cruise” - June 11, 2016

“LAND CRUISE”

Iberostar Tucán 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 • 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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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.

• 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 & 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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Sea lions of the Galapagos

Dr. S. Michael Wilcox has been after us for many years wanting us to put together a tour that would include the Galapagos Islands. The issue always comes down to space and pricing. We have always prepared our tours about 1 year out and for the rest of the world that has been the right timing, but every time we have tried to put a tour to Galapagos, by land or by ship, one year before our desired date there was never room for a group. Like the Trans-Siberian Rail, if you want to get space for a group you need to start working on it two years before your desired date. Your tour to Galapagos will be in December of 2016.

“Anakonda” ship - Amazon River - Quito, Ecuador

One of few places in the world to see the Blue-footed booby

We, along with Michael, have spent many hours trying to figure out the best itinerary, ship or hotels to use. We have come to the following conclusions: • Most of the Galapagos Islands are quite similar. You don’t go to Galapagos to see the islands. You go to Galapagos to see the unique animals, birds, sea life, Darwin and its history. It is not necessary to do 7 to 14 day cruises or tours to experience Galapagos and its wildlife. We decided 5 days of touring several islands would accomplish what we need for our passengers.

• Finding space for a good size group even on ships that hold 100 is hard because they will only give you a small number of the less expensive cabins. The cost skyrockets as you go up in cabin categories.

• On larger ships it also means when you stop at an island you have 100 passengers going ashore at the same time.

• We finally decided to stay on the main island in a deluxe hotel and use it as a base.

This program offers us several advantages:

• Hotel vs ship: Our quality hotel is less expensive than a quality ship. On a ship a few would get the starting prices, but the majority would have to pay for the expensive upgraded cabin categories.

• We feel the itinerary we have put together would accomplish all that is most important to see in Galapagos. We can see the wildlife and get a great feel for Galapagos during our visit to 5 of the islands during our 5 days on Galapagos.

Additional days and islands is much more expensive and all you do is see the same wildlife all over again.

• We plan on having only about 60 passengers. We will then split the 60 into to smaller groups of about 30 passengers each. Each group would go to a different island by boat and then return to the group and base in the evening. Being in smaller groups we hope it will be less crowded compared to the larger ship groups.

• Deluxe hotels on Galapagos are limited and not large. We were finally able to get the right hotel to take our whole group (which is not easy) and give us a large enough room at the hotel for Michael to talk to us daily.

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2016 GALAPAGOS ISLANDS ECUADOR & THE

HEAD WATERS

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13 day tour - Nov 26, 2016 - SOLD OUT! 13 day tour - Dec 3, 2016 - LIMITED! with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox

Our Tour Also Includes The Amazon River & the Andes!

This will be one vacation/tour you will never forget. In addition to the Galapagos Islands, we spend 4 nights in the wonderful quaint city of Quito. The Equator is just a few miles from Quito and there is so much to see and do. It is one of the most beautiful areas in the world surrounded by ancient volcanos and the majestic Andes Mountains all with beautiful scenery.

Wait till you experience how water flows on different sides of the equator or try to walk without tipping right down the equator line.

We absolutely love Quito and all it has to offer. Our nights in Quito will be spent in the JW Marriott luxury hotel.

If that wasn’t enough, we will also spend 4 days 3 nights on the majestic Amazon River. Many feel this is the best place to really enjoy the Amazon River. Along with getting accommodations in Galapagos that is always sold out, we had issues trying to arrange our trip to the Amazon. There are only two really great places we feel are the best to take our passengers to. One is a ship called the “Anakonda”, the other is a small deluxe lodge that is located on the Amazon River. Here was the problem. The lodge has only 16 double rooms or can only hold 32 passengers. The “Anakonda” is maxed out around 36 in double rooms. It took us a while, but we finally were able to buy out the whole Anakonda ship. It meant anyone else scheduled had to change to other dates. We also bought out the whole lodge on the Amazon. Their stays are 3 nights twice a week and then they close one day. Not only did they have to cancel other reservations, the day we wanted to start was their normal day off. We had to get them to not only take us, but start on the normal day off they give everyone. This really was a long time jigsaw puzzle to put all this together.

Important information: approx. ½ of our passengers will experience the Amazon on a deluxe ship and the other ½ will experience the Amazon from a wonderful lodge. Those that are first to sign up will get first choice on which accommodations they would like to experience. Complete details can be found on our website between the two Amazon itineraries.

Discounted Package Price includes:

• 4 nights 5 days deluxe hotel at the Royal Palm on the Island of Santa Cruz in the Galapagos Islands.

• All meals breakfast, lunch & dinner while in Galapagos.

• 5 days of touring, snorkeling, boating, buses, entrance fees etc. on Galapagos.

• Individual boats to the different islands visited hold approx. 16 per boat – two boats per 30.

• An Educational Galapagos expert with each group of approx. 30.

• 4 nights 5 star JW Marriott Hotel Quito.

• Breakfast daily.

• All tours, entrance fees, buses, guides, etc. in Quito area.

• 4 days three nights deluxe hotel Napo Wildlife Center in the Amazon – included in price. NOTE: The Anaconda ship on the Amazon is an option, it is an upgrade for an additional cost on a first come first reserved bases.

• Both the Anaconda Ship and Wildlife Center will include all meals.

• Both will include all boat rides, tours, guides, entrance fees and transfers.

• All hotel taxes, tour taxes, boat taxes and booking fees.

• 4 airfares: • Quito to Galapagos.

• Galapagos to Quito. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.

• Quito to the Amazon.

Does not include airfare, tips or optional extensions.

• Amazon to Quito.

• Airline taxes, fees and fuel surcharges.

• All transfers to and from hotels, airport and boats.

• Dr. S. Michael Wilcox throughout your time in Quito and Galapagos.

• Fun For Less Tours Staff

Complete Package Price: $5,995*

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2016

TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY Beijing through Mongolia and Siberia to Moscow TWO TIMES ONLY with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox 16 day train tour - June 18, 2016 - SOLD OUT! 16 day train tour - August 20, 2016 - ALREADY 80% SOLD OUT!

Lake Baikal

Moscow, Russia

Trans-Siberian Railway

Included in the journey with our Private Train: • 8 overnights onboard the Private Train in the category booked.

• 1 overnight onboard the Chinese train in comfortable sleeping quarters.

• 5 overnights in first-class hotels.

• Meals as per itinerary (meals onboard the train include water, coffee and tea).

• All buses, guides, tours & entrance fees.

• All group transfers to and from airports, hotels and the train.

• Professional, knowledgeable and dedicated tour director, group guide and local guides.

• Sophisticated on-board programs: entertaining lectures on local culture, history and everyday life.

• Luggage service at all train stations.

• Detailed travel documents and personal log book.

• Doctor on board the train.

Additions to the Private Train Package above:

• Dr. S. Michael Wilcox as our guest educator.

• Upgraded hotel in Beijing.

• Fun For Less Tours Staff throughout the tour.

• Our own individual headset receivers that allow you to hear every word even when you step away from the group to take that important picture.

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Comparing apples to apples in pricing:

In 2016 the package directly through the Private Train for their full package listed on previous page is over 9,500. Our complete package that includes everything in the private train package PLUS Michael Wilcox, upgraded hotel in Beijing and Fun For Less Tour Managers is $8,395. That’s over $1,100 less than the normal train package. If the TransSiberian Rail is anywhere near your bucket list of places to see and visit – don’t walk to the phone – run to the phone and call us. We are going to be very limited in the numbers we can take.

We have added a fantastic extension to Zhangjiajie Mountains in China. The floating mountains in the movie Avatar were filmed in Zhangjiajie.

PS: With 6 time zone changes - do you go Moscow to Beijing or Beijing to Moscow? It’s a no-brainer: going west, Beijing to Moscow, you gain an hour of sleep or sightseeing with each time zone change. Going east, Moscow to Beijing, you lose an hour with each time zone change. That is why we will start in Beijing.

Package Price: $8,395*

*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.

Does not include airfare, visas, tips or optional extensions.

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2016

SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI 14 day land tour - March 28, 2016 with DeAnn Sadleir Optional extension to Victoria Falls

Cape town, South Africa

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This special tour is the perfect combination of a picture-taking safari and a tour of three countries. We consider this the 3rd best tour in the world, right behind China and Southeast Asia. In South Africa you will explore Cape Town, Table Mountain, Durban, Shakaland, the Zulu Tribe (with show), the Great Panorama Road, Johannesburg, and explore two additional countries Swaziland and Lesotho. Your picture taking safaris includes King Shaka’s game reserve, St. Lucia game reserve and the world famous Kruger National Park game reserve. We do not do our safaris in a bus! All of our picture taking safaris are in smaller 4 wheel drive open air vehicles.

Our Fun For Less Tours Package Price includes:

• Safaris in small groups in 4 wheel drive open air vehicles.

• Deluxe hotels and safari game lodges throughout – the right hotels and game lodges can really make the difference in your experience!

• Includes inside flight from Cape Town to Durban if doing Fun For Less Tour’s group airfare.

• All transfers to and from airports, hotels and tours.

• Boat cruises on the St. Lucia River and the ocean.

• Zulu tribe visit with show.

• All entrance fees, buses and guides throughout.

• Special Guest Educator: DeAnn Sadleir.

• Fun For Less Staff throughout your tour. “We Don’t Send You, We Take You!” • Option to purchase our group airfare.

• Option to purchase our extension to Victoria Falls.

Victoria Falls - Zambia

Package Price: $3,489*

*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.

Does not include airfare, Victoria Falls Ext, tips and visas.

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PANAMA CANAL CRUISE 18 day cruise/tour - October 7, 2016 with Dr. Glenn Kimber

Cruising Gatun Lake

Beautiful streets of Cartagena, Colombia

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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.

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 transfers to and from airports, hotels and ship.

• 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.

Ports of Call:

• Cabo San Lucas, Mexico • Puerto Vallarta, Mexico • Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala • Puntarenas, Costa Rica • Panama Transit • Colon, Panama • Cartegena, Colombia • 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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LDS CHURCH HISTORY 8 day tour - July 7, 2016 with Dr. David A. Christensen 8 day tour - July 8, 2016 with Dr. Glenn Kimber 10 day tour - September 15, 2016 with Glenn Rawson

Nauvoo Temple

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!

Package Price: from $1,676* *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy.

Does not include airfare and tips.

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CENTRAL AMERICAN RUINS & THE BOOK OF MORMON 13 day tour - March 18, 2016 with Dr. John L. Lund

Ancient Tikal - Guatemala

Lake Atitlan

13 day - Mar. 18, 2016 with Dr. John Lund - $2,479* • 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 in Belize.

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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: See dates.

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: $2,479*

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BOOK OF MORMON ”LAND CRUISE” 7 day “land cruise” - June 11, 2016 with Jack S. Marshall

Giant feathered serpent head facing the Kukulcan Pyramid at Chichén Itzá - Yucatán, Mexico

Jack S. Marshall is a fantastic educator. His humor and stories will entertain and teach you about the Book of Mormon. He is our special educator on this wonderful vacation. He will have several get-togethers with those that can break away from the fun and sun to study the Book of Mormon in a wonderful relaxing setting.

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 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.

Iberostar Tucán Resort - Playa del Carmen

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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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 if you are flying on our group airfare or can meet us at the airport when the group arrives if you have your own airfare.

• Tours to Ekbalam & to Chichen Itza, including guides, buses & entrance fees.

• All your drinks every day all day, including virgin Piña Colada’s, Coke, Sprite, etc., 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 & 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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