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2016 PADDLE BOAT
MISSISSIPPI RIVER CRUISE 10 day tour/cruise - October 9, 2016 with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox
American Queen Steamboat
Haven’t you always wanted or dreamed about taking a big paddleboat ride on the Mississippi River. Isn’t it on your bucket list of things you would want to experience? On Michael Wilcox’s and the owners of Fun For Less Tours list, a paddle wheel steamboat ride on the Mississippi has had a large star by it. We decided it was time to slow down and make that dream come true for us and for you! We looked at the many steamboat ships and their itineraries on the Mississippi. We even talked to people who had traveled by steamboat on the Mississippi. After our research we came to the following conclusions: • The paddle wheel steamboat we wanted most was the American Queen. It is the largest steamboat ever built to sail the Mississippi. It recently received a $6.5 million spruce-up to make the Victorian décor – chandeliers, upholstery, polished wood, etc. –POP. Cabins got new bedding and flat screen TVs. We loved the look and feel of what it was like 100 years ago to take a steamboat on the Mississippi. Critics have said – The American Queen is delightful and feels like a small and historic boutique hotel. • The BEST itinerary and direction is St. Paul to St. Louis. The river is thinner with beautiful tree covered hills, less population and fewer barges on the river. The most beautiful of all is the fall when the leaves change their colors. The airfare related to this fantastic vacation will be approximately 75% less than you have to pay to fly to our other tours in the world – PLUS there is very little in time zone changes to adjust to.
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Cat B Outside Stateroom with Veranda, with Queen bed
Fall Colors on the Mississippi River
American Queen’s Grand Saloon Theatre
American Queen’s Dining Room
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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 paddleboat 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 of 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 aditional 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. For the very BEST experience on a Riverboat, we highly recommend an upgrade to a Veranda Cabin!!
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2016 PADDLE BOAT CRUISE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER CRUISE 10 day tour/cruise - October 9, 2016 with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox
The Complete Package:
The ships 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 ships 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’s 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: $2,928*
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ARCTIC CIRCLE with the Fjords of Norway!
16 day cruise/tour - June 2, 2016 with Jeff Lawson
Olden, Norway
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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 way up 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-to-gethers 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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EUROPEAN ROMANCE
Amsterdam, Belgium, Normandy, Paris, Switzerland, Germany and Austria
16 day tour - May 21, 2016 with Dr. John Lund
The iron lattice Eiffel Tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France
Majestic Swiss Alps
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Luwig’s 19th Century Neuschwanstein Castle - Bavaria, Germany
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EUROPEAN ROMANCE
Amsterdam, Belgium, Normandy, Paris, Switzerland, Germany and Austria
16 day tour - May 21, 2016 with Dr. John Lund
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, Dr. John Lund. 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 at 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!
“We Don’t S end You, We Take You!”
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. Deluxe hotels throughout your tour. 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: Dr. John Lund Fun For Less Tours staff that travels with you throughout – “We Don’t Palace of Versailles 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 *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. take that important picture! Does not include airfare and tips.
Package Price: $3,395*
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ISRAEL & JORDAN Holy Land Tour
11 day tour - March 31, 2016 with Elder John Madsen
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: Elder John Madsen. • 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 - October 8, 2015 with Elder John M. Madsen 17 day tour - March 10, 2016 with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox 17 day tour - April 14, 2016 with Dr. Richard N. Holzapfel 17 day tour - April 28, 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, Karnack 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.
Pyramids of Giza - Egypt
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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, Karnack 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 Oct 8 & April 14 dates. $2,695* for March 10 & April 28 dates.
Package #2: Our 7 day 6 night Cairo, the Pyramids, Nile Cruise & Red Sea Package includes the following: • $480 in domestic airfare: • Airfare from Cairo to Luxor: $157 • Airfare from Aswan to the Red Sea by chartered jet: $323 • 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: $1,499* for the 17 day tour.
The Total for our Ultimate Package - Package #1 plus Package #2 is: 17 day tour $4,094* October 8 & April 14 dates. $4,195* for March 10 and April 28 dates. *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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TRAVELS OF PAUL & THE APOSTLES Greece, Turkey, Isle of Patmos and ancient Christianity 14 day tour - March 23, 2016 with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox
Acropolis - Athens, Greece
Turkey and Greece are considered the second holy land. Much of the New Testament involves cities in Turkey and Greece along with the travels of the Apostles. Books of the Bible that cover turkey & Greece: We have chosen to visit this part of the world when it not filled with tourists. It is early spring with average high temperatures that range from low 60’s to high 60’s. It should be great temperatures for touring with a light jacket and with few to no crowds to get in the way. Our tour includes: It is hard to know where to begin, the whole tour is a highlight of highlight tours combined with the study of the travels of Paul and the Apostles and the look at early Christianity. If you rated each day on a tour, most days would be between a 4 & 8. Very few ever reach a 10 or highlight day. For example: Our Machu Picchu Tour has two (Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca. This tour has 5 highlight days: Istanbul: Our favorite city in Europe. You will agree with us after you have experienced it. Ephesus: One of the best ruins in the world, it also involved Paul, John and other Apostle’s. Ephesus is often so hot, it is impossible to enjoy it. The average high temperatures when we will be there: mid 60’s Cappadocia: As if plucked from a whimsical fairytale and set down upon the stark Anatolian plains, Cappadocia is a geological oddity of honeycombed hills and towering boulders of otherworldly beauty. Here Christians fleeing persecution built underground cities in the honeycombed hills. Our favorite place in Turkey! Meteora: Our favorite in all of Greece and a highlight day you will never forget! The name Meteora is Greek for “Suspended in Air”, which perfectly describes the six remarkable Greek Orthodox monasteries spectacularly perched atop rocky pinnacles. Mars Hill & Athens Acropolis: Our 5th highlight day will include Mars Hill and the Parthenon on top of the Acropolis overlooking Athens.
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Package Price Includes: • 5 star luxury hotels in Istanbul, Cappadocia, Ephesus and Athens. First Class and Deluxe hotels in Meteora and Thessaloniki. • $470 in flights: • Istanbul to Cappadocia. • Cappadocia to Ephesus. • Ephesus to Thessaloniki. • Private Ferry from Ephesus to the Isle of Patmos. • All land taxes, airline taxes and fees. • All transfers to and from airports and hotels. • All tours, buses, guides and entrance fees. • Special Guest Educator: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox. • Fun For Less Tours Manager – “We Don’t Send You, We Take You”. • “Whisper Perfect” Headset Receivers. You will hear everything our guides and educator have to share, even when you step away from the group to take that important picture!
Package Price: $2,995*
*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include airfare, tips and visas.
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ULTIMATE OF ULTIMATE HOLY LAND TOUR Combining of Israel, Jordan, Egypt and the Nile Cruise
with The Travels of Paul & the Apostles in Turkey & Greece 27 day tour - March 10, 2016 with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox
Western Wall - Jerusalem, Israel
Yes you can have it all in one trip. Michael has agreed to do Israel, Jordan, Egypt and the Nile Cruise that will tie in with his Travel of Paul, the Apostles and early Christianity that takes place in Turkey and Greece. Read the information on the on the previous pages regarding the two trips. By adding just 10 days to your 17 Day Israel, Jordan, Egypt and Nile cruise you can do both tours in 27 days. I Know, I Know, your wondering how a 17 day tour and 14 a day tour that by your math when added together would be a 31 day tour – So how could you do it all in 27 days? When you do them separately you spend two days just getting there and to the hotel and a day flying home. Since your already there and not going home that saves you 3 days. The 4 day is you leave one night early from Cairo. So you really can do it all in an extra 10 days. To sum it all up, the doing of the Back to Back saves you several days of traveling AND you do not have to spend several thousand a couple on airfare to fly back to Turkey to do a Travels of Paul in the future! The price is the combination of the three tours. Israel & Jordan with Egypt & Nile cruise with The Travels of Paul. Everything is the same on all three tours. The small savings related to how the tours overlap is used to buy the airfare from Cairo to Istanbul to join the other group.
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Library of Celsus in Ephesus, Turkey
The Ultimate of Ultimate Holy Land Tour Package Price Includes:
Dr. S. Michael Wilcox throughout, tour managers from our office throughout and the use of our “Whisper Perfect” headset receivers throughout. Important Note: Our Ultimate of Ultimate is a combination of three different tour packages: • Our Israel Jordan Package. • Our Cairo, the Pyramids, Nile Cruise & Red Sea package. • Our Travels of Paul and the Apostles in Turkey and Greece with the Isle of Patmos Below is the information on the two packages we have COMBINED to create our Israel, Jordan and Egypt Tour:
Package #1: Israel & Jordan • • • • • • • • • •
4-star deluxe Hotels in Israel. 5-star luxury hotel in Jordan. 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 7 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.
Package #1 Price: $2,695*
Package #2: Our Cairo, the Pyramids, Nile Cruise & Red Sea Package includes the following: • $480 in domestic airfare: • Airfare from Taba on the Red Sea to Luxor by chartered plane: $323 • Airfare from Aswan to Cairo : $157 • 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. • All tours, entrance fees, buses and guides throughout.
Package #2 Price: $1,499*
Package #3: Our Travels of Paul & the Apostles in Turkey, Greece and Isle of Patmos • • • •
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Airfare from Cairo to Istanbul - approx. $300. (This included because you are two nights less in hotels & buses). Transfer to meet the group in Istanbul. 5 star luxury hotels in Istanbul, Cappadocia, Ephesus and Athens. First Class and Deluxe hotels in Meteora and Thessaloniki. $470 in flights: • Istanbul to Cappadocia. • Cappadocia to Ephesus. • Ephesus to Thessaloniki. Private Ferry from Ephesus to the Isle of Patmos. All land taxes, airline taxes and fees. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. All transfers to and from airports and hotels. Does not include airfare, tips and visas. All tours, buses, guides, entrance fees.
Package Price: $7,095*
Package #3 Price: $2,995*
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BRITISH ISLES LAND TOUR England, Scotland, Ireland & Northern Ireland 14 day land tour - September 1, 2015 with DeAnn Sadleir 14 day land tour - June 18, 2016 with Glenn J. Rawson
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. • 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
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, Liverpool, Albert Dock, Southampton, Guernsey Island, and so much more. • In Scotland: Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Inverness, Loch Ness, Scottish Highlands, Glasgow, Sterling Castle and so much more. • In Ireland: Cork, Blarney Castle, Dublin, Book of Kells, 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 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. SM
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Package Price: $3,495*
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Elephants gather beneath Mount Kilimanjaro
Kenya and Tanzania is home of the safari and is considered the worlds top plains wildlife viewing. There is no reason to go anywhere else. Within these two countries you will travel through lush green forests, snowcapped 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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MACHU PICCHU
with Lake Titicaca & Cusco 10 day tour - October 10, 2015 with Dr. John L. Lund - NEW! 10 day tour - May 21, 2016 with Dr. John L. Lund - NEW!
Floating Uros islands on Lake Titicaca, Peru
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MACHU PICCHU
with Lake Titicaca & Cusco 10 day tour - October 10, 2015 with Dr. John L. Lund - NEW! 10 day tour - May 21, 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. “We Don’t Send You, We Take You.”
Whisper Perfect Headset Receivers You can hear everything your guides and educators have to share with you, even when you step away from the group to take those important pictures.
This is not a backpacking expedition.
All of your accommodations are deluxe and luxury hotels. We stay in the best! We also take the Vista Dome Train to Machu Picchu!
Red tiled rooftops of Cuzco, Peru
Package Price: $2,287*
*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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ALASKA CRUISE 10 day cruise/tour - May 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.
Alaska 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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Juneau side tour - Whale watching
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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. 1 night deluxe hotel in Vancouver before cruise. 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. • 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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WESTERN CARIBBEAN 7 day “land cruise” - June 11, 2016
“LAND CRUISE”
Beaches of Cancun
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.
Parasailing
Hobie cat Sailing
Comparing Apples to Apples A Royal Caribbean Cruise June of 2015 Vs. Our Caribbean “Land Cruise” • Royal Caribbean’s least expensive cabins including all meals, nightly entertainment, all Port charges, all ship taxes & fees (does not include tips of $84.00) • Category N inside cabin per person: $971.24 + 84 ship tips = $1,055.24 • Category I Outside window per person: $1,203.74 + 84 ship tips = $1,287.74 • Category E3 Balcony cabin per person: $1,416.74 + 84 ship tips = $1,500.74
• Royal Caribbean cruise costs above do NOT include: • • • • •
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Drinks including coke, sprite, etc. you can easily spend $50 to $100 pp (per person). Shore excursions: they could easily cost $200 to $300 pp Transfers to and from airports and ship – approx. $75 pp The needed hotel before the cruise as the ship could sail if your plane is late: $75 pp Fun For Less Tours Staff.
“We Don’t S end You, We Take You!”
If you love Cruising – YOU WILL LOVE THIS !! Compare the differences!
For about the price of a small inside cabin with Royal Caribbean we give you the whole package that includes it all! Here is what is INCLUDED in our fantastic package: • Large balcony Resort Room in our wonderful “Land Cruise” beach resort (smaller balcony cabins on the ship would be $1,500). • All Meals every day – just like the cruise. • Entertainment daily – much like the cruise. • All Group Transfers to and from airports and Resort – costs extra with the cruise. • All Tours, buses and guides to Ek Balam and Chichen Itza – costs extra on a cruise. • All Drinks, including Virgin Pina Colada’s – all drinks cost extra on a cruise. • Beach only a few steps from your luxury resort room - no beach on a ship. • All tips including tours and transfers – all tips are extra on a ship. • 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. • We also do include an educator for those that are interested. He will talk about the ruins and the ancient people of the Book of Mormon that many believe were in this part of the world. These educational lectures are optional.
• Our Complete Total Package Price is only $1,089
Better than ever: We have negotiated a better resort for next year plus our pricing went down. We were 799 PLUS tips, excursions & transfers that took the total to over 1200 per person. Now we have included tips, excursions, transfers and a better resort for only $1,089.
Our special “Land Cruise” includes a shore excursion to:
Ekbalam & Chichen Itza ruins
Package Price: $1,089* 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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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 Terracotta 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, Xian, Terracotta 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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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
OF THE AMAZON
13 day tour - Nov 26, 2016 - NEW! 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 accomodations 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 60% SOLD OUT!
Mongolian Alps
SELLING FAST!
The June 18, 2016 is already sold out with only a couple of cabins left! It went so fast, we asked Mike if he would consider doing another one in August of 2016. He is so excited to do this part of the world he jumped on it. We now have a new TransSiberian Rail tour on August 20, 2016. That one is already 60% sold out. This is one tour you cannot afford to wait until the last minute, you need to act now or miss out!!!! A journey on the legendary Trans-Siberian Railway is one of the last great travel adventures in our world. Set this dream of a lifetime on the tracks, call now and reserve your space before it is too late!!! 42
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Mongolian horse show
Yurts of the nomadic Mongolians
There is a less expensive public train that is used by locals and back packers that goes from Moscow to Beijing, BUT you cannot afford the public train and here is why:
• There are no Luxury trains Beijing to Moscow. The public train is a one star or less in quality. You would not enjoy the ride. Our private train is not a 5-star luxury train, but it is a wonderful first class or deluxe train. It far exceeds the quality of the public train. • The public train has a schedule to keep. It stops to let passengers off and on. Our private train is able to pull onto a side track for our many full days of touring, and even a couple of nights in hotels along the way. You not only see Siberia, Russia and Mongolia, you get to experience it on the many tours included with our private train. • Rail service along the famous Lake Baikal is closed to public trains. We spend a full 40 hours traveling along, touring and even boating on Lake Baikal. You just miss too much on a public train. • Our private train includes all of your meals in fine dining cars. • Our private train cabins are clean and modern. • It is night and day between the public train toilets and our private train toilets. • The public train includes nothing; you are on your own. Our private train includes everything – transfers, hotels, buses, tours, guides, entrance fees, shows and the meals on the train. For now, we are planning on doing this trip only twice with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox. If you have ever wanted to experience the Trans-Siberian Rail this is your best and most luxurious chance. Important Note: There are different categories on the train in quality and size of the cabins. There is a limited number in each category. Certain categories will likely sell out.
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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 60% 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 plan to add 2 optional extensions: One will be in China the other will be an extension to St. Petersburg. Don’t wait for the extensions; they will be able to be added at a later date. For now, signing up for the train is most important. 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
Capetown, 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: $3,689*
*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include airfare, Victoria Falls Ext, tips and visas.
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ANTARCTICA CRUISE with Chile, Argentina, Uruguay & the Chilean Fjords 25 day cruise/tour - January 29, 2016 with Dr. Michael Wilcox
“This was the Most Spectacular Trip - Dr. S. Michael Wilcox Take the best cruise, times it by ten and you may come close to how phenomenal this cruise is. The Antarctic is the most beautiful place on earth and January & February are the right time to experience the Antarctic. It really isn’t cold!!! The climate is dry and sunny with temperatures around 40 degrees 24 hours a day.
A few things you should understand
• Cruising the Antarctic is not done from miles away! You are able to get up and close to the most beautiful majestic land on earth. It literally can take your breath away! Compared to an Alaska cruise (Alaska is like a baby brother) There is no real comparison. • Your cruise includes: The Antarctic, 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 a lot more. • We highly recommend you witness the staggering beauty of Iguazu Falls – the most beautiful waterfalls in the world! Take advantage of our optional two day extension tour that includes Iguazu Falls!
Don’t Put This Off!!!
Starting in 2012 environmentalists created strict regulations that every large ship had to burn a special biodegradable fuel. It required large ships to be dry docked for almost two weeks. During that time they would have to empty the unacceptable fuel, physically go inside the large fuel tanks and manually scrub away any old fuel. It was such a headache, Princess and other cruise lines stopped going to the Antarctic. For 2012, 2013 and 2014 Holland America continued to return, each year suggesting this would be their last. When our group was there this last January, they stopped suggesting they might not return. So for now, it looks like it has been popular enough to continue taking one or two sailings each year. When will it end, no one knows, we just know the environmentalists don’t want the big ships in the area. So don’t put it off because it could end suddenly, plus every year it becomes more expensive. If they ever end, it would mean the only way to visit the Antarctic would be on small 2-star ships that cost about $12,000 per person without airfare for an 11 day cruise. Our whole 25 day cruise/tour on a deluxe Holland America ship, even when you include airfare and shore excursions, is a lot less than the cost of a 2-star 11 day Antarctic cruise without airfare!
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I have taken anywhere in the world” 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. • $455.19 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. • Special Guest Educator: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox. • Tour Manager: Glenn J. Rawson • 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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Peggy’s Point Lighthouse - Peggy’s Cove Nova Scotia, Canada
The perfect cruise at the right time of year!
In 2013 there were only September sailings into Canada. The cruise line called them Fall Foliage Cruises, but it was too early to see any fall foliage. For 2015 The cruise is at the right time of year to have the best chance to enjoy the many fall colors. Michael loves Canada, especially since his wife was from Canada. He did a cruise a few years ago to Canada. He has wanted to return every year since, but with his busy schedule it has been hard to fit it in. For 2015 we have been able to work it out that he is able to return again! What you will see and experience on this fantastic cruise begins in New York and goes up through the New England States into Canada. One of the best ports of call they have included that is left off of most Canada cruises is Prince Edward Island and home to beloved Anne of Green Gables. Here is what you will see and experience during your 15 day Canada Fall Foliage Cruise and Land Tour: • New York, New York • Boston, Massachusetts • Portland, Maine • Bar Harbor, Maine • Rockland, Maine • Halifax, Nova Scotia - Canada • Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - Canada • The St. Lawrence River - Canada • Quebec - Canada Peggy’s Point Lighthouse - Peggy’s Cove Nova Scotia, Canada • Montreal - Canada
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NEW ENGLAND
CANADA CRUISE
15 day cruise/tour - October 6, 2015 with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox along with Special Guest singer/songwriter - Hilary Weeks
Your Cruise Package Price Includes:
• 12 night cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas, inside cabin. • All port Charges & fees of $330. • All ship taxes of $211.16 • All hotel and land taxes. • 1 night Marriott Hotel in Montreal Canada. • 1 night deluxe hotel New York area. • All transfers between airports, hotels and ship. • All tours, buses, guides, entrance fees and tours in Montreal & New York area. • Lectures on the ship with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox. • Special Guest singer/songwriter: Hilary Weeks. • Fun For Less Tour Staff throughout. • Use of our special “Whisper Perfect” headset receivers. You can hear every word even when you step away from the group to take that important picture. • Shore excursions are not included in the package price. You have the option to purchase our discounted shore excursion package. • Airfare is not included. You have the option to purchase our group airfare.
“Green Gables” - Prince Edward Island, Canada
Package Price: $2,595*
*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include international airfare, tips, shore excursions.
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AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND & FIJI Optional Great Barrier Reef pre-tour 17 day cruise/tour - January 6, 2016 with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox along with Special Educators: Richard & Linda Eyre
Sydney Harbor - Australia
This is your chance to pet a koala, feed a kangaroo, be taught by Aborigines to throw a boomerang, sail through the New Zealand Fjords, snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef and the list goes on. This fantastic tour is filled with so many fun filled experiences; there is not room to mention them all. This special cruise / tour will visit all of the BEST sites in Australia and New Zealand, plus it visits the beautiful Island of Fiji. In Australia you will visit Sydney and Melbourne and an option to visit the Great Barrier Reef. In New Zealand you will visit Tauranga, Akaroa, Dunedin, Auckland, Wellington, Gisbourne and cruise through the Fjord Land National Park. We offer our own discounted shore excursions at every port of call that is less than the ship would charge. Plus we spend 3 nights at a 5-star beach resort on the beautiful island of Fiji!
Optional 3 night pre-tour
Our 3 night extension package includes an additional night in Auckland and 2 nights on the Great Barrier Reef. It also includes a full day of snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef, a visit to an Aborigine village and an Aborigine Show. We have also included additional tours in Auckland to go along with your extra night in Auckland. We will travel outside of Auckland to visit the famous Waitomo Caves, plus a short photo stop to see the LDS Temple outside of Auckland.
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Special Package Price includes: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
3 nights at a 5-star Luxury Resort & Spa hotel in Fiji. 5-star JW Marriott Sydney. 5-star luxury hotel in Melbourne. 9 night cruise on the luxury “Golden” Princess ship. $225 in ship port charges and fees. $225 in ship taxes. All hotel and land taxes. All tours, entrance fees, buses, guides in Sydney & Fiji. Includes Australia visa. Special Guest Educator: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox. Guest Parenting Relationships Educators: Richard & Linda Eyre. Lectures from our guest educators. All transfers between airports and hotels in Sydney, Melbourne & Fiji. Fun For Less Tour Staff throughout the cruise and tours “We Don’t Send You, We Take You.” • Option to purchase our deeply discounted shore excursions (much less than the ship). • Option to purchase our fantastic Great Barrier Reef & Auckland Extension Package. • Option to purchase our group airfare.
Snorkling on the Great Barrier Reef extension
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Princess Cruise Line Disclaimer
General Disclaimer: Fares are cruise only, per person, USD, based on dou-
ble occupancy, capacity controlled and subject to availability. Government Fees and Taxes of up to $220 are additional. Refer to applicable Princess brochure or princess.com for terms, conditions, and definitions which will apply to all bookings. Ships’ Registry: bermuda. Fuel supplement: Princess cruises reserves the right, even if the cruise fare has been paid in full, to impose a fuel supplement for all guests of up to $9per person per day if the NYMEX oil price exceeds $70 per barrel.
Package Price: $2,995* *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include Great Barrier extension, shore excursions, international airfare and tips.
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Salzburg, Austria
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 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 – Pales 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 great 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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EXOTIC EUROPE
Prague, Istanbul, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Dracula & The Transylvania Alps
17 day tour - August 26, 2015 with Jack S. Marshall
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 “ooh’s and aah’s” highlight days than any other tour you could take! It really is the best of the best of European countries! What is Included in our Special 17 day Package Price: • • • • • • • •
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: Jack Marshall. Fun For Less Tours staff throughout tour. Does not include our optional international airfare package.
Vienna, Austria
Package Price: $2,995*
*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include airfare and tips.
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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 “Splendour 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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ITALY & GREECE CRUISE
15 day cruise/tour - September 10, 2015 with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox along with Special Educators: Richard & Linda Eyre
Our Special Package Price Includes:
• 7 night cruise Category N inside cabin on Royal Caribbean’s “Splendour of the Seas” to Venice, Dubrovnik, Ephesus, Santorini and Katakolon. • $200 in Ship port charges and fees • $99.86 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 • Guest Parenting Relationships Educators: Richard & Linda Eyre. • 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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UTAH SHAKESPEARE
Two 4-day trips - August 3 & 10, 2015 with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox
Artist rendering of the new center for the arts - contruction begins 2015
2015 Season at the Utah Shakespeare Festival The Adams Shakespearean Theatre will feature three plays by William Shakespeare, playing from June to August. First is the Festival’s continuation of its History Cycle with the fourth play in Shakespeare’s theatrical chronicle of England and its kings: Henry IV Part Two. Henry IV Part Two picks up where Henry IV Part One left off. Theatregoers won’t want to miss this epic family drama that ultimately leads up to the War of the Roses. Also in the Adams Theatre will be two of the Bard’s greatest works, King Lear and The Taming of the Shrew – two shows on opposite ends of the theatrical spectrum. One demonstrates a mighty king who falls into a state of tragic disintegration and madness while the other is a witty, slapstick comedy about the battle of the sexes. In the Randall L. Jones Theatre will be Rodgers and Hammerstein’s captivating and Pulitzer Prize winning musical South Pacific, as well as Amadeus, Peter Shaffer’s brilliant fictionalized account of the lives of composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. You will also enjoy the hilarious comedy Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas.
In the Adams Shakespearean Theatre
• Henry IV Part Two by William Shakespeare • King Lear by William Shakespeare • The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
In the Randall L. Jones Theatre
• Amadeus by Peter Shaffer • Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas • South Pacific by Rodgers and Hammerstein
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“I’d rather see Shakespeare in Cedar City than in Stratford, England. My experiences have been better there. This is professional theatre rated among the top 3 Shakespeare Festivals in North America.”
- Dr. S. Michael Wilcox
Shakespeare’s Henry the IV
The truth is – you’re going to love it too! It doesn’t matter if you are a Shakespeare fanatic or just love to see great plays, we promise you will treasure the time you spend with us, the plays and your educator! Each year the festival presents an American play, a comedy and a musical in addition to 3 Shakespeare plays – a total of 6 plays altogether. Even those who thought they would not like Shakespeare have thoroughly enjoyed every play. The secret is Michael. Before each performance, Michael spends an hour explaining the plot, story line and characters in each play. It is amazing how well you understand and enjoy Shakespeare and the other plays after listening to Michael’s engaging lectures!
Michael has seen all of the plays offered each summer for over 20 years. You can not get a better educator!!!
Our Shakespeare package includes the following: • Daily lectures from Dr. S. Michael Wilcox in a private theatre, rented and reserved for us! • All 6 plays & musicals in orchestra seating (perfect seating). • All breakfast, lunches and quality dinners during your 4 days of shows. • 3 nights in a great hotel in Cedar City. • Special private meeting with founder, Fred Adams. • Prop seminar & costume seminar. • Special private behind the scenes backstage tour. • Private seminar with the best actors. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include transportation. • Souvenir program. • Private lunch at Rusty’s Ranch House. • Use of our “Whisper Perfect” headset receivers. • Fun For Less Tours staff throughout to make sure everything is perfect! • Does not include transportation to Cedar City or to and from the plays.
Package Price: $797*
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“Tiger’s Nest” Himilayan Buddhist Temple - Bhutan
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!!!!
Why this year is the best year to explore India The BEST educator: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox. When Michael went to India a couple of years ago, there were three things that were not available on that tour that we were able to put into our 2015 tour. The famous Pushkar Festival, the Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur (the most impressive fort in the world) and the country of Bhutan tucked into the tops of the Himalayas. All three have been included in 2015. With all that we have planned for him over the next 5 years we do not expect he will be able to return again. 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 61 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 2015 group is using the savings to improve the tour AND upgrade many of our hotels to opulent Maharaja Palaces! 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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INDIA
with Kathmandu & Mt. Everest 15 day tour - November 13, 2015 with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox
Package Price Includes:
• 5 star luxury hotels and Palaces • Four Internal Flights costing $923. Includes all taxes and fees. • Delhi, India to Kathmandu, Nepal. • Kathmandu, Nepal to Varanasi, India. • 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). • All transfers to and from airports and hotels. • All entrance fees, tours, deluxe buses & guides. • Special Guest Educator: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox. • Fun For Less Tours Staff throughout the tour-“We Don’t Send You, We Take You.” • “Whisper Perfect” headset receivers. You will hear every word from your guides and educator, even when you step away from the group to take that important picture. • All booking fees. • Boat ride on the River Ganges. *Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. • Elephant Ride to Amber Fort in Jaipur. Does not include international airfare, tips and visas or Bhutan extension. • Special Kalbelia dance show on sand dunes at Pushkar. • Rickshaw Ride in Varanasi. • Package price does not include International air into and home from Delhi. We will offer an option to purchase our group airfare.
Package Price: $4,395*
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PANAMA CANAL CRUISE 12 day cruise/tour - December 6, 2015
Princess crusiing Gatun Lake
Beautiful streets of Cartagena, Colombia
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There are very few cruises that go into the Panama Canal anymore. The newest ships have become so large they no longer are able to go into the canal locks. Princess cruises “Coral ship” is the perfect size to fit into the Panama Canal locks. Which you will experience going through.
Package Price Includes:
• 10 night Princess cruise category ID. • $250 in port charges. • $310 in cruise taxes. • All land taxes and booking fees. • 1 night hotel in Miami. • 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 Entertainer & Educator. • Experienced Fun For Less Tours staff.
We are unable to offer an excursion in Colon, Panama due to time restrictions.
Princess Cruise Line Disclaimer
General Disclaimer: Fares are cruise only, per person, USD, based on dou-
ble occupancy, capacity controlled and subject to availability. Government Fees and Taxes of up to $220 are additional. Refer to applicable Princess brochure or princess.com for terms, conditions, and definitions which will apply to all bookings. Ships’ Registry: bermuda. Fuel supplement: Princess cruises reserves the right, even if the cruise fare has been paid in full, to impose a fuel supplement for all guests of up to $9per person per day if the NYMEX oil price exceeds $70 per barrel.
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Package Price: $2,199*
*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include international airfare and tips.
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SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN 10 day cruise/tour - January 22, 2016 with DeAnn Sadleir
St. John, Antigua
Royal Caribbean’s “Adventure of the Seas” has taken cruising to a whole new level. Enjoy one-of-a-kind features like an ice-skating rink, the Royal Promenade, a rock-climbing wall, miniature golf and more. How did they accommodate all of these innovative ideas on one cruise ship? Simple - they built a bigger ship, which adds more space for every guest and includes enhanced staterooms, expanded dining options and exceptional recreational facilities.
Spanish Fort - San Juan
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The most exotic Caribbean Islands await you in the south.
This special cruise is two cruises in one – When you start in Florida it takes you two days to get to the Caribbean and two days to get back. You may only experience 3 Caribbean Islands on your whole cruise. Starting in the middle of the Caribbean you will experience 6 Caribbean islands: Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas; St. Croix, USVI; St. Johns, Antigua; Castries, St. Lucia; St. Georges, Grenada; San Juan, Puerto Rico. To make your experience even better, we have added to your wonderful cruise, two nights in a wonderful beach front hotel, 4 transfers, a fantastic educator, Fun For Less Staff throughout and the ability to buy our shore excursions for less than the ship charges - it just doesn’t get any better than this!!!
Southern Caribbean Package Price Includes: • • • • • • • • • •
7 night cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas. $190 in port charges and ship fees. $64.94 in ship taxes. 2 nights deluxe hotel on the beach in San Juan. 4 transfers. San Juan City and Port Tour. All land and hotel taxes. All booking fees and ticketing fees. Special Guest Educator: DeAnn Sadleir Fun For Less Tours staff throughout. “We Don’t Send You, We Take You.” • Option to purchase our group shore excursions. • Option to purchase our group airfare.
Package Price: $1,225*
*Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include optional shore excursions, airfare and tips.
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LDS CHURCH HISTORY 8 day tour - July 10, 2015 with Dr. Wayne E. Brickey 10 day tour - October 7, 2015 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 9 day tour - October 9, 2015 with Jack S. Marshall 10 day tour - December 26, 2015 with Dr. S. Michael Wilcox 13 day tour - March 18, 2016 with Dr. John L. Lund
Ancient Tikal - Guatemala
9 day - Oct. 9, 2015 with Jack Marshall - $1,879* • Mexico City: The famous museum and the ruins of Teotihuacán. • 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.
10 day - Dec. 26, 2015 with Dr. Michael Wilcox - $2,095*
• Beautiful Lake Atitlan: beautiful lake, surrounded by volcanos and sunken cities. • Ruins of Tikal: Considered by many to be the best ruins in Central America and a World Heritage site. • Travel by native boats across the Usumacinta River (Mayan Nile). • Palenque: Considered by many to be the most beautiful ruins in Central America. We will spend Dec. 31 visiting these beautiful ruins and then celebrate the New Years Eve in a wonderful resort near Palenque. • Ruins of Uxmal: A world Heritage site – fantastic ruins. • Ruins of Chichen Itza: Voted as one of the 7 Wonders of the World and also a World Heritage site. • Ek Balam: One of our favorite ruins in Central America. • All of the places we will visit have had high marks from tourists that have visited the wonderful ruins we will visit. Of the sites we will experience, the highest marks went to Uxmal, Tikal and Ek Balam, when they compared them against each other.
13 day - Mar. 18, 2016 with Dr. John Lund - $2,479* • Mexico City: The famous museum and the ruins of Teotihuacán. • 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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Lake Atitlan
Package Prices Include: • • • • • • • • • • •
1 inside flight. Native boats across the Usumacinta River. All reservations, land taxes and booking fees. 4 star deluxe and 5 star luxury hotels. 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. * Per person cash discount price, based on double occupancy. Does not include international airfare and tips.
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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
David A Christensen 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.
Comparing Apples to Apples A Royal Caribbean Cruise June of 2015 Vs. Our Caribbean “Land Cruise” • Royal Caribbean’s least expensive cabins including all meals, nightly entertainment, all Port charges, all ship taxes & fees plus $84.00 in ship tips. • Category N inside cabin per person: $971.24 + 84 ship tips = $1,055.24 • Category I Outside window per person: $1,203.74 + 84 ship tips = $1,287.74 • Category E3 Balcony cabin per person: $1,416.74 + 84 ship tips = $1,500.74
• Royal Caribbean cruise costs above do NOT include: • • • • •
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Drinks including coke, sprite, etc. You can easily spend $50 to $100 pp (per person). Shore excursions: they could easily cost $200 to $300 pp Transfers to and from airports and ship – approx. $75 pp The needed hotel before the cruise as the ship could sail if your plane is late: $75 pp Fun For Less Tours Staff.
“We Don’t S end You, We Take You!”
If you love Cruising – YOU WILL LOVE THIS !! Compare the differences!
For about the price of a small inside cabin with Royal Caribbean we give you the whole package that includes it all! Here is what is INCLUDED in our fantastic package: • Large balcony resort room in our wonderful “Land Cruise” beach resort (smaller balcony cabins on the ship would be $1,500). • All Meals every day – just like the cruise. • Entertainment – much like the cruise. • All group transfers to and from airports and Resort – costs extra with the cruise. • All tours, buses and guides to Ek Balam and Chichen Itza – costs extra on a cruise. • All drinks, including Virgin Pina Colada’s – all coke, sprite and other drinks cost extra on a cruise • Beach only a few steps from your luxury resort room - no beach on a ship • All tips included on tours and transfers – all tips are extra on a ship • 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 Complete Total Package Price is only $1,089
Better than ever: We have negotiated a better resort for next year plus our pricing went down. We were 799 PLUS tips, excursions & transfers that took the total to over 1200 per person. Now we have included tips, excursions, transfers and a better resort for only $1,089.
Our special “Land Cruise” offers a shore excursion to:
Ekbalam & Chichen Itza ruins
Package Price: $1,089* 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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“Where in the World is Carol” In this issue you will find 27 hidden sightings of Carol Tyndall (our beloved owner and world traveler)
Mont Saint-Michel Monastery - Normandy, France