O b e ra m m e rgau Passion P lay 2 0 2 0 UPDATE! We are in the middle of creating and pricing our 2020 tours and cruises that will include the Passion Play in Oberammergau. We wanted to update you on our progress. We are creating a brochure that will be well over 100 pages that will come to you this fall. The brochure will contain all of the details, including maps, pictures, pricing, guest educators and the expected month the tour or cruise will take place in 2020. Also, by this fall, we will have the complete day by day of each tour. On the back page of this letter, we have a small preview of some of the tours/cruises we are working on.
When Do You Choose Your Passion Play Tour? You will receive our Passion Play Brochure around October 1 of this year. It will include pricing, educators, pictures, and maps. You will need to make your reservation and pay an initial deposit in October to ensure you get the tour you want. We will send sign up forms with a self-addressed stamped envelope with the Brochures. You will simply fill out your request and send it back to us with a small deposit. We currently have over 5,000 people on our “First to Know List.” We currently have hotels and Passion Play tickets for 3,600. Not everyone on our list will decide to sign up for a Passion Play tour, but we do expect a very high number will - for the following reasons: If they miss 2020’s Passion Play they will have to wait until 2030, PLUS we have the VERY BEST in hotels and Passion Play Seats!!! Only those on our “First to Know List” along with any traveling with them, will have access to our Passion Play Brochure. At the end of October, after we receive everyone’s request for the tour or cruise they want, we will start putting the massive jigsaw puzzle together. We have to match everyone to the tour they requested and then match each tour to one of our 40 different Passion Play dates. The final dates will be mailed to you around the first of February. You will then be given aprox. 15 days to make any changes. On many of our tours, we will have multiple dates. During the 15 days, you could change your tour date or change to a different tour or even quit if the dates we gave your group will not work for you. Our monthly billing for your Passion Play tour or cruise will start in April or May of next year.
BIG, BIG, BIG Announcement We will be offering European River Cruises on both the Danube and Rhine in 2019 and 2020 (including Passion Play cruises). We have considered Europe River Cruising for years, but have had a few issues: The prices, quality of ships and especially their choices of included shore excursions. Our issues were solved when we came to terms with the best cruise line in Europe. Take a look at what we will be offering: • We have agreed to purchase partial to full charters with AmaWaterways. In 2019 we will have two charters, one on the Rhine and one on the Danube. In 2020 we are planning on chartering up to 10 ships on either the Rhine or Danube Rivers that will tie perfectly with our passion plays. • AmaWaterways Quality: They are constantly voted as the best river cruise company, even better than Viking. Here is a small list of their current awards: Global Traveler awards: “Best River Cruise Line.” Travvy Awards: “Best River Cruise Line Europe.” AAA Awards: “River Cruise Company of the Year.” American Society of Travel Agents Awards: “River Cruise Company of the Year.” Cruise Critic Awards: “Best River Cruise Line” and this is only a partial list. • Shore Excursions: Shore excursions are included with River Cruising in Europe. The issue is the quality of the shore excursions. They often do short city or walking tours, skip the castles because of entrance fees, and almost daily they end up stopping at a winery for wine tasting. ***THIS IS BIG - AmaWaterways has agreed to allow Fun For Less Tours to design their own included shore excursions. The Fun for Less Tours’ owners are spending a month in Germany in 2018 visiting AmaWaterway ports of call on both the Rhine and Danube Rivers to design for 2019 & 2020 our own private enhanced shore excursions for our passengers. No other company works as hard as we do to bring you the very best!!! • Lower the Pricing: By doing partial to full charters, we were able to save our Passengers up to $1,000 PER PERSON!