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Traveling in Style: River Cruising and Luxury Motor Coach Tours

Voted number one for 2011/2012 - River Cruising - enjoy travel on a luxury vessel, seeing Europe up close and personal. It's a fantastic value.

Whether You have visited Europe once or a dozen times, you haven’t really experienced the best of Europe until you have sailed on a river cruise.

Sailing along historic waterways onboard your floating luxury hotel, you will see some of the most enchanting places in the world up close. Your proximity to the shore means that colorful hillside villages, picturesque castles, and ancient ruins are within view from all areas of your intimate ship, the elegant restaurant, sun deck, and lovely staterooms.

River cruising offers a wonderful convenience since you dock right in the heart of town. They have bicycles on board so you can cycle along the tow paths and go shopping with the chef at local markets. You unpack once, no rough seas, and only 120 guests on board. There are complimentary wines, beer and soft drinks and a 24-hour coffee and tea bar.

This is a wonderful multigenerational family cruise, bringing history alive to all ages. You can do 7, 8, 10, or 13-day trips depending on how far you want to float across Europe.


You can see the Tulips in Holland at Easter time, springtime along the Rhine seeing the treasures of Prague, or one of my favorite routes, Budapest to Passau down the Danube. They also cover Russia, Egypt and the Orient.

My husband and I will be leading a group from Los Altos on a Christmas Market 8-day tour, December 7, at a great price. Join us and learn about a marvelous way to see Europe.

Also included will be Insight, a luxury motor coach company that does wonderful tours of Europe. The President of the company is a tall chap, 6'6", so he cut the coaches up to only seat 40 people (although the average is 32), so there is lots of leg room.

They had wonderful offers this year, free air fare to Europe to join a tour.
The bookings for 2012 are heavy. People know good value and great offers.

This is traveling in style. I’ve led groups on some of the 100 different choices,
anything from Scandinavia, Morocco, to the Greek Islands, and
one of my favorites was Jordan and Turkey. Everything from 8 to 21 days.
You cant go wrong, great value, leisurely paced itineraries, all which give you
unforgettable memories. Going on an organized package saves as much as 44 percent.

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