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Summer 2009
Listed below are the tours for the upcoming three months. Further information, including prices, can be obtained by contacting the office at 604-483-3345, cellphone at 604-483-1408 or you can send us an email. Please note confirmation deadlines.
Regular office hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 10:30 am - 4:30 pm. When we are away from the office please leave your name and number and the tour you are interested in on the answering machine and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
All tour fares include: travel, accommodation, most meals, entrance tickets, sightseeing, gratuities, and door-to-door pickup. Cancellation protection (10% of tour price excluding GST) is recommended as the fare is non-refundable, although it is transferable to another person for the same trip.
Would you like to come on a tour, but you don't have a partner? Give the office a call and we'll see what we can do!
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- Tour No. 1: Saturday, July 11, 2009
Desolation Sound Day Trip
Desolation Sound sits at the end of British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, one of the best cruising grounds in the world. We will explore the Sound in style aboard the 58-foot Swan Spirit! Departing from Lund, we will experience unforgettable scenery and a fabulous meal on our 6-hour cruise.
Travel to Lund; Swan Spirit fare including onboard buffet luncheon; sightseeing; gratuities; and door-to-door pickup will all be provided.
Please Confirm by June 26, 2009.
- Tour No. 2: Tuesday, July 14 - Thursday, July 16, 2009
M.V. Frances Barkley & McLean Mill, Port Alberni to Ucluelet
After stopping in Coombs, home of the famous 'goats on the roof', we will make our way to Port Alberni, located on the west side of Vancouver Island. On Wednesday, the 'Frances Barkley', a working freighter, will take us on the Ucluelet Day Trip, which makes a stop in Sechart (Broken Group Islands). The following day, a short train ride will take us to the McLean Mill, the only steam-operated sawmill in Canada and a National Historic Site, where we will be treated to a guided tour, the Tin Pants Theatre show, and sawmill demonstrations. There will also be a visit to the Chase & Warren Estate Winery.
Travel (including freighter and train); accommodation (two nights in Port Alberni); side tour fees; three dinners, two lunches and two breakfasts; sightseeing; gratuities; and door-to-door pickup will all be provided.
Please Confirm by June 30, 2009.
- Tour No. 3: Friday, July 17 - Monday, July 20, 2009
4-Day Casino Trip to the Lower Mainland
Travel; accommodation (three nights in New Westminster); 3 breakfasts; travel to seven casinos (Grand Villa Casino in Burnaby, Boulevard Casino in Coquitlam, Starlight Casino in New Westminster, River Rock Casino in Richmond, Cascade Casino in Langley, Fraser Downs Casino in Cloverdale and the Edgewater Casino in downtown Vancouver); slot play coupons and food vouchers, where applicable; gratuities; and door-to-door pickup will all be provided.
Please Confirm by July 3, 2009.
- Tour No. 4: Monday, August 3 - Thursday, August 6, 2009
Harrison Hot Springs and the Paddlewheeler Riverboat
Relaxation awaits us at the Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa.
Set against the spectacular snow-capped mountains, we will find
soothing hot spring pools and the tranquil Healing Springs Spa. To indulge all of our senses, the famous Copper Room restaurant offers fine cuisine and an elegant ballroom for dancing the night away.
On Wednesday, we will be spending the day onboard the MV Native Paddlewheeler Riverboat. 2009 is a banner year, celebrating Harrison Hot Springs 60th anniversary of incorporation, the 150th birthday of New Westminster and Paddlewheeler Riverboat Tours 20th anniversary. The MV Native is recreating the journey that brought the sternwheeler Umatilla to Harrison Lake bringing with it 500 miners to Port Douglas, so named on August 10th in 1858.
Travel; accommodation (three nights at the Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa); Paddlewheeler fare; three dinners, two lunches and three breakfasts; sightseeing; gratuities and door-to-door pickup will all be provided.
Please Confirm by July 3, 2009.
- Tour No. 5: Wednesday, August 12 - Friday, August 14, 2009
Oklahoma! to Victoria!
Oklahoma! is presented by Chemainus Theatre with music by Richard
Rodgers, book & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein. Based on the play
Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs, with original dances by Agnes
De Mille. The musical is filled with all the exhuberant melodies you remember,
including Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin', The Surrey With the Fringe On Top,
I Can't Say No, People Will Say We're in Love, and, of course the title song,
Oklahoma! This 1944 Pulitzer Prize winner ran for an unprecedented
2,212 performances when it originally opened on Broadway. Later it
enjoyed award-winning revivals, national tours and a movie (1955)
which won two Academy Awards.
On Thursday, we will travel to Victoria via the Mill Bay ferry and spend the day sightseeing around our capital. Included will be a visit to Butchart Gardens, which offers 22ha (55 acres) of wonderful floral display!! Benvenuto, Italian for 'welcome', is the name the Butcharts' used for their original estate, now a National Historic Site of Canada. The gardens are still owned by family descendants, whose commitment to horticulture and hospitality continues to this day.
The 'Not So Wee Tea' at the White Heather Tea Room in downtown Oak Bay is a must!
Travel; accommodation (two nights in Duncan); theatre ticket; side tour fees; two dinners, one lunch ('Not So Wee Tea'), two breakfasts; sightseeing; gratuities and door-to-door pickup will all be provided.
Please confirm by July 10, 2009
- Tour No. 6: Saturday, September 12 - Monday, September 14, 2009
Weekend Casino Trip to the Lower Mainland
Travel; accommodation (two nights in New Westminster); 2 breakfasts; travel to five casinos (Grand Villa Casino in Burnaby, Boulevard Casino in Coquitlam, Starlight Casino in New Westminster, River Rock Casino in Richmond, and the Edgewater Casino in downtown Vancouver); slot play coupons and food vouchers, where applicable; gratuities and door-to-door pickup will all be provided.
Please Confirm by August 28, 2009.
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