October 2011

Traveling Essentials

By Monica Marshall, 10/31/2011

Travel Packing
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Excited about an upcoming trip but dread having to stuff all your belongings into a suitcase restricted to 50 lbs or less?  Having spent years packing for trips and tours I have developed a method as well as a “list of necessities” for travel. Read More...

Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Back from the Tuscany Road Rally

By Bob Guymon, 10/28/2011

San Gimignano
San Gimignano
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Recently I returned from a 3 week escorted tour of Rome and Tuscany we called Roma Romantica and Tuscany Road Rally. It was such a great trip I wanted to write a little something about the destinations and the places stayed. Read More...

Filed Under: Where We've Been

Insight Gold

By Logan Marshall, 10/24/2011

Temple Bar
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Some will remember our September blog about At Leisure by Trafalgar tours which reflects, as the name suggests, a more casual and leisurely trip rather than the continuous traveling inherent to a guided tour.  Insight Gold is similar but still different. Read More...

Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Cruise News

By Logan Marshall, 10/21/2011

Castaway Cay

As we near the end of 2011 new deals and specials on cruises are popping up. Among them are offers available from Oceania, Azamara, Disney, and Norwegian Cruise Lines. Read More...

Filed Under: Specials

Paris & the Heart of Normandy

By Logan Marshall, 10/17/2011

Paris

© Paris Tourist Office - Photographer : Jacques Lebar 

For those who are familiar with our agents and previously escorted tours know that we have deep appreciation of France.  Join Thomas Travel's Bob Guymon on a Viking River Cruise sailing down the Seine from Paris through Normandy and back to Paris again. Read More...

Filed Under: Tours, Destinations

Trips of a Lifetime: El Camino de Santiago

By Logan Marshall, 10/10/2011

Santiago de Compostella

Santiago de Compostella

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For the first of our new series of Trips of a Lifetime we present the El Camino de Santiago. Translating to The Way of St. James this was an important Christian pilgrimage during Medieval times.  Today there are multiple routes which are journeyed by both secular and religious pilgrims. Read More...

Filed Under: Destinations

San Francisco and Wine Country Delights 2012

By Logan Marshall, 10/04/2011

San Francisco

Explore the cultural, culinary, and historical sights of San Francisco and then journey into the heart of California Wine Country where you'll get the opportunity to visit and taste every type of varietal grown in this world renowned region. This Escorted Tour leaves Sept 21, 2012 for a week long tour. Read More...

Filed Under: Destinations