Virginia Tech Alumni Association News - Fall 2002
Travel
Enjoy A Hokie's Eye View of the World...
If you haven't yet traveled with our Alumni Travel Program,you are in for a treat - ask any of our travel program veterans! Enjoy the camaraderie and added safety of traveling with Virginia Tech alumni and friends on these value travel and learning opportunities for 2003.
Fifteen carefully selected trips provide exciting excursions for every age, interest, taste, and budget. Our diverse trip selection for 2003 includes land programs, delightful river, sea and ocean cruises as well as our popular week-long alumni college programs which include seminars and other educational elements. University hosts accompany many of our travel programs, bringing their unique knowledge, experience and insight of Virginia Tech to the journeys. Arrangements are made by several of the most reputable tour companies in the business. Choose your learning adventure, in any part of the world! Travel with safety, comfort and adventure on our Alumni Association Travel Program*.
Contact Laura Wedin, Alumni Travel Program Coordinator of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association at 540/231-6285 or email Lwedin@vt.edu for more information, or visit us on the Web at www.alumni.vt.edu/travel/index.html
Summary of Travel Programs.
Amazon River Cruise
February 1 - 9, 2003
Gohagan & Sons
From $3,745 includes air from Miami
Program Type: River cruise aboard the La Amatista.
Excursions include Lima, Peru; Amazon, Rio Ucayali, Racaya-Samiria National Reserve, Rio Tapiche, Rio Maranon, San Regis, Iquitos.
Young Alumni Caribbean Cruise
February 2 - 9, 2003
Alumni Travel Group
From $750 includes cruise and port taxes; low air add-ons available
Cruise aboard the Grand Princess.
Ports of call in Ft. Lauderdale, Princess Cay, Grand Cayman, Costa Maya, Cozumel
St. Petersburg Escapade
March 6 - 13, 2003
Alumni Holidays International
$1,895 includes air from Dulles, lodging, breakfast, all taxes
Land tour with lodging at Grand Hotel Europe of St. Petersburg.
Optional excursions to Catherine Palace, Alexander Palace of Czar Nicholas II, Summer Palace, State Hermitage Museum, St. Isaac's Cathedral.
Australia/New Zealand/Fiji
March 26 - April 19, 2003
Vantage Deluxe World Travel
From $5,399 includes air from Dulles
Escorted land and air program.
Itinerary includes Melbourne, Cairns, Sydney, Australia; Christchurch, Queenstown, Rotorua, and Auckland, New Zealand; Fiji; optional pre-trip extension to Outback and Ayer Rock.
Mississippi Steamboat Cruise
March 31 - April 7, 2003
Alumni Travel Group
From $2,000, includes port charges, meals, accommodations and entertainment. Air add-ons available.
River Cruise aboard the American Queen from Memphis to New Orleans. Ports of call in Memphis, Tennessee; Helena, Arkansas; Vicksburg and Natchez, Mississippi; St. Francisville and Oak Valley Plantation, Vacherie and New Orleans, Louisiana.
BIG EAST Village Life Along the Waterways of Holland - Belgium
April 25 - May 3, 2003
Gohagan & Sons
From $2,495, includes air from New York, meals, accommodations and excursions
River Cruise aboard the M/V Katharina.
Ports of call include Amsterdam, Delft, Provincial Holland, Bruges and Ghent, Antwerp, Maastricht and Keukenhof Gardens.
Alumni College in the Swiss Alps
May 25 - June 2, 2003
Alumni Holidays International
$2,395 includes air from Dulles, lodging, meals, excursions
Land program with lodging in Meiringen.
Excursions include Lucerne, Berne, Grindelwald, Interlaken, Wengen, the Jungfraujoch mountain, Lake Thun and cable car ride to Hasliberg Reuti; Aare Gorge, Rosenlaui Gorge and Reichenbach Falls.
Alumni College in Scotland
May 28 - June 5, 2003
Alumni Holidays International
$2,495 includes air from Dulles, lodging, meals, excursions
Land program with lodging in Stirling.
Excursions include Trossachs, Loch Lamond, Scone Palace in Perth, Edinburgh, Scottish Highlands, Loch Ness and Inverness.
Essential Europe for New Grads/Young Alumni
June 9 - July 3, 2003
AESU
$2,473 includes lodging, some meals. Low cost air add-ons available.
Land tour motorcoach transportation and lodging in tourist-class hotels.
Destinations include 25 European cities - London, Paris, Amsterdam, Munich, Salzburg, Venice, Florence, Rome, Sorrento and Pompeii, and Athens.
This program is recommended for alumni 35 and younger.
Iceland - Legends and Landscapes with optional Greenland extension
June 13 - 23, 2003
Vantage Deluxe World Travel
From approx. $2,899 includes air from Boston, meals, lodging, excursions.
Escorted land tour with lodging in first-class hotels and comprehensive sightseeing.
Itinerary includes Reykjavik, Snaefellsness Peninsula, Akureyri, Egilsstadir, and Selfoss.
Rome and Riviera Cruise
June 20 - July 1
Alumni Travel Group
From approximately $1,895 cruise only, low-cost air add-ons available
Cruise aboard the Crown Odyssey of Orient Lines.
Ports of call and destinations include Rome, Civitavecchia, Livorno, Florence, Pisa, Portofino, Cannes, Palma de Mallaorca, Barcelona, Spain.
Alumni College in the Loire Valley, France
July 8 - 16, 2003
Alumni Holidays International
$2,495 includes air from Dulles, lodging, meals, excursions
Land program with lodging in Blois.
Excursions include the Loire Valley, Cheverny, Chamboard, Vouvray, Chenonceau, Amboise, and Chartres. Post-trip extension to Paris available.
Alumni College in Veneto, Italy
July 14 - 22
Alumni Holidays International
$2,395 includes air from Dulles, lodging, meals, excursions
All-inclusive land program with lodging in Cittadella.
Excursions include Venice, Padua, Verona, Vicenza, Sirmione, Lake Garda.
Scandinavia Capitals and St. Petersburg Cruise
August 1 - 14, 2003
Vantage Deluxe World Travel/Holland America
From approximately $3,500 includes air from selected gateways.
Cruise with Holland America.
Ports of call include Copenhagen, Tallinn, St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Stockholm, Kalmar, and Warnemünde.
China/Yangtze River Cruise
October 29 - November 19, 2003
Vantage Deluxe World Travel
From $3,895, includes air from Los Angeles
Land program with 5-day river cruise aboard the Princess Sheena or sister ship Jeannie or Elaine.
Itinerary includes Beijing, Xi'an, Wuhan, San Dou Ping, The Three Gorges Dam, Wanxian, Chongqing, Kunming, Guilin, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong.