Dear Mr.
Pulkkanen,
Next week,
I'm off to Basel, Switzerland for a Rhine River cruise on Avalon
Waterways' newest riverboat, Tapestry.
Avalon is owned by Globus Tours,
and I'll tell you all about my first river cruise when I return. In the meantime,
riverboat operators are still offering great discounts to fill the last few
cabins on numerous 2006 departures. Here's a round-up of current deals, starting
with some fantastic airfare promotions -- all
of which expire within the next two weeks.
Receive
free airfare on select Europe river itineraries with Uniworld.
Click here.
Fly
from $99 per person from select gateways on "China's
Cultural Delights" with Viking. Click here.
Fly
for as low as $199 per person from select gateways on certain
Danube cruises with Uniworld.
Click here.
Save
with early booking specials on Christmas and New Year's
sailings with Gate 1. Prices start
as low as $612
per person, plus air. Click here.
Save
$1,000 per couple ($500 per person) off select air-inclusive
Rhine River vacations with Uniworld.
Click here.
Save
$1,000 per couple ($500 per person) off select summer sailings
on the Rhine, Danube or Duoro rivers with Uniworld.
Click here.
Save
up to $500 per couple ($250 per person) off select
air-inclusive Russia river vacations with Uniworld.
Click here.
Save
$500 per couple ($250 per person) off select France river
cruises with Uniworld. Click here.
Save
up to $400 per couple ($200 per person) off Yangtze cruises
with Uniworld. Click here.
AARP
members save $400 per couple ($200 per person) off select
Europe river cruises with Globus.
Click here.
River
cruise vacations may include a land tour, as is the case with Nile and Yangtze
cruises. Itineraries begin in some of the world's most fascinating cities. This
week, I've organized the hundreds of river cruising options we offer by the city
in which the trip begins. If you want to spend extra time in any of these
destinations before the start of your tour or cruise, our travel counselors can
usually add a hotel stay to your package.
Click any
city below for a list of vacations that begin in that city.
European
River Cruises
Amsterdam,
Holland
Antwerp,
Belgium
Arles,
France
Avignon,
France
Basel,
Switzerland
Berlin,
Germany
Brussels,
Belgium
Bucharest,
Romania
Budapest,
Hungary
Châlon-sur-Saone,
France
Constanta,
Romania
Frankfurt,
Germany
Kiev,
Ukraine
Krakow,
Poland
Le
Havre, France
Lisbon,
Portugal
Lyon,
France
Mainz,
Germany
Marseille,
France
Moscow,
Russia
Munich,
Germany
Nuremberg,
Germany
Paris,
France
Passau,
Germany
Porto,
Portugal
Prague,
Czech Republic
St.
Petersburg, Russia
Vienna,
Austria
Nile
River Cruises
Cairo,
Egypt
Yangtze
River Cruises
Beijing,
China
Hong
Kong, China
Shanghai,
China
Tokyo,
Japan
Mississippi
River Cruises (includes Ohio and Tennessee Rivers)
Baton
Rouge, Louisiana
Birmingham,
Alabama
Chattanooga,
Tennessee
Cincinnati,
Ohio
Little
Rock, Arkansas
Memphis,
Tennessee
Nashville,
Tennessee
New
Orleans, Louisiana
Ottawa,
Illinois
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
St.
Louis, Missouri
St.
Paul, Minnesota
Amazon
River Cruises
Manaus,
Brazil
Fort
Lauderdale, Florida
Iquitos,
Peru
Los
Angeles, California
Miami,
Florida
San
Juan, Puerto Rico
Seattle,
Washington
Here is a
selection of our favorite river cruises from the world's best operators. All
prices are per person, based on double occupancy and subject to availability.
Top
10 River Cruises
1) 8
Day Christmas Danube River Cruise, 8 days with Gate
1 Travel. Begins in Budapest and ends in Passau with stops in
Bratislava, Vienna and Melk. Land/Cruise-only starting from $612. Departs
December 20, 2006. Book now!
2) Tulip
Time Cruise, 9 days with Brendan.
Begins and ends in Amsterdam with stops in Arnhem, Antwerp and Ghent. Save
up to $200 per couple. Land/Cruise-only starting from $1,483. Departures
from March 17, 2007 through April 28, 2007. Book
now!
3) Wonders
of Egypt, 10 days with Insight.
Begins and ends in Cairo with stops in Luxor, Edfu and Aswan. Land/Cruise-only
starting from $1,499. Departures from May 31,
2006 through December 27, 2006.
4) Danube
Explorer 2006 (Nuremberg to Vienna), 9 days with Viking
River Cruises. Begins in Nuremberg and ends in Vienna with stops in
Regensburg, Passau and Linz. Save $1000 per
cabin. Land/Cruise-only starting from $1,599. Departures
from November 18, 2006 through December 16, 2006. Book
now!
5) Riverventures
- Mark Twain, 7 days with Delta Queen
Steamboat Company. Begins in Cincinnati and ends in Chattanooga with
stops in Henderson, Paducah and Florence. Free
airfare from select gateways. Cruise-only starting from $1,605. Departs
August 7, 2006. Book now!
6) Danube
Highlights - Passau to Budapest, 9 days with Uniworld.
Begins in Passau and ends in Budapest with stops in Linz, Melk and Vienna. Fly
for as low as $199 per person. Land/Cruise-only starting from $1,782.
Departures from June 3, 2006 through August
12, 2006. Book now!
7) The
Rhine & Moselle, 16 days with Globus.
Begins in Amsterdam and ends in Basel with stops in Cologne, Coblenz and Mainz. Save
up to $330 per couple. Land/Cruise-only starting from $2,999. Departures
from June 17, 2006 through October 21, 2006. Book
now!
8) Blue
Danube Romance (Budapest to Passau), 9 days with INTRAV.
Begins in Budapest and ends in Passau with stops in Bratislava, Vienna and
Weissenkirchen. Save $400 per couple or
singles pay $500 single supplement. Land/Cruise-only starting from
$2,395. Departs October 30, 2006. Book
now!
9) The
Heart of China & Yangtze River Cruise 2006, 17 days with Globus.
Begins in Beijing and ends in Hong Kong with stops in Xi'an, Chongqing and
Shanghai. Save $200 per couple.
Land/Cruise-only starting from $3,819. Departures
from June 5, 2006 through October 2, 2006. Book
now!
10) The
Blue Danube (Eastbound), 13 days with Tauck.
Begins in Prague and ends in Budapest with stops in Salzburg, Linz and Vienna. Save
$800 per couple. Land/Cruise-only starting from $3,890. Departs
July 5, 2006 and July 28, 2006. Book
now!
Finally,
for a complete list of cruises by river, click any link below.
US
River Cruises
Mississippi
River Cruises (includes Ohio and Tennessee rivers)
Pacific
NW River Cruises (includes Columbia River)
International
River Cruises
European
River Cruises
Amazon River Cruises
Nile River Cruises
Yangtze River Cruises
Russia River Cruises
Once
you've found a river cruise that interests you, call us toll free at
800-510-4002 (US and Canada) and a river cruise specialist will attend to your
needs. Customers from the UK, please call toll free 0800 279 8084. All other
international customers, please e-mail or call us at 001-713-974-2121.
To search
for a river cruise anywhere in the world, click here.
To see our worldwide listing of escorted tours, independent tour packages, train
tours and safaris, click here.
For hotels and resorts in the Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, Bermuda, the Bahamas,
Europe, Canada and the continental US, click here.
For savings of up to 75% on ocean-going cruises, click here.
Please
e-mail me your comments, suggestions and questions at alanfox@vacationstogo.com
and I will respond the same day.
Sincerely,
R. Alan
Fox
Chairman & CEO
Vacations To Go
1502 Augusta Drive, Suite 415
Houston, TX 77057
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