In the 1860s there were only a smattering of foreign package tours: Thomas Cook took his first overseas group to Paris (via Belgium and Germany) in 1855; after the 1863 Switzerland tour, trips to Italy followed, then North America (1866) and Egypt (1869).
Presided over by Chris Gutowsky, a former Indiana University racer who appeared in the 1979 cycling movie "Breaking Away," VéloSport Vacations is one of the most experienced operators of Tour trips.
You can also take a day sail from St . Vincentto the Grenadine Islands on a Fantasea tour; trips go to Mustique, Bequia, Canouan and Mayreau and the uninhabited Tobago Cays.
Luxury travel agencies now run plush Tibet trips, like Imperial Tours' high-end jaunt, or Power Places Tours' trip, led by a guide, Gary Wintz, who was one of the first Westerners to live in Tibet in the 1950s.
Besides taking in a Broadway matinee, the 25 passengers on the Show Bus Tours trip were planning to do their duty for their country by eating lunch at an overpriced Midtown restaurant.
School tours, trips to New York or to other institutions like the Rhode Island School of Design, we sponsor movies and summer camps and presentations for children and adults alike.
TOUR Survival Trip Tread Lightly Travel, in Washington Depot, Conn., is organizing a "Survivor" trip to the Falkland Islands.
The American Youth Hostels, Inc. appears to have got itself into a unique jam by adopting the term "experience" in place of "tour" and "trip".
For Wilson, there was to be no six week farewell tour, no trip to the U.S. to line up lucrative book contracts.
Australia fielded a strong side, but the team was tired after a long tour and trip.
