In this Issue:
Where 'Ya Been | Young Travel Celebrates 35 Years | Christmas Markets on the Danube | Colors of Provence Cruise | "White Lotus" Tour | Trips for December 2023 | Regent Referral Offer | 80th Anniversary of D-Day | Windstar for Solo Travelers | Italian Villas | Young Travel Programs | Meet Our Team | Mountain Gorillas Video
In just two weeks on December 20, Young Travel celebrates its 35th year in business! We have planned thousands of trips over seven continents and countless cities over the years. Thank you to all of our loyal clients. We appreciate your business and friendship and look forward to planning your next trip!
The photo to the right shows Young Travel Owner, Linda Young, on the Amazon River in Peru in March 2020 with Aqua Expeditions, just a few days before the borders were closed due to COVID-19. We are so glad we have the freedom to once again travel the world. That was a long couple years!
Who's in the Christmas spirit? December 6-13, 2024
Have you ever dreamed of visiting the Christmas markets in Europe? Picture stalls filled with local products and local artisans selling their wares. You'll enjoy traditional food and warm drinks as you wander through the markets. What a way to get into the Christmas spirit! Join us next December on a Tauck river cruise along the Danube for the best way to experience the traditions and customs of the Vienna, Salzburg, Linz, Passau, Regensburg, and Nürnberg Christmas markets.
Christmas Markets Along the Danube: Vienna, Austria to Nürnberg, Germany
- $5100-$5390/double occupancy or $4851/triple occupancy
- $900 deposit required to hold your space
- Final payment due August 8, 2024
- This trip is sold out for 2024, but you're in luck since we reserved spaces for our clients!
Tauck Value Includes:
- All gratuities to ship staff, drivers, local guides, Tauck Directors & Tauck Cruise Director
- All private Tauck shore excursions – $1,558 value
- Locally guided walking tours of market cities and towns
- Visit to Baroque Melk Abbey in Austria
- Tour of Thurn und Taxis Palace and visit to its private Christmas Market
- Special Christmas lunches ashore
- Traditional European Christmas dinner & holiday events aboard the riverboat
- Unlimited complimentary beverages aboard ship include regional wine, beer, and premium spirits in addition to specialty coffee, water, and soft drinks
- All meals included – 20 in total, service charges, taxes, porterage, airport transfers and applicable
- Fuel surcharges
Our travel advisor Sarah Pitts will be onboard with some clients from Charleston and Greenville if you're interested in traveling this itinerary and date with people from your hometown. Contact Sarah today for more information or to make your reservation for a magical Christmas experience!
PS - Based on our Tauck training and certification, Young Travel is authorized to offer a pre-or post-night hotel for any new Tauck travelers (subject to availability)!
October 17-24, 2024
Join our Young Travel advisor, Joy Cutchin, aboard the AmaKristina river boat and cruise along the Rhone River in France October 17-24, 2024 on the Colors of Provence Tour! Additional dates are available as well, if this itinerary interests you.
Enjoy these highlights on your scenic 7-night river cruise from Arles to Lyon:
- Famous food market in Lyon
- Antique Roman Ruins in Vienne
- Fabulous wineries
- Papal Palace in Avignon
- Truffle farm visit
- Van Gogh paintings come to life
- Fine dining, and unlimited wine and beer with lunch and dinner | What's Included
Fares and Deposits:
- $3702-$5302 for double occupancy
- Airfare not included
- $400 deposit holds your space (rates expire Dec 31)
- Final payment due July 2024
- Barcelona pre-cruise and Paris post-cruise optional add-ons
- Inventory subject to change
Contact Joy Cutchin for more information and to reserve your trip! Joy is taking a group from Greenville on the cruise, so you can travel with friends from your hometown.
Earn up to $3000 Shipboard Credit!
If you have already booked a voyage on the Regent Seven Seas in 2024, take advantage of our Share The Journey Ambassador offer and receive a $1000 shipboard credit and up to $2000 in future cruise certificates when you refer friends to sail with you on the same voyage.
How does the offer work?
- First Referral – For a guest with an existing booking that refers a friend and makes a new booking (any sailing from October 1, 2023, through December 31, 2024), the existing guest and referred friend will each receive a $1000 shipboard credit.
- Additional Referrals (up to 2) – For any additional referrals that make a new booking: The existing guest will receive a $1000 future cruise certificate, and referrals will receive a $1000 shipboard credit. A guest with an existing booking can refer a maximum of three (3) guests.
- Please note that referred guests must book between October 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023 in order for this offer to apply, and sailing between October 1, 2023 and December 31,2024.
You'll need to act quickly to take advantage of this offer. Email us today if you would like to find out more.
The summer of 2024 will be the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when Normandy became the site of the largest seaborne invasion in history, setting the stage for the Allied victory in WWII. Join Uniworld on a Paris & Normandy river cruise next year to pay homage to this important moment in history.
Itinerary Highlights: 8 days, from Paris to Paris aboard the S.S. Joie de Vivre
- Paris: With three included ways to explore Paris, you can opt to bike the riverbanks of the Seine, embark on a city tour with a local, or immerse yourself in the Latin Quarter. You can also extend your time in Paris at the beginning or end of your cruise with 2 nights at the Hôtel du Louvre (or similar).
- Versailles: After admiring the opulent interiors of the Sun King's palace, take a stroll through gardens that are still considered amongst the most beautiful in the world.
- Normandy: Visit the Normandy Beaches to see significant sites memorializing either the American, Canadian, or British soldiers of D-Day and join a private ceremony at the Omaha Beach Memorial.
- Giverny: Monet lived at a quaint home in the village of Giverny for over 40 years, and he featured scenes from his expansive gardens here in many of his most famous works—you may recognize the little green bridge over a pond of water lilies as you wander the grounds here.
All you history buffs, contact us today to find out more about this amazing trip!
150% or Less of Double Occupancy Fares!
Traveling solo doesn’t mean being alone. With Windstar's friendly, casual, and fun-loving spirit, solo travelers will feel right at home. And, you will never be lost in the crowd because there isn’t one! Windstar yachts welcome only 148-342 guests, so solo travelers feel as if they are a guest aboard a private yacht and free to experience travel in ways that are personal, authentic, and unscripted — just the way they envision it to be.
Departures for 2024 are available with low to no solo supplement in Australia & New Zealand, the Caribbean, Asia, Costa Rica & Panama Canal, the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, Tahiti, Canada & New England and much more, including our longer Star Collector sailings and even Cruise Tours!
Contact us today to find out more!
LAURA
JOY
SARAH
Sarah's love for travel started as a child with a Christmas trip to St. Croix and has expanded to include travel to Italy, France, Costa Rica, Alaska, Canada, Ireland, Greece, and her most-memorable trip -- a safari to South Africa. Sarah is a Greenville native and works remotely from Charleston. sarah@youngtravel.com
OUR OWNER, LINDA YOUNG
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