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AdVance Tour & Travel | Kim Vance & Kristy McCarthy

AdVance Tour & Travel is a full-service receptive Tour Operator for the Midwest, and a custom tour planning operator for all the US and Canada. Their specialty is customizing that one-of-a-kind, off the beaten path, outside the box itinerary that is exclusive to only one group. They AdVance beyond the ordinary to extraordinary group travel.! Each itinerary they write is hand-crafted to best fit the specific needs of the travelers. AdVance Tour & Travel works closely with selected venues to achieve the greatest tour reviews of product and value for travelers. They plan retail product, for preform groups and individuals from the US, Canada and abroad. In addition to their Motorcoach tours, AdVance Tour & Travel plans air and cruises.

Anderson Vacations | Jim Warren & Jacinta Ruhland

Choose your adventure, on your terms. Anderson Vacations takes pride in surpassing the expectations of travelers with top-value escorted motorcoach tours, small group tours of distinction, custom groups, self-drive trips, and independent travel options to hundreds of destinations across Canada, New Zealand and Australia. In Canada, they travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Arctic coasts and set the standard for flexible, immersive, experiential travel. Whether you travel solo or with a group, they’ll craft the ultimate, affordable and personalized travel adventure.

Atlantic Tours & Travel | Richard Arnold & Chris Rose

Atlantic Tours is Atlantic Canada’s most comprehensive Tour Operator. Their products include custom designed group programs, scheduled guaranteed departures, professional step-on-guides, destination management services, cruise shore excursions, motorcoach and specialty vehicle chartering and daily sightseeing tours. Core touring products include escorted vacations of the Canadian Maritimes and Newfoundland & Labrador, while also operating tours throughout Canada, the USA and overseas. The company has been built on selling Atlantic Canada to wholesale and retail markets around the world, primarily focusing on American and Canadian consumers. They are the company with the Kilts!

Burlington Trailways | Carla Meierotto

With a full scope of tours, Burlington Trailways offers touring at its finest. From pre-planned, hosted, group motorcoach tours across the United States, to air, rail, and cruise tours, they help travelers fulfill their dreams, to discover and explore the world. A multitude of hosted, high-quality group tours are offered annually, ranging from one-day tours to multi-day adventures, designed with exciting and unique attractions, great dining opportunities and a friendly atmosphere, where people embark on the tour not necessarily knowing others, but returning back home as friends. They also work as a receptive for any of your own tour planning needs. When in need of a charter coach for a tour in the Midwest region, Burlington Trailways is your premiere motorcoach line for the Midwest, with clean, fully-equipped motorcoaches and professional, courteous drivers, along with extra amenities such as Wi-Fi, electrical outlets at each seat, satellite television, DVR, and more. Select, luxury tour coaches have leather seats and galley kitchens, as well as the amenities listed above.

Custom Holidays | Sue Biggs & Christina Werner

Custom Holidays serves all of southeastern Michigan with local, long-distance, and worldwide tours. Personalized service is coupled with the best available components of a tour to make it cost effective, entertaining, and educational. As a small tour operation, clients enjoy very personalized service and they have a good number of repeat travelers.

DeNure Tours | Howard Herman

DeNure Tours is a family-owned Canadian company with over 60 years of experience developing interesting itineraries for their customer base and custom groups. Their unique long-stay programs in sunny destinations such as Florida and South Carolina set them apart from the competition, since the programs feature on-site representatives and a daily activity program with local shuttle transportation. Their newest specialty is a range of guided hiking tours that combine traditional sightseeing with the chance to get out and explore the area on foot.

Durgan Travel Service | Richard Durgan

Durgan Travel is primarily a group travel promoter of tours to Europe and a full-service retail travel agency. Their primary market is social groups, senior citizens, and fraternal and religious travel. Italy is their number one destination, along with Israel, some domestic destinations and ocean and river cruises.

Ed-Ventures | Shannon Larsen

Ed-Ventures’ skilled and multi-lingual staff will embrace travelers’ journeys and dreams to create life-changing and memorable travel experiences. Whether it is to a neighboring city or across the ocean, Ed-Ventures understands that every tour is different and strives to create the perfect, customized itinerary and experience for groups of adults and students on nearly every continent. Ed-Ventures is especially known for journeys of faith and special events to Europe and the Holy Lands. Travelers can call Ed-Ventures for their group or check the website for prepackaged tours and holidays to create their own unique itineraries.

Image Tours | Justin Osbon

Image Tours is a third-generation family owned and operated escorted Europe Tour Specialist and has been offering tours in Europe since 1939. Image Tours offers their signature 15-day HEART OF EUROPE Circle tour. This provides an excellent panoramic view of Europe for first time travelers to Europe, or anyone looking for a great vacation value. Other tours offered by Image Tours include World War II and Heart of British Isles, plus many more.

Shebby Lee Tours | Shebby Lee & Murray Lee

Shebby Lee Tours is a receptive operator specializing in the historic and cultural heritage of the Great American West. Their signature program is a six-day hub-and-spoke Black Hills Destination tour in late September, featuring the annual Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup. In addition, they offer a schedule of retail tours to the public at commissionable rates, and custom-design tours of the western United States for pre-formed groups.

Shenandoah Tours | Steve Everidge

Shenandoah Tours is a full-service tour operator and travel agency, serving the needs of travelers near and far. Their goal has always been to offer a memorable journey filled with unique treasures. They are embarking on their 49th year of providing tours to destinations filled with life- enriching experiences, combined with personalized service. From the historic East Coast to New England’s autumn colors to the wondrous beauty of the West, a unique journey awaits their travelers.

Southwest Adventure Tours LLC | Jason Murray

Southwest Adventure Tours is a full-service receptive Tour Operator that has the knowledge and capabilities to provide travelers with unique and personalized experiences. They service individual travelers, families, and small to large groups. The company’s turn-key service will help travel agencies increase their income and help keep their clients satisfied and coming back for future travel experiences.
Multiple small group active vacations that are guaranteed departures easily provide travelers with opportunities to create memorable experiences that will last a lifetime. Tours cover a vast area with a variety of activities, from the National Parks and house-boating on Lake Powell, to Pacific Northwest travel, birdwatching and wildlife photography.

Sports Travel and Tours | Jay Smith & Michael Coldesina

Sports Travel and Tours is where sports fans can go to satisfy their passion for the game. This full-service sports travel company is run by sports fans that strive for all-star performance with every package or tour offered. Travelers can choose from Baseball Road Trips that cover all of the Major League Parks, Gridiron Getaways for pro and college football fans, major sporting events, or Hall of Fame travel packages, where travelers can experience the pinnacle of success of their favorite player, coach or owner. Sports Travel and Tours has custom trips and prepackaged tours or FIT’s for nearly every sport.

Talbot Tours Inc. | Serge Talbot & Nancy Sloan

Talbot Tours specializes in tours and cruises for groups and individuals. They offer tours to the 11 western US states and Canada, along with international destinations to Europe, South America and Asia (most of which are guaranteed departures). Talbot Tours also wholesales several tours, including Costa Rica, Kenya Safaris and New Year’s Eve programs. Receptive services for meetings and conventions in Northern California are also offered.

Tri-State Travel | Andrew Hillard & Cindy Laity

Tri-State Travel is a multi-dimensional company with 80 years of experience in the travel industry, offering deluxe motorcoach transportation throughout the Midwest and other parts of the lower 48. They offer an assortment of multi-day escorted vacations throughout North America by coach, air, rail and cruise. Tri-State Travel also provides escorted packages for a wide variety of private pre-formed groups throughout the Midwest, both domestically and internationally and receptive services out of Chicago and the Great Midwest.

Twin Travel Concepts | Nick Calderazzo & Tammy Czarny

Twin Travel Concepts custom-designs group tour programs throughout North America. They have added a Small Group Getaway program to smaller, less populated destinations in the East. Unique and creative is what inspires them, so they are
always looking for inspiration from suppliers. Their Heartland office also needs ideas for group trips out of the Northern Ohio region.

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