Most people enjoy traveling, going places, seeing new things, being with others. If that sounds like you but you don’t want all the hassles of driving, parking, walking long distances, carrying luggage, making reservations, etc then traveling with friends on a tour bus just may be for you. You sit back, relax, visit, meet new friends, see interesting places, eat in quaint off the road restaurants, and get picked up right in your own neighborhood. Bus tours get special treatment; unload at the door, usually faster service, better seats, guided tours, refreshments and games while traveling, restrooms always nearby, and the comradiare of traveling with others.
Jan’s Tours, locally owned and operated by Janice Elrod has been offering service for 15 years. For over 5 years Janice worked as a travel planner and coordinator for a local bank then when her husband retired she started her own travel business. Now, for almost 10 years she and Hugh travel and plan trips together. Jan is experienced, she is licensed by the State of Iowa, she partners with others to expand her trip opportunities, and she enjoys what she is doing.
Each year Jan’s Tours offers a variety of in state day trips, some over night trips and even extended trips to far away places! In the past Jan’s Tours has been in almost every county in Iowa for one thing or another. They have been from border to border and coast to coast in the U.S., from Alaska to the River walk of San Antonio, from Seattle to the White House in Washington, D.C. Jan’s Tours hasn’t been everywhere but they are working on it.
Jan keeps her clientele informed through mailings, email, and local advertising. 2011-12 Trip
Our Current Trip Schedule:
October 15th Barn Tout
October 19th Big Band Cruise
November 2nd Travel SHow Washington D.C.
Novenber 8-12th Branson
Noveember 20-28th Romantic Danubue
European River Cruise
December 3rd Nativity Festival
December 10th Amish Christmas
February 11th West Side Story
February 19-26th South Carribean
March Sandhill Cranes
April 10-19th Washington DC
April 28th Memphis
May 16th Rain
Washington DC Cherry Blossom Festival
Travel dates for this spring motor coach tour are April 10-19, 2012.
Day 1 we’ll depart for our journey to experience the 100th Anniversary of the magnificent Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC. We overnight in Shipshe-wana, IN. What a perfect time to get over the winter blues!!! Put yourself in the Caribbean Blues!!! Our first Port of Call is Hol-land America’s own private island, Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas. They offer you everything you need for a day of play in paradise along with a BBQ. The next 2 Ports are Aruba and Curacao. On Aruba and Curacao prepare for Dutch charm with a tropical touch. Here discover color-ful coral reefs, floating mar-kets and pastel gabled buildings brimming with everything from Delftware to orange liqueur. You will also have plenty of time to enjoy the ship’s amenities because Day 3, Day 6 and Day 7 are relax-ing days at sea! Take a few classes, make an appoint-ment at the Spa, participate in some of the ship’s games and activities. Or if you’d rather, relax in a lounge chair beside the pool and soak up some rays! Prices start at $1,901 per person for double occu-pancy for Category J Inside Cabin. Detailed brochure available upon request.
CLOSE TO FULL!!!
Branson Christmas November 8-12, 2011
Day 2 we travel through Ohio on our way into Penn-sylvania. A special dining experience awaits us this evening!
Day 3 we drive a short dis-tance and visit the Flight 93 Memorial to pay our re-spects. We continue to DC and meet our step-on guide. We’ll stop at the White House Visitor’s Center with a photo opp of the White House. The FDR Memorial along with the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is on the agenda.
Day 4 is a full day of tour-ing! The United States Capitol, US Library of Con-gress, Supreme Court Building, Kennedy Center and Iwo Jima Memorial. Along with a tour of Mt. Vernon, the estate of our first president George Washington.
Day 5 is the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade & we have reserved seats! The entire afternoon is yours to explore the Smith-sonian Museums!
Day 6 we visit the new Pen-tagon Memorial and Air Force Memorial. Have Sun-day Brunch aboard the Od-yssey III and visit Newseum, the only interac-tive museum of the news of the world.
Day 7 we ride the Tour-mobile to view Arlington National Cemetery and Tomb of the Unknown Sol-dier. Our next stops will be World War II Memorial, Vietnam Veteran’s Memo-rial, Lincoln Memorial, and Korean War Memorial be-fore heading to Gettysburg for more sightseeing.
Day 8 we drive to Hershey "the sweetest place on earth" where we explore the Hershey Story!
Day 9/10 we start our return journey. Our Farewell Din-ner is at the Boggstown Cabaret!
Prices start at $2,275 per person based on double occupancy. Detailed brochure available upon request.
South Carribean Cruise
February 19-26th, 2012
Our 5 day / 4 night vaca-tion will include 11 shows/7 choices and 9 meals. Upon arrival in Branson we will have dinner. That evening you can choose to attend the Mickey Gilley Show or go back to the hotel and rest. Day Two we will see Doug Gabriel in the morn-ing. Have free time at Branson Landing or downtown for lunch on own and browsing time. Yakov Dinner Show and for the evening shows choose between Acrobats of China OR Presley's. Thursday, Day Three is all about you!!! In the morning Hughes Brothers OR Shoji, afternoon choices are Cat’s Paja-mas OR Neal McCoy and that evening Andy Wil-liams OR Oak Ridge Boys. Friday morning we will all attend the Roy Jr. and Dusty Rogers Show, afternoon choices are Daniel O’Donnell OR 3 Redneck Tenors and for the evening show is Gatlin Brothers OR Kirby Van Burch.
We have tried to give you lots and lots of choices! Sandhill Cranes in Nebraska March 2012 Each spring something magical happens in the heart of the Great Plains. More than 80% (500,000+) of the world's population of Sandhill Cranes converge on Ne-braska's Platte River Val-ley -- a critical sliver of threatened habitat in North America's Central Flyway. Along with them come millions of migrating ducks and geese in the neighboring Rainwater Basin. Designated as the #1 place in the world for bird watchers by Forbes FYI, Grand Island and Hall County are at the heart of the Central Fly-way. These are tons of things to do in the Grand Island area! We are still working on details of the itinerary and a date. If you are interested, let me know. I should have a brochure done by the first part of November.
Plan on a 3-4 day itinerary.
7275 Hwy 117 S 641-521-3152
Prairie City, Iowa 50228
