Package Includes: First Class Motorcoach Transportation * Billy Graham Library * The Ethel Waters Special Exhibit * Services of Emerald Tours Manager

Price Per person: $ 25.00

Day1: We will board our motorcoach at 7:00 AM and depart for Orlando, Florida for the beginning of “THE HOLYLAND EXPERIENCE”. We will travel through Georgia and Florida with stops along the way for lunch (not included) and dinner (included). We will check into our hotel and we’ll have time to visit some of the areas interesting sights before we retire for the evening.

Day 2: We’ll enjoy breakfast (included) before traveling the short distance to “THE HOLYLAND EXPERIENCE”. As we pass through the Jerusalem City Gate, we will travel back in time to an ancient land that is 2000 years old and 7000 miles away! On our journey, we will discover a new world of information and understandings; we’ll be inspired through biblical stories, music and dance; and become immersed in a land that still impacts life we live in many ways. We’ll have lunch (included) during the day. After our visit, we’ll travel for dinner (included) and visit some of the areas beautiful sights.

Day 3: We’ll have breakfast (included) before traveling home.

PACKAGES INCLUDES: Motorcoach Transportation * 2 nights lodging * 2 breakfasts * 2 dinners * Baggage Handling * Holyland Experience * Emerald Tours Manager

COST PER PERSON: $349.00 Double

Mar 23, Join us as we travel to MACON‘S CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL.  We will enjoy gracious hospitality as we witness the magnificent beauty of their 300,000 flowering Yoshino Cherry trees in the “CHERRY BLOSSOM CAPITAL of the WORLD”. Once arriving you will be able to enjoy the festival as you please. There are many free events to choose from: Sea Lion Splash, Free concerts, Third Street Park festivities and many more. Many tours and events are also available at a small fee.  Pick and choose as you please. We will check into the hotel for a 1-night stay. Dinner is included.

Mar 24, We will enjoy a continental breakfast before checking out of the hotel and returning to the Cherry Blossom Festival. We will have a few hours to spend before we depart for home.  Lunch is included.

Package Includes: First Class Motorcoach Transportation * 1 night accommodations * Cherry Blossom Festival *  1 Continental Breakfast * 1 lunch * 1 dinner * Baggage Handling * Services of Emerald Tours Manager

Price Per Person:

$ 149.00 based on 2 per room

$ 132.00 based on 3 per room

$ 121.00 based on 4 per room

Please join us as we travel to Ashe County, NC for The Churches of The Frescoes. The beautiful paintings at the two churches began when Ben Long, an Italian –trained artist, painted three frescoes at St. Mary’s; “Mary Great with Child””, in 1974, “John the Baptist”, in 1975 and the superb “Mystery of Life”, in 1977. In the summer of 1980, he painted the fresco of “The Last Supper”, at Holy Trinity as the church was being restored. Since the frescoes were completed, hundreds of thousands of people have visited the churches. It is estimated that 60,000 pilgrims come to St. Mary’s and Holy Trinity each year. The two churches date back to 1895. We will have lunch (not included) before we visit the Ashe County Cheese factory, the oldest cheese plant, producing since 1930. Then we’ll travel home after a full day in Ashe County, NC. 

 Package Includes: First Class Motorcoach Transportation * Donations to St. Mary’s and Holy Trinity Churches * Services of Emerald Tours Manager

Price Per person: $ 34.00

Please join us as we travel to Mooresville, NC as we enjoy lunch and a sightseeing cruise aboard the Catawba Queen; a replica of a Mississippi River paddle wheeler. Then it’s off to visit The Lazy 5 Ranch in Mooresville, NC, for a 3.5-mile safari through gently sloping pastures to view over 750 animals from six different continents. Be sure to bring your camera because there is no other collection of animals in the Southeast.

PACKAGE INCLUDES: First Class Motorcoach Transportation  * Catawba Queen Luncheon Cruise  * Lazy 5 Ranch * Services of Emerald Tours and Cruises Manager.

COST PER PERSON: $ 59.00

We will begin our travel at approximately 8:00 am to the beautiful Mountains of Tennessee.  Once we arrive in Pigeon Forge we will have lunch (not Included). After lunch we will have time to shop before we check into our hotel.  With time to freshen up before we depart for our night’s entertainment with a dinner show at THE DIXIE STAMPEDE. We will enjoy a four-course meal as The North vs. The South Rivalry. With elaborate show horses, stunts and the incredible “ Stampede of the Buffalo”.  After dinner show we will return to the hotel for the night.

We will enjoy a continental breakfast (included) before checking out of the hotel. We will have time for some more shopping before lunch (included) at the APPLEWOOD FARMHOUSE GRILL.  Then we will board the coach to travel the short distance to the MIRACLE THEATER. The Miracle Theater is a magnificent musical recreation of the life of Christ told in epic proportion. With over 100 actors, singers and dancers, you will be awed by this performance.

We will depart for home after the Miracle Theater Performance. Arrival home will be approximately 7:30 pm

PACKAGE INCLUDES: First Class Motorcoach Transportation * 1 nights lodging * 1 continental breakfast * Dixie Stampede Dinner Show * Lunch at the Applewood Farmhouse Grill * The Miracle Theater * Time for Shopping * Baggage Handling * Services of Emerald Tours Manager

PRICE PER PERSON:

$ 199.00 pp with 2 per room

$ 185.00 pp with 3 per room

$ 175.00 pp with 4 per room

A Great Mother’s Day Gift!

Please join us as we depart at 6:00 am to travel to Savannah, Georgia .We will make a Fast Food stop for Breakfast (not included) in route.  Once arriving, Savannah welcomes everyone with true hospitality. With our Tour Guide, we will see the magnificent architecture, beautiful parks and splendid squares as we learn the history of Savannah. After our guided tour, we will enjoy Lunch (included) at LADY & SONS. Taste all the delicious food that made Paula Deen Famous. We will have the lunch buffet, so noone should go away hungry. Then we are off to RIVER STREET to enjoy shopping. River Street features many specialty shops that feature artwork, sweets, candles, jewelry and collectibles.  

Package Includes: First Class Motorcoach Transportation * Lunch at Paula Deens * Guided tour of Savannah * Permit * Services of Emerald Tours Manager

Price Per Person:  $  82.00

Please join us as we travel to our Nations Capitol, Washington, DC. During the four days and three nights, our sights will be The US Capitol Building, The White House, Embassy Row, The National Cathedral, The Jefferson, FDR, Lincoln, Vietnam, WWII Memorial, Iwo Jima and Korean War Memorials.  We will visit The Ford’s Theater and Petersen House, Holocaust Museum, The Smithsonian Museums, and Arlington National Cemetery via the Tour Mobile.

Package Includes: First Class Motorcoach Transportation * 3 nights accommodations * 3 continental breakfast @ hotel * 3 Lunches * 3 Dinners * Permits * Parking * Baggage Handling * All sightseeing in DC as stated above and as time permits * Services of an Emerald Tours Manager.

Cost Per Person:

 $ 419.00 based on Double     

 $ 362.00 Based on Triple

 $ 332.00 Based on Quad

Payment Requirements

Deposit - $ 100.00 pp due April 1, 2009 

Balance due    May 15, 2009

We invite you to join us for this year’s FLOWERS DAY on Saturday, June 27 at the Park Seed Company in Greenwood, South Carolina. We’ll tour Park Seeds Theme gardens, hear their professional horticulturists speak on exciting gardening topics, and see over 1,500 exciting new varieties of annuals, perennials, vegetables, trees, and shrubs being tested in their famous Trial Gardens! You owe it to yourself to see what all the fuss is all about at “THE PARK SEED FLOWER DAY”.

 It is fun for all ages so bring the whole family and do not forget to bring your camera. You will be able to purchase the seeds and plants for all of your gardening pleasure. Every year, as part of the South Carolina Festival of Flowers, Park Seed headquarters opens its 9-acre Trial gardens to the public on Flower Day. Plan to join us on the year’s only Flower day at Park Seed Company.

Package Includes: First Class Motorcoach Transportation * Park Seed Flower Day *Services of Emerald Tours Manager

COST PER PERSON: $ 25.00

Please join us as we travel to Central, SC to a recreated village from the 1930’s.  All the buildings at Collins Ole Towne were constructed on the site. Much of the material used was taken from old homes around Central that was being demolished or renovated. Some of the Lumber was taken from trees on the farm and sawed into lumber, at the Sawmill at Ole Towne.  Buildings were constructed to reflect the depression Era. We will tour the following during our visit: The Little Red School House that is furnished with old lunch pails, slates and a bell that rings with just a tug of a rope, The General Store that is furnished as it would have been in the 1930’s, and a stop at The Barber Shop almost makes our visit complete. Our final stop takes us to The Collins Hill Inn for a lunch that is included.  After lunch, we will board the coach to return home.

Package Includes: First Class Motorcoach Transportation * Visit To Collins Ole Towne * Lunch * Services of an Emerald Tours Manager  

Price Per Person: $ 41.00

Day 1: We will depart Greenville approx 7:00 am for our travel  to Chattanooga, TN. Once we arrive we will visit the Tennessee Aquarium and The I-Max  3-D Theater. You’ll be enchanted by seahorses, river otters, alligators, jellyfish, octopus, and huge sharks. You’ll see gentoo and macaroni penguins also.

Day 2 We’ll have breakfast and then visit Ruby Falls, a 145 foot waterfall, Rock City, a huge 14-acre natural, scenic attraction with a 4,100 foot-trail featuring rock formations and gardens. Visitors can “see seven states” from Lover’s Leap. Then it’s on to The Incline Railway where we’ll experience the thrill of “America’s Most Amazing Mile” as we ride the world’s steepest passenger railway up historic Lookout Mountain. Dinner tonight will be aboard The Southern Belle Riverboat. As we sail down the Tennessee River with wonderful entertainment.

Day 3 We will enjoy breakfast before our journey home..

PACKAGE INCLUDES:

First Class Motorcoach Transportation *2 Nights Hotel Accommodations * 2 Cont. Breakfast * 3 lunches * 2 Dinners (1 a Dinner Cruise) Ruby Falls * Rock City * Incline Railway * Tennessee Aquarium * I-Max 3-D Theater * Services of Emerald Tours Manager.

PRICE PER PERSON: $ 396.00 Dbl.

9 - DAYS  with 8  Breakfast  & 4 Dinners

DAY 1:  Denver, Colorado:

DAY 2: Denver*Estes Park (Famous for its Stanley Hotel, the inspiration for Stephen King’s novel The Shining)– Rocky Mountain National Park –Back to  Denver: Breakfast included.

DAY 3: Denver*Georgetown*Vail*Grand Junction: Travel through the Rocky Mountains on a scenic and historic train ride aboard the Georgetown Loop railroad. Next, we visit Vail and Later, we arrive in Grand Junction for the next two nights. Breakfast included.

DAY 4: Grand Junction*Colorado National Monument *Grand Junction.

Travel along the Rim Rock to see a panorama of deep, sheer-sided canyons and high rock towers. Breakfast and tonight is a Winemakers dinner at a lovely vineyard is included.

DAY 5: Grand Junction * Silverton*Durango.

Today’s drive will take us to a small mining town of Silverton built between 1882 and 1910. Then it’s aboard The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, an 1881 coal-fired steam-powered locomotive that was built to haul silver and gold ore from The san Juan Mountains. Breakfast included.

DAY 6: Durango*Mesa Verde National Park *Durango.

Mesa Verde National Park; Spruce Tree Cliff Dwellings and Cliff Palace, two of the largest cliff dwellings built between AD 1211 and 1278 by ancestors of the Puebloan peoples of the southwest. Spruce Tree was built into a natural cave and found to have 130 rooms and 8 ceremonial chambers. Breakfast and Dinner incl.

DAY 7: Durango,*CanonCity*Colorado Springs:Travel to Canon City and the home of Royal Gorge Railroad. Board the train for 24-mile ride beneath the highest suspension bridge in the world, The Royal Gorge Bridge, which spans the gorge 1,053 feet above the railroad tracks. Breakfast included.

DAY 8: Colorado Springs * Manitou Springs * Colorado Springs: Travel to Manitou Springs, home of Pikes Peak, the symbol of the 1859 Gold Rush. We’ll board the world’s highest Pike’s Peak Cog Railway and journey 8.9 miles to the top. – then, it’s on to The Garden of The Gods. We’ll see towering Sandstone Formations. Breakfast and Dinner included.

DAY 9:  Airport and Home. Breakfast included.

Per Person Rates: DOUBLE $2,579

Please call for complete itinerary.

NOT INCLUDED IN PRICE:

Cancellation Waiver and Insurance of $140 per person

Please join us as we tour some of ATLANTA’S Best Attractions on our 3 day tour. These are the places we will be visiting  while in Atlanta:

We will watch news in the making at  the CNN STUDIO TOUR. See Nandi, the only Manta Ray in an aquarium in the US at The GEORGIA AQUARIUM. During our visit to THE WORLD OF COKE we will journey more than 100 years in the past to trace the World’s most popular Soft Drink “COKE”. End your visit tasting more than 60 flavors of Coke   from all over the world. We will tour  TURNER FIELD and enjoy an evening watching the ALANTA BRAVES  Baseball game. Our travel will take us to THE KING CENTER to visit the living memorial dedicated to the legacy of DR. M. L. KING leader of America’s Greatest Nonviolent  Movement for Justice, Equality and Peace.  Our last day we will enjoy STONE MOUNTION PARK . with many attractions for people of all ages.

Package Includes:

First Class Motorcoach Transportation *  2 nights lodging * 2 Continental Breakfasts * 3 Lunches * 2 dinners * CNN Studio Tour * World Of Coke * Georgia Aquarium * Turner Field Tour * Atlanta Braves Baseball Game ( if available)* King Center * Stone Mountain Park * Parking * Services of Emerald Tours Manager .

Price per person :  Adults and children 13+

$ 344.00 pp with 2 per room

$ 312.00 pp with 3 per room

$ 296.00 pp with 4 per room

Children 12 years  and younger

Please subtract  $18.00 from above cost.