Trafalgar Offers Families Hassle-Free Vacation Options

Today's American family embraces travel as one of its most cherished shared pastimes. One of the biggest hassles in planning family vacations, however, is planning and logistics. Trafalgar Tours helps meet families' needs with an extensive variety of over 200 worldwide tours and custom travel options.

Trafalgar frees families from all logistical snags, allowing them to enjoy their travels and vacation time together. Trafalgar's professional Tour Directors deal with the hassle of planning itineraries, currencies, destinations, meals, luggage and reservations. Free of the tedium of driving, the entire family can sit back in a modern coach designed for comfortable touring and relax as the fruits of Trafalgar's planning are served up by one of the industry's most experienced wholesalers.

Trafalgar's buying power can save travelers as much as 40 percent off the cost of the very same vacation were they to put it together on their own. Trafalgar's tours use the most centrally located hotels and offer a balance of free time and planned activities. Extra activities can be added to each package from a selection of optional excursions. Furthermore, Trafalgar's "Young Traveler" offer allows parents or grandparents to bring children between 5 and 17 years of age, and receive a 10 percent discount on the land portion of their tour.

A Trafalgar Tour Director works like a traveling concierge who arranges tickets to shows, recommends restaurants and suggests those little known places that are often the highlights of a destination. All of this pre-planned convenience allows parents or grandparents to introduce their children to the rich world of destinations, activities and cultures at an easy enjoyable pace. Trafalgar's travelers never have to wait on lines at popular attractions, they walk right through. This ease of travel helps these travelers form a well of memories that will strengthen family bonds.

The following packages represent just a fraction of the kinds of experiences Trafalgar offers.

One vacation follows the "Footprints of the Southwest" as it travels on an 11-day circuit on a journey that combines the relaxed urban charm of cities such as Albuquerque and Santa Fe with spectacular natural monuments such as the Grand Canyon. Priced from $1,810 per person, land only, the tour departs and ends in Phoenix.

The "Canada's Rockies" seven-day tour visits the most breathtaking parts of the Rockies and includes a gondola ride to a mountaintop Interpretive Center that explains the natural wonders of the region. Priced from $1,435 per person, land only, the tour departs and ends in Calgary.

Those who want to share with family that special feeling of Christmas in London will enjoy "An English Christmas". With London the focus of this 8-day package, countryside day trips include Stratford-Upon-Avon and Stonehenge. Christmas shop at Harrod's. Trafalgar's London center can arrange all kinds of extras including concerts and theater. Package priced from $935 per person, land only.

The ten-day "Southern California Vacation" includes highlights of such fascinating locales as San Diego, Palm Springs and Santa Barbara. And don't forget Hollywood's Walk of Fame and Kodak Theater. Package priced from $1,850 per person, land only, and departs and ends in Los Angeles.

Fun for the entire family - the 8-day "Canyon & Parks Adventure" departs and ends in Las Vegas. And in between - stops include Colorado River rafting, the Grand Canyon, and Zion National Park. You even get to ride along Route 66! Package priced from $1,525.

The eight-day "Wild West Cowboys & Buffalos" (Denver) includes the Oregon Trail, Yellowstone National Park, a Black Hills excursion and the moving evening lighting at Mount Rushmore National Park. Package priced from $1,465 departs from Salt Lake City and ends in Denver.

Trafalgar's packages include accommodations; breakfast daily plus many other meals; sightseeing; luxury touring on modern coaches and the services of a tour director. Trafalgar can also arrange a personalized tour for your family, using the touring company's enormous buying power to negotiate attractive prices on accommodation, meals, and sightseeing. With Trafalgar's "Travel with Friends," groups of five or more will receive significant savings. The offer is good for family groups and groups of friends.

For more information, contact your favorite travel agent, visit the Trafalgar Tours website at www.trafalgar.com or call (866) 544-4434.