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BURLINGTON TRAILWAYS TRAVEL & TOURS
& QUAD CITY TIMES PLUS 60 CLUB
INDIANA - AMISH COUNTRY & SHIPSHEWANA QUILT FESTIVAL
3 DAYS - 2 NIGHTS
June 23–25, 2011

BEAUTIFUL QUILT GARDEN

Day 1: Thursday, June 23, 2011

2:30 am Leave Burlington, Westland Mall, JC Penney's south side parking lot, across from AmericInn
2:45 am Mediapolis, 60 Chop Restaurant
3:00 am Wapello - Jack n Jill
3:30 am Muscatine - Holiday Inn
4:30 am Davenport-Clarion Hotel 5202 N Brady road, NE corner on brady side
5:05 am Moline-South Park Mall, OFFICE MAX parking lot
6:00 am Princeton IL Breakfast stop-one hour, on own
Time change at IL / IN border
11:00 am EASTERN STANDARD TIME (10cst)
Arrive Nappanee
12:00 pm from Noon-6:30 pm: AMISH ACRES Guided tours, documentary films, wagon ride and HAYSTACK lunch plus BROADWAY MUSICAL MATINEE, followed by family-style Threshers Dinner
6:30 pm Depart Nappanee for Middlebury
7:15 pm Arrive at hotel ESSENHAUS INN
Evening on own-Enjoy the Quilt Garden & Mural at Das Dutchman Essenhaus anytime during your visit. Free evening on the Essenhaus Grounds...take a stroll, swim in the pool, play mini-golf, go shopping until 8 pm, play cards in the common areas, or relax in your rooom.

Day 2: Friday, June 24, 2011

7:45 am Breakfast at our hotel "The Essenhaus Inn"
8:30 am Leave Middlebury for Shipshewana
8:45 am Enjoy a day shopping in downtown Shipshewana or at the Shipshewana Quilt Festival. (specific information for speaker and times will be available in March 2011)2010 Speaker Eleanor Burns.
9:00 am 2010 Events:(2011 details available March,2011)
LIMITED SPACES & OPTIONAL EVENTS:
Speaker $25 per person
Quilters Schoolhouse $38 pp
Quilting in the Dark w/ Dustin Farrell $25 pp
Workshops/lectures - prices vary $5 to $100 pp-depends on which shops attended
9:15 am 2010 Events:(2011 events available March, 2011)
UNLIMITED SPACES-OPTIONAL:
Shop Hop $5 per person
Quilt & Vendor Show $6 day pass
9:30 am 2011 events are listed for the remainder of day: Shipshewana Shop Hop begins at Yoder's Department Store, optional: $5 per person.
Lolly's fabrics, The Davis Mercantile & Jo Jo's Pretzels-no charge
12:00 pm $12 lunch voucher included for Blue Gate Restaurant in downtown Shipshewana
5:00 pm Leave Shipshewana for Middlebury
5:15 pm Return to Essenhaus Inn, freshen up and relax
6:30 pm Dinner at Das Dutchman Essenhaus-included. One meat chicken Family-style Dinner.
7:30 pm Free evening on the Essenhaus grounds. Shopping at the Essenhaus Village Shops (coupons provided) until 8pm.
8:00 pm OPTIONAL: $ 8.50 PER PERSON 'QUILT MAGIC' at the 'QUILT SHOP". Hands on experience. Walk to hotel at your leisure

Day 3: Saturday, June 25, 2011

7:45 am (Check out before breakfast) until 8:15 Breakfast at the Essehaus Inn
8:15 am Meet your local guide in the lobby
8:30 am from now until 1 pm. QUILT GARDENS TOUR STEP-on-Guide. We will visit 17 unique official quilt gardens
8:30 am Leave Middlebury
Arrive in Elkhart, IN to visit Albert Beardsley home; the man who helped to create 'Alka Seltzer'
12:00 pm Estimate time-Shopping and lunch at The Old Bag Factory and Trolley Cafe'. Lunch will be a plated meal at the Trolley Cafe'
1:00 pm leaving after lunch
1/2 hour break en route
4:30 pm CENTRAL STANDARD TIME
Return to Moline
5:00 pm Davenport
5:45 pm Muscatine
6:15 pm Wapello
6:30 pm Mediapolis
6:45 pm Burlington

(All times are approximate)

Price Per Person

  • without travel insurance-single rate: $539.00
  • without travel insurance-double rate: $419.00
  • without travel insurance-triple rate: $384.00
  • without travel insurance-quad rate: $359.00
  • Single Insurance rate per person-additional: $57.60
  • Double, Triple, Quad Ins. rate per person-additional: $38.40

Tour Includes

  • Deluxe Roundtrip Motor Coach transportation
    On Board Escort
    Amish Acres with L, D and show
    Shipshewana Quilt preregistration cost
    Blue Gate Restaurant Voucher $12
    Das Dutchman Essenhaus
    Quilt Gardens Step-on-Guide
    Tour Beardsly Home
    Old Bay Factory & Trolley Cafe'
    2-night accommodaton at The Essenhaus Inn in Middlebury, IN
    Breakfast each morning at The Essenhaus

Payment Due Dates

  • $75.00 (non-refundable) is due within one week after sign up.

Refund Dates

  • No refunds after May 1, 2011.

Notices

Due to circumstances beyond the control of Trailways Tours, itineraries may change without notice.

If you have an e-mail address please provide it to us for future updates.

We will not be sending the tickets to you. You will receive them on the bus.

Departure and arrival times are at the discretion of the driver and the escort.

All payments not received 1 month prior to leaving date must be cash, certified check or credit card.

We have assigned seating. Seating chart is arranged in order of first payment date. We start at the front of the bus and work toward the back. If you would like to sit in the front you must make your deposit early. Please let us know if you would like to be seated with anyone else going on the tour.

NO ALCOHOL ALLOWED

NO SEAT IS GUARANTEED UNTIL DEPOSIT IS RECEIVED

$20.00 Fee for Insufficient funds

INSURANCE POLICY: To Cover pre-existing medical conditions, Deluxe Travel Insurance MUST be purchased within SEVEN days of FIRST deposit. Please let us know immediately if you do not want this insurance. Insurance CAN NOT be purchased AFTER FINAL payment. INSURANCE PREMIUMS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.

Make Checks payable to TRAILWAYS TRAVEL, TOURS & CHARTERS

CANCELLATION FEE MAY BE APPLIED.

A lot of walking and stairs on this trip.

Gratuity for Driver and Escort is not included in pricing and is based on customer preference and satisfaction. Thank you for your consideration.

ITINERARY SUBJECT TO CHANGE - Due to weather conditions and availability.

DOT # 205055

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