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The BEST way to get to the ballparks in the Bay Area has been with Sports Leisure Vacations. Our Ballpark Express allows you to travel to games in comfort without the challenges of traffic, tolls, gas, and parking!

Featuring Osaka, Kyoto, Hiroshima and Fukuoka

Club Level seats in either section 224 or 229 (in the shade by game time).

Featuring the Carlsbad Flower Fields in bloom

@ The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco

It’s here! The 2019 Dream Book featuring new destinations, familiar favorites, and close to home vacations. Limited copies were distributed at our annual Tour Preview Day. 

Trace the footsteps of American patriots from Colonial times to the present through the Commonwealth of Virginia in celebration of our nation's 250th anniversary

Sports Leisure Vacations allows you to travel to games in comfort without the challenges of traffic, tolls, gas, and parking!

Festive celebrations and natural beauty, Canada-style

Oklahoma City to Santa Monica

Enjoy a festive Easter brunch at the Grand Island Mansion, Walnut Grove

Ride the old Skunk Train, enjoy North Coast hospitality

Featuring a full day at the World-Renowned Chelsea Flower Show

Hello Sports Leisure Travelers and Friends,

Here’s a quick in-between-publications update from your partners in travel at Sports Leisure Vacations. Inside you’ll find your invitation to attend our annual Spring/Holiday Preview Day scheduled for Saturday, April 4 at the PBS KVIE Studios. There are two morning sessions at 9:30 and 11:30 for you to choose from, and complimentary shuttle service is offered for those who need a ride. Your attendance and/or shuttle ride requires a reservation, so give us a call. Participation is strictly limited to 200 per session and 55 per shuttle, so don’t delay. Call Sports Leisure today.

What exactly is Spring/Holiday Preview Day you might ask? It’s held every spring and is our opportunity to roll out all Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s-themed tours for the upcoming holiday season. In addition, winter tours to Key West, Yellowstone, Alaska/Aurora Borealis, Yosemite (staying at the Ahwahnee!) and Hawaii will be introduced. Finally, we give everyone gathered a preview of what we have in the pipeline for 2027 and beyond. Read all about it on pages 1-2.

Beyond that you’ll find a selection of new Daycations and Theatre Outings on page 3, and a summary of space-available tours from our 2026 Dream Book after that. As a special bonus fast-forward to the end and find the itinerary for Donnie’s newest dream vacation to Japan! If the Far East is on your radar screen, this is one trip you will not want to miss! 

Most sincerely,
YOUR Sports Leisure Team

One of our longest running and most popular tours - 4 nights with a view of peaceful Puget Sound, ride the ferryboats, visit small towns and Olympic National Park

Featuring a visit to Filoli House & Garden dressed in her holiday best

Featuring oceanfront hotel on Avila Beach

Eleven Roses Ranch, Clearlake Oaks

Seats are Club Level in either section 224 or 229 (in the shade by game time). 

This adventure into the Great Unknown is worthy of a gold medal to be sure!

Featuring Goodsprings, Rhyolite, Gold Point, Goldfield, Tonopah, Manhattan, Belmont and the Extraterrestrial Highway

For those who love the unusual and seek adventure "From Ancient Ruins to Ocean Views - One Journey, Endless Wonders"

The repeat of a classic Sports Leisure adventure - a trip down "The Main Street of America"

A journey down Route 66 is like cutting yourself a slice of All-American Pie. You’ll discover people and places you didn’t know existed – like the murals that line the walls of Pontiac, IL and Cuba, MO; Ted Drewes Frozen Custard in St. Louis and the magnificent Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum in Springfield, IL. Meet published Route 66 authors and experts, roadies and characters. If you love “off-the-beaten-track,” you’ve found your trip, a wonderful combination of history, Americana, and more great road food than you can imagine.

Club Level seating in either section 224 or 229 (in the shade by game time).

This year's theme, "The Greatest of All Time," is sure to be a crowd-pleaser

Welcome to something new from Sports Leisure Vacations, the "In Between Newsletter." 

After going "all electronic" with our newsletter last year, we recently realized something. In the change, we left a lot of people behind. Either they didn't see the e-newsletter in their mailbox, or the settings on their computer sent the newsletter to spam, or....who knows. But at the recent Preview Day, comments from those in attendance made us aware of the problem. (Because we MAILED the newsletter announcing Preview Day, everyone got it, which is how we became aware of the challenge.) This publication is being emailed to all on our email list, then mailed by US Postal Service to those who asked (and paid for) hard copies of all newsletters.  

Changes in the Newsletter Going Forward
The next full newsletter will arrive in your e-mailbox AND by regular mail, about January 20th. We will publish quarterly full newsletters and email and regular mail them to all on our list. In Between those full newsletters, we will send out a blast like this one, with important updates and even some new trips. Those will be email only, with the exception of the 300 or so who paid $10 a year to get their newsletter by regular mail. If you have questions, send me a note ([email protected]) or inquire of our staff.

This will increase our communications from 6 to 8 times a year without a dramatic increase in cost and keep our members better informed. 4 regular printed newsletters (actually 3 and the annual catalog). It isn't perfect, but we think a step in the right direction. Your comments and suggestions are always appreciated.  

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The Travel Guys Radio Show - Saturdays at 11am on KFBK, or by podcast

For the past 17 years, Tom Romano and I have hosted a weekend travel show on the radio, KFBK, 1530AM, 93.1 FM. It can be heard at 11am Saturday mornings. The live show is turned into a podcast and is available to be listened to at your leisure. You can find the podcast at https://www.sportsleisure.com. While it is a general interest program, we occasionally talk about Sports Leisure trips.

Starting Saturday, December 7th, there will be a Sports Leisure update every week, at 11:33am, after the news break at the bottom of the hour. The purpose of the "Sports Leisure Minute" is to give you updates on trips. Perhaps something has been added to a tour, or a news announcement has prompted us to create a new tour. We hope you will tune in live or on the podcast to stay current with your favorite travel company.

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Thank you for your support. Tour Preview Day overwhelmed us, but in the days since, we have placed over 160 people from wait list to the trip or trips of their choice. The point here is, put your name on the wait list. Sometimes we add an additional date (Wonder Valley/Redwoods/Kings Canyon, Laguna Pageant and San Juan Islands are three examples of tours where a second departure has been added in 2025.)

See you on the road or on the radio on Saturday mornings.

Mark