Key West, Key Largo, Land of Sunshine

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Key West is a place you can visit over and over. Warm weather (even in January the average high is 76, the average low 66) is the norm. Because of the intimate nature of this tour, it is limited to just 25 travelers and sells out early every year. If you can’t join us for the 2012 trip, a $100 deposit will hold your 2013 space until May of 2012, when the exact dates and prices are announced. Should you make the deposit and decide not to join us, the $100 is fully refundable.

Quick Information

•Visit Florida Everglades National Park and experience an air boat ride
•History abounds in Key West – visit the Hemingway Home, The Aquarium, Truman’s “Little White House” and the Shipwreck Museum, tour the island aboard the famous Old Town Trolley
•Day cruise on an authentic clipper ship (optional), Butterfly and Nature Conservatory visit
•Cabaret Dinner Show at La Te Da, lunch at Sloppy Joe’s, dinner atop the La Concha Hotel – weather permitting, spectacular sunset views; all Key West Landmarks
•4 nights in Key West at the Crowne Plaza La Concha, in the heart of town on historic Duval Street
•Overnight in Miami – city tour featuring South Beach and Coral Gables
•Overnight in Key Largo – glass bottom boat cruise
•13 meals: 2 breakfasts, 4 full breakfasts,
2 lunches, 5 dinners
•Door-to-door transportation
•Round trip airfare Sacramento/Miami, return Key West/Sacramento
•Tour Director: Mark Hoffmann
•3400/3750 Gold Passport Points

2012 – $3375 p.p./dbl.occ., $3750 single*
2013 prices will be available May 1, 2012

*Prices listed are for 2012 (we expect about a 3% price increase for 2013). If you are registering for the 2013 departure, pay a $100 per person deposit upon registration. No further payment is due until May 1, 2012, when you’ll have payment options, including the Early Registration Discount or the right to cancel and receive your deposit back.

Trip Itinerary

Day 1

Arrive in Miami in the late afternoon after your flights from Sacramento via Minneapolis on Delta Airlines. At a local Brazilian steakhouse enjoy a unique dinner with an international twist before retiring for the evening.
- Courtyard by Marriott Miami West
- Dinner is included this day.
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Day 2

Our morning city tour delivers you to Florida Everglades National Park. Learn about this delicate and fragile environment, then board an air boat for a short everglades experience. Back in Miami, there’s time for lunch on your own, followed by a tour of famous South Beach, Coconut Grove and Coral Gables. It’s an hour to Key Largo, made famous in story and song. Enjoy dinner tonight at The Fish House, a local favorite.
- Hampton Inn Key Largo
- Breakfast and dinner are included this day.
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Day 3

Begin the day with a ride on the glass bottom boat that plies the largest living coral reef off our coast(s). Next, it’s on down the Intracoastal Highway we go, the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Gulf of Mexico on the other. Arrive in Key West, the literal end of the highway, in late afternoon. Tonight, a glorious welcome dinner on the top floor of your hotel, the “Top of the Conch,” perhaps one of the most famous sunset watching spots in these United States. You’re in a wonderful location on historic Duval Street, with shops and restaurants on both sides. Key West is a very pedestrian friendly city and we walk to several attractions that are within two or three blocks of our hotel.
- Crowne Plaza La Concha – 4 nights
- Breakfast and dinner are included this day.
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Day 4-6

From Hemingway to Tennessee Williams to Robert Frost, many famous artisans have called the Keys home. Dozens of ships were wrecked on its reefs. Visit the homes of two famous Americans, Harry Truman and Ernest Hemingway. Tour the area aboard the famous Old Town Trolley, stop in search of buried treasure at the Shipwreck Museum and visit the “Little White House,” frequented by presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Truman. Nature enthusiasts will enjoy the Butterfly & Nature Conservatory and the Key West Aquarium. Cruise along the shores of the island on an authentic Clipper Ship (you can opt out of this activity and receive a refund if you aren’t a “water” person). Walk to dozens of the shops, restaurants and attractions from your hotel.

Who doesn’t like to eat on vacation? How about lunch where the Sloppy Joe was invented, or a midday meal in one of the funkiest “joints” you’ll ever wander into? There’s a great Italian dinner, and a dinner and cabaret show in the Key West tradition you’ll never forget. Breakfast is included each morning at your hotel.
- 3 full breakfast, 2 lunch, and 2 dinner are included.
Day 7

It’s time to leave our island paradise and head for home. Our return flight leaves directly from Key West and connects via Atlanta and Los Angeles on Delta Airlines.
- Full breakfast is included this day.