• May 15 - May 22, 2025
• October 22 - October 29, 2025
We’ll travel east today to Clarksville, TN where we'll visit the Fort Defiance Civil War Park & Interpretive Center, once the site of a Civil War fort.
On our way to Chattanooga we’ll stop to see Falcon Rest Mansion & Garden. At one time this home was used as a hospital, but today its the home is filled with hundreds of Victorian antiques. This evening we’ll travel to Chattanooga, TN where we’ll embark on a beautiful dinner cruise along the Tennessee River.
We start today visiting Rock City and then we’ll ride the Lookout Mountain Incline Railway. This afternoon, we’ll take a city trolley tour exploring the town and we’ll take train ride and learn more about the transportation heritage of Chattanooga. We’ll settle in for a second night in Chattanooga, TN
After a visit at the Gatlinburg Welcome Center, we’ll come face to face with sharks and sea turtles at Ripley’s Aquarium. Before checking into our hotel, we’ll spend a some quality time at the Sugarland Distillery in Pigeon Forge, TN.
You’ll have free time this morning to explore the arts and crafts community, a two-laned loop filled with shops and galleries. There will be a hop-on/hop-off bus around Gatlinburg available throughout the day. This evening we’ll go to Dolly Parton’s Stampede. We’ll spend a second night in Pigeon Forge, TN.
We’ll spend the morning in the world renowned Smoky Mountain National Park, where we hope to see a bear or two. This is American’s most visited national park. After that, there will be a hop on/hop-off bus around Pigeon Forge so you can explore around this tourist mecca. We’ll spend a third night in Pigeon Forge, TN.
We’ll start making our way home today. Along the way, we’ll visit James White Fort, the birthplace of Knoxville, TN, built in 1786. After our visit we’ll continue our travels westward. This evening we’ll stay in Clarksville, TN.
These cross country trips are designed so that you can see and do a lot of things in a relatively short time. We use custom built full size touring coaches which are designed to accommodate 22 passengers very comfortably with a lot of special amenities. Some of these amenities include card tables for the avid players, a kitchen, wi-fi, 110 volt outlets, and a couch in the back. Just being able to get up and walk around or lie down and take a nap is a great advantage. We also prepare hot lunches on board and carry our own tables and chairs so we can have picnics at some of the most beautiful places in America. The idea is to create a “family” atmosphere which is easy to do with so few people on each tour. These are not ordinary bus trips.
On all the trips, except those with special exclusions, we have vans pick up passengers within 130 travel miles of Rolla and then meet up with the motorcoach to head out toward the destination (see next section for more details). Each day we will typically see or do one thing in the morning and then another in the afternoon. Since there is so much to see and do, we usually depart by 8:00 am and arrive at our destination city around 6:00 pm that evening. Dinner is on your own; however, we will drive to a neighborhood restaurant if there’s not one very near the hotel. On the last day, we arrive back in Missouri in the late afternoon. If we picked you up, we will take you back home, and everyone else will go to Rolla to get their car.
The price of each trip includes the motorcoach, lodging, hotel breakfasts, lunches and the cost of all venues shown. It also includes the shuttle to and from your home if you live within 130 travel miles from Rolla (if there are several people at the same location, this 130 mile criteria will be extended). Everyone living outside the 130 miles receive a $100 discount. If you live inside 130 miles and choose to drive to Rolla, you will receive a $50 discount.
The price is based on two persons per room. If four people share a room, the price will be reduced by the cost of the saved room divided by four. If you would like your own room, please call our office for a quote. To reserve a seat, you must send a $200 deposit per person. The remainder is due 45 days prior to the trip. The price does not include gratuity for the driver and hostess.
If you cancel more than 45 days prior to the beginning of the trip, you will receive back all but a $50 per person processing fee and any credit card fees that may apply. If you cancel between 45 and 15 days prior, you will receive a 50% refund. If we are able to fill the spot you vacated, you will receive back all of your money except credit card and processing fees. If you have to cancel less than 15 days prior or have to leave during the trip, you will receive a refund of any hotel costs and venues we are able to cancel. If you want a cancellation waiver to cover the potential loss if you have to cancel inside of 45 days, the cost is $100 per person (or $75 for the 5/6 day tours). Our cancellation waiver provides no coverage once the trip begins. If you have previously been on 5 or more of our tours, you will receive the cancellation waiver at no cost.
**Itineraries and arranged sightseeing are subject to change at any time due to circumstances beyond our control. Every effort will be made to operate tours as planned, but alterations may occur after the itinerary has been published.**
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