Region 15 presents IPA Exclusive Boston Getaway May 7-10, 2010
Including round trip luxury motorcoach transportation departing from Yaphank, NY

Rate is only $495.00 per person double and includes:

Three nights lodging at the Boston Hyatt Regency in a King Bed or 2 Double Beds smoke free room
Boston Tour and Harvard Yard Tour
USS Constitution tour and Museum and Old North Church
Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall, and Cheers stop and photo opportunity
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum and Boston Harbor Cruise
All taxes and gratuities including the tour guide and bus driver, and baggage handling

Friday May 7, 2010 – No Guide Today

Pick up in Yaphank, NY and arrive in Boston in the mid afternoon and check in at your hotel.
Your private motorcoach will take you to visit QUINCY MARKET.  For over 250 years the marketplace has played an integral role in the life of Boston’s resident’s.  You will feel the cobblestones beneath your feet, see roaming performers and be able to taste the wonderfully diverse ethnic foods available to you.  There are almost 100 shops, carts and artisans to offer treasures for you to take home with you!  There are many restaurants to try for dinner on your own.  You will be returned to your hotel.

Saturday May 8, 2010 – Guide Today

Meet your guide at the hotel for a day of touring.  Today you will visit the JFK
LIBRARY AND MUSEUM.  The museum at the Kennedy Library captures the powerful story of the Kennedy years.  The life, leadership and legacy of this powerful American have been stirringly recreated for you.  Time will be allowed for lunch on your own.

You will also take the LEXINGTON AND CONCORD TOUR.  It was here in Concord and Lexington that the first shots of the Revolution were fired as the farmers took a stand against British oppression.  Your guide will take you to North Bridge where the “shot heard ‘round the world” was fired and to the Minute Man statue.  Battle Road, Paul Revere Capture Site and you will visit the Minute Man National Historical Park.  Dinner on your own and you will be returned to your hotel.

Sunday May 9, 2010 – Guide Today-HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

Today your guide will meet you at the hotel and take you around Boston.  BOSTON HARBOR CRUISE.  History, character, sites, stories and more – Boston has it all. Be shown this captivating city from the water.   The sightseeing cruises are not only fun, but you'll learn a few things too.  Today your guide will give you our famous BOSTON TOUR.  Learn about the different districts of the city including the Back Bay where you find so many beautiful brownstones, each with its own unique architectural design.  You will also see Beacon Hill, the Boston Common America’s first public park and the Public Garden.  You of course can’t miss seeing the Old Statehouse, once headquarters for English governors and later the site where the Declaration of Independence was read to the waiting citizens of Boston.
Included are many other famous sites!  (You will NOT go to Paul Revere’s house.  It is many blocks of walking to the house as buses can’t get in there.)

A visit inside OLD NORTH CHURCH is included.  This is the site where Robert Newman climbed the steeple to hang the two lanterns which were the signal to Paul Revere.  It was the warning that the British were marching upon Lexington and Concord to seize the colonialist’s military stores there.  This led to the “shot hear around the world” in Concord and started the American Revolution on that fateful night of April 18, 1775.  The Church was built in 1723 and is the oldest church in the Boston, is still in operation and has an active congregation.

Visit the USS CONSTITUTION OLD IRONSIDES TOUR.  “Located in the Charlestown Navy Yard, the USS Constitution was launched in Boston on October 21st, 1797 and is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world.  Today, she is manned by an active duty U.S. Navy Crew.  The USS Constitution Museum, a private, non-profit museum, includes a theatre, historical artifacts, interactive exhibits and a gift shop.  The Museum brings the USS Constitution’s tale alive by collecting, preserving and displaying over 3,000 original artifacts.  USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM located by the ship in the Charlestown Navy Yard is available to your group to visit after they see/tour the ship.

A visit to Boston isn’t complete without a stop at CHEERS.  Visit the site which was the inspiration for the hit series of the same name.  The bar is very different from the television set but get your picture taken out front which looks exactly as the steps leading into this famed bar.  This evening you will stop for Dinner time on your own before you visit Harvard Square and return to your hotel.

Monday 10, 2010 – No Guide Today
Depart for home… a perfect time to chat with your friends about all the fun things you have done, the great sights you have seen, and where your next group trip will take you!

 

THIS TOUR MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF 30 PASSENGERS TO RUN AND A MAXIMUM OF 52 PASSENGERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Reservations will only be accepted upon receipt of a $50 per person deposit.  The deposit is refundable until March 5, 2010. A confirmation will be emailed or phoned to the first 52 paid passengers.
Additional requests will be placed on a waitlist, and their checks will not be cashed unless they are confirmed.  Single room is priced at $670.00.  Triple or Quad rates are on request, please call for rate. 
The balance of the payment is due on or before March 5, 2010
Check is the only form of payment accepted in order to keep the costs down.

Check should be made out to Berkshire Tour Company and mailed to your agent:

Kathy DeHoll, 517 Garendon Drive, Cary, NC  27519 
Kathy.DeHoll@AmericasVacationCenter.com

Additional questions may be directed to:

 Bill Wieners, President, at patbillwieners@hotmail.com  or 386-206-3612
or Agent Kathy DeHoll toll-free at 866-419-3530