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Show 4T Tlx Salt Lake Tribune, Snnday, April 7, 1985 Senior citizens on receiving end of bargain travel by Jerry Hulse Los Angeles Times Writer - NEW YORK For senior citizens, e it is pointless to be a anymore. Not when one can settle in along the Costa del C'l for six months for as little as $1,840, including the round-tri- p air fare from New York. Or when seniors can jet to Yugoslavia for a couple of weeks for $724 and tack on extra vacation time for under stay-at-hom- $100 a week. motor-coacOr when a four-da- y tour of northern Italy is yours for h only $230. These are among the 85 bargains offered by Grand Circle Travel of New York, a tour operator that caters exclusively to the senior citizen anyone 50 or older. (On the West Coast, Love Holidays of Tarzana, a Los Angeles suburb, offers other holidays for senior citizens, which we ll get to later.) Grand Circle, with offices on Madison Avenue, has been romancing the senior citizen for years. Its entire operation revolves around retirees and others who qualify for its tours and extended vacations. Not just on the Continent, but in Florida, Hawaii, British Columbia, Australia, Mexico, the Orient and South Pacific, as well. Grand Circle delivers up to 30,000 travelers a year to outposts around the world. Its main thrust, though, is directed at Europe with long-sta- y apartment rentals in Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Greece, Yugoslavia, Ireland and the British Isles. Seniors enjoy a cruiselike atmosphere on Spains Costa del Sol, with Grand Circle providing language and dance lessons, bingo and beach parties. The granddaddy of Grand Circles extended vacation sites in Spain is Torremolinos. Up to 10,000 seniors are hosted annually by Grand Circle O throughout the Iberian Peninsula. Shelter is provided in modern hotels with swimming pools and easy access to the sea. These are accommodations with kitchen and maid service. On the Costa del Sol, seniors settle into modern apartments for $665 for two weeks (this includes air fare from New York) and pay a supplement of $50 a week for additional periods. Theyre entertained, given jRnr Athens, comes to $959 per person. It is based on double occupancy, and extra Spanish lessons and taught flamenco dancing, all on the house. Seniors shop in supermarkets and weeks are pegged at $99. In addition, seniors get complimentary language and cooking lessons, plus free entertainment, along with optional tours to Cape Sounion, Corinth, Mycenae, Epidaurus and Delphi, as well as a cruise to Aegina, Paros and Hydra. Grand Circle offers other apartment deals in Mexico, Hawaii, the Caribbean, British Columbia and Flori- take side trips to neighboring towns and cities. Or they join tours to other countries. One of the seasons best buys is an eight-da- y odyssey from Spain to Morocco. Priced at $235, it includes transportation to Tangier, Fez and Marrakech, plus hotels and two meals a day. Is it possible to live cheaper at home? Or there is Grand Circles four-da- y motor-coac- h tour through Andalusia for $150, which figures out to a thrifty $37.50 a day. A third option involves a flight from Torremolinos to London, visit at $260. This is for a four-nigand includes airfare, hotels and breakfast daily. Other seniors use Glyfada near Athens as a base for exploring Greece. Apartments face the Apollo Coast, and there is a marina close by. From here, excursions are offered to dozens of historic attractions. Vacationers are put up in twin-be- d apartments with living rooms, full-siz- e kitchens and modern baths. The tab, which includes the air fare from New York, apartment and breakfast, transfers and a sightseeing tour of da. Besides the extended vacation packages where the vacationer stays put for several weeks, Grand Circle is tours booking dozens of motor-coac- h of Europe for the coming season. One tour takes in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and France. The package, including air fare from Los Angeles, comes to $1,899. An even thriftier buy is GCs swing through the south of England for $1,295. This is from New York and features Britains provincial towns. Grand Circle anticipates plenty of action in Europe this summer. Its coaches will carry seniors on a swing through Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, ht spring-sum-rm- 18-d- 20-d- 26-d- Local travel notes spike. It will commemorate the completion of the nations first transcontinental railroad in 1869. The Golden Spike ceremony united the west with the east over 1,800 miles of harsh and wild country that separated the growing but isolated state of California from the frontier towns of Omaha and St. Louis. Promontory Point, 100 miles north of Salt Lake City and 32 miles west of Brigham City, features a visitors center and two operating steam locomotives which are exact replicas of the originals. Admission is free. The spot was made an historic site A camping and trekking trip to Nepal will take place in October. Plans call for a stay in Kathmandu and then a trek of approximately three weeks to the Annapurna region. limited to a maxiParticipants mum of 12 will be required to provide their own camping gear and must be in good physical condition. Estimated price will be $400 per person, not including airfare. For more information contact Shirley Smith at 649-155- 5. On May 10 Golden Spike National Historic Site wil host the 116th anniversary of the driving of the last IM ? BUCK MVP 289 8 dytoubl occupancy 387.? GIANT REDWOODS 1985 Aug. penon Berne, Interlaken, St. Moritz and Zurich. GCs spin through France $2,195 with the jet hop across the Atwill deliver seniors to Nice, lantic Avignon, Carcassonne, Lourdes, Limoges, the Loire Valley, Brittany and Paris. Other tours will explore Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean. One popular journey begins in Germany, followed by a cruise down the Danube to Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Austria. Other seniors will explore the vineyards of France and do Europe in Miniature. GCs tours are labeled Gold, Silver and Moneysaver. One of the seasons steals is a Moneysaver that features tour Portugal and Spain. The introduces seniors to Lisbon, Seville, Torremolinos, Granada, Madrid and Cordova for a flat $1,029, which breaks down to less than $69 a day, including the air fare from New York. Grand Circle also serves the South Pacific, the Orient, Australia, Japan, V'JVlk . MONUMENT VALLEY GRAND CANYON TOUR Tour Monument Valley, Gootenedtt, Arche Natl. Monument, Deod Hone Oct. Point 1985 Per Penon obi. Occ. btn Mi, Mr't Peak, Mna Veh Ruin 2-- These same people promise no hidlike an additional 15 den extras percent charged here or 10 percent there. After the first trip, seniors automatically become members of GCs travel club, which entitles them to e such extras as travelers checks, a free flight bag, discounts on baggage and future trips, and a subscription to a quarterly newsletter. In addition, GC offers seniors travel insurance and promises medical assistance in case of an emergency while they are away from home. Singles take advantage of GCs offer to team them up with other tour members to avoid the bothersome single supplement. And everyone even may write for Grand Circles booklet titled 101 Tips for the Mature Traveler. Meanwhile, in Tarzana, Calif., Love Holidays offers similar services for senior citizens. One of its popular tour of packages is a leisurely no-fe- 15-d- ay rs 17-d- 8 days For more details about the companies profiled here, contact: Love Holidays, 5530 Corbin Ave., Suite 115, Tarzana, Ca. 91356. Telee (800) phone Grand Circle Travel, 555 Madison Ave., New York 10022, or telephone 423-545- 8. toll-fre- toll-fre- e (800) 0. SAN DIEGODISNEYLAND TOUR 7 Days April 4th A May 9th Includes Transportation Jour Las Vegas, San Wild Diego City, Tijuana, Point Lorta, Old Town Animal Park, Full day Disneyland with unlimited ride ticket. Tour Los Angeles City, Farmers Market, Forest Lawn & Hollywood. Return Las Vegas. i $290 1 3th $290 Dbl. Occ. $187.00 du. occ. LAS VEGAS HOLIDAY 4 Days April 23rd three Includes Transportation, Includes Transportation. Accommodations Tour Ely, Tonopah. Scotty s Caste. Furnace Creek. g Las Vegas tor two mghts wrth package & FiXly escorted 55 nights accommodations at The Haoenda Hotel", taxes, and much much bps. escorts, casno-hoppnmore Db Dcc Day. InduOee Fkxxid Trip AmTrak Salt Lake CXy to Denver on the Superiine, Two Nyaa Denver rh City Tour aid Central City Accommodation, Transfer 4 Fuy Eacoried. Dbl. Occ. 4 Days $1 May 17th. AMTRAK. 3 Includes Transportation, accommodations. Tour Scottsdale. Mesa, Tempe, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson, Desert Museum, Old Tucson, Yuma, San Luis, Wvasu City and much much more. DEATH VALLEY A LAS VEGAS TOUR April ADVENTURE. ZEFHYR-DENVE- R SUNNY SOUTHWEST TOUR 7 Days April 1 8th $105 DEEP SOUTH, FLORIDA A GRAND OLE OPRY TOUR CALIFORNIA 21 Day May 22nd Dbl. Occ. June 6th $440.00 Dbi. 9 Days $395 Tempi. 9 Days. Indude Tmportation, Atawimoitohoix. Oum Seat lor TIioEnia Fwshvol, compteo Cay Tour, Vancouver Oy Tour Voncomw to Victono by Seeomor with City Tour Soattlo, Spolao, Mom Lako 6 Grand CouMo Ogmtmor. CIRCLE TOUR Includes Transportation Tour Las Vegas. Los Angeles. Hollywood, K4 day Disneyland. Sotvang. San Smeon, Hears! Caste. Monterey. Carmel. San Francisco with complete city tour and return So Shore Lake Tahoe Dbi. occ. PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL, VANCOUVER 1 VICTORIA. du. occ. occ. ONE STOP FOR AMTRAK, COMPLETE WINTER PACKAGE. AIRUNE CRUISE PLANE RESERVATIONS. FREE PARKING IN THE HOWARD JOHNSON HOTEL. I Wendover Wedne.dey 1 Day 10.00 Per Pereon EMto Wednesdays 2 Day 16.00 Per Pereon Trip Indudee Transportation, Room 4 Gilt Ptag. Ph. 363 - 7922 6G FROM vvfeonn 389 KAUAI 584 8 days from lei greeting, based 579 on quad prices include: Air, hotel, taxes, transfers. 0-- n Inn ry. JOIN NOW and Receive Monthly TRAVEL BULLETINS Howard Johnson Hotel, Suite 101, 122 W. South Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 ,A KONA 595 All . two-wee- LEISURE TOURS TRAVEL CLUB 649 8 days from from Includes round trip air fare from S.L., hotel, transfers, occupancy. 8 days V3f noodle. 18-d- 545 I. 8 MAUI 19-2- COLORADO ROCKIES, ROYAL GORGE 1985 Sept. Per Penon one-nig- ht Montreux, Zermatt, Meiringen, $1,337-$1,38- 439 lO&ysfrea HONOLULU & Aw 16-d- HAWftT Mr aWaSPa in YOSEMITE PARK A : cap Pf Pmon laid-bac- tour of Switzerland (the ' $1,995 tag includes air fare from New York) will take In Geneva, Lausanne, A 7 Yugoslavia that prices out at and includes the round-tri- p hop by Pan Am from Los Angeles, hotels with ocean views and two meals a. day. For the restless. Love lists side trips to Trieste for $10 and Venice for $20. At those prices, who can afford not to travel? A huge bargain featuring the Love k label Is a trip to Greece and Yugoslavia priced from $1,871. Besides the air fare and seven days in a hotel, the package includes a seven-da- y cruise from Dubrovnik to Venice, Corfu, Crete, Rhodes and Athens, including all meals aboard ship. One gets an idea of this bargain when comparing it to similar cruise-ai- r packages that figure out to more than $2,400 without hotels or any of Loves extras. Love is packaging a variety of 20 other programs that combine Yugoslavia with Greece, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. Those who have made trips with Love insist that traveling with Love means never having to say youre sor- W.F. JOHNSON TRAVEL AGENCY 4 davs feastd bn taattv Stan , HILLS PASSION PLAY 1985 Aug. 0, means never having to hurry. Frequently, more than one night is spent k in cities on GCs tours. These are to are that designed journeys keep seniors from unraveling under stands. GC the strain of guarantees that no one will return home feeling like a warmed-ove- r don. $945 nahnirma y Traveling with Grand Circle den Baden, Heidelberg, Bonn, Cologne, Amsterdam, Paris and Lon- April 13th PUERTO VALLA.7TA NORTHWEST CANADIAN ROCKIES June 8, 1985 Per Penan and Thailand. Includes transportation Tour San Antonio, The Alamo. Houston, New Orteans2 rights with sjhtseeng and boat cruise. Tallahassee. Disney World or EPCOT Center at Orlando. Cypress Gardens. 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