Exciting Travel Opportunities in 2025!

We are thrilled to announce our upcoming tours for 2025, and we invite you to join us for unforgettable experiences!

🌍 Come & See Tour: London, Paris, and Rome

Dates: April 7-18, 2025
Cost: Approximately $4,899 per person
Join us as we explore the beautiful temples and iconic landmarks of London, Paris, and Rome. This tour promises breathtaking sights and spiritual enrichment.
Learn more and register here: Come & See Tour

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🚢 Blue Danube River Cruise

Dates: May 7-14, 2025
Cost: Approximately $3,200 per person
Join Diane and me for a scenic cruise along the Blue Danube, visiting stunning cities like Budapest, Vienna, and Salzburg. Enjoy breathtaking views and rich cultural experiences.
Discover more here: Blue Danube River Cruise

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🕊️ Church History Tour

Dates: August 6-11, 2025
Cost: $1,995 per person
Experience the rich history of our Church with visits to Palmyra, Fayette, Susquehanna, Niagara Falls (Maid of the Mist), Kirtland, and Hiram, including time at the Palmyra and Kirtland Temples.
Sign up here: Church History Tour

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🍂 Fall Foliage Tour

Dates: October 10-19, 2025
Cost: $1,458 per person + $237 in taxes
Join us for a stunning Fall Foliage Tour with Morris Murdock, featuring 2 days in Boston and a beautiful cruise through Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
Find details here: Fall Foliage Tour

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We can’t wait to explore these incredible destinations with you! Each tour offers a unique opportunity to connect with your faith, explore new cultures, and create lasting memories.

For more information or to reserve your spot, please visit our website or contact us today!

journeyings.org is website

or

Reid Robison at robisonreid@gmail.com

Safe travels and happy adventures await! 🌏✈️

Hacienda Jaguar Villa in Cancun - 50th Anniversary

How to Get Business Class for the Price of Economy

 

By Olivia James

One veteran flight attendant shares this must know advice — her top tip for friends and family who want to travel for cheap:

With more than a decade of experience, I've pretty much seen it all. You wouldn't believe how many empty seats are left unfilled, especially in business class. And with airlines aiming for full flights to maximize profits, unsold business class seats end up out there at ridiculously low prices...you just have to know where to look.

Airlines know months in advance when ticket sales are trending low, which is when they start releasing secret deals, priced far below their regular ticket prices. Usually offered first to high tier travelers, these discounted tickets can end up being 70% off the regular fare.

The dirt cheap prices are a widely-known secret that many companies offer to help get travelers on an "insider list" for (but usually for quite a hefty price). What most people don't know is that you can quickly gain access to the same discounts without paying a dime.

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As you make flight reservations on platforms like Tripadvisor, Expedia or CheapOair, Capital One Shopping silently works in the background, searching for the best coupon codes to apply during checkout.

These business-class tickets have been discounted by $540, allowing you to upgrade for the same cost as a standard coach-class ticket. Finally, you can get the delightful perks of an upgrade without the hefty price tag.

When it comes to hotel bookings, you can also enjoy significant savings, whether you choose to book through travel sites like Priceline or directly with Hilton, Choice Hotels, and others. Along with promo codes for the best hotel rates, you'll also enjoy cash back rewards of up to 30%, further enhancing your savings!

Not only does Capital One Shopping find money-saving coupon codes, but it also compares prices on Amazon. While you shop, it checks hundreds of other sellers to find a lower price. Capital One Shopping found $41 off this Samsonite luggage set. And yes, that includes shipping + tax.

The best part? It's 100% free.

Bucket List Destinations for 2024

 

Will this be your year of travel?  In a world of confusion, wars, rumors of wars, and commotion, you can travel to more peaceful locations and check those dream locations off your bucket list.

For example, this May we are offering a French River Cruise en provence in Southern France.

https://www.rivierarivercruises.com/burgundy-the-river-rhone-provence-river-cruise

Or what about a trip up the inside passage as you explore the beauties of Alaska.

Celebrity Solstice - 7N Alaskan Hubbard Glacier Cruise June 2 -9, 2024

And this Fall, we are going to repeat our Caribbean adventure from last November, only this time we will explore the ABC islands.

https://www.celebritycruises.com/cruise-ships/celebrity-eclipse?icid=xplrsh_wrnssn_clb_hm_other_149

Visit https://www.journeyings.org/home for more details and prices.

Costa d'Este!

 After a wonderful visit to the West Indies last week and then coming home to snow and below freezing weather, we are already looking for a beach get-away trip in January.  This is Black Friday weekend and tomorrow is Cyber Monday.

Our favorite Villa in Florida, the Costa d'Este is running a promotion of up to 40% off.  So yesterday we booked our flights to Florida and will be staying at the Costa d'Este January 21-26, 2024. We discovered Vero Beach 4 years ago and this will be our third visit.  Owners, Gloria and Emilio Estefan have brought Miami's chic style and sophistication to Vero Beach - a largely undiscovered treasure a couple of hours North of Miami.  We love the white sand, the quality restaurants, and the refreshing orange slushies combined with vanilla ice cream.

Here are some photos of the resort:

So if you want to join us, please call Costa d'Este now or book online and join us.

Costa d'Este  https://www.costadeste.com/

Address: 3244 Ocean Dr, Vero Beach, FL 32963

Hours: 

Open 24 hours

Phone: (772) 562-9919

St. Kitts

 A delightful island experience to end our tour - we rode a train along the coast of St. Kitts.

I had shared with the tour group an experience we had during our mission when we took a flight home from Barbados and the plane could not land in Trinidad due to a goat on the runway.  It circled for an hour, flew to Tobago to refuel and then returned to Trinidad.  Not one person grumbled.  They just laughed and cheered.  Such is the Caribbean culture.  And here is a picture of a goat that was on the train track before we passed by.

Martinique

 Martinique is a French island with a population of over 300,000.  What is sobering is that in 1908 there were 28,000 people destroyed in 7 seconds from the eruption of Mt. Pele, a volcano, that spewed out lava as rain rather than rolling down the hillside.

We took a tour through lucious rainforests and Diane and I met up with the Occoliers, and drove around the city looking at the Church buildings where we met during our mission.  Lionel is now the district president.