Hello again friends,

For all intents and purposes this year - 2025 - is quickly drawing to a close here in our offices. As highlighted in the opening article below, limited opportunities and very little time remain for those desiring to be on one of our remaining available 2025 personally escorted and value-added FEATURE TRAVEL tours.

The same is true if you are desiring to travel yet this year on something other than one of these departures. While we can still almost always find something that matches your desires, limited availability makes it extremely beneficial to have a little "wiggle room" in your travel plans.

As much as 2025 is winding down, next year - 2026 - is ramping up with planning, multiple reservations, and new and exciting group experiences.

In addition to the opening article highlighting the remainder of 2025 check out the following articles revealing a new and exciting next year - 2026:

• Act quickly - save $100 per person
• America's 250th Birthday now open for new bookings
• Christmas Markets of Montreal & Quebec City also open for new bookings
• Maine named "Top 25 World Destination" for 2025
• This year's ALASKA ADVENTURE "sold out" - taking reservations for next year
• Go Away Gertie has suggestions for you gals
• Final "Point to Ponder" - our Preferred Organizations

Favorites like Monthly Travel Recipe, Monthly Travel Trivia, and Monthly Travel Quote also appear.

There's more.

Until next month,

Larry

Time And Spaces Are Running Out On These Remaining 2025 Departures

Operation of each assured

 with numbers presently reserved!

CALIFORNIA "WITHOUT" ITS BIG CITIES

August 18 - 25

(Two spaces plus female single share opportunity with escort available)

COSTA RICA IN DEPTH

October 4 - 15

(Four spaces available)

PUGET SOUND AND SAN JUAN ISLANDS SMALL SHIP CRUISE

October 6 - 15

(Very limited availability - check quickly)

2025 JUBILLEE: THE HOLY YEAR

October 8 - 18

(Assured reservation deadline: Friday March 28)

MOROCCO IN DEPTH

November 6 - 20

(Two spaces available)

HISTORIC HOLIDAYS - FEATURING GREENBRIER RESORT AND MORE

November 29 - December 6

(Six spaces available))

IMPORTANT! Detailed brochures for each of these remaining 2025 tours open when you click on their photo links appearing in the right hand column of this page.

Act Quickly - Save $100 Per Person On This Brand New Tour

Our just-announced (you are seeing for the first time here) personally escorted and value-added group experience, CANYON COUNTRY CLASSIC** - March 20-27, 2026, is exactly that - a classic experience of America's Canyon Country.

If you act quickly you can save $100 per person "on top of and in addition to" other possible savings as explained in the reservation form on page four of the brochure.

Highlights include:

• Scottsdale
• Sedona
• Lake Powell
• Kaibab National Forest
• Grand Canyon
• Rafting on Horseshoe Bend
• Bryce Canyon National Park
• Zion National Park
• A "touch" of Las Vegas (overnight and flights home the next day)

Click here to open detailed brochure.

We are here to answer your questions and to "lock in" your special early $100 per person savings.

**Merriam Webster defines "classic" as "a typical or perfect example".

America's 250th Birthday Now Open For New Bookings

No longer a "PYIP" - brochure is now complete with finalized details and pricing. Click here to open brochure.

On this in-depth experience of Americana you will be taken to the places and relive the events that shaped our country and gave birth to a new nation.

• In honor of America’s 250th anniversary, trace the story of the nation’s rise on a journey through Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.
• Begin in Boston, where the American Revolution took root and venture to nearby Lexington and Concord, where the “shot heard ’round the world” was fired.
• Explore historic New York City on a panoramic tour and sit down for lunch in an 18th century tavern where Washington bade farewell to his comrades in arms. 
• While in New York enjoy a Special Included Please Go Away™ Vacations FEATURE BONUS: Pre-Theatre Dinner followed by the stage presentation of “Hamilton” adding a unique perspective to the events shaping our nation’s creation.
• In Philadelphia, see the Liberty Bell and reflect on the nation’s founding at the Museum of the American Revolution.
• Explore Washington, D.C., from the U.S. Capitol Building to the city’s iconic monuments and memorials.
• Visit George Washington’s estate, Mount Vernon.
• Be immersed in the history of a country found on the ideals of “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” in 1776.

Christmas Markets of Montreal & Quebec City Also Open For New Bookings

This holiday tradition - open air Christmas Markets - so prevalent in Europe for centuries will now be able to be experienced without leaving North America. No longer a PYIP - the brochure is finalized and can be viewed by clicking here.

Do be aware that spaces are limited and that we already have reservations in hand with those who earlier "put themselves in position" by taking advantage of our PYIP - PUT YOURSELF IN POSITION program.

• Enjoy a festive city tour of Montreal including the city’s haven during winter months – the Underground City.
• Join a local guide on a tour of Quebec City’s historic sites and holiday traditions.
• See Montmorency Falls, a natural wonder plunging 272 feet off the Canadian Shield. 
• Explore Montreal’s and Quebec City’s European Christmas Markets and enjoy hot mulled wine, wonderful lebkuchen cookies, sizzling brats grilled to perfection, and other taste temptations - all in addition to the marvelous and traditional holiday crafts displayed for your selection..
• Learn the art of making a traditional Bûche de Noël and explore the dessert’s history. 
• Savor breakfast at a local sugar shack nestled in the Quebec countryside

As is always true with all our personally escorted and value-added group FEATURE TRAVEL experiences, the brochure price shown is the total you pay (everything referenced in the brochure - even extended to travel protection insurance and round trip air flights - is included).

Maine Named Top 2025 World Destination

As reported by Seth Jacobson of USA TODAY NETWORK, Maine has been named named one of the top 25 places to go in the world in 2025 by Afar magazine. It came in at #4 behind:

• #1 - Aotea Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
• #2 - Belgrade, Serbia
• #3 - Benin, West Africa Belgrade

Other U.S. destinations included in the top 25 are:

• #5 - Boone, North Carolina
• #7 - Columbus, Ohio
• #14 - Lititz, Pennsylvania
• #16 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Maine also received a 2025 travel destination endorsement by Conde Naste global media company for Acadia National Park featuring photogenic lighthouses, the summit of Cadillac Mountain the highest point on the Atlantic seaboard north of Rio de Janeiro, and its towering magnificent highest headlands (shown above) on the Atlantic coast overlooking Maine's rugged rock bound coastline.

Maine awaits. You can put yourself in position to experience Acadia National Park and much more for only $100. Click here to view detailed brochure describing our upcoming MAINE'S HIDDEN TREASURES tour.

Our '25 ALASKA ADVENTURE Tour Is "Sold Out" - Next Year's Reservation Books Open - Spaces Already Filling

We've been personally hosting our ALASKA ADVENTURE experience annually for more than a half century and will be doing so once again this summer.

This year's special departure is "sold out." However, we can still serve you with a multitude of other 2025 Alaska departure dates and itineraries if you act quickly and have some leeway in your travel times. Let's visit and get you squared away with something yet this year. Or, why not join us on our next ALASKA ADVENTURE in July of '26. Click here to view detailed brochure of next year's tour. Once again, it will "sell out" quickly. Act now for best accommodations, best flights, and best pricing.

Placing your left fist in front of you and extending your thumb downwards provides a close approximation of our 49th State - Alaska. The back of your fist is the bulk of the state while the extended thumb is Alaska's western border of Canada and the resulting magnificent Inside Passage. Our annual ALASKA ADVENTURE takes you to "all" of Alaska as shown with the three circles above.

The upper circle includes points like Fairbanks, McKinley National Park, and Anchorage and is experienced via luxury motorcoach and glass-domed rail car experiences. The middle circle is our cruise across the Gulf of Alaska where we begin to be introduced to Alaska's abundant maritime vistas and aquatic wildlife. The lower circle encompasses cruising the unbelievable Inside Passage with all its natural beauty and small cities filled with the history and lore of gold rush days.

Hey Gals - Go Away Gertie Here Again

Mothers Day is coming soon - May 11.

Why not give you mother a gift she will never forget - an experience just for gals. Here are a couple of suggestions:

NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - Take a breathtaking beach trip to this New England seaside town often called "City by the Sea" and "Queen of Summer resorts." A weekend in Newport is just the way to experience the historic homes along the coastline. While there consider a Mother's Day brunch - maybe at the Chanter, complete with unmatched viewed of the Atlantic Ocean.

CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA - This city is filled with southern charm. Whether you are looking for incredible food, great shopping, historical architecture, craft cocktails, on quiet beautiful beaches, you and mom are sure to have an unforgettable experience together in the Holy City.

Contact the gals in the office and let them take care of all the details. Don't stop with the two suggestions above. Opportunities to share with mom are almost limitless. Now's the time to "go away" gals.

PGAV Kitchen's Recipe of the Month - TAMAL DE MAICENA (Costa Rica Dessert)

This extremely easy to prepare dessert is sure to please. Plus, it's gluten free. It's representative of the delicious food our intrepid travelers will be enjoying when they experience Costa Rica in October.

Want to join them? You can if you act quickly. Check out brochure in right hand column for details.

Click here to view recipe.

This Month's Travel Quote!

"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."

Andre Gide

This Month's Travel Trivia

Question: What does "lagniappe" mean?

Answer: Part of the vocabulary of the Cajun culture prevalent in and around New Orleans, "lagniappe" means "something extra and unexpected" that positively adds to an experience.

Final Point to Ponder -

"Please Go Away™ Vacations PREFERRED ORGANIZATIONS"

Designation as one of our intentionally-limited number of PREFERRED ORGANIZATIONS is granted only to an organization which has among its main purposes and goals the enhancement of cultural opportunities and benefits available to its members and community.

As a completely free and without obligation benefit, members of the designated organization have access to 100% of the programs offered by all reputable and financially-stable cruise lines, tour operators, travel companies, resorts etc. at the assured best price coupled with the additional assurance of capturing all available special promotions, sales, perks, etc. available for the type and time of travel selected. In addition to saving both time and money members also enjoy unlimited comparison capabilities between competing programs to determine that which is best for them. Such savings and benefits extend to member's entire travel party, even if some travelers are not organization members.

There's more! On "top of and in addition to" the best assured best available price members and their entire travel party receive an "additional" special organization savings not otherwise available.

The unlimited scope of availability, assurance of best pricing, and ability to compare competing programs benefits:

• all ages
• all interests
• all budgets
• all individuals
• all couples
• all immediate and multi-generational families
• all groups - friends and other

The PREFERRED ORGANIZATION also additionally benefits by receiving a contribution to further underwrite its programs that equals the total dollar amount of travelers special organization savings. The PREFERRED ORGANIZATION also has the additional opportunities of generating free travel and sharing of Promotional Pie dollars.

In lieu of spending promotional dollars on traditional forms of media advertising, combined with a commitment to benefit those who benefit us, the PREFERRED ORGANIZATION program is totally underwritten by Cheyenne Travel Agency, Inc. dba Please Go Away™ Vacations.

If you belong to or know of an organization you think may qualify we will be more than happy to visit with you or a representative of that organization.

Current PREFERRED ORGANIZATIONS are: GOLDEN BELT COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION; EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION; PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION; and HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION.