Texas Travelers
Texas Travelers is an activity club for Texas First Bank customers that has been running successfully since 1990. To participate, you only need a Texas First account. No activity fee is charged. We schedule activities varying from one day to 12 days, including performance outings, day-trips, cruises, European trips, and bus tours, among others.
Upcoming Trips and Events
Please see the following information about recent and upcoming trips with our Texas Travelers Program. Please fill out the attached form to become a member of the Texas Travelers.
Alaska
August 07, 2010 - August 18, 2010
Highlights:
3-night cruise on the Holland America Zuiderdam Vancouiver to Skagway; 2 nights Whitehorse (Dogsled Mushing Kennel); 1 night Beaver Creek (Dinner/show); 2 nights Fairbanks (Tetlin Wildlife Refuge; Sternwheeler Discovery; Rail: Fairbanks to Denali); 2 nights Denali National Park (Denali National History Tour; Rail: Denali to Anchorage); 1 night Anchorage. 12 days/11 nights.
Tour includes:
3-night Holland America cruise & all fees; transfers; 8-night hotel accommodations; $299 inland meal plan; motorcoach & rail transportation; full-time escort; taxes & fees for all inclusions. Also included are Texas First Bank Exclusives. NOT INCLUDED: airfare (est. $680); optional cancellation insurance, gratuities; items of a personal nature.
Price:
Inside cabin=$2424; Ocean View=$2544; Verandah Suite=$2804; Deluxe Verandah Suite=$3023. All prices are per person based on double occupancy. Price will increase closer to departure.
Reduced deposit of $200 pp due upon signing. Brochure available upon request.
Shades of Ireland
September 28, 2010 - October 07, 2010
Highlights:
Dublin (Irish Evening), Kilkenny, Waterford, Blarney (Castle), Killarney (Jaunting Car Ride) (Molanna Dairy Farm), Lakes of Killarney, Ring of Kerry, Limerick, Cliffs of Moher, Galway, Tullamore w/overnight stay in Cabra Castle, Kingscourt. 10 days/8 nights. Level of activity: average; moderate to heavy walking required, possibly on uneven terrain.
Tour includes:
Airfare; transfers; 8-night hotel accommodations; 13 meals; motorcoach transportation; full time escort; taxes & fees for all inclusions. NOT INCLUDED: optional cancellation insurance (for any reason) $200 per person DUE UPON DEPOSIT, some meals, gratuities for escort, local guides, & driver; items of a personal nature.
Price:
$2749 per person double occupancy w/ early-signing discount. SAVE $150 PER PERSON; singles add $450. Price will increase closer to departure.
Deposit of $250 pp due upon signing. If desired, optional insurance premium due with deposit.
Brochure available upon request.
Southern Charm Journey
November 29, 2010 - December 04, 2010
Highlights:
Historic Charleston, Boone Plantation, Ft. Sumter, James Island County Park (500,000 lights), Beaufort, Savannah, Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room, tour of the Andrew Low Home & Gardens (Girl Scout founder Juliet Gordon Low), Jekyll Island Club (2-night stay). 6 days/5 nights. Level of activity: average; moderate walking required, possibly on uneven terrain.
Tour includes:
Airfare; transfers; 5-night hotel accommodations; 8 meals; motorcoach transportation; full time escort; taxes & fees for all inclusions; NOT INCLUDED: optional cancellation insurance (for any reason) $200 per person DUE UPON DEPOSIT; some meals; gratuities for escort, local guides, & driver; items of a personal nature.
Price:
$1899 per person double occupancy w/ early-signing discount. Singles add $450. Price will increase closer to departure.
Deposit of $250 pp due upon signing. If desired, optional insurance premium due with deposit.
Brochure available upon request.
Holy Land Classic
March 14-23, 2011
In partnership with Conroe First United Methodist Church
Tour includes: DAYS 1-2 Travel to Holy Land; DAY 3 Galilee, Sea of Galilee (worship service), Capernaum, Kibbutz Nof Ginnosar (ancient boat), Mount of Beatitudes, Tabgha (feeding of 5000), Church of the Fish and the Loaves, Chapel of the Primacy (Peter's professed devotion to risen Christ), River Jordan (Yardenit Baptismal Site); DAY 4 Beit Shean, Nazareth, Megiddo and Caesarea; DAY 5 Jericho, Qumran (Dead Sea Scrolls), Bethlehem; DAY 6 Jerusalem: Haas Promenade, Mount Moriah, Kidron Valley, Valley of Gehenna, Temple Mount, Dome of the Rock, Mount of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane, Mount Zion (house of the high priest Caiaphas), Upper Room, King David's Tomb; DAY 7 Jerusalem and the Old City: Southern Wall excavations, Teaching Steps, Western Wall, Cardo, Pool of Bethesda, Church of St. Anne, Herod's Antonia Fortress (Jesus brought before Pontius Pilate), Via Dolorosa (the 'way of the cross'), Church of the Holy Sepulchre; DAY 8 Leisure day with optional Masada & Dead Sea tour; DAY 9 Jerusalem: Ein Karem (birthplace of John the Baptist & where Virgin Mary visited Elizabeth), Yad Vashem, Garden Tomb, free afternoon; DAY 10 Extension or return to USA.
Price includes: complete tour as described, round trip airfare from Houston, deluxe motorcoach, entrance fees to sites, breakfast & supper buffet each day, hotel accommodations, taxes, basic gratuity, administrative fees. Price DOES NOT include: lunch daily, optional trip to Masada $65, love offering for driver and guide, other gratuities, passport, insurance, local transfers, items of personal nature. Price subject to change until paid in full.
Price: $3593.00 per person double occupancy Optional insurance $250.00 paid at time of deposit Deposit: $300 pp due at signing.
The Best Of China
April 19, 2011
With China Plus Tours, Chris & Ping Lee, owners
Chris [former diplomat] & Ping are native-born Chinese with an extensive knowledge of the history, culture, and people of China.
One of them will be escorting our private tour to China.
Choice of 15-day or 18-day tour [includes Hong Kong]
Highlights
Beijing [Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven]; the Great Wall, Hutong Tour, Summer Palace; Xi'an [City Wall, Museum of History, Tang Dynasty dinner show in Tang Palace, Terra Cotta Warriors, Wild Goose Pagoda]; Chongqing [City Square, People's Hall, Art Gallery, Farmers' Market, Stilwell Museum, kindergarten]; Yangtze River Cruise [Fengdu, Qutang Gorge, Wu Gorge, Shennong Stream, Xiling Gorge, Three Gorges Dam]; Shanghai: Bund [Shanghai Old Town; Shanghai Museum, acrobatic show]; Suzhou, known as 'Venice in the East', 'City of Gardens', and 'Capital of Silk' [silk-spinning factory, Garden of Master Fishnet, boat trip on a grand canal; Guilin [sail on Li River, free time in Yangshuo]; Hong Kong [Victoria Peak, Aberdeen Fishing Village, Stanley Market]
Included
Tour program as outlined in brochure; roundtrip airfare from Houston; air & ground transfers for all included tour programs; fully escorted by professional bilingual tour director; English-speaking guides in each city; deluxe ship on Yangtze River; 5-star [deluxe] hotels; most meals & 3 special dinners; luggage handling [1 bag per person]
Price estimate: 15-day tour $5028.00; 18-day tour $5568.00 Deposit: $300 pp upon signing Brochure available upon request
For more information call Linda at 409.945.2515.
