2021 Trips
Welcome to our 2021 Travel Page!
We have high hopes of life returning to normal by Spring, so we're ready to hit the ground running, or you could say, hit the roads rolling on the motorcoaches! Below are the trips we have planned for 2021. Many of the day trips are taken from our 2020 schedule. As you can imagine, most venues are not yet in a position to plan that far ahead. If you have any interest in a trip with no date/cost, please just call the Senior Center and let us know. We will put your name on the "I'm interested" list and when more information becomes available, you'll be notified.You'll also find we have a few exciting extended vacations planned with Collette and Mayflower. We're hoping to explore the splendors of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Canadian Rockies with Glacier National Park; and the Blue Ridge Mountains. We are taking deposits for these tours and have provided you with extensive details below. If you'd like to have a registration form mailed to you for these vacations, call the Senior Center at 231-922-4911 or email dmikowski@gtcountymi.gov.
Things are still pretty tentative, but we're hopeful, 2021 will be a good year! Take a look at what we have planned and take a leap of faith and get on our interest lists! As always, if you need anything, call us, we're here!
- Frankenmuth
- Magical Midland
- Canadian Rockies
- Summer Overnight Mystery Trip
- "Mystery History Series"
- From Blue Ridges To Blue Grass
- Laurel Highlands
- Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
- Let's Go Tigers!
- Art Prize
- Fall Color Tour
- "Brown Bag" Fall Mystery Trip
- Grand Experience
Frankenmuth
Date: TBD
Cost: TBD
- Deluxe motorcoach transportation
- Lunch included at Zehnder’s (show to be determined)
- Dinner on your own
Registration deadline: TBD
Pick-up Locations: Traverse City, Kingsley
Activity Level: 1
Seats Available: 52
Pick-up Locations: Traverse City, Kingsley
Activity Level: 1
Seats Available: 52
Magical Midland
Date: Thursday, July 22, 2021
Cost: $156 per person
- Deluxe motorcoach transportation
- Lunch included
- Tour the Alden B. Dow Home and Studio
- Enjoy the new canopy walk through Whiting Forest at Dow Gardens
- Visit Dahlia Hill Garden and the Tridge
- Dinner on your own on the way home
Pick-up Locations: Traverse City, Kingsley
Activity Level: 4
Seats Available: 52
Canadian Rockies and Glacier National Park
Date: July 17 through July 21, 2021
Cost: $4498 single; $3,798 double; $3,768 triple; per person. For bookings after February 17, 2021 call for rates.
Deposit: $500 per person
Canadian Rockies Information Page
Canadian Rockies Flyer.pdf
Canadian Rockies Registration Form.pdf
Canadian Rockies Registration Form-Credit Card.pdf
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in Calgary
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Glacier National Park
- Going-to-the-Sun Road scenic mountain road
- Banff
- Athabasca Glacier, and Lake Louise
- Enjoy a drive along the Icefields Parkway, which parallels the Great Divide and home to some of the most dramatic vistas in all of North America
Activity Level: 3
Seats Available: 12
Cancellation: Guests now have until April 1st, 2021 to cancel for any reason and get their deposit and insurance fully refunded.
Summer Overnight Mystery Trip
Date: August 11 -12, 2021
Cost: Single $459, Double $415, Triple $394, Quad $383 per person
Deposit: $100
Insurance: Included
Deluxe motorcoach transportation. Includes breakfast, two lunches, and dinner, with one dinner on your own.
Clues:
- “Whoa, take ‘er easy there, pilgrim!”
- You could get “stamped” here.
- Get “locked” in
- American Pickers
- Go, green! Go, white!
Pick-up Locations: Traverse City and Kingsley
Activity Level: 3
Seats Available: 52
"Mystery History Series"
Date: Monday, September 13, 2021
Cost: $152 per person
Each year Xpedition Travel will bring us a one-day history tour. With contacts throughout our state, Xpedition Travel arranges tours with historians, educators, and guides who might take travelers to places they’ve only ever imagined, back in time. If you are an inquisitive traveler who wants to learn more and dig deeper to find local treasures in
Michigan, this tour is for you.
Pick-up Locations: Traverse City
Activity Level: 2
Seats Available: 52
From Blue Ridges to Blue Grass
Date: September 18 through September 26, 2021
Cost: $5113 single; $3,798 double; per person
Deposit: $400 per person
Insurance: Included
From Blue Ridges to Blue Grass Flyer.pdf
From Blue Ridges to Blue Grass Registration Form.pdf
- Round Trip Airport Transfers
- 15 Meals (8 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 4 dinners)
- Narrated Panoramic Tour of Atlanta
- Lunch at Mary Mac's Tea Room
- Visit the Biltmore Estate
- Visit Gatlinburg
- Titanic Museum
- Visit the Kentucky Horse park
- Tour Shaker Village
- Stop at Wild Turkey Distillery
- Guided Tour of "Music City"
- Reserved Seats at the Grand Ole Opry
Seats Available: 50
View this recorded video of Blue Ridge to Blue Grass tour from Mayflower Tours.
Laurel Highlands and Southwest Pennsylvania
Date: September 20 - 23, 2021
Cost: Single $938, Double $764, Triple $699,
Quad $676 per person
Deposit: $100
Insurance: Included
- Deluxe motorcoach transportation
- Includes three breakfasts and three dinners
- Tour Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Falling Water”
- Visit the Flight 93 National Memorial
- Enjoy “Rip Time” show at Mountain Playhouse
- Visit the Johnston Flood National Memorial and Museum, Quecreek Mine Rescue Site, and the Old General Store
Pick-up Locations: Traverse City and Kingsley
Activity Level: 4
Seats Available: 52
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
Date: October 1 through October 6, 2021
Cost: $3583 single; $2874 double; per person
Deposit: $400 per person
Insurance: Included
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Flyer.pdf
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Registration Form.pdf
- Roundtrip airfare from Traverse City, with five breakfasts and three dinners.
- During a three-night stay in Albuquerque, take a guided tour of Albuquerque’s historic Old Town
- Enjoy multiple-day-and-night hot air balloon viewings and evening fireworks display
- Take a private tour of Indian Pueblo Cultural Center with dinner with a live Native American dance performance.
- Spend two nights in Santa Fe
- Visit Pecos National Historic Park
- Take a walking tour of Sante Fe and the Governor’s Plaza
- Visit the San Miguel Mission and Lorretto Chapel
Seats Available: 49
View this recorded presentation of the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta from Mayflower Tours.
Let's Go Tigers
Date: Fall 2021
Cost: TBD
Insurance: Included
Registration deadline: TBD
Pick-up Locations: TBD
Activity Level: 3
Seats Available:
Email dmikowski@gtcountymi.gov to be placed on the list for more trip information when it becomes available.
Date: Fall 2021
Cost: TBD
Insurance: Included
Registration deadline: TBD
Pick-up Locations: TBD
Activity Level: 3
Seats Available:
Email dmikowski@gtcountymi.gov to be placed on the list for more trip information when it becomes available.
Art Prize
Date: Thursday, October 7, 2021
Cost: $154 per person
Deluxe motorcoach transportation. Take a
self-guided tour of Grand Rapids Art Museum and Art Prize exhibits. Art Prize gift bag included. Lunch on your own. Visit the Art Prize Exhibits at the Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park,
with dinner included.
Activity Level: 4
Seats Available: 52
Fall Color Tour
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Cost: $151 per person
- Deluxe motorcoach transportation through Northern Michigan
- Visit the Cross in The Woods
- Tour the Mushroom Houses in Charlevoix
- Take a wagon ride through Friske’s Farm Market (includes cider and donuts)
- Stop at Elk Rapids Art Park “Walk of Art”
- Lunch included
Registration deadline: September 12, 2021
Pick-up Locations: Traverse City and Kingsley
Activity Level: 3-4
Seats Available: 52
"Brown Bag" Fall Mystery Trip
Date: Friday, October 22, 2021
Cost: $165 per person
Deluxe motorcoach transportation. Everyone will receive a brown bag at the beginning of the tour and receive special treats throughout the trip to fill up the bag. Lunch included.
Clues:
- Something for everyone
- A capitol within itself
- The sweetest thing
Registration deadline: September 22, 2021
Pick-up Locations: Traverse City and Kingsley
Activity Level: 2
Seats Available: 52
Grand Experience
Date: October 25 through October 28, 2021
Cost:
Insurance: Optional
- Deluxe motorcoach transportation
- Ferry ride to and from island
- Three nights and four days at the Grand Hotel
- Breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, four-course dinners
- Nightly dancing with a live orchestra
- Horse-drawn carriage tour of the island
Pick-up Locations: Traverse City and Elk Rapids
Activity Level: 2
Seats Available: 40
Email dmikowski@gtcountymi.gov to be placed on the list for more trip information when it becomes available.