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We're here to make your travel dreams come true!
Dear Traveling Friends,
This year Tourco continues to expand the number of customers we serve and the
variety of tours we offer. We're building on the success of our newest
addition -- Tourco's Northern Transportation of Eau Claire, Wisconsin -- by
integrating new geographic areas into our operations. I am proud to
announce that we are exploring new departure points as well.
A sincere thank-you
to all of our loyal customers for your past patronage. We greatly
appreciate your continued support. As we enter our 15th year of
business, the comfort of our passengers remains our top priority. We
continue to offer state-of-the-art technological improvements on our motor
coaches and have added more one-way flight tours with motor coach to shorten our
itineraries per popular demand.
Tourco will continue to
offer a perfect balance of interesting sights,
enjoyable meals, cultural events,
leisure time and comfortable, safe accommodations. Our
professional Tour Managers strive to ensure
fun-filled, relaxing and carefree vacation experiences. We appreciate your
kind suggestions and endorsements.
Our greatest satisfaction is the pleasing comments we get from our many
customers. (I have shared a few of these below.) Our customers' word is
still our best source of advertising. Thanks again to all our loyal
customers, and my sincere promise to you all is that we will continue doing our very best to make your Travel Dreams come true.
Sincerely,
David R. Ebertowski
President
"This was my first tour with Tourco, and I'm
going to be back and tell my friends."
"Very well organized, many treats,
couldn't have been better. Looking forward to many, many more and
different tours!"
"The shows were all excellent. The tour manager and
driver were very good and pleasant, and the driver safe and courteous."
OUR
MISSION STATEMENT: To give each passenger a unique travel experience exceeding
his or her expectations. We take personal pride in planning every detail on all
our tours.
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Free
Minnesota Senior Federation (MSF) and Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups (CWAG) memberships!
 Tourco's
Firstline Tours, the Minnesota Senior Federation (MSF), and the Coalition of
Wisconsin Aging Groups (CWAG) have teamed up to offer members a 4% discount on
any extended motorcoach tour program over $100 and 2% on all cruises and general
public travel programs. Plus, Tourco will pay for a one-year membership with any tour of $500 or more.
If you are presently a member, we will give you an additional $15 off a new single
or double reservation. For more details, call our office at
763-780-2985, 800-868-7261, or (WI office) 800-735-8687.
Offer good from January 1-April 1, 2006.
General information
Please make your reservation well in advance. A
per person deposit of $50 on tours less than $1000 or $100 on tours over $1000 is due within 5 working days after
making your phone reservation. Final payment is due 35 days prior to departure,
45-60 days on air tours, or as otherwise noted. Visa, MasterCard, American
Express or Discover cards may be used for final payment or full payment for extended tours. Charge cards may be used for
extended tours of $100.00 or more per person, and all casino tours. Trip documents will be sent out 7 to 10 days prior to departure on extended trips.
Full payment for day tours is due 5 working days after phone reservation. Payment will guarantee your reservation.
Cancellation policy
Extended
MOTORCOACH TOURS
• 10 business days prior to departure -- full refund less any non-recoverable costs
(tickets, hotels, meals, air)
• 4-9 business days prior -- refund less
$50.00 cancellation fee per person plus any non-recoverable costs
• 0-3 business days prior -- no refund (weekends are
not business days)
• Refund checks will be sent after the tour returns.
Travel insurance is highly recommended.
One-day AND CASINO TOURS
• 4 or more business days prior to departure -- a credit memo less any non-recoverable costs will be issued after the tour returns
(credit good for 1 year from date of issue)
• 0-3 business days prior -- no refund
CRUISE, AMTRAK AND AIR TOURS
• Cancellation penalties will apply according to individual vendors.
Tourco's cancellation policy does NOT apply.
• The cost of charging and crediting a charge card will be deducted from the
refund. No refund will be given for the unused portion of a trip should
interruption during a tour be necessary. Trip cancellation-interruption
insurance is highly recommended for extended tours.
This policy does not apply to Air-Cruise-Amtrak or other tours not directly controlled by Tourco.
2006/2007:
Travel Guard (Insure America)
The American Bus Association (ABA) and Tourco are proud to offer insurance plans
through Travel Guard International. Tourco highly recommends travel
insurance for all our traveling passengers and will not be responsible for any
losses due to cancellation. Cost will vary depending upon the cost of the tour. A brochure will be included with all
extended tours. Air/Cruise and International tours will have their own
trip cancellation policies. Tourco trip cancellation insurance does NOT
apply to One Day or Casino Tours. We feel this trip cancellation policy
will ensure our customers worry-free reservations on the Extended Tours.
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Responsibility
Tourco's Firstline Tours, Inc. of Spring Lake Park, Minnesota operates these tours. Tourco acts as agent for tour members in arranging accommodations, transportation, sightseeing, admissions and meals.
Tourco reserves the right to make changes to the itinerary and pricing when necessary. Tourco is not responsible to any person for loss of time or money if a change in the itinerary occurs. Damaged suitcases must be reported to the tour directors immediately. Tourco will not be responsible for damaged luggage caused by hotel or other carriers.
Tourco reserves the right to refuse passage to any passenger due to illness,
disruptive behavior, hygiene or any problem that may result in an unsafe
environment to the rest of the passengers or the operation of the tour.
Tourco will not be responsible for any monetary damages that may result and
highly recommends travel insurance.
Door-to-door
policy
- Free door-to-door pickup within the Twin
Cities Metro Area for customers on tours of 5 nights or longer. Metro
Area is within the I-494/I-694 beltline and a 1-mile radius of that
beltline.
- Outside of that area to a 6-mile radius of
the I-494/I-694 beltline (including Anoka, Maple Grove, Burnsville, Apple
Valley, etc.) a charge of $20.00 per person round trip will be applied for
door-to-door service.
- On selected tours of 3-5 days, door-to-door
service will be available at a nominal charge of $10.00 per person each way
or $20.00 round trip, within the I-494/I-694 beltline and a 1-mile radius of
that beltline. A minimum of 4 passengers are required for this
service.
- Tourco will provide transfers for groups of
6 or more within a 100-mile radius of the Metro Area for an additional
charge of $15.00 each way or $30.00 round trip per person (on tours of 5
nights or longer).
- Motorcoach will provide special group
departures at designated locations within the Metro Area, for groups of 6 or
more on extended tours, and 10 passengers or more on tours of 1-3 days,
at no charge.
For additional information, please contact our
office at 763-780-2985.
Tourco's regular
Minnesota departure points
Cub Foods (West St. Paul):
2021 S. Robert St. at Robert and Southview
Rainbow (Bloomington):
79th and Penn Ave. S.
(Southtown Center in Bloomington --
NE corner)
Franks Nursery (Maplewood):
1845 E County Road D -- Facing Co. Rd. D
Apache Silver Lane (St. Anthony):
3800 Silver Lake Rd. -- SE corner of Wal-Mart parking lot (near Wendy's)
Tourco's
Wisconsin departure points
(on
selected tours)
Eau Claire
Rice Lake
Tomah
Madison
Dining codes
Many of our tours include planned meals and coffee breaks. The chart below explains the symbols used throughout this site.
Casino packages are
subject to change without notice by the casinos.
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