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The Grand Hotel and Mackinac Island
Travel Dates: September 28 - October 6, 2021
Cost Per Person:
Double: $2,286.00 | Triple: $2,103.00 | Single: $2,922.00
Final Payment Due: August 2, 2021
This trip is one that everyone must take at least once in Wednesday September 29th – Today is a day that cele-
their lifetime. It’s just that special; it’s that amazing. I brates our servicemen and women. This morning we will
just don’t think too many things could be more special travel to Columbus, Ohio and visit the brand-new Na-
than staying at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. tional Veteran’s Me-
morial and Museum.
America has a long,
proud history of mili-
tary service and vol-
unteerism during
wartime. Heroes such
as General George
Washington and Sen-
As you step off the ferry onto this quaint island, you will ator John H. Glenn are well documented on the national
immediately be beckoned to a bygone era of horse- stage. But there are others whose military experiences
drawn carriages, Victorian homes, Afternoon Teas and are known only to family, friends and descendants. Now,
croquet on an endless lawn. Life will slow down as we there is a place where the stories of our veterans, their
spend TWO NIGHTS at the magnificent Grand Hotel, a families and the Fallen – across all branches of service
magnificent National Historic Landmark! It has been the and all eras of conflict – are told together. You’ll get to
backdrop for two movies (This Time for Keeps and know the courageous men and women who answered
Somewhere in Time) and has been on the “Top 25 Ho- our country’s call to service. You’ll open footlockers and
tels in the World” list. Add to that the beautiful colors of hear directly from veterans about their experiences, lift
autumn in Michigan and you have a trip that is spectacu- and touch gear, including backpacks and helmets so you
lar. A gift for your spouse? A treat to yourself? A phe- can better understand the physical rigors of service and
nomenal girlfriends’ or a singles getaway? Any way you then take time to contemplate and reflect on those who
look at it, it is going to be fabulous and you do not want accepted the call to protect our country as you visit the
to miss it! Memorial Grove. It’s a wonderful morning of individual
stories and experiences of veterans throughout history.
Tuesday, September 28th – What an incredible adven-
ture is in store as you travel to Michigan. Of course, the From Columbus, we’ll continue our travels, stopping for
interesting stops along the way will just add to the ex- the night in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (B, D)
citement. Sit back and relax as we travel through Virgin-
ia and into West Virginia today, Thursday, September 30th – After breakfast we’ll head
enjoying the camaraderie of our to Charlevoix, Michigan, enjoying lunch in a restaurant
travel family and the scenic views that was originally built as a grist mill. It was designed by
along the way. We’ll stop at the a famous local architect, Earl Young, who is known for
historic Blennerhasset Hotel in the curvaceous rooflines and flowing architecture he
Parkersburg, West Virginia for the created that fit perfectly into the landscape. After lunch
night. (D) we’ll take a unique tour and continue with the Earl
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Young theme as we take a will enjoy lunch, take a carriage tour of the island and
driving tour of 28 fascinating then check into our hotel. But this is not just any hotel. It
structures that were built is one of America’s most magnificent hotels . . . rightly
from the stones and boulders named, The Grand Hotel. Grand it is and how fortunate
along the shoreline in North- that we can stay at the Grand Hotel for TWO nights.
ern Michigan. The flowing Both mornings you will enjoy an extraordinary breakfast,
lines and cedar shake roofs and, in the evenings, you will be pampered at a five-
just seem to make many of course dinner followed by live music in the ballroom. At
these houses appear almost day’s end you will retire to your room. Each room in the
gnome-like, which has led to the term: Mushroom hotel has been individually decorated by a famous de-
House. signer, Carleton Varney. (One time I had a room with a
baby grand piano in it!) What an amazing time you are
After this interesting tour, we’ll going to have especially at this time of year for the
continue up the road to Petoskey, crowds will be gone, the days should be sunny and warm,
a charming lakeside communi- the nights cool and crisp, and hopefully the fall colors will
ty known for its breathtaking be peaking. (B, D)
views, Victorian architecture, historic Gaslight District,
and the Petoskey Stone. Our hotel tonight is often re- Saturday, October
ferred to as the Mini-Grand Hotel. The front porch and 2nd – Today you are
the hotel itself are a glimpse into what’s ahead on this free to enjoy the hotel
trip. But for tonight, we will relax and enjoy the beauty at your leisure or walk
and surroundings of this lovely town that I’m sure you back into the little vil-
will fall in love with. (B, L, D) lage. There are no
motorized vehicles
Friday, October 1st – Rise and shine for we have a mag- allowed on the island,
nificent day ahead of us. After a delicious breakfast, we but horses, carriages
will take a tour of Petoskey, and bikes are abundant and the list of other activities you
home to a famous resident can choose from is extensive. You may choose to go
(Ernest Hemingway) who began swimming, play croquet, horseshoes or golf, rent bicycles
his professional writing here. and explore the island, explore the Butterfly Conservato-
We will also see Petoskey ry, enjoy an historic lecture, explore the hotel’s quaint
stones. These unique stones are shops, browse the antique and fudge shops in the village
to Michigan as turquoise is to or just sit on the porch and relax. At 660 feet, the Grand
New Mexico. They are fragments of a fossilized coral reef Hotel’s front porch is the world’s largest, and in fact, is
deposited by a glacier and resemble ordinary limestone visible as you approach the Island from Lake Huron. To
but, when these stones become wet or polished, the dis- just sit on the porch, look at the beautiful landscaped
tinctive mottled pattern of the six-sided coral fossils gardens, listen to the horses clicking along on the cobble-
emerge. They are quite interesting. stones is going to be grand! (B, D)
Then it’s the moment we’ve been waiting for. . . we’re off Sunday, October 3rd – After an utterly delicious break-
to Mackinac Island!!! fast and two days and nights to refresh our bodies and
souls in this spectacular setting, we will take a carriage
We’ll travel board a hydro- ride back to the dock and catch our ferry over to Macki-
jet ferry from Mackinaw City naw City. Our destination today is Frankenmuth, a
to Mackinac Island. Oh, what charming Bavarian town in Michigan. When we arrive,
an amazing time you are go- you will have a choice of places to visit. There is
ing to have on this island! We Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland, the world’s largest
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Christmas store covering five acres as well as their Silent ia for the night. (B, D)
Night Memorial Chapel, a 56-foot-tall landmark that is a
replica of the original chapel in Austria where “Silent Wednesday, October 6th – An early breakfast and then
Night” was first sung on Christmas Eve in 1818. Others we’re on the road traveling to the best pace of all –
may prefer to take a guided tour of the Military and home. Reaching home does not mean the adventure is
Space Museum next over for our “grand” memories will surely be a topic of
door. Afterwards we conversation to share with others for a lifetime. (B, L)
will check into our ho-
tel, the Bavarian Inn,
where we will enjoy
Included in your trip:
dinner and entertain-
ment this evening. (B, transportation,
D) overnight accommodations,
Monday, October 4th – This morning we cross over into all meals indicated by (B), (L), and (D) each day,
Ohio where we will have a unique and unusual experi- sightseeing and admissions as outlined in the itinerary,
ence as we meet with a retired police officer who is an
any local guide service used and their gratuities,
expert in police and military K-9 dogs. He trains and sells
these highly specialized pups all over the country for po- tax and tip for all included meals,
lice, military, and fire and rescue use. I am sure you will
baggage handling in the hotels, and
leave being amazed at just how skilled “man’s best
friend” can be! Then we’ll continue on our way to Sug- the services of a Tour Director (available at all times of the
arcreek, Ohio for the night. Dinner this evening will be in day or night while on the tour).
an Amish home. How special is that? (B, D)
Tuesday, October 5th – After a leisurely breakfast and
time to explore the property, we will meet our special
guide, who comes from a long line of Amish families –
seven generations! His Amish roots and upbringing bal-
anced with experiences and life outside the culture make
him the person to speak with us on both cultures with
first-hand knowledge. It will definitely be a fun and
unique tour. He
will take us
through the
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observe. After a beautiful tour of the countryside in au- Donna@RoyalToursLLC.net
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ue along the road, stopping in Charleston, West Virgin-
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