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Academic Travel Services
presents 2-, 3-, 4-night
(or more) performance tour experiences to the financial and cultural
center of our country. Your group will discover and experience the
collage of cultures, people and ethnic diversity in our most
cosmopolitan city. More than just a tour, your trip with Academic Travel
Services is a journey of enlightenment that will acquaint your students
with a newhorizon of understanding!
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3 Days/2 Nights
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Hotel accommodations provided (4 per room).
* Most have indoor pools
* All have indoor corridors
* All are located in safe suburban areas (Manhattan
Hotel, if desired) |
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Two breakfasts |
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Two dinners in Manhattan restaurants |
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Professional escort assigned to your group. |
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Introductory tour of Manhattan with a local, licensed step-on
guide. This tour will usually include Central Park, Lower Harlem, St. Patrick's Cathedral,
Rockefeller Center, SoHo, Greenwich Village, Wall Street, Little Italy, Chinatown. Of
course, we'll visit other sites as well if it can be worked into your tour. |
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Admission to the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island or Narrated Cruise of NY Harbor. |
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Admission to the Empire State Building or The Top of the Rock. |
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Admission to and tour of the United Nations
Headquarters or Radio City Music Hall or The Lincoln Center for the
Performing Arts |
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Admission to a Broadway Show - your choice based on availability of group discounted tickets. |
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All admissions and entry fees, taxes and gratuities. |
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Professional Tour Director assigned to your group alone. |
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Personalized service from former educators.
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Itinerary tailored to YOUR unique needs and desires.
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Consumer Protection Plan. |
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Professional liability insurance. |
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Professional Errors and Omissions insurance.
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A complimentary teacher/chaperone ratio of your choice.
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Optional: Health/Accident/Trip Cancellation insurance. |
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Optional: Video DVD of the trip (add $12.00 per person)
Click here for demo videos
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Popular Trip Options:
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Additional Tour Director for multi coach groups. |
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Nightly Security. |
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Hotel Accommodations in Manhattan
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Master Classes and additional public performances for performing groups |
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Customized Broadway Workshops for musical,
dance, and drama groups |
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Question
& Answer session after Broadway Show |
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90-minute
narrated breakfast cruise on the Spirit of New York with sightseeing and a
photo opportunity of the St. Liberty (groups of 90 or more). |
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TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
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Full Day Introductory Tour
° Experience the grandeur of the Lincoln Center, a 14 acre complex dedicated to the
education and artistic expression of music. More people enjoy performances at the Lincoln
Center each year than all of the sporting events in the Metropolitan area combined.
° Reflect in Strawberry fields, the John Lennon memorial Imagine in the midst
of 843 acre Central Park.
° Gaze upon the beauty and savor the reverence of St. Patrick's Cathedral.
° Peer into the inner-workings of the television and entertainment industry at
Rockefeller Plaza.
° Browse Greenwich Village, New York's Bohemian center. "The Village" is famed
for its restaurants and curio shops as well as its eclectic residents and shopkeepers.
° Enjoy lunch at a sidewalk cafe in SoHo or Greenwich Village
° Experience cultural diversity during a walking tour of Little Italy and Chinatown.
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
° Ponder the impact that was made upon our country by the millions of immigrants that
passed by the Statue of Liberty on their way to processing at Ellis Island from 1892 to
1924.
° Reflect upon the nearly 400,000 names engraved on the American Immigrant Wall on Ellis
Island.
° Gaze upon the 151 foot statue given to the United States by France in 1884 in
commemoration of the two countries' alliance during the American Revolution.
Empire State Building
° Marvel at one of the world's tallest office buildings. The 1932 art deco building soars
1454 feet and has 2 million square feet of office space. You can see for 50 miles from the
observation deck on a clear day!
Metropolitan Museum of Art
° Experience one of the world's greatest museums. Among the collections are Egyptian,
Greek and Roman art; arms and armor; musical instruments; the Egyptian Temple of Dendur,
as well as European and Oriental paintings, art and sculptures.
American Museum of Natural History
° Understand the cultures of the American Indian, Asian, Pacific Islanders and the Aztec
and Mayan empires.
° Travel back through time in the Hall of Dinosaurs and the Hall of Human Biology and
Evolution.
° Touch an actual moon rock.
Shopping/Browsing on 5th Avenue
° Visit Trump Tower and see its hanging gardens and 80 foot waterfall. Shop at the
NBA Store and Niketown. Visit FAO Schwartz Toy Store and Gaze upon priceless jewels at Tiffany's. It's all here in the retail capital of the world!
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Morning Arrival in NYC (Breakfast on own, en route)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Natural History
Dinner Provided
Empire State Building
Hotel Check in this evening |
Day 2
Breakfast provided
Full day introductory tour: (Suggested Sites)
Harlem, Central Park, SoHo, Rockefeller Center, Greenwich Village, Little Italy, Wall
Street, Chinatown
Dinner Provided
Broadway Show Included |
Day 3
Breakfast provided
Hotel check-out
Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Optional sightseeing breakfast cruise
United Nations
Headquarters tour
Shopping/Browsing on 5th Avenue
Depart for home |
Please note: all meals and attractions listed in the
itinerary are included in the typical trip cost.
Public performances at one (or
more) of the following: South Street Seaport; Statue of Liberty; Lincoln
Center Plaza; Cathedral of St. John the Divine ;
Intrepid Air, Space and Sea Museum.
Other offerings include Master's
Classes, Performing Arts Clinics, Dance Clinics, Private After-Show Cast
Parties, Career Development Packages, Meet-The-Artist programs, etc.
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