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3 Days/2 Nights

Two (or more) nights hotel accommodations (4 per room).
    * Most usually have indoor pools
    * All have indoor corridors
    * All are located in safe suburban areas
Two breakfasts
Two dinners in Manhattan restaurants
Professional escort assigned to your group.
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.
Admission to the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island or Narrated Cruise of NY Harbor.
Admission to the Empire State Building or The Top of the Rock.
Admission to and tour of the United Nations Headquarters or Radio City Music Hall or The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Admission to a Broadway Show - your choice based on availability of group discounted tickets.
All admissions and entry fees, taxes and gratuities.
Professional Tour Director assigned to your group alone.
Personalized service from former educators.
Itinerary tailored to YOUR unique needs and desires.
Consumer Protection Plan.
Professional liability insurance.
Professional Errors and Omissions insurance.
The complimentary teacher/chaperone ratio of your choice.
Optional: Health/Accident/Trip Cancellation insurance.
Optional: Video of the trip (add $10.00 per person)

Optional Trip Inclusions

Additional Tour Director for multi coach groups.
Nightly Security.
Master Classes and additional public performances for performing groups
Broadway Workshops for musical and Drama groups
Question & Answer session after Broadway Show
90-minute narrated breakfast cruise on the Spirit of New Yorkwith sightseeing and a photo opportunity of the St. Liberty.
Video of the trip for each participant.

Visit These Great Sites!
American Museum of Natural History Macys
Broadway show listings Metropolitan Museum of Art
Central Park SoHo
Chinatown South Street Seaport
Empire State Building Ellis Island
Six-Flags Great Adventure Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
Times Square Statue of Liberty
Greenwich Village United Nations
Lincoln Center Tour Radio City Music Hall
Times Square EarthCam Empire St. Building TowerCam

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

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!

The Big Apple Sample Itinerary
Day 1
Morning Arrival in NYC (Breakfast on own, en route)
Metropolitan Musuem of Art
Museum of Natural History
Dinner
Empire State Building
Hotel Check in this evening
Day 2
Breakfast
Full day introductory tour which includes:
Harlem, Central Park, SoHo, Rockefeller Center, Greenwich Village, Little Italy, Wall Street, Chinatown
Dinner
Broadway Show
Day 3
Breakfast
Hotel check-out
Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Optional sightseeing breakfast cruise
United Nations
Headquaters 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; St. Patrick's Cathedral; St. John the Divine Cathedral; 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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Academic Travel Services is entering its 13th year of Educational Travel Services to the Student Travel Industry. Over 200,000 students have traveled with ATS since its inception. The focus is to provide a high quality trip at an affordable price. Our goal is for as many students as possible to experience the thrill of group travel without the financial burden of paying more for a trip than is absolutely necessary to keep the high standards of quality that are expected in Student Group Travel.
There are many standard destinations that ATS provides services to, but we also will help Build a Trip for any Group that is looking for something "a little different" than the standard trip. Chicago, New York City, Orlando, and Washington, DC are the major destinations, but we also specialize in Tours to Atlanta, Branson, Dallas, Memphis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Saint Louis, and Williamsburg, just to name a few. Whatever your student travel needs, from festival performances to class trips, Academic Travel Services has the experience and staff to make your Trip Preparation and Trip Execution a wonderful experience.