[Travelandtourism] Members of the Travel & Tourism Division we need your help.

[cheryl echevarria]

As you all know, we are trying to get our very 1st Fundraiser off the ground, and we need your help.
This is to raise money for this division and to have fun at the same time and enjoy new experiences.
We are talking about the National Parks Trip October 9-13, 2013
We are in need of 7 more people to make this work. We have 14 paid right now we need a total of 20 hopefully 21 in case someone cancels.
Here is the information again about the trip, we are over $1000.00 right now for this fundraiser if it goes through, if we don't get 20 people by July 15, 2013, then we will have to cancel the trip and return all money to everyone.
NFB Travel and Tourism Division 2013 National Parks Tour 
This is an all inclusive trip including tour guide.  Only exception is your expenses to and from Vegas October 9th through the 13th.  Would love to have you join us.  $721 double occupancy.  20% down.  Payment plan available.  Single and Triple Occupancy rates are available.
If you are totally blind and are worried about not enjoying the trip because it might be to visual for you we are working with Scenic Tours, Ron Helquist who is the owner of Scenic Tours, will make it happen.  We want everyone to enjoy the trip using all of your senses.
Pricing includes: Tour bus, tour guide, hotels, all meals, entrance fees to the parks, taxes and fees, only thing not included is the tip to the tour guide upon end of the trip and transportation to and from Las Vegas.
Payment structure: 20% of trip due at booking, full deposit due 8/1/2013, and final payment due 9/1/2013. But we are offering once 20% of trip has been paid, payment plans can be arranged.
Single Occupancy - $860 p.p.   - $172 per person due at bookingDouble Occupancy - $721 p.p.  - $145 per person due at bookingTriple Occupancy - $625 p.p.    - $120 per person due at booking  
Itinerary:
Day 1: Las Vegas, NV - Fly into Las Vegas, NV. You will be met at the airport and shuttled to your hotel in downtown Las Vegas. You will have the evening to explore Las Vegas and catch some sleep before our big trip. Lodging at Bally’s Resort Dinner Included
Day 2: Day 2 Thursday
Grand Canyon National Park & Page, AZ - After an early breakfast, we will depart at 7am to the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. We will cross over the new bridge in front of Hoover Dam, the largest dam in the United States. We will meet famous Route 66 in Kingman, AZ. After a short break, we will continue down Route 66 until Williams, AZ. From there we will enter into the National Park.

We will make 3 stops along the rim and view this natural wonder of the world. We will also enjoy lunch inside the park before we move on. After leaving the park we will enter the Navajo Indian Reservation. We will traverse the reservation to Page, AZ. We will lodge for the night in Page. Our lodging for the evening will be at Quality Inn, Page AZ.
Lodging at Quality Inn Breakfast & Dinner Included (snacks and water is supplied)
Day 3 Friday - Zion National Park & Bryce Canyon National Park.  Today we will depart Page for Zion National Park. Once we arrive at the park, we will enjoy lunch at the Zion Canyon Lodge. Once we are finished with lunch, we will enjoy seeing the not only Zion Canyon and the beautiful oasis within the canyon, but we will also see the east bench of Zion. It is a unique area that offers a different view of the sandstone cliffs that make up Zion National Park. Once we have enjoyed Zion National Park, we will depart the park and go to Bryce Canyon National Park. In Bryce Canyon, we will visit Fairyland,Sunset, and Bryce Points. Afterward we will check into our hotel at Ruby’s Inn for the evening. Lodging at Ruby’s Inn, UT Breakfast & Dinner Included.
Day 4 Saturday - After a delicious breakfast, we will depart Bryce Canyon and travel down one of the most beautiful highways in America, Highway 12. This road provides you with the beauties of the sandstone canyons and the wonders of 9,500 ft mountain vistas. We will then travel to Capital Reef National Park. In the park we will some petroglyphs, the old school house, and the capitol dome. Once we have finished enjoying Capital Reef, and had a delicious boxed lunch, we will depart for our return journey to Las Vegas. We will travel through the beautiful Aquarius Plateau and then get back to the I-15 corridor. We will stop in St George, UT for a final dinner and a pleasant walk in town. After dinner, we will travel to Las Vegas, NV where we will spend the night. Lodging at Las Vegas, NV Breakfast & Dinner Included
Day 5 Sunday - Breakfast and returning to the airport
For more information and to book your trip, please contact Cheryl Echevarria, President of NFB Travel and Tourism Division and Owner of Echevarria Travel at 631-456-5394 or reservations at echevarriatravel.com, Vice President, Maurice Shackelford at 770-280-5029 or reservations at peachtreetravel.net, or Treasurer Milton Taylor at milt2533 at gmail.com.
We will accept check or money order, if you need to pay by credit card we will offer paypal.com

Cheryl Echevarria, PresidentNFB Travel & Tourism www.nfbtravel.org631-236-5138
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