Created by Yale alumni, for Yale alumni. April 10-24, 2016 The India British Isles London, England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland and the English Lake District Jay Winter September 12 - October 3, 2017 Paul Freedman Charles J. Stille Chester Professor D. Tripp of History Professor of History Chair, History of Science, History of Medicine
Dear Yale Traveler Designed by and for Yale Alumni, you are invited to join us on a unique 21 day Tour of the British Isles in September of 2017. This is a repeat of the very successful Yale Alumni British Isles Tour which guided 40 Yale 1963 colleagues, spouses and partners around the British Isles for 20 days in 2016. It features the best proven aspects of that tour including: good communications, tours led by local knowledgeable guides, a shared comfortable coach for convenient transport, Superior First Class hotels, fine dining preceded by generous social hour cocktail parties, special receptions, progression at a relaxed pace, and encouragement of comfortable sharing and intimacy between all of us. The tour will be co-led by Yale Emeritus history professor Jay Winter, and Jon Larson, Yale 63. We will be accompanied and guided by local professional tour guides. An experienced professional tour guide will accompany us throughout the tour. The tour features six full days in London, 13 days London to London through England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, and a two day tour of the English Lake District. The total cost is $12,950 per person double occupancy for the 21 days. This price includes full travel insurance for the land portion through our group insurance agent. Additional insurance is available to cover air travel. The tour has limited space and time is of the essence. Please visit www.yaleedtravel.org/britishisles17 for the full details and the Registration form. Or call Yale Educational Travel at (203) 432-1952 or email edtravel@ yale.edu with any questions. Sincerely yours, St. Paul's Cathedral Highlights Travel by private Coach, Ferry, and Train, accompanied by professional tour guides, a Yale Emeritus history professor, and an experienced Yale Alum as tour director. London Tours: Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Churchill War Rooms, British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Westminster Abbey, Science Museum, Greenwich, West End Theatre, and St. Paul s Cathedral. Outside London Tours: Stonehenge, Roman excavations at Bath, Waterford House of Crystal, Traditional Irish Cabaret, Edinburgh Castle, Titanic Museum, and Blenheim Palace. Jon Larson 63 Tour Director, YET British Isles Tour 2017 www.yaleedtravel.org/britishisles17
Buckingham Palace Staterooms Titanic Museum - Belfast Yale Study Leader Upcoming Trips Jay Winter Jay Winter is the Charles J. Stille Professor of History at Yale University. He joined the Yale faculty in 2001 after many years of teaching modern history at Cambridge University in England where he was a Fellow of Pembroke College. He is the author of Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History, and with Jean-Louis Robert, he directed the collective which produced Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1919. He won the Emmy Award for best television series of the year as co-producer, writer and chief historian of the BBC television series: The Great War and the Shaping of the Twentieth Century, first broadcast in 1996, and shown in 27 countries. Married to a French woman and residing part of the year in Paris, Professor Winter has a deep love for British and French culture. Jon Larson '63 - Tour Director International travel experience includes five business and pleasure trips to the British Isles since 1962 and visits to 43 foreign countries in the America s, Europe, Middle East, North Africa, and Far East. Tour Director for Yale Alumni Tour de France 2015 and for the Yale Alumni British Isles Tour 2016. Founder and chairman of Charity Enablers Foundation (www.lff1.org). Retired from a full IBM career serving IBM customers in the U.S. and around the world. Managing partner of VC firm Investment Recovery Partners LLC (www.irpllc.net). Born and raised in the Hawaiian Islands. Yale University - BS IA/EE. Married for 51 years to Karen Brown of Rochester, New York, BA in English Literature/History studies. Yale Educational Travel Association of Yale Alumni Box 209010, New Haven, CT 06520-9010 Reservations: 203.432.1952 edtravel@yale.edu Alaska Family Adventure 07/17/2017 07/25/2017 Profs. Decker & Turner Galapagos: A Place Like No Other (Family) 08/01/2017 08/08/2017 Prof. Laurie Santos Passage of Lewis & Clark 08/13/2017 08/21/2017 Prof. David Evans Ancient Empires: From Malta to Rome 10/07/2017 10/15/2017 Prof. Kirk Freudenburg Readers Corner The British Isles, A History of Four Nations by Hugh Kearney The Celts, Romans, Vikings, Normans and modern immigrants all make an appearance in this elegant and revisionist history of the English, Scots, Welsh and Irish. Seamanship, Along the Wild Coasts of the British Isles by Adam Nicolson Engrossing account of a coastal voyage from Cornwall, along the coast of Ireland, out to the Faeroes and to Orkney in this brief hymn to the sea.
ITINERARY SEPTEMBER 12 to OCTOBER 3, 2017 WELCOME PHONE CALL Thursday, August 23 (tent.) Join the group at 4PM EST for a pre-trip welcome call with the professor and tour director to learn more about what to expect. TRAVEL DAY Tuesday, September 12 Depart U.S. Most flights are overnight. Depart U.S. afternoon. Lose a calendar day. Arrive morning to noon on the 13th. ARRIVE IN Wednesday, September 13 Arrive London Heathrow typically in the morning. Check into the Park Plaza Westminster hotel in London. Afternoon free to relax/start your own exploration of London on a hop-on/off bus. Welcome cocktails followed by dinner on your own. to LAKE DISTRICT Thursday, September 14 Take a two hour comfortable train north from London through the beautiful countryside to Oxenholme. Guided tour of the area including the Hill Top home of Beatrix Potter and the lovely Lakeland village of Hawkshead. Check into the historic MacDonald Old England Hotel and Spa. Cocktails followed by dinner in the restaurant with beautiful views of Lake Windermere. (B, D) LAKE DISTRICT to Friday, September 15 Take an all-day guided mini-van tour of the many lakes and sights of the area. Visit the home of William Wadsworth. Enjoy an Ullswater Lake steamer cruise. Return direct to London via a late afternoon high speed train. Guided evening excursion, dinner at a famous London pub, and a narrated Thames illumination cruise. (B,D) yaleedtravel.org/britishisles17 Saturday, September 16 Welcome to Portobello Road, the world s largest antiques market with over 1,000 dealers selling every kind of antique and collectible. Dinner and a performance of Beautiful" at the Aldyck Theatre. (B,D) A comprehensive and unique tour of the British Isles. Led by experienced Yale Faculty and Alumni and by experienced local UK guides. Sunday, September 17 Tour Buckingham Palace s Royal Mews and Staterooms. Tour the Churchill War Rooms. Enjoy dinner at Quaglino's, one of London's finest restaurants. (B,D) Monday, September 18 More museums and sites on our private coach in the morning until mid-afternoon. Tours include Westminster Abbey, Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Science and Natural History Museums. Dinner at a restaurant of your choice. (B) Tuesday, September 19 Tour by boat of the Greenwich area which includes the Royal Observatory, the National Maritime Museum, the Greenwich Meridian Time Line, Cutty Sark, and the Queen's House. Afternoon tour of the National Gallery. Yale history professor Jay Winter joins us for the remainder of the tour. Cocktail party and dinner in his honor. (B,D) Wednesday, September 20 Morning sightseeing of famous landmarks: Houses of Parliament and Big Ben beside the Thames River, Whitehall s mounted horse guards, the Prime Minister s Downing Street, Piccadilly Circus, and Buckingham Palace. Highlights are a visit to St. Paul s Cathedral and the pageantry of the Changing of the Guard (if held). Windsor Castle. Dinner at the historic Rules Restaurant, London s oldest restaurant, in operation since 1798. (B,D) STONEHENGE and BATH Thursday, September 21 Depart London early for a memorable day: the breathtaking Ornamental Gardens of Henry VIII s Hampton Court Palace; prehistoric Stonehenge; and the excavations of the Roman Baths. Cross the Severn
Windsor Castle River into Wales. Special welcome reception and dinner with wine. (B,D) CARDIFF and WATERFORD Friday, September 22 An orientation in the Welsh capital: Cardiff Castle, Cathays Park, and the stately civic buildings. Continue along the coast to Fishguard for our ferry. Sail across St. George s Channel to Rosslare and by coach to Waterford. Cocktails/dinner at the Granville Hotel. (B,D) BLARNEY and KILLARNEY Saturday, September 23 A guided tour of the House of Waterford Crystal. Via the port city of Cork, motor to Blarney, then on to Killarney for a two-night stay. Join an entertaining evening in Tralee with dinner followed by tickets for the Siamsa Tire National Folk Theatre. (B,D) RING OF KERREY Sunday, September 24 Follow the road known as the Ring of Kerry for a spectacular 100-mile panoramic drive around the island s southwestern tip and take photos of the Lakes of Killarney from Ladies View. (B,D) KILDARE to DUBLIN Monday, September 25 Drive to quaint Adare with its colorful thatched cottages and on to the Rock of Cashel where St. Patrick preached. Then, visit the Irish National Stud and Gardens. Tonight, enjoy an Irish cabaret evening in Dublin including dinner, dancing, and song. (B,D) DUBLIN Tuesday, September 26 Get an overview of Ireland s capital as you drive to statue-lined O Connell Street, elegant Georgian squares, St. Patrick s Cathedral, and Oscar Wilde s Trinity College. Jaunting Car horse drawn cart ride through the National Forest. Afternoon at leisure. Dinner at the Guinness Storehouse. (B,D) DUBLIN to BELFAST, N.I. Wednesday, September 27 Malahide Castle, set in 250 acres of park land and formerly both fortress and private home of the Talbot family for nearly 800 years. Stroll Maritime Museum, Greenwich www.yaleedtravel.org/britishisles17 What is Included: Program of lectures and discussions with Professor Winter. Accommodation on a twin sharing basis, best efforts for double upon request. All tour entrance fees as per the itinerary. Services of Tour Manager and local tour guides during the tour as per the itinerary. Meals, receptions and special dinners as per the itinerary All Tipping for drivers, helpers, hotels, meals, local guides and for the accompanying tour manager Luggage porterage for the hotels All taxes Transportation in air-conditioned coach and mini-van vehicles. Full land travel cancellation insurance through TravelSafe What is Not Included: U.S. domestic and international airfare; passport and visa expenses; excess-baggage charges; private airport transfers; medical expenses and immunizations Meals not specified in the itinerary; dishes and beverages not part of the included meals; liquor or soft drinks except as noted Laundry or dry cleaning; room service; telephone, fax, Internet, and email charges; other items of a personal nature. Assistance and porterage at the airports. Expenses caused by factors beyond our control like rail and air plane delays, roadblocks, vehicle malfunctions, political disturbances, lost luggage, etc. Insurance for air travel.
Program Cost Base cost for the full 21 days: $12,950 (double occupancy). This includes $13,000 travel insurance per person. Single Supplement: $2,500 (limited availability) Not included: Airfare to/from London, all lunches, five dinners (to allow personal choices), and predinner cocktail hours. through the extensive gardens. On our way to Northern Ireland, cross the Boyne River and drive on to Belfast for a visit of the fascinating Titanic Exhibition. (B,D) BELFAST to EDINBURGH Thursday, September 28 In Belfast, see famous landmarks including: Parliament House at Stormont, City Hall, the Albert Memorial Clock Tower, and Queens University. Cross the North Channel and through the Scottish border country to Edinburgh. Tonight, Scottish evening with Highland dancers, bagpipers, and the Burns Ceremony of the Haggis. (B,D) EDINBURGH Friday, September 29 Morning city sightseeing in 200-year-old New Town and the famous scientists, inventors, and novelists who lived there. In Old Town, drive up the narrow Royal Mile to Edinburgh Castle, then explore HolyRood Palace. Tour of Glenkinchie Distillery and the Royal Yacht Britannia. (B,D) EDINBURGH to YORK Saturday, September 30 Private demonstration of sheep herding by special working border collies at Carcant Farm in the Moorfoot Hills. Continue on to York, England s most complete medieval city. Experience York Minster and follow our Tour Director through a maze of quaint Shambles streets. (B,D) STRATFORD-UPON-AVON Sunday, October 1 In Coventry, view the splendid modern cathedral that arose from the rubble of severe World War II bombings. Then on to Stratfordupon-Avon. View Anne Hathaway s Cottage, visit Shakespeare s birthplace, and enjoy a Shakespeare play. (B,D) AVON to Monday, October 2 Guided tour of magnificent Blenheim Palace, birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. Return to London in the late afternoon. Farewell cocktail party. (B) DEPART Tuesday, October 3 Morning flights back home. Arrive home the same day. (B) Included meals indicated each day as B,L,D = Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. Reserve Your Trip To Britain Today Book online : www.yaleedtravel.org/britishisles17 Notes: 1) The itinerary is subject to minor changes. 2) Some excursions in this program involve a significant amount of walking. Terms and Conditions Reservations, deposits and final payment: To reserve a space on this tour, please mail a deposit of $1,500 per person payable to YET, along with the completed reservation form, to: Yale Educational Travel, Association of Yale Alumni, P.O. Box 209010, New Haven, CT 06520-9010, or fax the completed form to (203) 432-0587. Deposit may be charged to a credit card. Reservations are acknowledged in order of receipt. Final payment (via check only) is due May 1, 2017. https://ivy.yale. edu/yet/britishisles17 to book a reservation online. The most current itinerary information covering the tour is maintained online at www.lff1.org/bitour2017 Cancellations & refunds: All cancellations must be in writing to Yale Educational Travel. Refunds, less a cancellation fee of $750 per person, are made if we are notified in writing on or before February 1, 2017. No refunds are made after that date by YET. Refunds will be made only through TravelSafe assuming conditions meet their requirements for cancellation. There are no refunds for unused meals, accommodations, or other trip features. This cancellation policy will apply. Itinerary changes: The itinerary presented for this tour is subject to modification and change by Yale Educational Travel and CEF (the tour operator). Every reasonable effort will be made to operate the program as planned;
A Tour of the British Isles September 12-October 3, 2017 www.yaleedtravel.org/britishisles17 To register, return this form with your deposit of $1,500 per person to YET. Final payment is (by check) due May 1, 2017. 1) name as on passport Payment Options pay by check made out to Yale University Please charge the deposit of $1,500 per person to: amex visa mastercard discover card date of birth yale connection card number passport origin relationship to other guest expiration date security code 2) name as on passport Accommodations date of birth passport origin Contact Information address city/state/zip primary phone secondary phone yale connection relationship to other guest preference I wish to have a single (limited availability please call) I will share accommodations with: Travel Options I/We confirm that I/We have carefully read the Terms and Conditions and Responsibility section of this brochure and agree to their terms on behalf of myself and the members of my party named above. I/We wish to purchase additional travel insurance to cover my/our airfare. e-mail signature(s) date To reserve, return the above form with credit card authorization or check payable to Yale University to Association of Yale Alumni, P.O. Box 209010, New Haven, CT 06520-9010. Phone: (203) 432-1952. Fax: (203) 432-0587. however, should unforeseen world events and conditions require the itinerary to be altered, Yale Educational Travel and the tour operator reserve the right to do so for the safety and best interest of the group. Extra expenses not covered: Any extra expenses incurred in this situation are the responsibility of the participant. What is not included: U.S. domestic and international airfare Passport and visa expenses Medical expenses and immunizations Private airport transfers Deviations from the scheduled tour Excess-baggage charges Meals not specified in the itinerary; dishes and beverages not part of the included meals; liquor or soft drinks except as noted Laundry or dry cleaning Room service Telephone, fax, Internet, and email charges other items of a personal nature. Insurance: Yale Educational Travel highly recommends the purchase of trip cancellation insurance. If participants purchase trip insurance, and we hope that they do, participants are free to purchase the insurance of their choice. CEF provides $13,000 of travel insurance per person included in the $12,950 tour cost. $12,000 if the Lake District extension is excluded. More insurance may be purchased to cover non-refundable air fares. Travel insurance must be purchased within 14 days of paying a deposit in order to include certain provisions including pre-existing medical conditions. CEF uses TravelSafe, one of the largest travel insurance companies. Other: This is a non-smoking tour and we expect that all participants will honor this requirement in the presence of any of the other tour participants. Responsibility: Travel and services are subject to the terms and conditions under which such accommodations, services, and transportation are offered or provided and Yale Educational Travel and CEF Travel and their respective, employees, agents, representatives, and assigns accept no liability therefore. YET/CEF and their owners and employees act only as agents for the various independent suppliers and contractors providing transportation, hotel accommodations, restaurant, and other services connected with this tour. 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The right is also reserved to decline to accept or retain any person as a member of the tour, or to substitute another qualified leader or special guest. Baggage and personal effects are the sole responsibility of the owners at all times. The price of the program is given in good faith based on current tariffs and rates and is subject to change. Any tariff, exchange rate, airfare, or fuel increases will be passed on to participants. YET/CEF accept no liability for any airline cancellation penalty incurred by the purchase of a nonrefundable airline ticket. The air ticket when issued shall constitute the sole contract between the passenger and the airline concerned. As part of the consideration and right to participate in this tour, each participant will be asked to sign a liability release.
Association of Yale Alumni Box 209010 New Haven, Connecticut 06520-9010 PRSRT STD U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 519 New Haven, CT Join us for a comprehensive tour of the British Isles. British Isles Jay Winter Charles J. Stille Professor of History September 12 October 3, 2017 England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland First class varied local cuisine: A Scottish Haggis, a Killarney Pub Evening, Quaglino's Restaurant and Rules, London's oldest restaurant. Unique Tours: Titanic Museum, Neth Hill private sheep herding demonstration, Glenkinchie Scotch Distillery, the Queen's Royal Yacht Britannia, and Beatrix Potter's Hill Top home in Windermere.