Travel Opportunities
SSCI offers individuals exciting and adventurous travel opportunities. Day trips are offered to nearby destinations such as St. Louis, Southern Illinois, Peoria, Chicago, and more. Extended trips are planned for all over the U.S. and World! We would love for you to join us!
For more information on travel opportunities, please contact Barb Hipsher at (217) 503-4643.
Day Trips, 2024
♦ June 11, 2024: Exploring Spectacular Springfield
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Extended Trips, 2024
♦ July 20 - 28 2024: Nova Scotia & the Canadian Maritimes
Highlights include Halifax City Tour, Peggy’s Cove, Alexander Graham Bell Museum, Baddeck, Cabot Trail, Cape Breton National Park, Prince Edward Island Tour, Charlottetown (PEI), Lobster Dinner, Green Gables Farmhouse, Hopewell Rocks, Bay of Fundy, Lunenburg Walking Tour, College of Piping, and Multi-Night Stays in Baddeck, Charlottetown, 7 Halifax. Registration Deadline: April 20, 2024
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♦ September 22 - 27 2024: Great Trains & Grand Canyons
Highlights include two Rail Journeys (Grand Canyon Railway and Verde Canyon Railroad), Grand Canyon National Park, Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona Trolley Tour, Chapel of the Holy Cross, Tlaquepaque & Uptown Sedona, Montezuma Castle, Jerome, and Chuckwagon Supper & Show. Registration Deadline: July 22, 2024
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♦ October 2 – 5, 2024: Chattanooga Choo Coo, Chattanooga, TN
Highlights include Southern Belle Riverboat Cruise, three train rides (The Missionary Ridge Local, Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, and Blue Ridge Scenic Railway), and Rock City Gardens.
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♦ October 21 - November 6, 2024: Best of Australia & New Zealand
Highlights include 3 night stay in Cairns, Catamaran Cruise to the Great Barrier Reef, 3 night stay in Sydney, Sydney Opera House, Sydney Wildlife World, Sydney Harbor Dinner Cruise, 2 nights in Melbourne, Melbourne City Tour, New Zealand’s North & South Islands, 3 night stay in Queenstown, 2 nights in Rotorua, Thermal Reserve, Maori Cultural Performance & Feast, National Kiwi Hatchery, Hobbiton, and Auckland. Registration Deadline: July 23, 2024
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♦ December 9 – 12, 2024: Holly Dolly Christmas in the Smokies
Highlights include Dolly Parton’s Stampede Dinner Show, Pigeon Forge Christmas Show at Country Tonite, Charlie Bob Smith Morning Variety Show, Dollywood Theme Park’s Christmas in the Smokies, Guided tour of the Great Smoky Mountains, Tour of Titanic Museum, Winterfest Lights Driving tour, Tour & Tasting at Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine Distillery, and Tour & Tasting at a Winery.
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Extended Trips, 2025
♦ April 13-17, 2025: Discover Spotlight on San Antonio
Highlights include Mission San Jose, The Alamo, El Mercado, Paseo del Rio Cruise, Choice on Tour, Historic Pearl District, Fredericksburg, and National Museum of the Pacific War.
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♦ October 30 - November 7, 2025: Spotlight On the French Riviera
Highlights include Nice, France Food Tour & Tasting, Nice, France Flower Market, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Choice on Tour (Monte Carlo Panoramic Tour or Monaco’s Oceanographic Museum), Grasse, Fragonard Perfumery Workshop, Cannes, Wine Tasting, Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, and St. Paul de Vence.
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