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service that will take the marketing efforts of
IT to the next level by creating a tour to fit the particular needs
and budget of your group.
Tours, Etc. is a “One Call, That’s All”
comprehensive receptive tour operator for groups coming into western
Wisconsin, the Mississippi River Valley, and surrounding regions.
Tours, Etc. takes great pride in creating custom itineraries for
groups, and themed itineraries to fit every season.
During September and October, the
Autumn Interlude itinerary takes advantage of the area’s spectacular
fall colors, some friendly ghouls, and Amish Harvest tour, and maybe
a Halloween costume contest. From November through December, the
Old Fashioned Christmas Tour features a horse-drawn sleigh ride,
dazzling Holiday Lights at Christmas Village, performance at Fanny
Hill Dinner Theatre, wreath making demonstrations, a keepsake
ornament, and a personalized poem. The company offers many
specialized services to assure that you have a successful and
flawless tour.
For almost two years, the Jail Bailers
have been committing crimes of passion by performing a routine they
love, said Dan Holtz in the Leader-Telegram on March 23,
2003. The entertainment was thrown together under the guidance of
Plumer when a group from North Dakota was planning a three-day tour
of Western Wisconsin and had nothing planned for its first night.
The group sought assistance in finding an activity after an
eight-hour mortorcoach ride. Plumer and several Eau Claire Male
Chorus members decided to put together a show for the North Dakota
group. The Jail Bailers have remained together ever since to play
for tour groups. Plumer said she can best describe a Jail Bailers
show in one sentences. “Start with Lawrence Welk, add a little
Hee Haw, and top it off with Frank Sinatra and the Statler
brothers,” she said. It’s a good old variety show designed for
incoming tour groups.
“Our May ‘Mystery Tour’ was one of our
best trips ever. The Jail Bailers performed our first night and
they were so talented and fun. The people are still talking about
it,” said Jeff Willer of the North Dakota Farmers Union, Jamestown,
ND.
Other popular tours include Roads Less
Traveled, which features the picturesque countryside and ethnic
culinary delights of rural Wisconsin, a favorite of Donna Lord’s.
”This wasn’t or first trip with Jayne and won’t be our last!” said
Lord from Winnebago Senior Tours of Oshkosh, Wis.
From April through
November, groups can get treated to a friendly ambush, horse-drawn
wagon ride, home-cooked meal, great entertainment, and something to
wet your whistle at Leinenkugel’s Brewery when Calamity Jayne Rides
Again.
On the Hysterically Historical tour,
groups will learn and laugh as they reenter the early 1900s when the
Chippewa Valley was home to the largest white pine lumber companies
in the world. Your costumed guided will show you magnificent
mansions, theatres, and museums while sharing some rather humorous
anecdotes.
May through October the popular Great
River Road tour and Down Home Country Tour feature the Mississippi
River or an 1890s Norwegian farmstead at their hearts. Tours can be
customized around attractions that include the Bullfrog Fish Farm,
Eau Galle Cheese Factory, and The Paul Bunyan Logging Camp. All
provide a nostalgic and memorable tour, the hallmark of Tours, Etc.
and IT.
Both IT owners share
a true passion for tourism, with a strong belief in the group tour
market. Need we say more?
Written By Carol
Smith, Editor
Group Tour Magazine
www.grouptour.com
Summer 2003 Great
Lakes & Ontario Issue
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