RIVERBARGE EXCURSIONS CELEBRATES 10 YEARS IN OPERATION WITH SPECIAL BEST BARGING BUY BIRTHDAY BLOWOUT EXCURSIONS

05-20-2008

 

Three great Best Barging Buy trips are right around the bend

 

New Orleans – May 12, 2008 – Guests can have their cake and eat it too with a RiverBarge Best Barging Buy Excursion this summer and celebrate “10 years of Sharing America’s Stories.”

Best Barging Buys are specially priced excursions that make barging more affordable but still offer the same exciting all-inclusive itineraries, accommodations, entertainment, meals, shore activities, port charges, taxes, gratuities and the overall great experience bargers have come to expect aboard the R/B River Explorer.

The first trip is an 8 day Expanding Frontiers excursion that begins July 28 in Nashville, Tenn. Wooded hills, breathtaking landscapes and eight locks make this excursion one of the most scenic. The R/B River Explorer, America’s only floating hotel barge, will travel on the Cumberland and Ohio rivers, making stops in Paducah, Ky., Louisville, Ky., and Aurora, Ind. The excursion ends on Aug. 4 with an overnight stay in Cincinnati, Ohio. Enjoy the free private motorcoach return to Nashville.

The all-inclusive price for this trip is $2,479 for the Royal Deck and $2,659 for the Platinum Deck. Prices are per person, based on double occupancy. Platinum Deck staterooms have a small balcony.

The last two excursions explore where America meets the river. The first is an 8 day America’s Junction excursion beginning Aug. 21 with an overnight stay in Louisville, Ky. Barge on the Ohio River and pass through five historic locks, visit Henderson and Paducah, Ky., and witness the amazing Confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. On the Upper Mississippi River, visit Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Chester, Ill., before ending this trip on Aug. 28, 2008 with an overnight stay in St. Louis. Enjoy the free private motorcoach return to Louisville.

The all-inclusive price for this trip is $2,479 for the Royal Deck and $2,659 for the Platinum Deck. Prices are per person, based on double occupancy. Platinum Deck staterooms have a small balcony.

Guests looking to book a Labor Day treat would enjoy the America’s Junction, St. Louis round trip excursion. This trip begins Aug. 28 with an overnight stay in the “Gateway to the West,” St. Louis. Guests will barge on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers and pass through four historic locks and visit the quaint river towns of Grafton, Alton, Havana and Peoria, Ill. The excursion will end where it began on Sept. 4, under the Gateway Arch.

The all-inclusive price for this trip is $2,409 for the Royal Deck and $2,589 for the Platinum Deck. Prices are per person, based on double occupancy. Platinum Deck staterooms have a small balcony.

To learn more about these Best Barging Buy Birthday Blowout Excursions or for further information and reservations, call a travel professional or 1-888-GO-BARGE, ext. 1; (1-888-462-2743, ext. 1) or visit www.riverbarge.com. 

            Repeat guests can now share their experience with other members of their RiverBarge Family on the web. Visit www.riverbarge.com, upload favorite memories or photos to the Online Scrapbook and celebrate in “10 Years of Sharing America’s Stories.”

RiverBarge Excursion Lines: 10 Years of Sharing America’s Stories

RiverBarge Excursion Lines, Inc. owns and operates the 196-guest R/B River Explorer, America’s only floating hotel barge. They offer 4 to 10 day excursions to six regions of the country on America’s inland waterways including the Lower and Upper Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee, Illinois and Kanawha rivers, as well as the Atchafalaya River Basin and along the Texas-Louisiana Inland Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

RiverBarge Excursion Lines, Inc. is located in historic Algiers Point at 201 Opelousas Avenue, New Orleans, La., 70114.

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