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Around the horn with the latest savings on Friendly Planet tours

posted: Oct 20, 2011 by: Peggy Goldman with: No Comments

Our new tours are continuing to catch travel editor’s interest. Here are some of the savings they’ve been highlighting lately. If you’re interested in more information about any of these deals, you know where to reach me.

Budget Travel highlights the $300 dollar savings on our Exotic Ecaudor tour.

Frommer’s advises quick booking for our Exotic Borneo & Bangkok tour and features the $300 savings.

If you want to save $600, look for our Taste of Turkey tour near Thanksgiving, according to Valarie D’Elia of Travel with Val.

Phil Marty from the Chicago Tribune travel section found our Sensational South America tour to be an “interesting travel deal” with a savings of $300.

Ellen Creager of the Detroit Free Press made Sensational South America her “Deal of the Week.”

Thanks to all these editors for featuring Friendly Planet tours.

Tags: A Taste of Turkey, Budget Travel, Chicago Tribune, Exotic Borneo and Bangkok, Exotic Ecuador, Frommer's, Phil Marty, Press coverage, Sens, Sensational South America, Travel with Val, Valarie D'Elia

The Chicago Tribune highlights great travel deal in ‘A Taste of Turkey’

posted: Oct 10, 2011 by: Peggy Goldman with: No Comments

I’m always happy to offer travelers fantastic tours at great prices, and I know that our Taste of Turkey tour accomplishes both goals. So I was delighted that Mary Forgione, a contributor to the Chicago Tribune‘s Taking Off blog, noted the same thing.

She wrote a great piece featuring our tour that takes travelers through the wonders and history of Turkey.

I also covered Turkey in a new blog series called Getaway Dossier, where I’ve posted some important and interesting facts that travelers will want to have about the destination before they venture abroad.

I hope you’ll check out the Turkey Getaway Dossier and then hop over to see all that Mary said about our Taste of Turkey tour. Thanks for the coverage, Mary!

Tags: A Taste of Turkey, Chicago Tribune, Getaway Dossier, Mary Forgione, Press coverage, Taking Off, Turkey

Media notes Friendly Planet Travel’s Taste of Thailand and Best of South Africa tours

posted: Sep 24, 2010 by: Peggy Goldman with: No Comments

Friendly Planet Travel’s Taste of Thailand and Best of South Africa tours caught the eyes of travel editors this week. In case you missed any of the coverage, grab a cup of Joe and catch up!

The Chicago Tribune found our $2,999 13-day Best of South Africa tour to be good “News to use.”