Additional Included Highlights

• From time to time, your Travel Director will delight you with an Insight Flourish, which is a local specialty representing the destination.
• Hotel and restaurant tips are included - you'll never have to worry about how much to give, nor search for foreign currency. We also include all taxes and porterage charges at hotels.
• We carry your bags for you and promptly deliver them to your hotel door.
• If your arrival and/or departure flights are as per the itinerary start and end dates, then transfers are available at scheduled times. If your flights are outside these times, or you have booked additional nights accommodation with Insight Vacations, you may purchase transfers or make your own way from/to the airport.
• Our highly-skilled Travel Director will ensure your journey is seamless, serving as your expert guide, consummate organiser, and friend overseas.
• Personal radio headsets give you the freedom to wander during visits to famous highlights, without missing any of your Local Expert's fascinating commentary.
• Stay connected with friends and family with our complimentary coach and hotel Wi-Fi (where available).

Choice Highlights

• Choose between two carefully selected activities
• New York City: Enjoy the tranquility of one of the United States' largest parks as you take a leisurely bike ride through Central Park.
• New York City: Embark on a harbour cruise with impressive views of the Manhattan skyline, Ellis Island, and the towering Statue of Liberty.

Well-being

• : Enjoy the comfort of Insight's luxurious, air-conditioned, 40-seat coach with double the standard legroom and onboard washroom. Our customized luxury coaches are sanitized before the start of your tour and are maintained to very high standards. Physical distancing measures have been implemented on our customized luxury coaches.
• : Experience enhanced hygiene protocols to align with the latest guidance following COVID-19. All Travel Directors, Well-Being Directors and Drivers have completed training in enhanced well-being and hygiene protocols.
• : Our Well-Being Directors take a proactive approach to your welfare ensuring all well-being regulations are met (available on tours with 21 or more guests).
• : Hand sanitizer is freely available on board for you to use throughout the day.
• : We only work with establishments we are confident will consistently adhere to our high well-being standards, which include hotels, restaurants and sight-seeing venues.

Summary

• Gettysburg: Learn how the Gettysburg Foundation works to preserve the artifacts from the battlefield, and their education efforts to promote democracy and freedom, the longstanding longstanding result from the battle.

Travel Director

• : "It’s magical to see how a group of guests come together over the course of our trip. I can always tell when that’s happening because they start planning their own ‘post-arrival’ activities before the travel day has finished."

Authentic Dining

• Washington DC: Join your Travel Director and meet fellow guests at a private Welcome Dinner with drinks at 18:00.
• Harrisburg (PA): Enjoy a relaxing dinner with wine a local restaurant in Harrisburg.
• Niagara Falls: Enjoy a picturesque lunch at Vineland Estates Winery with panoramic views of the vineyards overlooking Lake Ontario.
• New York City: A lively Celebration Dinner this evening concludes your journey. Join your fellow travellers at Redeye Grill, a Manhattan classic featuring locally-sourced fish and fresh produce.
• Dining Summary: 8 Breakfast (B), 3 Dinner with Wine (DW), and 1 Lunch with Wine (LW)

Top Rated Highlights

• Washington D.C.: Take a city tour of Washington, D.C. and discover its iconic memorials and monuments, including the White House, Washington Monument, and National Mall.
• : Make your way to the Corning Museum of Glass, where you can learn about the art, history, culture, technology, science, craft, and design that tells the riveting story of the museum's single material, glass. Sandblast your own keepsake before watching master artisans at work.
• Niagara Falls: Board your cruise and greet the howling spray, wind and thunder at the base of the falls. Browse the shops and galleries of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
• : Pay a special visit to the Three Brothers Wineries and Estates near Seneca Lake, featuring wineries, a microbrewery, slushie hut and cafe all focused on local sustainability.
• New York: Take a bite of the Big Apple on a tour of the city's highlights with a Local Expert.
• New York City: For a full view of this monumental city, ascend to the Top of the Rock – the 70th floor of the Rockefeller Center Building – for a sweeping view of the skyscrapers, parks, rivers and urban canyons that make up the teeming isle of Manhattan.

Insight Experiences

• Gettysburg: Take a short trip to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where your Local Expert will explain the history and importance behind one of the Civil War's most pivotal battles.
• New York City: Enjoy the tranquility of one of the United States' largest parks as you take a leisurely bike ride through Central Park.
• New York City: Embark on a harbour cruise with impressive views of the Manhattan skyline, Ellis Island, and the towering Statue of Liberty.

Make Travel Matter

• : Become a student aboard the MV Teal as you engage in Floating Classroom activities run by the non-profit Discover Cayuga Lake. Experienced educators will provide narration and hands-on ecology lessons as you participate in this scenic eco-tour on the Finger Lakes' longest lake.