Dear Parents/Guardians: website: https://gohoosiertravel.com/
We are offering students at local area middle schools and high schools the opportunity to participate in an outstanding six-day/five-night tour of Washington D.C., along with a special excursion to Philadelphia, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and 911 Memorial in New York from June 8-15, 2026. The tour will depart the morning of June8th and return the morning of June 15th. Your child will have the unique opportunity to experience the nation’s capital, a virtual “living classroom,” with fellow classmates and teachers. They will experience government in action and visit some of the most historic treasures of our country. A list of sites and special features of this tour is presented on the next page. The tour has been prepared for us by Hoosier Travel, a fully insured travel agency specializing in student group travel to Washington D.C., with over 26 years of experience.
The base price of the tour (based on 50 paid participants) is $1,650.00. The Trip is based QUAD OCCUPANCY. The trip cost for paying adults is $1,850.00 if adults participate. Please read the General Information, this cover letter, and the Policy and Procedures pages carefully.
Standard features of this all-inclusive tour are:
· Quality Hotels (6 nights)
To register your child for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, please apply online and submit an initial deposit online or to your school’s tour moderator, or if school is out Mail to Hoosier Travel LLC 623 State Street LaPorte, IN 46350.
1. Trip Application fully completed, signed, and returned.
Initial Non-Refundable Deposit ($154.00 for Quad Occupancy) by check (payable to Hoosier Travel) or by credit card, Please note there is 3.9% fee added to each payment paid by credit card. To save on credit card fees pay by check.
PAYMENT SCHEDULE
Please note if you are just signing up for the first time make the deposit payment
Please Note a $200.00 Surcharge will be added after registering for Adults.
PAYMENT SCHEDULE for Quad Occupancy
Payment # Due Dates Student Adult
1 Tuesday, 9/30/2025 $165.00 $185.00 -Deposit
2 Tuesday, 10/28/2025` $165.00 $185.00
3 Tuesday, 11/25/2025 $165.00 $185.00
4 Tuesday, 12/30/2025 $165.00 $185.00
5 Tuesday, 1/27/2026 $165.00 $185.00
6 Tuesday, 2/24/2026 $165.00 $185.00
7 Tuesday, 3/31/2026 $165.00 $185.00
8 Tuesday ,4/28/2026 $165.00 $185.00
9 Tuesday, 5/19/2026 $165.00 $185.00
10Tuesday ,6/2/2026 $165.00 $185.00
NATIONAL TREASURES TOUR SIGHTSEEING
Sightseeing is prepared from the list of sites indicated below. The sites included depend on specific appointments and optional excursions requested by the group as well as the time of year and days of the week the tour is planned.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
· Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
· United States Capitol Building
· United States Supreme Court
· The Library of Congress
· Iwo Jima Marine Memorial
· Smithsonian Institution
-Air and Space Museum
-Natural History Museum
· The National Archives
· Union Station
· National Zoo–Panda Exhibit
· Embassy Row
· Korean War Memorial
· Thomas Jefferson Memorial
· World War II Memorial
· United States Holocaust Museum (permanent exhibit by appointment only)
· Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
· The White House
· Mount Vernon–George Washington’s estate
· Ford’s Theatre and Petersen House
· Kennedy Center
· Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
· Arlington National Cemetery
-Guard Changes-Tomb of the Unknowns
-Wreath Laying (by appointment only)
-Challenger Memorial
-Kennedy Gravesites
· Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
· National Cathedral (by appointment only)
· Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial
· Abraham Lincoln Memorial
· Washington Monument (by appointment only)
· National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum
PHILADELPHIA
· Independence National Historical Park Liberty Bell Benjamin Franklin Memorial
· Christ Church Betsy Ross House Elfreth’s Alley
· Independence Hall National Constitution Center
GETTYSBURG
· Gettysburg Museum Including the Cyclorama and Film at Museum
· Battlefield Tour on the Bus with Guides (up to two hours)
NEW YORK CITY
THE 911 MEMORIAL and Museum
ADDITIONAL TOUR FEATURES
· Create-A-Video
· Color Group Photo
· National Treasures Tour T-Shirt (please make sure to include your size on the registration page)
· Wreath Laying Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery (if confirmed)
· Washington National Cathedral (if confirmed)
· White House, Capitol or Pentagon Tour (if confirmed)
(Social Security number may be required for White House tour)
2:00 AM CST DEPART FROM Bennett’s Up Towne Shoppes 623 State Street LaPorte, IN 46350 BEGIN CREATE-A-VIDEO
6:00 a.m. EST SWITCH DRIVERS AT SERVICE PLAZA NEAR TOLEDO OH
11:30 a.m. arrive Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville PA –Depart 1:00 pm
2:00 EST AT BREEZEWOOD SERVICE PLAZA- EVERYONE MUST GET OFF BUS TO
REFUEL, SOME OF OUR GROUP MAY WANT TO CHANGE CLOTHES AND FRESHEN UP AT THIS STOP Eat lunch here, meal money, Arby’s, Gateway Home Style Express, Dunkin, and Papi’s Pizza, Wings and Subs Depart 3:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. EST ARRIVE AT GETTYSBURG Check in at the hotel.
4:30-5:30 pm visit downtown shoppes
6:00 p.m. BATTLEFIELD TOUR ON BUS WITH GUIDE—Denny Forwood
8:00 pm Return to the Hotel -bus driver is off
8:15 p.m. Pizza at the Hotel
9:15 p.m. Ghost Tour, Mark Nesbit’s Ghost of Gettysburg Meet at 271 Baltimore St. –Baltimore Street Tour 1:15 min walking tour.
10:45 pm check into our rooms, room check
11:00 IN ROOMS –SECURTIY ON DUTY, STUDENT WATCHERS ID
Tuesday, JUNE 17, 2026 PLEASE NOTE THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS MAY CHANGE :
6:15 am WAKE UP
6:30 am BREAKFAST
7:15 am Room Check and pack up bus.
7:45 am Depart
8:00 Arrive at the Museum and Visitor Center at Gettysburg National Military Park, 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg
8:30 CYCLORAMA AND FILM AT THE MUSEUM ORDER #528603 After Cyclorama go into the Museum.
10:30 Depart for Washington D.C.
1:00 p.m. Arrive at the United States Capitol, Lunch at the Capitol Center Cafe for Lunch
2:10 p.m. CAPITOL TOUR – Per Mathew Wells from Rudy Yakym’s office 202-355-3126, Cell 708-315-1745
3:45 p.m. Library of Congress Timed Entry Confirmation
4:45p.m. TOURING- PER Mr. Sam FROM TOURING SITES LIST—
5:30 pm TO PENTAGON CITY FOR SUPPER—MEAL MONEY
6:30 pm Touring From List
8:30 pm LEAVE FOR HOTEL Hampton Inn & Suites 5821 Richmond Highway Alexandria VA 22303 (703)329-1400
10:00 IN ROOMS –SECURTIY ON DUTY, STUDENT WATCHERS ID 10:30 LIGHTS OUT
6:00 WAKE UP
6:45 BREAKFAST
7:30 DEPART TOURING- With OUR GUIDE Eric Garrison
8:00 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY DEPART BY 10:00
10:30am Washington National Cathedral--- order #810341
Boxed Lunch Delivered to Bus at National Cathedral Depart 11:30
12:00 pm Air and Space Museum, Order #340707465 Depart at 1:45
2:00 FORD’S THEATRE—MUSEUM, RANGER IN THEATRE, PETERSON HOUSE:NO CENTER # 1493929
3:20 HOLOCAUST MUSEUM- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC 20024-2126: (202) 488-0400 Reservation# 12770458005
4:50 TO PENTAGON CITY FOR SUPPER—MEAL MONEY
5:45 ILLUMINATIONS TOUR -- PER Eric FROM TOURING SITES LIST
9:00 LEAVE FOR HOTEL back to hotel by 9:30
10:00 IN ROOMS –SECURTIY ON DUTY, 10:30 LIGHTS OUT
Thursday, JUNE 19, 2026 PLEASE NOTE THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS MAY CHANGE :
6:30 WAKE UP
7:00 BREAKFAST
8:00 DEPART TOURING- With OUR GUIDE ERIC GARRISON
9:00 SUPREME COURT
11:30 Washington Monument Reservation # 0646648820-1
12:30 American History Museum Leave 2:00
Boxed lunch on way to Mount Vernon
2:45 MOUNT VERNON 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Mount Vernon, VA,
3:30 MANSION LINE ENTRY TIME order
5:45 DEPART MOUNT VERNON - DRIVE THROUGH OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA
6:30 TO PENTAGON CITY FOR SUPPER—MEAL MONEY
7:15 ILLUMINATIONS TOUR -- PER Eric our guide FROM TOURING SITES List
8:30 LEAVE FOR HOTEL back to hotel by 9:00
10:00 IN ROOMS –SECURTIY ON DUTY, STUDENT WATCHERS ID
10:30 LIGHTS OUT
PLEASE NOTE THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS MAY CHANGE :
7:00 WAKE UP
8:00 BREAKFAST
8:45 Depart Hotel
9:30 National Law Enforcement Museum
11:00 Visit the National Law Enforcement Memorial
11:30 Lunch-- Meal Money
1230 SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM, Air and Space
2:00 SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM, AMERICAN HISTORY
3:30 SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM, Natural History
5:00 Tour Site from List
6:00 TO PENTAGON CITY FOR SUPPER—MEAL MONEY
7.00 DEPART FOR THE MARINE BARRACKS PARADE 8 & I STREET MUST BE THERE BY 7:30
We ask for your group to arrive at Gate 10 (Gate closest to the intersection of 8th and I Streets SE) between 7 and 8pm.
8:45 Performance starts and runs for 1:15 minutes
10:00 Return to the Hotel
10:30 IN ROOMS –SECURITY ON DUTY, STUDENT WATCHERS ID 11:00 LIGHTS OUT
5:45 WAKE UP---- PACK YOUR LUGGAGE
6:15 BREAKFAST/LOAD BUS
7:00 am Bus DEPARTS for Philadelphia
10:00am THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER MUSEUM, 525 ARCH STREET
12:00 pm Lunch – PHILLY’S GOURMET STEAKS, 114 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA, 215-923-4397
1:00 pm DEPART (Walking) Guide will meet us at PHILLY’S GOURMET
TOUR HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA; LIBERTY BELL, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MEMORIAL, CONGRESS HALL,
BETSY ROSS HOUSE, CHRIST CHURCH AND ELFRETH’S ALLEY
4:00 CHECK IN AT WYNDHAM HOTEL HISTORIC DISTRICT, 400 ARCH STREET PHILADELPHIA 215-923-8660
5:15pm Walk to Old City Pizza for Dinner, 100 North 3rd Street, Philadelphia, 215-574-9494 6:30 Eastern State Penitentiary Museum order
8:30 ART MUSEUM TO SEE ROCKY STATUE, 2600 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PKWY., PHILADELPHIA.
9:00 Return to the Hotel go to your rooms.
9:30 IN ROOMS –SECURITY ON DUTY, STUDENT WATCHERS ID
Sunday, June, 22,2026 PLEASE NOTE THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS MAY CHANGE :
5:15 WAKE UP---- PACK YOUR LUGGAGE
6:00 ROOM CHECKS TAKE LUGGAGE TO BREAKFAST
6:45 Load Bus 7:00 Depart Philly
10:00 9/11 Memorial Museum 180 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10007 Depart 12:15 pm
1:15 pm Stop at Vince Lombardi Travel Plaza 16E NJ Tpke, Ridgefield, NJ 07657 to eat
2:00 pm Depart for Home Driver Switch Youngtown OH 8:00 pm EST
Arrive home 6/23/2026 ETA---2:30 – A.M. Sunday at Bennett’s Up Towne Shoppes 623 State Street, LaPorte
