Tour to Uruguay canceled and replaced with cruise tour to Croatia—click here.

*Price is per person based on room occupancy chosen. LG Translados operates the tour as a disclosed principal. The deposit is $1100 per person. The tour balance is due 7/13/24.  We limit the group size to 25. • The document required is a valid passport valid through 2/23/25 • Insurance coverage included is AIG TravelGuard Vacation & Cruises Plan; for coverage details covering cancellation charges, other terms at steviejaytravel.com/terms are incorporated by reference. •  Price and details are subject to change. If the group size is 20 or fewer, a small group surcharge of $90 applies. If you do not want to be covered by the included Travel Insurance, enter the discount code NO-INSUR for a $300 per person reduction when booking. If arranging your only flights, enter discount code NO-AIR for a $1050 per person reduction when booking. If you want neither insurance nor airfare, enter NO-AIR-INSUR for $1350 reduction.

Choose the Green Select button at the upper right or call Bill Owen at 217 619-0202 (9-5 Mon-Sat).

*Or the Available Packages buttons at the bottom of this webpage.

Panama City, Panama (2) Sofitel Legend*

Montevideo, Uruguay (2) Sofitel Montevideo Casino Carrasco & Spa

Punta del Este, Uruguay (2) The Grand Hotel

Timote (3) San Pedro de Timote Estancia

*Depending on the final flight schedule, the length of the stay may need to be adjusted.

This should be a more comfortable trip for these reasons:

1. On the way south, you break up the trip with a two-night stay in Panama! See the canal.
2. Speaking of south, Panama City is just one hour ahead of Illinois (eastern time).
3. Then, flying south again to Montevideo is all on the same day (arriving around 10:01 PM), just two hours ahead of Panama City. Little or no “jet lag.”
4. November will be late spring in Uruguay, so it is not tourist season (which starts mid-December through Easter). The weather should be very nice. This year, we have ranged between the high 60s and high 80s.
5. Coming home, you have most of the day in Montevideo, and they fly right after midnight, with the connection arriving back in O’Hare at 12:21 PM. It is an overnight flight, but only 3 hours of time change. Maybe get a nap after getting home and sleep normally that evening. There will be less jet lag than a typical Europe trip.
6. Be home the Saturday before Thanksgiving with new tales about places few others will have visited.

You get a cash spiff of $75 USD, in Uruguayan pesos per person if your balance is paid by paper check or "e-check" via WeTravel. This is for Uruguay. In Panama, they only use the US dollar! Credit cards are welcome for most purchases.