Portugal river cruise reservation deadline reminder and update
Wed, Oct 28 2020, 8:58am - Sat, Nov 7 2020, 5pm
The UMRA Travel Committee would like to remind members of the March 1 reservation deadline for our Douro River cruise.
Call Road Scholar toll free at 833-810-6427, reference Program #23416, Discoveries Along the Douro: Portugal’s Best-Kept Secrets, October 28 to November 7, 2020, and note that you are a member of the University of Minnesota Retirees Association. They will answer any questions you might have, discuss cabin options, register you, and take your down payment. We have reserved 16 cabins exclusively for UMRA, 12 double and 4 singles on the upper and middle decks.
You may also book your international flights through Road Scholar. Their estimated roundtrip airfare from Minneapolis is $1,200. Or, if you prefer, book your own flights.
Our previously announced, optional pre-cruise tour of Lisbon has been changed to a post-cruise tour. Details of this customized, five-day tour of Lisbon produced by Road Scholar exclusively for UMRA members will be available in early February. The optional post-cruise tour of Lisbon will start November 7 and end November 12 with return to Minneapolis.
Please contact Cherie Hamilton at 612-929-0233 or [email protected] if you are interested in the Lisbon tour. The estimated cost will be $1,099 for double occupancy and $1,449 for single. We will need at least 10 members to sign up for this option.
Final payment for the Portugal trip will be due July 20.
—Cherie Hamilton, chair, UMRA Travel Committee
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