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 one night on the Battle Ship New Jersey from June 14-21, 2027. The tour will depart the morning of June 14th and return the morning of June 21th. 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 27 years of experience.

The base price of the tour (based on 50 paid participants) is $1,700.00. The Trip is based QUAD OCCUPANCY. The trip cost for paying adults is $1,900.00 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:

• Roundtrip      Transportation Aboard Premium Climate-Controlled, Restroom-and      Video-Equipped Bus (es)

• Meals      Beginning with Lunch on Day 1 through Dinner on Day 7

• Adult      Chaperone for Every 15-17 students

• Hotel      Security

· Quality Hotels (6 nights)

• Complete      Lectured Sightseeing

• HT Staff/24      Hour Service

• All Taxes,      Tips/Insurance Coverage Included

• All Admission      Fees Included

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 ($212.00 for students and $237.50 for adults 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 (because of Trip Ins )

PAYMENT SCHEDULE for Quad Occupancy

  Payment #        Payment Due Dates         Student Amount Due        Adult Amount Due

  1-Deposit              Tuesday, 11/17/2026           $ 212.50                               $237.50
  2     Tuesday, 12/15/2026          $ 212.50                                $237.50

  3                Tuesday, 1/12/2027            $ 212.50                                 $237.50
  4                       Tuesday, 2/9/2027              $ 212.50                                $237.50

5                        Tuesday, 3/9/2027              $ 212.50                                 $237.50

  6                       Tuesday, 4/6/2027              $ 212.50                                 $237.50

  7                        Tuesday, 5/4/2027              $ 212.50                                 $237.50

  8                    Tuesday, 6/1/2027             $ 212.50                                 $237.50

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

BATTLE SHIP NEW JERSEY

 GETTYSBURG

· Gettysburg Museum Including the Cyclorama and Film at Museum

· Battlefield Tour on the Bus with Guides (up to two hours)

 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)

Monday, JUNE 14, 2027 --PLEASE NOTE THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS MAY CHANGE :

1:00 AM CST  DEPART FROM Bennett’s Up Towne Shoppes 623 State Street LaPorte, IN 46350   BEGIN CREATE-A-VIDEO 

DEPART FOR Flight 93 Memorial ABOARD ROYAL EXCURSIONS, DRIVING THROUGH THE NIGHT THROUGH INDIANA, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, AND MARYLAND. REST STOPS EN ROUTE STOP AT MILE MARKER 100 OR 139 FOR DINNER ON OHIO TURNPIKE, USE YOUR OWN MONEY TO PURCHASE FOOD & SNACKS 

6:00 a.m. EST SWITCH DRIVERS AT SERVICE PLAZA NEAR TOLEDO OH

9:30 a.m. arrive Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville PA –Depart 10:30 am

12:00 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 1:00 p.m. 

4:30 p.m. EST ARRIVE In Philadelphia

6:00 PM to the Battle Ship New Jersey, eat in the mess hall on board the ship, tour the ship, and ship in the actually bunk beds of the ship.

Tuesday, JUNE 15, 2027 PLEASE NOTE THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS MAY CHANGE : 

5:45  WAKE UP on the Battleship New Jersey---- PACK YOUR LUGGAGE Depart the Ship  

6:15 BREAKFAST/LOAD BUS 

7:00 am Bus DEPARTS for Philadelphia 

8:00 am TOUR HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA; INDEPENDENCE HALL, LIBERTY BELL, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MEMORIAL, CONGRESS HALL, BETSY ROSS HOUSE, CHRIST CHURCH AND ELFRETH’S ALLEY 

12:00am THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER MUSEUM, 525 ARCH STREET 

12:30 Box Lunch

2:30 PM   Museum of the American Revolution

4:30 PM   ART MUSEUM TO SEE ROCKY STATUE, 2600 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PKWY., PHILADELPHIA. 

5:00 PM Depart Philly for DC

7:30 PM Arrive in DC at the Hotel

Wednesday, JUNE 16, 2027  PLEASE NOTE THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS MAY CHANGE : 

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 17, 2027  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

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   

Friday, JUNE 18, 2027  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

Saturday, JUNE 19, 2026  PLEASE NOTE THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS MAY CHANGE : 

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, 20,2026  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