Direct Travel Seasonal Celebration in NYC

Posted on May 10, 2021

Direct Travel invites you to join them for a Seasonal Celebration Tour this December in New York City!

December 2-6, 2021

$2,599 based on double-occupancy

Your NYC Tour Includes:

  • Roundtrip transportation from Bloomington, IL
  • “Diana” A Broadway Show!
  • “The Nutcracker” Ballet at Lincoln Center
  • Radio City Christmas Spectacular
  • New York City Tour
  • 9/11 Memorial Museum & Memorial Plaza
  • 4-nights at the Hilton Millennium Times Square Hotel
  • Daily continental breakfast
  • Sunday Brunch with mimosas at The View Restaurant
  • Roundtrip airport transfers in New York City
  • Baggage Handling (1 bag per person)
See the flyer HERE for more details and itinerary

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…