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Postponed until January 24- February 1, 2025
The Florida Keys
January 26- Feb. 3, 2024 9 Days
Tour Includes:
- Overnight in Tallahassee, FL
- Overnight in West Palm Beach, FL
- Drive down A1A past Mar-A-Lago
- Dinner in West Palm Beach / Lake Worth, FL
- 3 Nights Lodging at Crown Plaza – La Concha on Duval Street
- Coral Reef Boat Tour
- Guided tour on Old Town Trolley Tours
- On / Off Privileges Aboard Old Town Trolley Tours for 2 Days
- Admission to the Ernest Hemingway House
- Free Time in Key West
- Fort Myers Beach, FL Shopping & Beach Time
- Overnight in Fort Myers, FL
- The Edison & Ford Winter Estates
- Overnight in Valdosta, GA
- 4 Breakfasts, 1 Dinner
- Round-trip transportation, tax & tips for meals
Price per person: Single $4510 Double $2935 Triple $2410 Quad $2150
The Northern Mississippi River Tour
Mississippi River Headwaters
May 1-10, 2024 10 Days
Tour Includes:
- Hannibal, MO
- Mark Twain Riverboat Dinner Cruise
- Mark Twain Boyhood Home
- Mall of America
- Mississippi Headwaters
- Lake Itasca Boat Tour
- Mississippi River Exhibit at Science Museum of Minnesota
- The Mill City Museum
- Chanhassen Dinner Theatre
- Red Wing Shoe Co. & Museum
- National Eagle Center
- La Crosse Queen Dinner Cruise
- Great River Road Interpretive Center
- Potosi Brewery with Lunch
- National Mississippi River Museum
- Tour the Ulysses S Grant Home
- Sawmill Museum
- John Deere Pavilion
- Celebration Belle Dinner Cruise
- Tour the Villa Kathrine
- National Great Rivers Museum
- Missouri History Museum
- Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tour
- Gateway Arch & Dinner Cruise
- Overnights: Hannibal, MO; Minneapolis, MN; Baxter, MN; Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN; La Crosse, WI; Galena, IL; Moline, IL; St. Louis, MO (2)
- Nine Breakfasts, One Lunch, Six Dinners
- Round-trip transportation, tax & tips for meals, & baggage handling
Price per person: Single $3945 Double $3035 Triple $2775 Quad $2645
The Ark Encounter & Creation Museum
May 20 -23, 2024 4 Days
Tour Includes:
- 3 Nights Lodging in Florence, KY
- Admission to the Creation Museum
- Admission to the Ark Encounter
- Overnight in Louisville, KY
- BB Dinner Cruise
- Dinner in Florence, KY
- 3 Breakfasts
- Round-trip transportation, tax & tip for meals & baggage handling
Price per person: Single $1140 Double $865 Triple $770 Quad $725
America the Beautiful
Yellowstone, Mt. Rushmore, North Dakota, South Dakota etc.
June 4-15, 2024 12 Days
Tour Includes:
- Overnight in Springfield, MO
- Fantastic Caverns
- Kansas City
- WWI Museum & Memorial
- Overnight in Sioux Falls, SD
- Jamestown, ND
- The National Buffalo Museum
- Overnight in Bismarck ND
- Lewis & Clark Riverboat Dinner Cruise
- Theodore Roosevelt National Park
- Lunch in Glendive, MT
- Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument
- Overnight in Billings, MT
- Pappy’s Cowboy Cookout – Billings, MT
- North Entrance to Yellowstone National Park
- Mammoth Hot Springs
- Norris Geyser Basin
- Old Faithful
- Fountain Paint Pots
- Overnight in West Yellowstone, MT
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone Upper & Lower Falls
- Hayden Valley
- Grand Teton National Park with views of Jackson Lake & the Tetons
- Overnight Jackson, WY
- Scenic Float Trip on the Snake River – Grand Teton National Park
- Overnight in Casper, WY
- Downtown Gillette, WY
- Devil’s Tower National Monument
- Deadwood, SD
- Overnight (2 nights) in Rapid City, SD
- Sightseeing of the Black Hills
- Mt. Rushmore National Monument
- Crazy Horse Monument
- Custer State Park & Historic State Game Lodge
- Get up close & personal with the Bison on a Wildlife Jeep Safari
- Dinner in Keystone, SD
- Wall Drug Store, Wall, SD
- Badlands National Park
- Overnight in Kearney, NE
- Pawhuska, OK
- The Pioneer Woman Mercantile & free time to explore the town
- Dinner at the Pioneer Woman Mercantile
- Overnight in Bartlesville, OK
- 11 Breakfasts, 1 Lunch, 8 Dinners with tax & tips
- Round-trip transportation & baggage handling
Price per person: Single $6635 Double $5299 Triple $4450
Historic Boone Tavern Hotel/Renfro Valley & Berea, Kentucky
June 6-29, 2024 4 Days
Trip Includes:
- 2 Nights Lodging at Boone Tavern Historical Hotel in Berea, KY
- Mystery Dinner Show at Boone Hall Restaurant
- Tour of Berea, KY
- Artisan’s Workshop in Berea, KY. Interactive Experience such as Enameling Jewelry, Glassblowing, Blacksmithing, Candle Making or other hands-on experiences to be determined.
- 3 Dinners / 3 Breakfasts
- Renfro Valley Barn Dance Show
In September 1943, the Renfro Valley Gathering radio show began and continues to be the third oldest continually broadcast radio program in America – just behind the Grand Ole Opry and The Spoken Word.
- Lunch in Swaney Swift’s on the Square – Gallatin, TN
- Historic Palace Theatre Movie Showing: Best of Johnny Cash Film. (TV Clips)
- Country Stars Driving Tour Conway Twitty, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison & Marty Stuart.
- Hendersonville Memory Gardens Johnny & June Carter Cash Burial Site
- Overnight In Hendersonville, TN
- Round-trip transportation, tax & tips for meals & baggage handling
Price per person: Single $1275 Double $990 Triple $899 Quad $850
Land Between the Lakes and National Quilt Museum
July 18-20, 2024
3 Days
Tour Includes:
- Land Between the Lakes Recreation Area
- The Home Place - enter a rural Tennessee farm much as it would have appeared in the mid-19th century.
- Woodlands Nature Station - nature experiences in the indoor discovery center & the live wildlife Backyard exhibit
- The Elk & Bison Prairie - Elk and Bison have been reintroduced and roam freely within a 700-acre enclosure
- Dinner at Patti’s Restaurant in Patti’s 1880 Settlement
- Variety Music Show at Badgett Playhouse.
- Museum of the American Quilt – Paducah, KY
- Lunch on your own & free time to explore Downtown Paducah, KY
- The River Heritage Museum – Paducah, KY
- Shopping at Patti’s 1880’s Settlement
- Round-trip transportation, tax & tip for meals & baggage handling
Price per person: Single $855 Double $660 Triple $595 Quad $565
Unclaimed Baggage Outlet
Scottsboro AL
August 6, 2024 1 Day
Tour includes:
- Unclaimed Baggage Store in Scottsboro, AL
- Lunch at a local restaurant in Scottsboro, AL
- Transportation
Price per person: $185.00
Showtime in Branson
September 19-22, 2024 4 Days
Tour Includes:
- Yakov Smirnoff Show
- Legends in Concert
- Clay Cooper’s Country Express
- Grand Jubilee
- Queen Esther at the Sight & Sound Theater
- Dinner at Fall Creek Steak & Catfish House
- Dinner at Pasghetti’s
- Dinner at Grand Country Buffet
- 3 Nights Lodging
- 3 Breakfasts
- Transportation, tax & tip for meals & baggage Handling
Shows are subject to change
Price per person:
Single $1180 Double $950 Triple $870 Quad $835
Autumn Splendor in Canada
Niagara Falls, Ottawa, Quebec City, Stowe, VT, Rutland, VT, Gettysburg, PA, Shenandoah National Park
September 30 – October 11, 2024 12 Days
Tour Includes:
- 1 Night Lodging in Florence, KY
- 2 Nights Lodging in Niagara Falls, ON Canada
- 2 Nights Lodging in Ottawa, ON Canada
- 2 Nights Lodging in Quebec City, QB Canada
- 1 Night Lodging in Gettysburg, PA
- 1 Night Lodging Skyland Lodge in Shenandoah National Park
- 1 Night Lodging in Knoxville, TN
- 11 Breakfasts
- Dinner at the Revolving Dining Room of the Skylon Tower – Niagara Falls
- Mandarin Restaurant – Niagara Falls
- Tour of Niagara & Niagara on the Lake
- Hornblower Cruise to the Falls
- Tour of Canada’s Capital, Ottawa
- Rideau Canal Cruise
- Visit to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Stables
- Tour of Old & New Quebec City and St. Anne De Beaupre
- Visit Montmorency Falls
- Stowe, VT – Shopping & lunch on your own
- Cold Hollow Cider Mill, Montpelier, VT
- Dinner in Rutland VT
- Gettysburg Battlefield Tour
- Lunch at Historic 1776 Dobbins House – Gettysburg, PA
- Dinner at Skyland Lodge – Shenandoah National Park
- Breakfast at Skyland Lodge – Shenandoah National Park
- Cookout & Hay Ride at the Myers Punkin Patch - Bulls Gap, TN
- Round-trip Transportation, tax & tip for meals & baggage handling
A PASSPORT IS REQUIRED ON THIS TOUR
Price per person: Single $5090 Double $3895 Triple $3590 Quad $3405
The Great Passion Play
Eureka Springs, AR
October 24-26, 2024 3 Days
Tour Includes:
- Dinner at a local restaurant
- The Holy Land Tour
- Downtown Eureka Springs, AR
- The Great Passion Play
- Dinner Buffet at the Passion Play
- Continental Breakfast each morning
- Clinton Presidential Library – Little Rock
- 2 Nights Lodging – Eureka Springs AR
- Transportation, baggage handling, tax & tips for meals

Price per person: Single $760 Double $615 Triple $570 Quad $545
Autumn in the Smoky Mountains
Pigeon Forge & Gatlinburg, TN
October 29- November 1, 2024 4 Days
Tour Includes:
- 3 Nights Lodging at the Inn on the River – Pigeon Forge, TN
- Dutch Made Bakery – Tracy City, TN
- Dinner at Applewood Farm House Restaurant
- Guided tour of the Smoky Mountains
- Shopping at the Tanger Outlet Mall
- Grand Majestic Theater – The Soul of Motown
- Country Tonight Theater
- Paula Deen’s Family Kitchen Dinner
- Dolly Parton’s Stampede Dinner Show
- The Lodge Cast Iron Store – near Chattanooga
- 3 Breakfasts at the Hotel
- Optional breakfast at the Old Mill Restaurant (Paid for on your own.)
- Transportation, tax & tip for meals & baggage handling
Price per person: Single $1275 Double $955 Triple $850 Quad $795
Ozark Mountain Christmas
Branson, Missouri
December 2-6, 2024 5 Days
Tour Includes:
- Dolly Parton’s Stampede Christmas Dinner Show
- The Haygoods’ Show
- Cassandra – The Voice of an Angel
- Silver Dollar City
- Branson Belle Dinner Show
- 2 Dinners at local restaurant
- Miracle of Christmas at the Sight & Sound Theater
- The Presley’s Country Jubilee
- 4 Breakfasts
- Transportation, tax & tip for meals & baggage handling
Price per person: Single $1520 Double $1250 Triple $1160 Quad $1115
North Pole Express:
Chattanooga, TN
December 11-14, 2024 4 Days
Tour Includes:
- Dinner at Rodizio Grill Brazilian Steakhouse – Chattanooga Downtown
- Tennessee Valley Railway Dinner Train
- Lookout Mountain
- Rock City
- Ruby Falls
- Incline Railway
- Tennessee Aquarium
- Shopping in downtown Chattanooga
- Round-trip transportation, tax & tip for meals and baggage handling
Price per person: Single $1485 Double $1085 Triple $955 Quad $885
2025 Tours
Denali Explorer
Alaska
August 12 - 23, 2025 12 Days
Tour Includes:
- 4 Nights Lodgin in Princess Wilderness Lodges/1 Anchorage & 3 In Denali
- Natural History Tour in Denali National Park
- Tour Meal Plan (4 Breakfasts, 1 Lunch, 3 Dinners
- Seven Night cruise Aboard the Sapphire Princess
- Ports of Call Include:
- Hubbard Glacier Cruising
- Glacier Bay Cruising
- Skagway
- Juneau
- Ketchikan
- Vancouver
- All Meals Onboard Ship
- Shipboard Entertainment
- Shipboard Gratuities
- Port Charges & Taxes
- Luggage Handling
- Round Trip Airfare from Memphis *
- Round Trip Memphis Airport Transfers
- All Transfers in Anchorage & Vancouver
*Airfare is based on $900 per person. Once airfare is confirmed, any addition to this will be passed on to the customer. Airfare will not be confirmed until first deposit is received.
Price per person:
Interior Double $5499, Single $8449
Oceanview Double $5949, Single $9299
Balcony Double $6449, Single $10,299
$100 due with reservation
$500 per person due by July 25, 2024
Final Payment due by April 1, 2025
PASSPORT IS REQUIRED!
General Tour Information
Reservations: Reservations are accepted on a first come, first served basis.
Deposit Requirements:
Tour Cost
$750 or less
$751-$2,500
$2,600 & over
Deposit Per Person
$100.00
$200.00
$300.00
Telephone reservations will be held for five (5) days awaiting receipt of your deposit. Your deposit is required with a reservation.
Balance: Final payment is due 45 days prior to departure. No refunds will be given after balance is received.
Child Rate: Since children are part of a group that already has been extended the group rate, the cost for adults and children is the same unless otherwise noted.
Cancellations: Notify Barkley Travel in writing or by phone of your desire to cancel your reservation. Your deposit will be refunded if you cancel before 45 days prior to departure. If you cancel less than 45 days prior to departure, no refund will be give unless a replacement is secured. Trip cancellation insurance is available and recommended. If you are interested, contact our office.
Cancellation Insurance: To purchase trip cancellation insurance, you will need to go to www.nta.aontravelprotect.com. You will be able to purchase trip cancellation directly from AON. If you do not have access to a computer or would like to purchase insurance by phone, you can call 1-800-388-1470. Barkley Travel’s Tour Operator Location # is: 246011. You will need this number in order to purchase the insurance. You will need to fill out the information requested, including name, birth date, trip price, state residence, etc. If you have any questions, please call our office. We will be glad to walk you through the process.
What is Included: The cost of each tour includes round trip transportation, hotel accommodations, sightseeing and admission fees, baggage handling to and from the hotel rooms, and any meals with tax & tip specified on the itinerary. All prices are per person and are subjected to transportation tariff charges.
Motorcoaches: All coaches are air conditioned and equipped with a restroom, Video/DVD player and TV Monitors.
Departure Information: Departure time and location will be stated in the itinerary which will be sent to you prior to departure. All trips will originate in New Albany, MS.
Clothing: Clothing will be casual and for comfort unless otherwise specified in the itinerary. An all-purpose coat, which may be put in the overhead racks, is a good idea for possible cool weather on tours including the mountains and coastal areas. Comfortable walking shoes are a Must.
Medicine: It is advisable to have a supply of any needed medication adequate to last the duration of the trip. It is also advisable to have a spare pair of eyeglasses. All medicine should be in your carry-on luggage. Do not put it in your luggage under the bus.
Luggage: We must limit luggage to one large bag per person. This bag must be 60 lbs. or less. You may take a piece of carry-on luggage (small enough to fit on the overhead rack of the motorcoach) if you are willing to be responsible for it.
Smoking: Frequent stops are made while on tour, therefore we ask those who smoke to limit their smoking to these times
Service Animals: Service animals are welcome to travel with the passenger with a disability as long as the animal does not occupy a seat or obstruct the aisle. Service animals must always be well-behaved and under the control of their owners or handlers, such as on a leash or in a carrier. Barkley Travel reserved the right to refuse travel to any animal which poses a direct threat to other customers or Barkley Travel drivers or employees.
Travel Documents: Prior to departure you will be mailed an itinerary with all pertinent information and a list of the hotels in which you will be staying while on the tour. A large print itinerary is available upon request.
Canada: You MUST have a valid passport to enter or exit Canada. Canada is considered a Foreign Country, thus your cell phone will be charged for Foreign Exchange unless you arrange for cell service / text messages for a foreign country.
Emergency Situations: For emergency use, include your insurance card and at least one blank check. You must also have at least one form of personal identification.
Barkley Travel Service, Inc. operates under DOT Number 0239017. We cannot be responsible for the personal injury to customers or for the loss of their personal belongings. We accept no responsibility in connection with the service of any transportation company (other than Barkley Travel Service equipment) or conveyance used to carry out tours, nor are we responsible for delay, accident or loss of personal property, or for additional expenses due to floods, war, storms or other causes beyond our control; any such expenses would have to be borne by the customer. We reserve the right to change the itinerary as may be necessary for carrying out the tour and to cancel any tour for conditions beyond our control, including insufficient participation. In the event of cancellation of a tour by Barkley Travel Service, all deposits will be refunded in full. We reserve the right to accept or reject any person as a member of our tour at any time. It is our aim to provide congenial traveling companions.
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