Itinerary: (Subject to change due to local conditions, unforeseen events, or more interesting, as-yet unplanned awesome experiences that become available)
Winterfest Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
An Artistic Snowy Wonderland
U.S. National Snow Sculpting Contest
Four Day Tour ~ February 3-6, 2022
Highlights: Nonstop, Rountrip Airfare from Newark to Chicago • Three Nights’ Accommodations Lake Geneva Downtown • Daily Snow Sculpture Building • Downtown Cocoa Crawl • Fireside S’mores • Fire Spinner Performances • Human Dog Sled Races • Free Movie Nights • Winter Ghost Walk • People’s Choice Award Voting • Chili Cook Off • Laser Light Show on the Beach • Winterfest Marketplace • Ice Sculpture Walk • Igloo Experience • Snow Sculpture Awards Ceremony and more! • Fully Escorted
Let’s embrace winter and see the most spectacular artistic display of snow sculpting in the United States! Yes, it’s cold but that’s the only way to experience the most amazing creations ever sculpted from 3 ton, 10-foot-high cylinders of snow. This year marks the 26th year of the National Snow Sculpting Championship at Lake Geneva’s Winterfest, a festival created by local business owners. We will see firsthand what it takes to build a snow sculpture and watch each day how it progresses. Luckily, we will get to warm ourselves in the various tented areas each equipped with bonfires as we watch the sculptures grow. If we were ourselves, the artists, it would take us 100 hours from start to finish and we would need about 30 mugs of coffee and hot chocolate (or other warming libations) to keep sculpting! As daily participants in witnessing the evolving of piles of snow into art, we will have the opportunity to vote for our favorite sculptures which will give the artists a chance to win the People’s Choice award. Lake Geneva is in itself, a beautiful area to explore in the winter and offers a wide variety of fun activities you can only experience here. So pack your warmest hat, coat, gloves and scarf and don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime frigid festival!
Air transportation is provided by United Airlines. A surcharge will apply if United Airlines increases the price of its airfare. One piece of luggage per person (baggage fee by United is not included) and one small carry-on are permitted. A valid, government-issued picture ID is required to board the plane.
Approximate flights:
Thursday, February 3: Flight #1649 departs Newark at 12:30 PM and arrives in Chicago at 2:05 PM
Sunday, February 3: Flight #1842 departs Chicago at 2:01 PM and arrives in Newark at 5:37 PM
Price per person is $1025 Twin & $1250 Single. No reservations accepted without a deposit of $200 per person. Make checks payable to “Group Tours & Travel” and mail to the address below. Final payment is due on October 30, 2021. Deposits are fully refundable until October 30, 2021. If cancellation occurs after October 30, 2021, there are no refunds. Travel protection/cancellation coverage is available and highly recommended (cost is approximately 10% of the total cost of the tour) but not included. One piece of luggage per person and one small carry-on are permitted. Group Tours is not responsible for any delays, cancellations, injuries or circumstances beyond its control and reserves the right to change this itinerary. All trip components are subject to change in accordance with Government, State and Local guidelines and/or mandates. This tour will run rain or shine.
Methods of Payment:
Pay by check: make payable to Group Tours & Travel, mail to 1710 E. Lancaster Ave. #319, Paoli, PA 19301
Call 973-513-9001 to pay by credit card over the phone (Credit Card payments have a 4% surcharge)
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