As we rejoice 100 years of enriching journey, we need to take this chance to thank our friends who’ve made all of it attainable with their loyalty and type referrals to family and friends. Your tales proceed to encourage us to lift the bar in the whole lot we do, and mirror a lot of the shared joys and friendships we’re blessed to expertise with you on our travels collectively. In recognition of our gratitude, we’re turning the highlight on our patrons, showcasing your journeys with us through the years.
February: The Siegle Sisters
“The way you gonna hold ‘em down on the farm after they’ve seen Paree?”
A well-liked hit created on the heels of World Battle I when US troopers have been returning house from Europe, “The way you gonna hold ‘em down on the farm after they’ve seen Paree?” may nicely apply to the Siegle sisters, longtime friends who’ve, to this point, logged in 62 Tauck journeys.
Farm ladies born and raised in Iowa, their first Tauck journey took them, coincidentally sufficient, to Paris in 1969. Their household, hardworking farmers all, didn’t have time to journey when the women have been rising up, given the every day chores that saved them busy at house. As soon as they began touring with us, nothing may hold them down on the farm for lengthy.
“We heard about Tauck from two widowed girls we knew from church. We thought in the event that they prefer it and it’s ok for them, then it’s ok for us.”
That suggestion changed into a lifelong love affair with journey for the sisters, the extra adventurous the higher I discovered after chatting with them, with small ship cruises amongst their very favorites. Among the many many voyages they’ve loved with us, they braved the chilly on our cruise to Antarctica the place they warmed as much as the penguins and marine life they encountered. They circumnavigated the land of fireside and ice with us in Iceland, gamely soaking within the thermal delights of the Blue Lagoon. They explored the Norwegian fjords and the Scottish Isles aboard our “beautiful” Ponant ship; indulged within the Treasures of the Mediterranean and the Aegean on idyllic cruises they’ll lengthy keep in mind; transited the Panama Canal and met the Guna folks within the distant San Blas Islands; and found the unique sights of the Arabian Peninsula and the antiquities of Egypt with wide-eyed surprise. Most just lately, they joined us aboard Cruising the Nice Lakes: Chicago to Toronto, revisiting locations they explored with us on Michigan’s Lakes & Mackinac Island again in 2006.
Whether or not by land or sea, Phyllis and Arlene select Tauck due to the nice care they obtain and peace of thoughts they expertise, noting “how grateful now we have been for the belief and safety we all the time really feel.” Nevertheless it’s our uniquely attention-grabbing itineraries – polar bears in Manitoba, lions, rhinos, giraffes and extra in Africa; big tortoises, playful seals and blue-footed boobies within the Galápagos; Yellowstone in winter – and unique cultural experiences they’ll solely have with Tauck, that saved them coming again for extra. “Every journey enriched our lives and much surpassed our fondest desires.”
“Gratitude is important to residing a full and completely satisfied life which definitely applies to journey. Each Tauck tour is a metaphor for all times. We really feel extraordinarily and bountifully blessed to have discovered and appreciated Tauck excursions and household. What the valuable privilege of cultivating a lifetime of pleasure, magnificence and religious development which have been the paradigm of our life. A honest because of Tauck.”
With loyal friends like Arlene and Phyllis, whose tales and recollections are actually steeped within the angle of gratitude and within the magic of journey, the pleasure is all ours.
January: Sue Werner
70 Tauck journeys and counting…
A devoted solo traveler, Sue Werner has saved 70 group footage from her Tauck journeys, courting from 2019 all the way in which again to 1987 when she traveled with us on Southern Charms: Savannah, Hilton Head & Charleston. Sue, who likes a great social gathering simply as a lot as we do, has additionally attended nearly all of Tauck’s occasions, becoming a member of us greater than as soon as on annual occasions just like the Kentucky Derby, Run for the Roses; our New Yr’s Eve gala, A Celebration of Roses in Hollywood and the Jazz Occasion in New Orleans. Whereas she doesn’t have group pictures of these experiences, “you may’t simply match everybody into one image,” she has lasting recollections of the great occasions she shared with everybody in attendance.
With so many journeys beneath her belt, I questioned how she selected them and if she had a choice for a mode of journey.
“I prefer it all. I benefit from the river boats, however I just like the land excursions too and particularly benefit from the comfy motor coaches Tauck makes use of. Often, I simply select a vacation spot, figuring out that regardless of the place Tauck goes or how we journey, Tauck goes to handle me.”
Wherever she chooses to discover with us, the draw for Sue is a well-rounded mixture of tradition, surroundings and wildlife. South Africa, An Elegant Journey appeals to her and is on her bucket listing as are Essence of South America and Essence of Japan. She additionally has been dreaming about Grand Australia & New Zealand, one thing she hopes to do sooner or later. The Christmas Market cruises are favorites and she or he has put each the Belgium and France vacation cruises on her want listing.
She will not be executed touring with Tauck but, despite the fact that she joked that she must stay till she is 150 to take all of Tauck excursions she is serious about! What retains her coming again is what Arthur Tauck Sr. had in thoughts 100 years in the past when he based the corporate.
“All I would like is a congenial social gathering. We will be only one completely satisfied social gathering, correctly chaperoned, out for an actual good time…”
“The journeys are a whole lot of enjoyable. Tauck does a tremendous job. They put a whole lot of thought and energy into them, and you don’t have anything to fret about. They handle issues that you simply wouldn’t even take into consideration, and then you definately’re simply free to expertise the vacation spot, free to take pleasure in it and do what you need. They’ve a pleasant even steadiness of tour time and free time on each journey.”
