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Smart Destinations Partners with Southwest Airlines Vacations

March 12th, 2010 by admin

Smart Destinations has partnering up with Southwest Airlines Vacations for the month of March to offer special deals on two-Day Go City Cards for Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Orlando, Miami, San Francisco, and Seattle. The sale will run for the month of March and cover passes valid until December 31, 2010.

The City Go Card brings the concept of a ”city pass” — or sightseeing pass — to the US travel market. While having a long history in Europe and parts of Asia, these tourist passes are still relatively new in the US. But since their introduction, their use has skyrocketed: by Summer of 2009 over 3 million visits to museums, tours, and attractions had already been made using Go City Cards.

The main driver of this growth comes from the combination of convenience, cost savings, and flexibility offered by the cards. Card holders get free admission to the best museums, tours, and attractions for a low, fixed price. The Card serves as an actual ticket to all of the participating sights. The Card also provides discounts at popular restaurants and shops and even the ability to skip the lines at many locations. Each Go City Card also comes with a full-color, pocket-sized guidebook full of maps, travel tips, and itineraries for the area.

The partnership with Southwest Airlines Vacations covers a number of Go City Cards. In For example, the Go Orlando Card, with FREE access to 50+ tours, cruises, and attractions including the Kennedy Space Center, NASCAR Daytona 500 Experience, and Gatorland, is available for Child $60.00 and Adult $77.00. And the Go Miami Card
with FREE access to 25+ activities, tours, and attractions featuring Miami Duck Tours, Miami Seaquarium, Art Deco Walking Tour, and Lion Country Safari is available for Child $68 and Adult $77.00.

To learn more about all the Go City Card sightseeing passes, see www.smartdestinations.com which has links to more than 14 different passes and provides a video explaining how they work in greater detail.

Planning a trip to Orlando? Read about attractions, tours, discounts, and more with the Go Orlando Card.

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Forever Florida

January 20th, 2010 by admin

Horseback Florida Safari

I visited the Florida Eco Safari at the Crescent J Ranch in early January and learned that this is much more than an attraction ride through the Florida wilderness but a story about a family. Your visit starts by driving into the 4,700 acre St Cloud ranch back to the Visitor Center which is a beautiful building with a wrap-around porch and enough rocking chairs for everyone. Plan to arrive a bit early or stay a bit late to simply sit and enjoy. If you’re hungry, half the Visitor Center is occupied by the wonderful Little Cypress restaurant.

Your Coach Safari Tour begins in a theater style room with a movie/story about Allen Broussard . Allen was an avid outdoorsman, whose dream was saving a piece of the Florida wilderness after understand the ecological value of the Crescent J once he became a Wildlife Ecologist. After Allen passed way to early, his mother and father made Allen’s dream come true when the founded the Allen Broussard Conservancy for the purpose of purchasing the land and keeping it as a wildlife preserve. A portion of the proceeds from visitors to Forever Florida go to purchasing more land to be preserved. Visit http://www.foreverflorida.com/AllenBroussardConservancy/ to learn more.

Once aboard the Coach Train, you head out into the wilderness on a narrated tour where you’ll experience streams, wetlands and learn about the array of white tailed deer, alligators, birds and the occasional black bear. The ranch is a living museum for Spanish Colonial Cattle and unique Cracker Horses. There is plenty of time for picture taking and questions on top of the 8 foot high safari coach. Remember, the Coach Safari Tour is an included admission with the Go Orlando Card. See Forever Florida to learn more.

Additionally, Forever Florida offers Horseback safaris and a new Zipline Safari as well as hiking trails. Additional programs available include the full-service Cypress Restaurant, meeting planner and special event facilities, educational camp programs for kids and adults, field trip and scout programs, camping and cabin rentals.

Get your cameras ready for the Florida photo adventure of a lifetime!

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