North Coast Travel

03/27/2024

Hi Folks,
I hope all is well with you all :) I wanted to note for those that check this page more frequently than our website, We've had two rooms open up for our May 15-17 Soaring Eagle getaway that was previously at the "sold out' status. If there is any interest, please call our office at (440) 647-2177 so I can hold the seats to allow time to mail in the payment.
Our 2024 season starts in less than two weeks doing the Savannah/Charleston tour. I look forward to start seeing familiar and new faces soon.
Take care and stay well....
JEFF

03/03/2024

Hello Friends,
It's time for a little update on our travel season progress as much has been happening. First, our season opening tour is coming up soon to Savannah/Charleston April 7-13 and a couple of rooms have become available. If interested, you'd need to contact our office by March 7th as I must close everything up by then.
As for our other available trips, we have about 10 seats left on our Seneca Niagara tour for August 4-6 and only a couple left for the Soaring Eagle trip for October 23-25. We do take wait lists and some have very few names on those.
The big news I received was regarding our September 29th Nashville tour. Word was given to me by Opry Entertainment that all Grand Ole Opry shows for that week have been cancelled due to filming in the Opry House by the People's Choice Awards organization. Always, being transparent, I sent a blast to all of our passengers for this trip regarding this circumstance. I've nearly heard back from everyone and all but just a few are still going to travel on that one. That dropped the price $100 to $969pp.
I keep our website at www.northcoasttravelservice.com updated weekly so you can follow our status there.
I appreciate those that follow our page and continue your support :)

Motor Coach Tours

01/18/2024

Since the 2024 season was made available for sale last Wednesday the phones have been quite busy. It's overwhelming and greatly appreciated how many folks spread the word to others and continue coming back themselves. I will keep posted in RED on our website at www.northcoasttravelservice.com as trips come to the sold out status. It's important to call or email us for reservations prior to mailing any payments. We have currently sold out and are taking wait lists only for Mackinac Island, Seneca Niagara in July, the Guardians in Milwaukee and Nashville.
Thanks so much for the continued interest and support. You're awesome :) JEFF A BROWN-Pres./Escort

Motor Coach Tours

01/05/2024

Our brochures for 2024 have been designed, printed and folded and will be ready to go to our mailers on Monday :) They should start arrived before the end of next week as promised. I'll try to time that up with releasing the schedule on our website at around the same time. Please give us a call to reserve seats BEFORE you mail in your reservation form.
I'll look forward to seeing lots of familiar faces (and some new ones) this upcoming bus tour season :)
Take care and stay well... JEFF

11/28/2023

Happy Holidays to all of our friends :) I'm working on our brochure and final details to complete our 2024 motor coach tour season (year #43). The brochures will be mailed to everyone on our list before January 15th.
For our early season trip to Savannah & Charleston April 7-13, that tour only will officially go on sale this Friday, December 1st. If you don't have a flyer for that one, all details and a reservation form can be accessed on our website www.northcoasttravelservice.com. Other destinations and dates that will be on our season brochure will be:

Soaring Eagle Casino/Resort May 15-17, October 23-25 and
November 6-8

Mackinac Island with Sault Ste. Marie June 23-26

Seneca Niagara, NY Resort July 7-9 and August 4-6

Follow the Guardians to Milwaukee August 16-18

Coopertown, NY with option of the National Baseball Hall of Fame or Fenimore Art Museum/The Farmers Museum with two nights at Turning Stone in the TOWER rooms September 11-13

Nashville, TN Highlights Getaway September 29-October 3

I hope something may be of interest to you for 2024 and will see you then.
Take care, stay well and have a super holiday season :)
JEFF

10/15/2023

Hello Folks,
Our 2023 season is winding down as we just returned from our Pigeon Forge/Smoky Mountain tour. With just two trips left to Soaring Eagle Resort & Casino to close out the year, I'll be working on the lineup for 2024 (our 43rd season offering bus tours).
We do have our April 7-13 tour to Savannah/Charleston set to go on sale December 1st and all details can be found on our website at www.northcoasttraveldservice.com. I've been passing out flyers during our trips this season so it may not be included in our 2024 mailing that will go out in January.
I'll post here in December the lineup prior to the mailing at least with the dates and destinations :)
Thanks so much for your interest in following us whether you're able to join along with us or not. We appreciate the continued support in making it an easy choice to continue for another year :)
Take care and stay well :)

06/05/2023

Hello Friends,
I wanted to touch base with a brief update on our 2023 bus trip season. I'm very fortunate that over the years we've had a great following with repeat guests and word of mouth help :) Our season has sold quite well without the need of advertising for which I'm appreciative. I've had 2 seats just open up for our Niagara Falls casino trip for July 9-11. Otherwise, we have very limited space for our final two trips of the year to Soaring Eagle Resort in Michigan October 25-27 and November 8-10.
Thanks so much for the continued support and letting me see the desire from folks to keep the trips flowing year after year :)

01/14/2023

Hey There Folks,
Our 2023 season went on sale this past Wednesday via our website and the brochure started arriving in the mail on Thursday which was timed out pretty well. The early response has been very active as in recent years which is appreciated. Our two autumn trips to the Hudson River Valley in September and Pigeon Forge/Smokies in October have already sold out. I am taking wait lists for those as I do receive cancellations at times.
All others are showing strong interest and I'll update status on this page and our website at www.northcoasttravelservice.com .
Thanks so much for the continued interest and support as we approach another year of our popular motor coach tours :)

Motor Coach Tours

12/16/2022

Happy Holidays Friends :)
It's that time or year to announce the dates and destinations for our 2023 motor coach tour schedule. Full details and pricing should arrive to those on the mailing list by mid-January. Also, around the same time, the season will be released and up for sale when you see it pop up on our website at www.northcoasttravelservice.com.
SOARING EAGLE CASINO/RESORT
May 10-12 October 25-27 November 8-10
MACKINAC ISLAND with Mackinac City & Frankenmuth
June 25-28
SENECA NIAGARA, NY RESORT/CASINO
July 9-11
FOLLOW THE GUARDIANS ON THE ROAD/CHICAGO WHITE SOX
July 27-29 for two games and a day in the city
SENECA ALLEGANY CASINO/RESORT
August 27-29
HUDSON RIVER VALLEY HIGHLIGHTS
September 10-14
PIGEON FORGE, TN WITH GUIDED DAY TOUR IN THE SMOKIES
October 8-12
Look for our brochure and follow the website. Those will also announce a look ahead with some plans for 2024.
Take care, stay well and have a wonderful and SAFE holiday season :)

10/04/2022

Hello Friends,
We're winding down our 2022 season already with the Washington DC /Gettysburg tour beginning next week and then finish with our usual two trips to Soaring Eagle Resort/Casino in Michigan. I want to thank you all for the continuing support. And even to those just following our schedule with interest even if you're unable to join along.
We'll be working on another full season of trips for 2023 with the typical automatic getaways that we offer each year. I'll be repeating a couple of the more popular past tours in the fall that I've had to turn away some in the past due to a quick sell out. And maybe even offer a baseball trip again as some teams are maybe more open to printing paper tickets.
All general dates and destinations will be shown on this page in December. By the second week of January, I'll be mailing the annual brochures to our mailing list with pricing and complete tour descriptions. Also, watch for us at www.northcoasttravelservice.com as that officially opens the 2023 schedule for sale.
Take care, stay well and I'll have more details in two months :)
JEFF

08/11/2022

Hi Folks,
Our 2022 season is clicking along with so much continued support from past repeaters and word of mouth that space went so quickly this year to "sold out" status. I thank you for that :)
We still deal with covid issues mainly involving no housekeeping service during multi-day trips due to staffing and safety precautions. For those going on our Washington/Gettysburg tour we have one restaurant change from what was in our brochure (Hill Country Barbecue instead of Old Europe Restaurant).
It's time for me to start kicking around plans for 2023 with another full season of getaways. My hope is to do more baseball trips if I can find teams that will offer "paper tickets" rather than these new digital things :(
Stay tuned and I again thank you all for the interest in joining in on our tours :) Take care and stay well... Jeff A. Brown

08/11/2022

04/21/2022

We returned from a successful first tour in 2022 to Savannah/Charleston and a good experience was had by all 😃 I changed our cover photos to help give our June 26-29 tour to Mackinac Island a little boost. In past years it was sold out by now but we have ten seats left for this 23rd year consecutive season of offering this popular getaway 🙂
Several others are sold out but we have limited space for the August 14-17 tour to Traverse City, MI and lots of seats for the Seneca Niagara trip for August 28-30.
Our website at www.northcoasttravelservice.com has updates up to the minute of trip availability.
We thank our return folks and first timers for the support to keep us on the road and putting out an annual itinerary schedule.
Take care and stay well.... Jeff A. Brown

04/08/2022

A beautiful day at Magnolia Plantation !!

04/06/2022

Tybee Island Georgia Light Station and Tybee Island Beach Pier.

02/23/2022

Hey There Friends,
Our 2022 season has started off quite well with our autumn tours to Cape Cod and Washington/Gettysburg selling out within a couple of days. Also sold out are two of our Soaring Eagle tripos for May 25-27 AND October 26-28 with waitlists being accepted 🤨
We do have our early season tour to Savannah/Charleston running from April 3-9 that had a room become available. If anyone that may have been shut out is still interested in this popular spring tour, please call our office at (440) 647-2177. Full details and updates for all of our trips can be viewed on our website at www.northcoasttravelservice.com.
We appreciate all of your continued support!!

01/11/2022

Hello Folks,
Our brochure started arriving to our mailing list addresses yesterday and the website went up this morning. We have been inundated with calls for reservations, needless to say, and we thank you for the continued interest. Those trips in the fall sell out super quick and the Washington/Gettysburg is down to two seats and the Cape Cod tour has only ten left.
We'll post updates as each getaway sells out but we also welcome wait lists as some guests find the need to cancel as time draws closer.
Please continue to follow us at www.northcoasttravelservice.com and call our office at (440) 647-2177 to reserve space on any of our tours :)

Full service travel agency

12/15/2021

Hello Friends,
We wanted to put our 2022 bus tour season dates and destinations out at this time as promised. This can hopefully assist with basic planning on your end. Our hope is to have the mailing in your hands by January 15, 2022. A few parts of some tours are slower than in the past with committing to availability and pricing. This is due to staffing shortages and the still uncertain times due to covid. In the next few days I hope to have loose ends tied up :)
Our early season tour April 3-9 to Savannah/Charleston sold very quickly. We have no one on the wait list in case of space opening so let us know if any of you are interested in that tour as it won't be offered in our main brochure.

SOARING EAGLE RESORT/CASINO
May 25-27 October 26-28 November 9-11
MACKINAC ISLAND ANNUAL GETAWAY
June 26-29 (day trip to Whitefish Point & Tahquamenon Falls)
SENECA NIAGARA, NY
July 10-12 August 28-30
TRAVERSE CITY, MI with Charlevoix, Sleeping Bear Dunes & more
August 14-17
CAPE COD EXPLORER TOUR
September 11-16
WASHINGTON DC HIGHLIGHTS plus GETTYSBURG, PA
October 9-13

Full details and pricing will be in the brochure. Once you receive that or see the schedule released on our website we can accept reservations. Some tours sell out quickly so it's best to call first to reserve space before mailing the reservation form. Visit our site at www.northcoasttravelservice.com in January.
Take care, stay well and have a wonderful holiday season :)

Full service travel agency

11/24/2021

Hi Folks,
It seems we made it thru a successful 2021 season of bus tours with no feedback from anyone contracting the dreaded covid during the course of any tour. For this I am personally very thankful :) We're staying busy tying up loose ends for next season and will give an early "heads up" of dates and destinations on this page before it officially goes on sale in mid-January with all pricing and complete details.
Many are aware that our early season tour to Savannah/Charleston goes on sale December 1st and we recommend calling to reserve space before mailing in the reservation forms. The dates for that tour are April 3-9, 2022 and full details can be found on our website
at www.northcoasttravelservice.com.
Take good care, stay safe and well and look forward to seeing you next season 😎

09/19/2021

Hello Friends,
We just finished two successful back to back tours to Southern Maine and a good time was had by everyone. We have a first time trip ever, believe it or not, to Branson, MO in three weeks and round out our 2021 season with the traditional pair of two night Soaring Eagle Casino trips.
We have full details up on our website for our early 2022 tour to Savannah & Charleston next April. Please visit that for information at www.northcoasttravelservice.com. Phone reservations will be accepted beginning December 1st. I'm working on the balance of our 2022 schedule and that brochure will be mailed by mid-January with a general outline up on this page early December.
Our tours operate as a private charter and is not required to follow general public transportation guidelines. For the rest of this year our policy will be as it's been every other trip this season. While on the bus, a mask at least covering your mouth is required to protect others. As added protection, Barons Bus Line was the very first in the industry to put a UV lighting "gizmo" on every bus that kills 99.9% of any virus on contact. With that, I'm very happy to say that there has been no reports back to me of anyone on our tours contracting covid following our return home this entire season!! I point our policy out here because that's been the most frequently asked question from our friends in advance of each tour.
Take care, stay well and keep doing everything you can to help keep yourself and others safe :)

Full service travel agency

09/06/2021

View of the famous Portland Head Light from our Casco Bay Harbor Cruise 😃

08/31/2021

Nubble Light, York, Maine. Jeff A. Brown

07/13/2021

Jeff taking a pic. 😊 Yep, that’s a flip phone. 😂 …. So cute !!! With Cindy Urbansky Brown.

07/08/2021

Hi Folks,
We have our 2021 season rolling after the disappointment in 2020 and we thank everyone for remembering us. The Mackinac Island tour went really well and folks let it be known they were ready to get going again. Our first of two Niagara Falls trips go next week and the season has been filling up well, thankfully 🙂
There is one show tweak for our October tour to Branson which will have the John Denver Tribute being replaced by The Beach Boys California Dreamin' show which I don't think many folks will mind.
Our hopes are that vaccine numbers will reach a high enough level that we may be able to do away with the masks on the bus later this season 🙀
Up to date info can be found, as always, by visiting our website at www.northcoasttravelservice.com. Stay well and safe please 😁

Full service travel agency

06/03/2021

Hello Friends,
Our season is finally taking off and we look forward to seeing lots of familiar faces along with welcoming some new ones :) Our first trip of the year in early May went very well and folks really seemed to be eager to get away. Our next trip is the end of June to popular Mackinac Island and has filled quickly. Our only light selling one that we just had to cancel was the July tour to Chautauqua, NY. But we still have a great "batting average" overall. Tours with space still available are Niagara Falls, NY for July 12-14 (lots of space) and August 15-17. Also, the end of the year trips to Soaring Eagle, MI October 20-22 and November 3-5 has limited space. We follow the strict CDC guidelines aboard our BARONS BUS motor coach and look for those restrictions to become more relaxed as the vaccinated population continues to increase.
Check in with our website at www.northcoasttravelservice.com for all updates or to print a reservation form.
Take care, stay well and safe :)

Full service travel agency

03/31/2021

Hello Folks,
I hope all are staying well and coming out of winter in good health. It's looking like we will be having an actual season with trips happening in 2021 😁 Our tours to Soaring Eagle and Niagara Falls are all available as are the two night getaways to Seneca Niagara Falls. The only one with very low numbers and not a sure thing is the Chautauqua/Jamestown, NY tour in July with only 16 passengers to date 😕 All other vacations to Mackinac Island, Southern Maine and Branson have sold out but we are accepting any interested can be placed on our waitlist.
Thanks so much for the interest and caring 🥰 Feel free to see immediate updates at www.northcoasttravelservice.com. Take care and please consider getting the vaccine to protect yourself and others😍

02/12/2021

Hi Friends,
We wanted to give the latest update for our 2021 tour season. The June 27-30 Mackinac Island tour has been the latest to sell out but are open for wait lists. Normally, we'd open the later date for another tour there but since we do that one every year, we're instead adding a second tour to Southern Maine operating from August 29-September 3rd. We sold out the initial tour in a couple days and had a huge list wanting to go. To satisfy as many folks as possible, I called all of those with the option as a courtesy before making it public. With that accomplished, we have a dozen seats left for that added tour 🙂
For all up to date information, please feel free to visit our website at www.northcoasttravelservice.com 😄

01/20/2021

Hello Folks,
The 2021 brochures were mailed out on January 11th and many were received starting yesterday from what I've been hearing. Plus, as promised, the season was put up for sale on our website at www.northcoasttravelservice.com on the 14th. With the quick and early response, our two major fall trips to Southern Main (September) and Branson (October) have reached "sold out" status. We do welcome LOTS of folks to be waitlisted as space will possibly be made available as we draw closer to these dates. All other tours have good space still available and welcome hearing from you to help fill those. We'll announce on this page and our website as any other tours fill up 🙂 Take care, stay well and we hope to see you during 2021. JEFF