We have been in planning, organizing and es**rting group tours since 1982. What started out as a part-time hobby grew into a full-time career in 1992. We have been organizing and es**rting tours around the world with groups ever since. We strive to provide unique tours to our customers, which is why we organize and es**rt all of our own tours. Our travelers seem to enjoy our “people meeting people
” tours. We like to include visits to rural communities and farms in other countries. Having visited farms and stayed with families in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand and China, we feel that one of the best ways to learn about a country and its people is to visit its rural communities. Other services that we provide include organizing and es**rting tours for groups of 10 or more people, including service clubs, businesses, schools, banks, churches and other organizations. Tours are customized to meet the needs of each individual group. We have crossed the globe several times, es**rting groups to the United Kingdom, Europe, Russia (2 times), Scandinavia (2 times), Iceland, Africa, China (2 times), Australia (5 times), New Zealand (5 times), Mexico, South America, Canada , and have sailed around Cape Horn in South America and through the Panama Canal four times. Alaska is our “specialty” destination. We have es**rted nineteen Alaskan Land Tours, five Inside Passage Cruises and have attended the Iditarod Dog Sled Race in Nome three times. Tour destinations we are offering in 2012 include: “Colonial Christmas in the City of Brotherly Love”, “Hawaiian Paradise - Oahu & Maui”, “River, Rhythms & Plantations” New Orleans, Natchez & Vicksburg, Spring Mystery Trip, Alaska, Mackinaw Island and a Mississippi River Cruise on the American Queen Paddlewheel Steamboat. All trips are organized and personally es**rted by Brian & Shelly Rippy. For more details regarding our tour itineraries, please visit our group tour website at www.bsexcursions.com. We carry a variety of travel accessories in our office including affordable luggage and EarPops (bandless ear muffs). For information regarding our group tours, please call B&S Excursions at (260)726-6577 or 1-800-726-2267. If you would like to receive travel information via e-mail, please contact us at [email protected]. Our business office hours are 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Monday - Friday.
