Reda & Friends Travel Group

07/11/2024

Biltmore group

Your refund checks were mailed today. Watch for a Diamond Tours envelope. Those who told me to do so, the money for this trip was applied to the trip(s) you are signed up for next year.

Thank you all again for your patience. This has truly been a sad experience for everyone.

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01/11/2024

Love this new song from the Haygoods! And there is Mama Marie Haygood who came on our bus to meet us last year! I cannot imagine how proud she must be of her children!!

31/10/2024

Happy Halloween everyone!🎃🎃🎃🎃

30/10/2024

Disappointing Day!!

I believe I have been able to contact everyone personally, but the trip to Biltmore Estate/Asheville had to be canceled due to the problems they are still experiencing from the hurricane/flood.

It is hard to take especially when the Biltmore Estate says that they will be open. The problem is that most of the hotels are full with people who lost their homes and workers who are there to help them recover. Some of the hotels still do not have safe drinking water so they cannot even brush their teeth there.

The main road to Asheville from the Smoky Mountains is closed and will be closed into next year. There was no easy way to go from the Smokies to Asheville without going a very long way around. So adjusting the trip this way was not feasible.

In the end, Diamond Tours did not feel they could give us a safe and fun trip and it was best to cancel.

There is a possibility we can do the trip next year. The problem is that Biltmore only allows Diamond Tours a certain number of trips per Christmas season as this is their very busy time. All of those trips have already been taken by other group leaders for next year. The Diamond sales manager is going to see if the Biltmore might give them more trips since so many had to be cancelled this year. If this would happen to work out, and I am given a trip, I will let everyone know.

I sincerely do appreciate the patience you all have given me during this trying time. We waited as long as possible to see how far Asheville would come with their progress, but it is not happening fast enough for them especially or for us.

I ask for your patience a little longer as I wait to get your money back and can get it refunded.

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24/10/2024

This is really hard for me....should be planning our snacks and bus activities. I just have to sit here & think!
Wish Mother Nature would have taken her meds!!!

18/10/2024

BILTMORE GROUP

I know you are all wondering what is going on with this trip. Believe me, I am right there with you.

Asheville has been making progress with each week that passes, but still has work to do. Because things can change so rapidly sometimes, we have decided to make a final decision at 30 days out from the trip. Don't want to axe it too soon if there is a possibility of going. Then we would regret it.

It has been a stressful and agonizing time for Diamond Tours and myself. A lot of work has gone into organizing this trip and trying to decide the path forward.

Rest assured Diamond Tours will make sure the trip is a good one. If that cannot be accomplished, all your money will be refunded or you will be able to use it toward a trip next year if you are signed up for one.

Thank you for patience and understanding.

Reda

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18/10/2024

Please remember that the small towns of Western NC will need our help long after the media attention dies down. In addition to the devastation of Hurricane Helene, the lack of visitors coming in the storm's wake is affecting EVERY small business in the region, whose owners & employees rely on peak Fall tourism revenue to sustain them through the Winter. Show them some love & SPREAD THE WORD!

08/10/2024

2nd bus to Washington DC looks good to go if those interested follow through
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08/10/2024

I continue to ask for your patience.....

Diamond Tours is located in Fort Myers, Florida and are now dealing with their own hurricane.

Praying for everyone's safety down there.....

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04/10/2024

We are still working on an option for the Biltmore trip that will let us see the Estate at Christmas time and replace the things that cannot be done due to the hurricane with some thing fun. Probably in Smoky Mountain area. Some thing that you still get your money's worth. It all takes time to figure out though.

Please continue your patience. And rest assured that if the trip has to cancel, all your money will be refunded.

You have not been forgotten!!

03/10/2024

Here is the latest update on the Biltmore Estate. It certainly could have been much worse

03/10/2024

These are the times that try a group leader's soul.....but they are nothing to what our friends in the Ashville area are going through. Please have patience as we try to figure out where this once in a 1000 year hurricane has placed our December trip.

You will know as soon as I know. Diamond Tours is on it. And if you are a praying soul, please keep everyone down there in your prayers.

28/09/2024

Please keep our friends in North Carolina in your prayers. We will just have to see how this affects our trip. I am hearing that the Biltmore Village took the brunt of the storm and flooding. I hope the Estate itself is on higher ground.

25/09/2024

My heart breaks for and my prayers are with John Schmitmeyer and family. He lost his wife Marlene and his mother Alma on Friday, September 20th. Please keep them in your thoughts. Marlene was a joy to have along on my trips.

21/09/2024

Anyone else feeling this?

19/09/2024

OK Friends!!!

I definitely CAN get a second bus for this trip IF we get enough people who want to go!! Brandon will be the group leader for a second bus. We are getting more flyers to distribute here in the next few days. We are about half way there.....

So please share this post, tell your friends, tell your senior centers, tell everyone and let's see if we can make this a go.

I appreciate your help.

17/09/2024

I gained 13 followers, created 18 posts and received 125 reactions in the past 90 days! Thank you all for your continued support. I could not have done it without you. 🙏🤗🎉

17/09/2024