Travel

SIR offers numerous travel opportunities. Here are the scheduled upcoming trips. Contact the listed contact for more information or to make reservations.

Branch 176 travel coordinator is Stewart Morgan.

SIR Branch Travel Chair Trips and News Milt Smith State Travel Chair miltsmith549@gmail.com

925-285-2897

  Inside Passage Cruise Princess 11 Night from San Francisco Rt Alaska May 26 – June 6, 2024. Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway AK and Victoria, Canada. Cabins start $2590 pp to $3322 pp double occupancy. Contact John Cardoza Branch 143. 209-483-7722 or johncardoza@hotmail.com

Best of Spain and Portugal April 27 – May 12. 2024. Branch 146. Cost $7,895pp. Madrid, Segovia, Porto, Lisbon, Seville, Gibraltar, Costa Del Sol, Alhambra, Valencia, Barcelona, round trip airfare, 15-day guided tour with Travel Director, 14 nights at centrally located 4star hotels, 5 dinners and 2 lunches including wine, all tips, transfers and baggage handling. Contact Glenn Breslin Branch 146 925-288-6520 glennbreslin@gmail.com

Venice & Croatian Islands Cruise Sept. 30 – Oct. 12 ’24 cost approx. $6,645 - $7,145pp. depending on cabin. Highlights: 2 nights hotel each in Venice and Rijeka. 7 night cruise of the Croatian Islands Venice, Murano Island, Collio Wine Region, Hum, Olive Oil tasting, Farm to table dinner, Sailing through Kornati National Park and more. Contact Bill Britton Branch 101, 925-200-1062 bill.britton@comcast.net

Fall Mexican Riviera Getaway Oct. 15 – 26, ’24 11 Days. Branch 98 Cost $844 - $944 - $1074 - $1424 - $6083pp. depending on cabin. Highlights: Departs from and returns to San Francisco, ports of call Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlán, Puerto Vallarta, Manzanillo. Contact Katherine Gervais Branch 98. 916-337-1623 Kathig@shipsandtrips.com

Prague to Budapest River Trip November Dates: 11/6/24 thru 11/20/24 Serenade A: $3995 / Serenade B: $3895 /Sonata C: $3795 Sonata D: $3695/Cantata E: $3595 /Cantata F: $3495/Prelude G: $3395/Prelude H: $3195/Air from SFO: $1100. Ports and cities: Prague, Linz, Krems, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest. Pre-trip US departure date: 11/1/24. Post-trip to Budapest return date: 11/23/24 Dresden and Berlin: $995pp PRE-TRIPM - Warsaw and Krakow: $1095 PRE-TRIP. Budapest: $745 POST-TRIP. Contact Milt Smith 925-258-2897 ASAP for more info. miltsmith549@gmail.com or book directly Group Code G4-23630 call 1-800-221-2610

Panama Canal Cruise San Francisco to Ft. Lauderdale. Jan. 20 – Feb. 5, 2025 17 days. Cost from $4,185 - $6,295 depending on cabin choice. Ports of Call: Puerto Vallarta Mexico, Puerto Quetzal Guatemala, Puntarenas Costa Rica, Fuerte Amador Panama, Full Transit through the historic locks, and Cartagena Columbia. Includes transfers from Modesto to Port of San Francisco and airfare from Ft. Lauderdale to Sacramento. For more information contact John Cordoza 209-483-7722 johncordoza@hotmail.com Branch 143