Explore Your Own Backyard this Summer and Save with RiverBarge

REDISCOVER AMERICA’S INLAND WATERWAYS THIS SUMMER WITH A RIVERBARGE EXCURSION

Save 15% When Booking Select Back to Back Excursions with RiverBarge

New Orleans – (April 1, 2008) – Explore your own backyard this summer and rediscover America’s inland waterways. Come along as the R/B River Explorer, America’s only floating hotel barge, visits the part of our continent where America meets the river. This 8 day America’s Junction excursion begins Aug. 21, 2008 with an overnight stay in Louisville, Ky. Barge on the Ohio River and pass through five historic locks, visit Henderson and Paducah, Ky., and witness the amazing Confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. On the Upper Mississippi River, visit Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Chester, Ill., before ending this trip on Aug. 28, 2008 with an overnight stay in St. Louis.

The all-inclusive price for this trip is $2,479 for the Royal Deck and $2,659 for the Platinum Deck.  Prices are per person, based on double occupancy.  Platinum Deck staterooms have a small balcony.

RiverBarge Excursions continues to celebrate “10 Years of Sharing America’s Stories” in 2008. To personify RiverBarge’s commitment to making barging a memorable and affordable experience they are offering their guests the following special benefits. 

Special Benefits for You:

·        All-Inclusive Pricing - Travelers onboard a RiverBarge Excursion always enjoy all-inclusive pricing in one of 98 spacious staterooms, all regionally-influenced meals, all soft drinks, juice, coffee and tea, snacks, scheduled shore activities, onboard entertainment, port charges, taxes and gratuities.  No tipping allowed!

·        Reduced Single Occupancy Supplement from 50% to 25%.

·        Increased Back to Back Discount - Take advantage of an increased Back to Back Discount of 15% OFF the Aug. 14, Aug. 21 and Aug. 28 excursions. Book two or more of these excursions in a row and save 15% off each excursion price. The standard back to back discount is 10% per excursion.

·        $50 Barge Bucks - Guests booking and depositing $500 per stateroom earn $50 per stateroom in “Barge Bucks,” an onboard credit that may be used for alcohol and gift shop purchases.

·        Best Barging Buy - Specially priced excursion that makes barging more affordable but still offers the same exciting itineraries, accommodations, entertainment, meals, shore activities and the overall great experience bargers have come to expect aboard the R/B River Explorer.

To learn more about this excursion or for further information and reservations, call a travel professional or 1-888-GO-BARGE, ext. 1; (1-888-462-2743, ext. 1) or visit www.riverbarge.com. 

 

RiverBarge Excursion Lines: 10 Years of Sharing America’s Stories

RiverBarge Excursion Lines, Inc. owns and operates the 196-guest R/B River Explorer, America’s only floating hotel barge. They offer 4 to 10 day excursions to six regions of the country on America’s inland waterways including the Lower and Upper Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee, Illinois and Kanawha rivers, as well as the Atchafalaya River Basin and along the Texas-Louisiana Inland Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

RiverBarge Excursion Lines, Inc. is located in historic Algiers Point at 201 Opelousas Avenue, New Orleans, La., 70114.