Philadelphia, PA
5 Days - Our prices include transportation from Lexington, KY and 4 or 5 star hotels
Adult price $910
Children 12 and under travel for free, 2 children maximum per family, rooming with their parents. Additional children 12 and under are 1/2 price (2 rooms will be available for the entire family).
All children 13-18 travel for 1/2 price ~ $495
If there is only 1 full price adult in a room, they are considered single (even if there are free or discounted children traveling with them) and therefore, must pay the single supplement.
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Trip Includes
- 4 or 5 star hotels. (Since this event is of a great magnitude, we have to use super 4 star hotels with great reviews. Most of our 5 star hotels are sold out.)
- All breakfasts.
- Transportation with luxury bus.
- All entrance fees to all the sites.
- All tips to everyone involved in the tour.
- The tour fees for our guides.
- Luggage handling. Please pack light, keep all valuables and medications with you on the bus (not stowed below with the luggage).
- If you are traveling alone and you allow us to find you a roommate, you don't have to pay the $500 single supplement. If you wish to have your own room and you are not open to the idea of rooming with another passenger, then $500 is what you pay for single supplement fee.
- Dress casually all throughout the trip. Shoulders and knees should be covered when visiting Basilicas or churches.
- Taxi and wheelchair is provided gratis for those passengers who cannot walk. But a traveling companion has to push the wheelchair throughout the trip.
- At the time of registration, the total amount is due in the form of a check.
Trip Does Not Include
- Lunch & Dinner
- Insurance ~ The total trip cost is non-refundable, so we recommend trip insurance to protect your investment.
Trip Itinerary
September 24, 2015 - Thursday LEXINGTON / POTTSTOWN Early this morning we depart on our deluxe motor coach and drive east towards Pennsylvania, arriving in Pottstown, PA, where we meet our tour guide. Overnight in Pottstown.
September 25, 2015 - Friday POTTSTOWN / BARTO / PHILADELPHIA Following breakfast, we take a short drive to Barto, PA where we will find The National Centre for Padre Pio. Barto has the largest collection of Padre Pio relics in the United States. Here we gather for our own celebration of Mass followed by a visit to the St. Pio Museum & Cultural Center, culminating with a video presentation on the life of Padre Pio. Following free time for lunch at the Centre, we depart for Philadelphia, the "city of brotherly love". Upon our arrival in Philadelphia, we visit the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul, the mother church of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, followed by a visit to the National Shrine of St. John Neumann, the redemptorist priest who built more than 40 churches in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Next we arrive at our hotel for check-in. Overnight in the area of Philadelphia.
September 26, 2015 - Saturday PHILADELPHIA Following breakfast at our hotel, we depart for a full day of participation at the Festival of Families events. Late evening we return to our hotel for overnight.
September 27, 2015 - Sunday PHILADELPHIA / EMMITSBURG After breakfast we depart for the heart of Philadelphia and gather on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, where today's Holy Mass will be celebrated by our Holy Father, Pope Francis. Following today's events, we depart Philadelphia for Emmitsburg, MD for overnight.
September 28, 2015 - Monday EMMITSBURG / LEXINGTON Following breakfast this morning, we will visit the National Shrine of the Lourdes Grotto, situated high on a mountain side overlooking Mount St. Mary's campus and the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Here we pause for some time in prayer and contemplation. Next we arrive at the Seton Shrine for our own celebration of Mass. We continue on our drive home, finally arriving home late night in Lexington.