| TERRY'S TOURS - IN THE NEWS! |
| PACKAGED TRAVEL INSIDER is a national travel trade magazine and each month covers all fifty states and Canada. SPOTLIGHT is a monthly feature where items of special interest are featured. |
SOUTHWEST TIMES - Pulaski, Virginia January 30, 2005
| If you have pictures from tours you have taken with us - we'd love to display them on our site. If you have comments about this page, our tours or anything relating to our company that you'd like to see included here, please email your information to us at: terry@terrys-tours.com We appreciate you & your input! |
| DEDRA & TERRY attended the 2005 AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION in CHICAGO in February! This year's convention Marketplace featured nationally known speakers, Educational Seminars and over 175 appointments for the Altizers with hotels, attractions, and destinations - providing valuable information and business relationships that will enable us to continue to offer the very best value in touring opportunities today! In addition to five days of business, the Altizers also had the opportunity to enjoy entertainment by the Lettermen (sponsored by Pennsylvania's State Tourism Office), attend 'Peter Pan' starring Cathy Rigby, enjoy the city of Chicago's Fireworks welcoming ABA and see the Grand Ole Opry's newest member in Concert - TERRI CLARK (sponsored by the Gaylord Opryland Hotel - host to ABA's Annual Convention in 2006)! |
| Grand Ole Opry Star - TERRI CLARk performs for Aba Delegates in Chicago |
| Fireworks in Chicago celebrate the 2005 American Bus Association Marketplace |
| The Altizer Family |
| Terry & Dedra Altizer are the owners of Terry's Tours, founded in 2000. The company operates tours all across the United States and Canada, specializing in working with groups of all kinds and offering charter coach services as well. Married in 1982, Dedra and Terry have 2 children - Devin, 13 and Megan, 10. They reside in Radford, Virginia and have for almost 10 years. Dedra has a background in Customer Service, Employee Training, Accounting and is a gifted artisan. Quilting, ceramics, stained glass, embriodery, knitting, painting, calligraphy, cake decorating and candy making are all part of her extensive talents. She, along with her mother, Anita Smith, are the Music Directors at the First Church of God in Dublin. Dedra escorts tours, works in the office and is the Vice-President of Terry's Tours. Terry has been involved with the Group Travel Industry since 1988. After personally escorting over 500 tours and authoring over 2,000 itineraries to all fifty states, Canada and Mexico, Terry still enjoys travel and the interaction with the people. Terry has served on the Editorial Advisory Board of Packaged Travel Insider (a leading group travel publication), offering story ideas and submitting articles. He has also served as a committee member for the American Bus Association Top 100 Event Selection Board. The American Bus Association is the recognized travel industry association leader for tour operators, suppliers and motorcoach companies in North America. Annually, a select board of travel professionals is asked to choose the Top 100 Events for motorocoach travelers across the United States and Canada. Terry also offers consulting services to destination marketing organizations, travel bureaus, fellow tour operators and suppliers on a wide range of topics. As an additional service of Terry's Tours, the Altizers offer to speak at Group functions with programs such as Travel discounts, packing tips, Travel safety and many more. Call them today to discuss your needs. |
| NEED A SPEAKER for your Club, Group or Senior meeting? We can help! TERRY'S TOURS offers an array of topics to select from including Travel Suggestions * Travel Safety * Travel Discounts for the Savvy Senior * Making Your Tour Choices Wisely * Packing Tips * and more! We can also supply Door Prizes! Just call us and we'll be happy to discuss your needs! 1-800-725-4509 |
| If you have a group of any kind that would like to travel, we can help. Put our years of experience to work for you. Discover the difference of sharing the journey. We promise with Terry's Tours - you'll see more, do more, experience more and ENJOY MORE! 1-800-725-4509 |
| CALL US TODAY for YOUR TRAVEL NEEDS! 731-8200 in the Radford, Blacksburg, Pulaski, Dublin or Christiansburg areas or TOLL FREE 1-800-725-4509 |
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| WELCOME to our IN THE NEWS Page! The main focus of this page is to share news about Terry's Tours, our customers, our family and friends. Once again, we're in the news - TWICE in NATIONAL Magazines for March 2005! 1.TERRY'S TOURS 2004 Reunion Mystery Tour creates NATIONAL buzz in Travel Industry! In the MARCH 2005 Group Travel Leader magazine, TERRY'S TOURS 2004 Reunion Mystery Tour was a front page story (see the actual magazine at www.grouptravelleader.com). The charitable aspect of our largest tour ever has generated quite a buzz all across the country. As a follow up story to the January 2005 edition of GROUP TRAVEL LEADER magazine - an industry magazine known for supplying ideas and information for group travel leaders, suppliers and destinations in the United States and Canada - Herb Sparrow, Editor of Group Travel Leader, sought out additional stories surrounding this new innovative type of toursim. When Sparrow originally heard of our tour, he decided it was too good to keep to ourselves. Terry's Tours is becoming known industry wide for their original Mystery Tour ideas and spoke with many fellow operators and suppliers at this year's American Bus Association Marketplace convention in Chicago. TERRY'S TOURS received inquiries and comments from as fara away as Washington state! Four NEW Mystery Tours are planned in 2005 - March 10-13 Guaranteed Southern Mystery Tour, July 1-5 Fourth of July Mystery Tour, Oct. 28-30 - our Third Annual Reunion Mystery Tour and Nov. 29-Dec. 1, our Christmas Mystery Tour. 2. PACKAGED TRAVEL INSIDER - March 2005 - Terry Altizer was interviewed by Matt Poe, Editor, for the Reunions article shown below. Packaged Travel Insider is a highly respected and visionary publication for the well informed group tour & travel professionals all across the United States and Canada. Terry was previously an original member of Packaged Travel Insider's Editorial Advisory Board. 3. Southwest Times - Pulaski, Virginia Also ran the story of the 2004 Reunion Mystery Tour, with focus on the local participation and the preparation for the tour on Sunday, January 30, 2005. 4.Moxie - the Tour Industry Supplier's Newsletter Source for Insight, Knowledge and Expertise into the Packaged Travel Industry, featured an article by Terry in it's December / January 2005 issue regarding Tour Planner / Supplier relationships. 5. Judy Bredemier, Editor of Destinations (the American Bus Association's monthly national publication) highlighted one of our Christmas Mystery Tours in the October 2004 edition in her editorial. See below how another group made a difference. The idea of giving back to areas in which we travel has caught on. This past November, Terry joined a group of tour operators, planners and suppliers from all across the USA to shop for Christmas presents for needy children in Toronto, Onatrio during the National Tour Association convention. The event was sponsored by the Nevada State Tourism Office. Thank You for your continued support! |
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