Asia Transpacific Journeys
Primed to Create Custom Travel to Asia for Families this Holiday Season

WHETHER IN THE LAP OF LUXURY OR THE SADDLE OF ADVENTURE, ASIA TRANSPACIFIC JOURNEYS ARE THE FAMILY TRAVEL EXPERTS
Boulder, CO, August 4, 2007 – It may take more effort these days to make lasting impressions on young children. However, a family that takes a nighttime wildlife-spotting safari together on aerial catwalks in the jungles of Borneo will create memories that last a lifetime. And no one knows how to create those moments better than Asia Transpacific Journeys, http://www.asiatranspacific.com.

Sea kayaking among islands off the coast of Thailand, a dinosaur dig in Mongolia, riding an elephant through the jungle in search of tigers in India, and exploring the Great Wall of China are experiences that will stay with your kids long after the last video game has lost its appeal.

The annual Christmas / New Year school break is a great time for families to experience a multi-cultural immersion through overseas travel. The kids will soak up concepts ranging from to geography to natural history in lessons much more profound than any textbook could impart. You will integrate meaning into your vacation, spend quality time together, bond through shared experiences, and create priceless family memories that will last a lifetime (but don’t tell them that—stating the obvious just might spoil the fun).

“It’s best to make your plans now as preferred air tickets are harder to come by as December approaches,” says Marilyn Downing Staff, CEO of Asia Transpacific Journeys that has been crafting custom travel and group itineraries to this region for over 20 years.

Asia is particularly welcoming to families—people go out of their way for families with children like no place else in the world. And it’s an exceptional value: the current exchange rate makes travel to Asia this year especially appealing. Additional help—whether it be extra porters to carry gear, babysitters, or private cook—is very inexpensive in most parts of Asia.

Land cost starts at $1,000 per day per family, and includes exceptional lodging, nearly all meals, transfers, visa fees, tips, entrance fees, medical and emergency insurance and a comprehensive pre-departure packet. Asia Transpacific Journeys can also arrange international air through its in-house air department.

Asia Transpacific Journeys has been crafting private Custom Journeys and Small Group Trips to the Asia/Pacific region since 1987. Their regional expertise also makes them the operator of choice for dozens of America’s most demanding universities and museums.

For 2007 / 2008 Asia Transpacific Journeys itineraries of Small Group Trips and Custom Journeys encompass over 20 countries in Asia and the Pacific. Some trips also support global conservation and cultural preservation. Asia Transpacific Journeys own non-profit Asia Transpacific Foundation, established in 1998, works with rural Asian communities to provide clean drinking water through locally made ceramic water filters.

Three Asia Transpacific Journeys regional specialists were singled out by Condé Nast Traveler August 2007 issue as being among the world’s 130 top travel gurus. National Geographic Traveler (Oct 2006) has selected Asia Transpacific Journeys’ Myanmar Trip as one of “50 Tours of a Lifetime”.

For more information please see http://www.asiatranspacific.com or call toll free 800-642-2742.

Press contact: Sara Widness
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