Our current special that we are promoting is Savings of up to 00 per couple on our June 7th departure of the 15-day Heart of Europe Circle tour, if your clients book by February 23rd.  As many of you have requested, we will be sending a promotion designed to be forwarded to your clients via e-mail. It will follow this Update in a separate e-mail with the subject line of; “Current Europe Special”. Click here to see a sample of the “Current Special”

We have SOLD OUT the September 23 departure for this tour and have opened a new date of September 16. This is the tour to recommend to clients who would like to participate in Munich’s famous OKTOBERFEST.  This is a more leisurely tour with 2 night stays in all six hotel locations and the scenery is incredible. Encourage interested clients to book now as space will sell out fast for this September 16 departure.

Image Tours has updated their website to make it easier to navigate. You can check it out here: www.ImageTours.com.  The updated website offers two new features: 1) Travel Time – This is a snap shot summary of our tour itineraries that includes motor-coach travel times. 2) Dates & Prices – This allows you to check the most current availability and pricing for specific tours and departure dates because it is pulling the information directly from the Image Tours Inc reservations system, live, 24/7.

Only one week remains before our February 23rd deadline featured in the January and February mailers and newspaper advertising. As we approach this deadline, many popular dates are filling. This is a good time to follow up with inquiries and offer to hold space prior to the February 23rd deadline, in order to secure these low prices for the client’s choice of departure date. To make reservations please call 800-968-9161 and press option 1.

Why is a Coin Grading Service Important?

Coin collecting has been a very popular hobby to many people of all ages. The marketing of coins has expanded widely and because of this wide the market prices of coins has varied immensely.

Before, the coin market was limited to a small number of collectors and dealers. At that time coins were priced in simpler terms. Since the market has expanded, dealers have been very inconsistent with the prices they set for the coins so that became the time when the need for a standard scale arose. That is where the coin grading serviceentered the scene.

Coin grading services are able to provide services that determine the standard practices so important in marketing. Any collector who sees the wide market of coins will see the importance of a grading service. There are unscrupulous dealers that over grade the coins that they sell and collectors need to be aware of this.

Coin grading services have standard scales for every coin available on the market. One benefit grading provides, is that coins will be assessed fairly and accurately. Antique coins and rare ones will be scaled depending on their origin, quality and the purpose for which they…

Every girl’s dream is to have one special night where they have a knight in shining armour at their side, a beautiful dress that makes them feel the center of attention, and an evening full of magic that lasts forever. But do young women today realize the styles of dresses they’re choosing for their proms don’t bring out that fairytale appearance? Instead of modest prom dresses that look elegant and chic, young women are choosing dresses that push up their chests, expose their cleavage and bare their backs.

I’ll admit women’s clothing styles have changed immensely over the years.Ankles used to be nearly obscene, and anything clinging was kept to the bedroom. Today’s silky materials would probably be considered scandalous, and the now-common bare shoulders enough to draw gasps. Modest prom dresses back then were stiff, the skirts poking out rather than swirling around calves. The modest prom dresses had bodices covering the bare skin of chests and sleeves to hide shoulders.

Visit the boutiques today and you’ll see that there are indeed many dresses that are both elegant and understated. Young women turn up their noses at anything that covers too much, and their image of what modest…

Money tree

When I was little, my father always told me that money doesn’t grow on trees. He must have said this to me at least once a week – whenever I attempted to ask for something. As I started to grow up, I realized that he was right. However, for my 30th birthday, I got a bit of a kick out of proving him wrong. My husband decided that I deserved a shopping spree and instead of getting me a gift card, he took a much more creative approach. He bought a tiny little tree and planted it in abeautiful pot. He painted dollar signs all over the pot and made it look incredibly unique. On the branches, he took fishing line and strung up tiny little letters that were written on small blocks. All of the letters spelled out Happy Birthday. The best part was that each of the little blocks had holes in the top that he used to tie the fishing line for hanging on the branches. He took a lot of time to make little scrolls to also place into the holes. Each scroll had a dollar amount written on it. After I was done…

Checking Mortgage Rates Online

Homeowners who are planning to re-finance their home may find the Internet to be a very worthwhile resource. The Internet is useful because it can give the homeowner a wealth of information as well as the ability to compare different rates from different lenders at their convenience. While these options have made re-financing a more convenient process there is more potential for danger. However, homeowners who exercise a small amount of common sense in using the Internet for re-financing often find they are not at any additional risk.

Comparison Shop at Your Convenience

One of the most popularadvantages to researching re-financing online is the ability to comparison shop at the homeowner’s convenience. This is important because many homeowners work long hours and often find they are not able to meet with lenders during regular business hours because of job restraints. The Internet, however, is open 24 hours a day and allows homeowners to research their options, make important calculations or receive online quotes at any time of the day through the use of automated systems.

Homeowners can also take their time comparing the quotes they receive from these lenders online instead of feeling pressured to provide an…

Caffeine and Pregnancy: How much is too much

One of the first things most of us women prepare to say goodbye to once we see those two pink lines on our pregnancy tests is caffeine. Many women will stop their caffeine habit cold turkey out of the sheer fear of doing some sort of damage to the new life growing inside of them. These women will swear off anything that has caffeine in it from coffee, and soda to even chocolate. Then there are some of us who will still drink caffeine but cut back. Instead of drinking fivecups of coffee a day, we might cut back to at least one cup of coffee to get us through the day.

Our mothers and grandmothers will probably tell us that they drank the same amount of caffeine pregnant as they did when they were not pregnant and their children turned out fine. However a lot more research has been done since their time and studies are showing that too much caffeine can cause some complications such as preterm labor and/or low birth weight.

So how much caffeine is too much caffeine? Doctors are telling their patients that…

They say the world is shrinking and it is, in respect of the ease of world travel. Tourists want to travel to the more remote outposts of the world and adventure travel is increasingly popular. When I was a child, I dreamt of visiting the Far East and the Great Wall China, in particular. China held a fascination for me but I never dreamt that I would actually get there one day.

My husband and I decided to save up and go on the vacation of a lifetime. We have a friend who lives and works in Japan who speaks ChineseMandarin fluently, having studied the language at Beijing University and has also worked in Taiwan. The plan was to visit our friend in Tokyo and see a bit of Japan. Then we flew to Hong Kong to spend some time there and then onto China. Our friend went with us, which made the trip a lot more fun and much easier, having someone to interpret for us.

Beijing is a fascinating place and we did the usual sightseeing, including exploring the Forbidden Palace and Tinnamen Square. One of the striking things is the amount of cars in the city and the…