Home At First — Custom, Independent, International Travel.

Realizing Your International Travel Dreams —

Custom, Independent, International Travel from Home At First

Your journey begins in the immense sky.
Over the vast ocean, you sleep
high above the storm.

SIX STEPS TO MAKING YOUR Custom, INDEPENDENT, international Travel DREAMS COME TRUE —

1. DREAM

Do you dream of Custom, Independent, International Travel?

Do you dream of custom, independent, international travel?
• Maybe stories you have read or movies you have seen have inspired you.
• Or, maybe tracing family roots is your ambition.
• Or, maybe music, theater, or sports are your focused goals.
Whatever your reasons to travel overseas, your travel dreams can come true. This is where the travel experts at Home At First come in.

2. dESIGN

Tell us your travel dreams. We will plan your custom, independent, international travel to make your dream trip a reality.

Tell us your travel dreams. We design a free trip proposal for you, with all the right flights, lodgings, & ground transport you need to turn your international travel dreams into realities, efficiently and economically. Only when you accept your personalized trip design is your deposit payment due. Once your deposit is received, we put in place all the arrangements to make your dream trip come to life.

3. dAYDREAM

Reading & Daydreaming about your custom, independent, international travel destination will prepare you for the real thing.

Read & daydream about your trip! Before your trip begins you receive a comprehensive guidebook keyed for your destinations. Thirty days prior to your departure you receive all necessary trip documents (tickets, vouchers, passes) plus detailed arrival information, including your overseas addresses, contact information for your lodgings and your hosts, and specific meeting plans for arrival day.

4. dEPART

Departure Day: Your custom, independent, international travel begins in the sky as you fly away from the familiar to a new land of adventure.

Departure Day. Check-in and Security and two hours of Waiting-to-Board (sorry). Then the big bird soars, and the wise flier snores. Too soon breakfast interrupts rudely, signifying the approaching landing. Terra Incognita appears out the cabin window. A new world appears as if out of your airplane slumber. Dreams begin to transform into first impressions, but not yet hardened enough to be considered realities.

5. dECOMPRESS

Decompressing when you arrive at your destination: stress falls away and magic begins: your custom, independent, international travel dreams are coming true.

Arrival Day. In some prearranged way — train, bus, taxi, rental car — you find your foggy way to your first night’s lodging. Bed’s invitation wrestles with your curiosity to explore, and bed mostly wins, at least for a couple of hours. You wake in a new place where you barely remember arriving. Time seems as fuzzy as your mind is groggy. You are hungry. Your first meal will help reestablish order. Relaxation begins, and Peace happens.

6. dISCOVER

Discover: a first stroll lets you explore your surroundings. Everything is new, including you. Your custom, independent, international travel takes you to the places you have dreamed of.

Your custom, independent, international travel dream begins. A new morning — the first day of your new life. Take a walk. Eat a fresh pastry with a reassuring coffee or a change-up tea. Watch & listen closely. Hear strange language: even English words now sound foreign. Observe all around you. Dare to speak, to order, to shop. Can you find your way home? Home. Your new home. Comfortable. Roomy. You’re Home At First.

FIND YOUR CUSTOM, INDEPENDENT, INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL DREAM DESTINATION HERE:

Home At First Destinations

Our World of Custom, Independent, International Travel

Featuring Quality Hosted Lodgings

Jump ahead to see our Current Travel Bargains.

OPEN to visitors. No Covid tests or locator form required.

LONDON

SUPERBLY LOCATED CENTRAL LONDON APARTMENTS:

• Tower Bridge North

near historic Tower of London & Tower Hill tube.

• Tower Bridge South

in fashionable riverside Bermondsey.

• London Bridge North

near Monument tube station.

• London Bridge South

near London Bridge station.

OPEN to visitors. No Covid tests or locator form required.

ENGLAND

COTTAGES IN FOUR
ENGLISH REGIONS

•The Cotswolds

Heart of England

•Cornwall & Devon

The West Country

•The Lake District

Northwest England

• The Yorkshire Dales

North Yorkshire

& by SPECIAL REQUEST:

• Cambridge • Oxford
• Cheshire & Shropshire
• The Midlands

Central England

OPEN to visitors. No Covid tests or locator form required.

SCOTLAND

LODGINGS IN THREE SCOTTISH REGIONS:

• The Central Highlands

Scotland’s Heartland

• Edinburgh

Scotland’s Historic Capital

•Inverness & North

The Northern Highlands

& by SPECIAL REQUEST:

• Glasgow
• The Borders
• Isle of Skye
• Mull & Iona
• Outer Hebrides
• Orkney & Shetland

OPEN to visitors. No Covid tests or locator form required.

WALES

COTTAGES IN TWO
NATIONAL PARK REGIONS OF WALES

• Mid-Wales

Brecon Beacons Nat’l. Park

• Northwest Wales

Snowdonia Nat’l. Park

& by SPECIAL REQUEST:

• Southwest Wales
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

Ireland & No. Ireland OPEN to visitors without Covid restrictions.

IRELAND

COTTAGES & APARTMENTS IN FIVE IRISH REGIONS:

• Central Ireland

Tipperary & Clare

• Southwest Ireland

Cork & Kerry

• Northwest Ireland

Donegal & Sligo

• Northern Ireland

Antrim & Londonderry

• Dublin City Apts.

Dublin

OPEN to visitors. No Covid tests or locator form required..

PARIS

LEFT & RIGHT BANK
PARIS APARTMENT LOCATIONS:

Central Paris
Apartments

in safe, attractive, desirable neighborhoods near attractions, the Métro, restaurants, and services:

Arrondissements 1-8, 11, & 18.

& by SPECIAL REQUEST:

• Provence
• Normandy
• Alsace

OPEN to all visitors. No Covid testing or other restrictions.

ITALY

ROME, TUSCANY, & 5 SPECIAL REQUEST REGIONS:

• Central Rome Apts.

• Tuscany: Siena Estate

• Tuscany: Hill Country

& by SPECIAL REQUEST:

• Amalfi Coast

• Cinque Terre

• Florence

• Venice

• Sicily

OPEN to all visitors. No Covid testing or other restrictions.

SWITZERLAND

APTS. & CHALETS ACROSS THE SWISS ALPS:

• Bernese Oberland Alps:

Mürren & Kandersteg

• Italian Switzerland:

Locarno & its neighbors

• The Valaisian Alps:

The Matterhorn & Zermatt

& by SPECIAL REQUEST:

• Eastern Switzerland:
Pontresina, the Bernina Alps, & the Upper Engadine

OPEN to all visitors. No Covid testing or other restrictions.

ICELAND

CIRCLING ICELAND:
THE RING ROAD TRIP

Boutique Hotels, Inns,
& Apartments around
Iceland’s Ring Road
including Reykjavik,
volcanoes & glaciers.

Independent discovery set itineraries of 3, 7, & 10 day lengths, or custom-made for your budget, interests, and time constraints.

Iceland is combinable with most European destinations.

OPEN to visitors. No Covid tests or locator form required.

DENMARK

LODGINGS IN THREE DANISH REGIONS:

• Zealand: Copenhagen & Roskilde

• Odense & Funen

• Aarhus, Aalborg, & Jutland

Classic lodging locations in Copenhagen & Roskilde. Special request locations throughout Denmark.

OPEN to visitors. No Covid tests or locator form required.

NORWAY

OSLO, BERGEN, &
THE FJORDS

Plus Stavanger, Kristiansand, Lillehammer, Ålesund, Trondheim, Lofoten, & Tromsø

Lodgings at 8 classic & 5 special request Norwegian locations including the World Heritage Site fjords.

OPEN to visitors. No Covid tests or locator form required.

SWEDEN

LODGINGS IN FIVE CLASSIC REGIONS:

• Stockholm

• Uppsala

• Gothenburg

• Lakeland

• West Coast

Boutique Hotels, Inns, & Apartments at 5 classic & 4 special request locations across Sweden.

OPEN to vaccinated visitors. No tests or forms required.

NEW ZEALAND

NORTH & SOUTH ISLANDS — A ROAD TRIP OF DISCOVERY:

Individually planned itineraries using boutique lodgings with outstanding hosting in:

• 6 North Island regions

• 6 South Island regions

OPEN to visitors. No Covid tests or locator form required.

BERMUDA

BETWEEN BRITAIN &
THE CARIBBEAN:

Bermuda offers much
more than its famed pink sand beaches. We offer cottages & inns across the island.

OPEN to visitors. No Covid tests or locator form required.

CUSTOM EUROPE

COUNTRIES WE CUSTOM-PLAN DREAM TRIPS TO:

• Britain • Ireland

• Finland • Iceland

• Germany • Holland

• Greece • Italy

• Portugal • Spain

• France • Switzerland

• Denmark • Norway • Sweden

A Letter from Home…

There are many reasons to arrange your independent overseas travel through Home At First. In this space we will present several important advantages, starting with:

I. We cost less to plan your travel than if you try to do it yourself.
Our experienced team of professionals knows travel. The largest single item for most foreign travel is airfare. Unlike the huge on-line travel companies who have contracts to promote certain airlines, flights, and higher fares, we scour ALL airlines to find the lowest fares and flight itineraries for your trip. Whenever possible we work directly with lodging and transportation providers to get the best prices possible without paying middlemen. We study airfares up to 11 months in advance of travel looking for sale fares, then offer special full-packages to our destinations in the form of frequent Travel Bargains specials and personalized “Instant Discounts”. And our annual Early-Bird Special (offered during September & October annually) lets you avoid price increases by pricing next year’s travel at this year’s rates.

Most individuals planning their own travel do not have the industry knowledge, personal contacts, or time to ferret out these deals. That’s Home At First‘s advantage #1. Watch for more advantages to be detailed in this space in the coming weeks.

You may already know about Home At First‘s advantages. But many of your traveling friends, relatives, neighbors, and colleagues do not know the advantages of planning their next international trip through Home At First. When you’re talking travel with them, tell them about us. Or, let us start a conversation with them by Referring A Friend. They’ll thank you. Have them tell us you recommended Home At First, and we’ll thank you, too.

— Ron Fahnestock, Editor

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FIND OUR BEST VALUES HERE:

Current Travel Bargains

4 OUTSTANDING DEALS
FOR TRAVEL DURING 2023!

SPRING 2023 SPECIAL!

IRELAND

$AVE UP TO 28.3% – $821/person!

THINGS TO DO IN IRELAND THIS SPRING:

CHOOSE FROM 4 IRISH REGIONS:

• Central Ireland (Co. Clare & Co. Tipperary)
• Dublin (in the center of Ireland’s capital)
• Northwest Ireland (Co. Donegal & Co. Sligo)
• Southwest Ireland (Co. Cork & Co. Kerry)

7-Day Independent Full Package:

Independent Fly/Drive Travel with Transatlantic Flights
+ Cottage/Apartment Lodgings + 1-Week Car Rental or Dublin TransPass

TRAVEL 21APR – 17JUN 2023

MAIN & HIGH SEASON DEPARTURES:

MAIN Season Departures 21APR23 to 12MAY23 —

$1,899

PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY

OR:

HIGH Season Departures 19MAY23 to 09JUN23 —

$2,080

PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY

NEW OFFER!

BOOK BY DECEMBER 17, 2022

IRISH SPRING: FULL DETAILS

Exciting New Destination!

Cascais, Portugal

Springtime in Portugal now on sale!

SPRING INTRODUCTORY SALE!

TRAVEL 31MAR23 – 20MAY23

7-Day Independent Full Package:

• Round-Trip Flights No. America to Lisbon, Portugal
• 7 Nights Lodging (Sa-Sa) upscale, seaside Cascais
• Spring – the Best Time to Visit Cascais & Lisbon
• Centrally-Located Quality Vacation Apartments
• Excellent, attentive, English-speaking hostess
• Independent Travel in Portugal by Car or Rail
• Beaches, Food & Wine, Culture, Architecture
• Explore Cascais, plus nearby Sintra & Lisbon
• Your Choice of: Flexi RailPass or Car Rental