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25 Things to do in Ireland!
Autumn in —
AUTUMN 2023 SPECIAL SALE
Is autumn a special season in Ireland?
• Ireland’s Green turns Golden in autumn.
• Ireland Celebrates the fall Harvest.
• Irish GOLF courses play SOFT in the fall. Lower links scores!
• Ireland is OPEN, & the Irish are WELCOMING.
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CURRENT TRAVEL BARGAINS!
7-Day Full-Package:
Independent Travel with Flights, Lodgings, Car Rental or City TransPass
EXTENDED OFFER!
BOOK THIS TRAVEL BARGAIN
BY MARCH 26, 2023
— AUTUMN 2023 —
• TRAVEL SEPT. 8 – NOV. 4, 2023
$AVE 25.24% – $641/person!
$1,899
PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
Special low rate 25.24% below our official 2023 Main Season prices to Ireland.
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THIS FULL-PACKAGE TRIP INCLUDES:
• ROUND-TRIP FLIGHTS from NEW YORK (JFK/EWR) to DUBLIN (DUB) or SHANNON (SNN), Ireland.
Flights from all USA & Canada airports available.
Please inquire about fares from your home airport.
• 7 NIGHTS COTTAGE or APARTMENT LODGINGS in:
• Dublin
• Central Ireland (Clare/Tipperary)
• SW Ireland (Cork/Kerry)
• NW Ireland (Sligo/Donegal)
• GROUND TRANSPORTATION:
• DUBLIN: 5-Day TransPass OR:
• 1-WEEK of CAR RENTAL for ALL OTHER LOCATIONS. (Pick-up and return at your arrival/departure airport. Includes unlimited miles, most taxes (some local taxes cannot be pre-paid), and basic insurance.)
• IRELAND ACTIVITIES GUIDE
Comprehensive guidebook keyed for your visit with suggestions for sightseeing & car touring, shopping, museums, restaurants, pubs, churches, castles, activities including golf & fishing, and much more.
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CONSIDER A SECOND WEEK!
For a more leisurely trip & more time to enjoy springtime in Ireland.
ADD 7 NIGHTS LODGING & GROUND TRANSPORTATION FROM:
$972
PRICE PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY FOR ADDING 1 WEEK OF LODGING & CAR RENTAL &/or a 5-DAY DUBLIN TRANSPASS. PRICE CAN VARY BY LODGING SELECTED & SEASONALITY. A HIGHER RATE APPLIES IF CHANGING LODGINGS OR REGIONS.
THE FINER DETAILS:
• TRIP PLANNING: HOME AT FIRST‘s Ireland specialists help you plan an individualized, independent itinerary that meets your needs, tastes, interests, pace, & budget.
• FLY TRANSATLANTIC OVERNIGHT to DUBLIN, IRELAND. Departures Fridays between September 8 and October 27, 2023, from New York City (JFK) or Newark NJ (EWR), USA. (Departures & Connecting Flights are available from all other USA & Canada airports — please inquire.) Arrive the following morning at Dublin (DUB) airport in Ireland.
• ARRIVAL NEXT DAY: Getting to your RURAL Irish lodging. After flying all night from North America to Dublin in Ireland, you pick-up your rental car at the airport and drive to your rural Irish destination where you will be met by your landlord/host at a specific time introduced to your lodging when you take occupancy.
• ARRIVAL NEXT DAY: Getting to your DUBLIN lodging.
After flying all night from North America to Dublin, you self-transfer via bus or taxi to your central Dublin apartment where your concierge will check you in to begin your week’s occupancy.
• 1-WEEK’S LODGING: 7 total Nights Lodging in your pre-reserved Irish cottage or apartment. Note that minimum occupancy numbers and some luxury upgrade supplements may apply to a few specific lodgings.
Your landlord, host, or their representative provides support during your visit if you have questions, or if problems or emergencies arise.
• GETTING AROUND IRELAND BY RENTAL CAR: driving a rental car on the left side of the road can initially be challenging. However, after a few hours of acclimatization, exploring Ireland by car will become comfortable.
Home At First’s lodgings throughout rural Ireland are ideally located for regional exploration.
• GETTING AROUND DUBLIN using your Dublin TransPass on transport network of buses and trams requires a little getting used-to, but after a short learning curve you will reach your destinations efficiently and securely whether by city bus or tram. You will also find that your apartment’s Central Dublin location makes getting to most prime attractions quite easy by walking.
• ACTIVITY GUIDE: Guests receive Home At First’s exclusive “Ireland Activity Guide”, loaded with suggestions for getting the most out of your visit by public transport: sightseeing, touring, visiting historic sites, museums, bars, restaurants, shopping, churches & cathedrals, and activities such as golf, fishing, cycling, walking, shopping, and theatre-going.
• THIS OFFER EXPIRES MIDNIGHT MARCH 26, 2023: To take advantage of this special Travel Bargain offer, you must book & pay for your trip by midnight March 26, 2023. These special prices are great travel values, but are non-refundable. We recommend you purchase travel insurance to cover (at the least) potential losses due to your needing to cancel your trip or interrupt your trip to return home early. HOME AT FIRST may end this offer early for any reason.
• COVID: HOME AT FIRST strongly recommends that visitors be fully vaccinated and currently boostered in accordance with CDC guidelines.
• TRAVELING WITH CHILDREN: The best plan is to have the children vaccinated, if permitted.
• RETURNING HOME: USA citizens no longer need to take a Covid test before returning home. Nevertheless, with COVID variants still in circulation, being fully-vaccinated is the best kind of travel insurance.
Save 32%! Save $1099/prs!
Late-Summer
& Fall in —
LATE-SUMMER & AUTUMN SPECIAL SALE
CURRENT TRAVEL BARGAIN!
7-Day Full-Package
Independent Travel with
7 Nights of Central Paris Apartment Lodgings, Round-Trip Transatlantic Flights, Pre-Arranged Airport Arrival Car Transfer, Paris TransPass, & Paris Guidebook
NEW OFFER!
BOOK THIS TRAVEL BARGAIN
BY MARCH 24, 2023
TRAVEL to PARIS, FRANCE
LATE-SUMMER & FALL
TRAVEL 11SEP – 08NOV, 2023
$AVE 31.9% – $1099/person!
$2,342
PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
1-Week, Full-Package!
Special low rate 31.9% below our official, published 2023 Main Season prices to Paris, France. NOTE: supplements may apply for 2-person occupancy in larger lodgings.
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THIS FULL-PACKAGE TRIP INCLUDES:
• ROUND-TRIP FLIGHTS from NEW YORK (EWR) to PARIS (ORY).
Flights from all USA & Canada airports available.
Please inquire about fares from your home airport.
• 7 NIGHTS LODGINGS in a PARIS APARTMENT in Central Paris
• GROUND TRANSPORTATION:
• PARIS TRANSPORT PASSES for your use on the Métro subway system and portions of the RER urban railway
• AIRPORT CAR SERVICE: Pre-arranged for your arrival at Paris Orly Airport, you will be met by a driver for the transfer to your Paris apartment.
• PARIS ACTIVITIES GUIDE
Comprehensive guidebook keyed for your visit with suggestions for sightseeing & touring, shopping, museums, restaurants, pubs, churches, castles, cruising, activities including walks, day-trips out of Paris, and much more.
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CONSIDER A SECOND WEEK!
For a more leisurely trip & more time to enjoy your travels.
ADD 7 NIGHTS LODGING & TRANSPORT FROM:
$1,651
PRICE PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY FOR ADDING 1 WEEK OF LODGING & TRANSPORT. PRICE CAN VARY BY LODGING SELECTED & SEASONALITY. A HIGHER RATE APPLIES IF CHANGING LODGINGS OR REGIONS.
THE FINER DETAILS:
• TRIP PLANNING: HOME AT FIRST‘s Paris specialists help you plan an individualized, independent itinerary that meets your needs, tastes, interests, pace, & budget.
• FLY TRANSATLANTIC OVERNIGHT to PARIS, FRANCE. Departures DAILY (Mo-Fr, but not Sa-Su) between September 11, 2023, and November 1, 2023, from Newark NJ (EWR), USA. ( Connecting Flights are available from all other USA & Canada airports — please inquire.) Arrive the following morning at your destination airport in Paris (ORY).
• ARRIVAL NEXT DAY: Getting to your PARIS lodging.
After flying all night from North America to Paris, you are met at the airport arrivals hall by a pre-arranged driver whose car service provides a comfortable, personalized cross-Paris drive to your apartment.
Your driver will transfer you and your luggage from the airport to your Paris apartment. There you will be met by your landlord/host at a specific time introduced to your lodging when you take occupancy.
(This car transfer service comes for an additional fee. Please inquire.)
• 1-WEEK’S LODGING: 7 total Nights in your pre-reserved apartment in central Paris, near shops, services, restaurants, and transportation. Note that minimum occupancy numbers and some luxury upgrade supplements may apply to a few specific lodgings.
Your landlord, host, or their representative provides support during your visit if you have questions, or if problems or emergencies arise.
• OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL LODGING: Although this special package is priced for 7 nights of lodging, you may add a week in the same Paris apartment for a supplemental fee.
• GETTING AROUND PARIS using your Paris TransPass on the city’s comprehensive métro & RER network requires a little getting used-to. You will find the directions in our Paris guidebook quite useful in helping you get to your destinations efficiently and securely via métro, RER, and walking.
• ACTIVITY GUIDE: Guests receive a detailed Paris guidebook, loaded with scores of pages of suggestions for exploring Paris by public transport car: sightseeing, touring, visiting historic sites, museums, pubs, restaurants, shopping, churches & cathedrals, and activities such as walking, shopping, and theatre-going.
• THIS OFFER EXPIRES MIDNIGHT MARCH 24, 2023: To take advantage of this special Travel Bargain offer, you must book and pay for your trip prior to the end of March 24, 2023. These special prices are great travel values, but are non-refundable. We recommend you purchase travel insurance to cover (at the least) potential losses due to your needing to cancel your trip or needing to interrupt your trip to return home early. HOME AT FIRST reserves the right to end this offer early for any reason.
• COVID-19: France is open without Covid restriction to visitors from the USA and Canada. We do recommend that travelers receive their most-recent Covid booster shot within 2-weeks to 270 days prior to departure to Paris.
Although mask-wearing is mostly voluntary throughout France, visitors should consider bringing masks for use on the airplane journey, in airports, on public transportation, and at any locations that may require their use.
• TRAVELING WITH CHILDREN: The best plan is to have the children vaccinated, if permitted.
• RETURNING HOME: USA citizens no longer need to take a Covid test before returning home. Nevertheless, because COVID variants are still in circulation, being fully-vaccinated is the best kind of travel insurance for your trip.
Danish Style. Hygge Lifestyle!
Late-Summer & Autumn in —
Wonderful, Wonderful
LATE-SUMMER–AUTUMN SPECIAL SALE
• TRAVEL 30AUG23 – 04NOV23
$AVE UP TO 26.25% – $822/person!
$2,309
PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
1-Week, Full-Package
Special low rate 26.25% below our official, published 2022 Main Season 2-person, 7-day price to Scandinavia.
EXTENDED OFFER!
BOOK THIS TRAVEL BARGAIN
BY MARCH 26 2023
CURRENT TRAVEL BARGAIN!
7-Day Full-Package:
Independent Travel with Flights, Lodgings, Breakfast, City Pass
WHAT DO WE EXPECT IN COPENHAGEN?
• CULTURE: Copenhagen is Denmark’s capital in all ways cultural. The country’s government and royal family are headquartered here. The city’s markets celebrate Danish produce. Its museums collect and display Danish history. Its shops display the best of Danish style. Its theatres produce the finest drama, opera, classical and pop music. Anchoring it all is venerable Tivoli, Copenhagen’s beloved amusement park.
• LIFESTYLE: Hygge is Copenhagen’s relaxed attitude toward life. Enjoying simple pleasures takes the stress out of life in this relaxed city.
• STYLE: Copenhagen is the center of Danish design & manufacturing, especially in furniture and interior furnishings.
• FOOD: Copenhagen is a prime foody destination from street food to its Michelin-starred world-class restaurants.
• TRANSPORT: Copenhagen’s population is renowned for bicycling. But the walking and public transportation are equally good here. You do not need a car. You only need the Copenhagen City Pass.
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THIS FULL-PACKAGE TRIP INCLUDES:
• ROUND-TRIP FLIGHTS from New York (JFK), Newark (EWR), or Boston (BOS) to/from Copenhagen (CPH) Denmark.
Flights from all USA & Canada airports available.
Please inquire about fares from your home airport.
• 7 NIGHTS HOTEL LODGINGS:
are inns or quality small hotels centrally-located in Copenhagen. Includes daily breakfast.
• GROUND TRANSPORTATION:
is the Copenhagen City Passes for use on Copenhagen’s modern city transit system: metro, buses, trams, some boats, and some trains. Note: the Copenhagen Pass is valid for transfers on the CPH airport metro service.
• ON-SITE COPENHAGEN ACTIVITY GUIDEBOOK.
Includes suggested activities, excursions, scenic sightseeing, boat cruises, shopping, restaurants, museums, castles, historic sites, and royal palaces.
ADDITIONAL DAYS:
Add days in your destination city
or cities for $366/person/day.
CONSIDER ADDING-ON:
Expand your Scandinavian experience by adding stops in Bergen or Oslo, Norway, Gothenburg or Stockholm, Sweden, or Reykjavik, Iceland. Minimum stop in any location is 3 days/nights. Stops include lodging, connecting flights, & appropriate ground transport.
INTERESTED? PLEASE INQUIRE!
ADDITIONAL STOPS WILL BE PRICED PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY FOR ADDING MINIMUM OF 3 NIGHTS OF LODGING, PLUS CONNECTING FLIGHTS & GROUND TRANSPORT. PRICE VARIES BY LOCATION SELECTED AND SEASONALITY.
THE FINER DETAILS:
• FLY TRANSATLANTIC OVERNIGHT to SCANDINAVIA: Departures Tuesday–Friday between August 30 and October 27, 2023 from New York City (JFK), Newark (EWR), Boston (BOS) USA. (Departures & Connecting Flights are available from other USA & Canada airports — please inquire.) Arrive the following morning at your destination airport: Copenhagen (CPH) Denmark.
• SELF-TRANSFER TO YOUR LODGING LOCATION IN COPEHAGEN: Follow our pre-printed directions to travel to your lodging destination in Copenhagen. Check-in and take occupancy that afternoon.
• DAY 8: RETURN FLIGHT TO NORTH AMERICA: Daytime flight from Copenhagen (CPH) back to New York (JFK), Newark (EWR), or Boston (BOS), or to other USA/Canada airports after 7 full days/nights in Copenhagen.
• 1-WEEK’S LODGING: 7 total Nights Lodging in pre-reserved inn or quality small hotel in Copenhagen. Lodgings are centrally-located: near shopping, restaurants, cafés, and transit. Daily smorgasbord breakfast included.
• CITY TRANSPORT: Guests are furnished City Passes for use in Copenhagen on the métro system, certain trains, trams, city buses, and even some harbor boats.
• ACTIVITY GUIDE: Guests receive regional guides keyed for their use in Copenhagen. Guides include dozens of pages of suggestions for exploring your destination by public transit, sightseeing, visiting historic sites, museums & galleries, shopping, restaurants & cafés, churches & cathedrals, royal palaces and castles.
• THIS OFFER EXPIRES MIDNIGHT MARCH 26, 2023. To take advantage of this special Travel Bargain offer, you must book and pay for your trip prior to the end of March 26, 2023. These special prices are great travel values, but are non-refundable. We recommend you purchase travel insurance to cover (at the least) potential losses due to your needing to cancel your trip or needing to interrupt your trip to return home early. HOME AT FIRST reserves the right to end this offer early for any reason.
• COVID-19: Although entry into Scandinavia by American and Canadian visitors currently requires NO pre-departure and post-arrival Covid tests, and no passenger locator forms, we strongly recommend that visitors be fully vaccinated and boostered shot not later than 270 days prior to their departure for Scandinavia.
Visitors to Denmark should check the latest official entry requirements HERE.
Although mask-wearing is largely voluntary in Scandinavia, visitors should consider bringing masks for use on the airplane journey, in the airports, and for any Scandinavian locations that may require their use.
• TRAVELING WITH CHILDREN: Children under 18 need not be vaccinated. No tests, documentation, or quarantines required.
• Travel Insurance policies may or may not cover Covid-19 related cancellations, interruptions, medical costs, and/or evacuations. Contact a travel insurance specialist to help you obtain the coverage you prefer. We believe being fully-vaccinated the best kind of travel insurance.
• RETURNING HOME: USA citizens no longer need to take a Covid test before returning home. Nevertheless, because COVID variants are still in circulation, being fully-vaccinated is the best kind of travel insurance for your trip.
Choose from 4 Swiss Regions!
Late-Summer & Fall in —
LATE-SUMMER & FALL SPECIAL SALE
4 DESTINATIONS TO CHOOSE FROM:
• KANDERSTEG: Alpine Touring Center
• MÜRREN: High Alpine; Amazing Views
• LOCARNO: Italian-Swiss Lakeside
• ZERMATT & The MATTERHORN
CURRENT TRAVEL BARGAINS!
7-Day Full-Package:
Independent Travel with Flights, Lodgings, RailPass
EXTENDED OFFER!
BOOK THIS TRAVEL BARGAIN
BY MARCH 24, 2023
SUMMER & FALL 2023
• TRAVEL 25AUG23 – 28OCT23
$AVE 15.75% – $452/person!
$2,416
PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
1-Week, Full-Package to Switzerland!
Special low rate 15.75% below our official, published 2023 Main Season prices to Italy. NOTE: supplements apply for 2-person occupancy in larger apartments.
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THIS FULL-PACKAGE TRIP INCLUDES:
• ROUND-TRIP FLIGHTS from New York (JFK), or Newark (EWR) to/from Geneva (GVA) Switzerland or Milan (MXP) Italy.
Flights from all USA & Canada airports available.
Please inquire about fares from your home airport.
• 7 NIGHTS COTTAGE or APARTMENT LODGINGS in the Swiss destination of your choice:
• Alpine Kandersteg (touring center)
• Alpine Mürren (car-free village)
• Locarno: unexpected Italian Switzerland
• Zermatt at the base of the Matterhorn
• GROUND TRANSPORTATION:
One-week transpass for the unmatched network of Swiss railways/lakeboats/cableways/post-buses/city transit.
• ON-SITE ACTIVITY GUIDEBOOK
Keyed for your chosen Swiss region. Guides include suggested activities, walking/hiking, cycling, touring itineraries, scenic sightseeing, shopping, restaurants, museums, galleries, castles, historic sites, & palaces. Cheesemaking & chocolate shops: of course!
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CONSIDER A SECOND WEEK!
For a more leisurely trip & more time to enjoy your time in Switzerland in the same region or a second region of interest.
ADD 7 NIGHTS LODGING & GROUND TRANSPORTATION FROM:
$927
PRICE PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY FOR ADDING 1 WEEK OF LODGING & TRANSPASS. PRICE CAN VARY BY LODGING SELECTED & SEASONALITY. A HIGHER RATE APPLIES IF CHANGING LODGINGS OR REGIONS.
THE FINER DETAILS:
• FLY TRANSATLANTIC OVERNIGHT to GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, OR MILAN, ITALY: Departures Fridays between August 25 and October 20, 2023 from New York City (JFK), or Newark (EWR) USA. (Departures & Connecting Flights are available from other USA & Canada airports — please inquire.) Arrive the following morning at your destination airport: Geneva (GVA), Switzerland, or Milan (MXP), Italy.
• IF STAYING IN KANDERSTEG, MÜRREN, OR ZERMATT, HERE’S HOW YOU SELF-TRANSFER TO YOUR VACATION APARTMENT: Fly Friday night to Geneva Airport, arriving Saturday morning. Following our pre-printed directions to travel to your lodging destination, catch the high-speed airport train that connects to local trains to your destination villages. Transfer time: approximately 3-4 hours. Meet your English-speaking apartment host, check-in and take occupancy that afternoon.
• IF STAYING IN LOCARNO IN ITALIAN SWITZERLAND, HERE’S HOW YOU SELF-TRANSFER TO YOUR VACATION APARTMENT: Fly Friday night to Milan’s Malpensa Airport, arriving Saturday morning. Following our pre-printed directions to travel to your lodging destination, catch the high-speed airport train that connects in Lugano, Switzerland, to the regional express train for Locarno. Transfer time: approximately 2-2.5 hours. Meet your English-speaking apartment host, check-in and take occupancy that afternoon.
• DAY 8: RETURN FLIGHT TO NORTH AMERICA: Return by train back to Geneva Airport or Milan Malpensa Airport. Catch your daytime flight back to New York (JFK), or Newark (EWR), or to other USA/Canada airports after 7 full days/nights in Switzerland.
• 1-WEEK’S LODGING: 7 total Nights Lodging (Saturday to Saturday) in your vacation apartment in Switzerland. Lodgings are centrally-located: near shops, restaurants, cafés, & transit.
• GROUND TRANSPORTATION: All Swiss guests receive a 1-week TransPass for use on Switzerland’s trains, postal buses, city transit lines, many lake boats, and many cableways. Guests traveling to Locarno from Milan’s Malpensa Airport also receive a round-trip ticket from the airport to Locarno, and a Italian-Switzerland TransPass valid for a week’s regional public transportation. Guests to Kandersteg, Mürren, or Zermatt receive an 8-Day Swiss TransPass for their use on Switzerland’s comprehensive public transportation network.
• ACTIVITY GUIDE: Guests receive regional guidebooks keyed for their specific lodging regions. Guides include well over 100 pages of suggestions for exploring your destination, sightseeing, visiting historic sites, museums & galleries, shopping, restaurants & cafés, churches & cathedrals, palaces & castles, food, drink, cheese, chocolate, hiking, biking, touring, and scenic excursions.
• THIS OFFER EXPIRES MIDNIGHT MARCH 24 2023. To take advantage of this special Travel Bargain offer, you must book and pay for your trip prior to the end of March 24, 2023. These special prices are great travel values, but are non-refundable. We recommend you purchase travel insurance to cover (at the least) potential losses due to your needing to cancel your trip or needing to interrupt your trip to return home early. HOME AT FIRST reserves the right to end this offer early for any reason.
• COVID-19: Although flight arrivals into Switzerland (or Italy) by American and Canadian visitors currently requires NO pre-departure and post-arrival Covid tests, and no passenger locator forms, we strongly recommend that visitors be fully vaccinated and boostered shot not later than 270 days prior to departure for Europe.
Those flying to Milan, Italy, should check the latest official entry requirements HERE.
Those flying to Geneva, Switzerland should check the latest official entry requirements HERE.
Although mask-wearing is mostly voluntary in Europe, visitors should consider bringing masks for use on the airplane journey, in the airports, and for any locations that may require their use.
• TRAVELING WITH CHILDREN: Children under 18 need not be vaccinated. No tests, documentation, or quarantines required.
• Travel Insurance policies may or may not cover Covid-19 related cancellations, interruptions, medical costs, and/or evacuations. Contact a travel insurance specialist to help you obtain the coverage you prefer. We believe being fully-vaccinated the best kind of travel insurance.
• RETURNING HOME: USA citizens no longer need to take a Covid test before returning home. Nevertheless, because COVID variants are still in circulation, being fully-vaccinated is the best kind of travel insurance for your trip.
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