Group Tours
26-days Route 66 – WITH FLIGHTS!
NZ$11,995
per person
AU$11,395
per person
£5,795
per person
All pricing is based on TWIN SHARE
Prices* INCLUDE economy airfares from:
- Auckland
- Sydney/Brisbane
- London, Heathrow
To Chicago – returning from Los Angeles.
(*pricing subject to change)
26-Day, Guided Group Tour
“Gilligans provides the BEST tour of Route 66”
We’re not being boastful – that’s what many of the business owners along Route 66 tell our guests. Why?
Simply because we work hard to offer a unique insight into this old highway. Route 66 is more than tail-fins and chrome, or burgers and drive thru’s. Much more…
Our fully guided ‘Official Tour’ provides guests with a comprehensive 26-day tour of Route 66.
We include flights to Chicago (returning from LA) from major cities across the world!
Following 3 nights in Chicago, you will be allocated your trusty stead: An iconic Ford Mustang rental car for each couple as standard, along with a well detailed Route book and navigational technology that’s produced by Gilligans, exclusively for our guests.
TOUR FORMAT:
Following breakfast, your day usually starts with a morning briefing to outline the day ahead, give an overview about the areas visited and to answer questions.
The group generally departs around 8:30am, and often arrives at the hotel at about 4:30 each afternoon. Some days are shorter – others slightly longer. Time spent driving is approx 2.5-3hrs per day, which allows more time to see what you came to see: Route 66!
Along the way, guests use our GPS platform and extensive Route Book to learn about towns and notable sites as you drive.
We travel as a group – although not in a ‘convoy’ as such – giving guests more freedom to stop for more or less time (dependent on interests) at the places we visit.
Your guide/s also have a few stops planned each day of the tour that really will add value to your Route 66 experience!
2023 Tour Dates:
Spring Tour departs: April 19th – Room for 3 more couples!
Fall Tour departs: September 15th – Room for just 2 more couples!
Check out our “OFFICIAL TOUR” below!
What’s included
- Return Economy airfares to the USA (not included in Self-Drive Tours)
- Quality accommodation – including breakfasts (except for Las Vegas)
- Car hire: Drive a late model Mustang (inclusive of Insurances and ‘One-Way’ fees)
- Your own GPS unit – fully programmed with Gilligans’ exclusive ‘turn by turn’ programme
- Welcome dinner in Chicago & Farewell dinner in LA
- Additional Tours: Route 66 in Chicago, Abraham Lincoln’s home, plus a tour the Budweiser factory in St Louis!
- USA mobile phone with unlimited international calls & texts!
- Hand-held radios for communication between cars
- Comprehensive Travel pack with Gilligans’ extensive Route Book – Yours to keep!
Conditions
- Driver/s must be over the age of 25 and hold a valid full driver’s license from your home country
- All participants must have relevant travel insurance for the USA
Contact us for a brochure