The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-31
ILWAYS Will
CUT RATES FOR
VACATION TRIPS
Greater Variety of Tours
Offered Than at Any
Time in Past.
BY FRANK J. MCCARTHY
Chief Clerk c.. c., C. g. st. L.


The vacation traveller of 1880 will
have a greater variety of interesting
modes of travel and places to visit
than has been offered at any time
in the past. Rates will be lower
than for several years.
Rail lines have improved their
equipment, speeded up their service
and lowered their rates to attract
the greater volume of summer tour
ist travel. Bus and air lines have
added attractive service for the
summer months. The tourist who
uses his own automobile will have
the advantage of treking highways
that are in better condition than at
any time in the past.
Tour companies and travel agen-
cies have announced organization OF
various escorted trips ranging in
duration from four to 100 days and
ranging in price from $50 to $4,000.
These escorted trips will include all
features of travel-rail, bus, air,
water and automobile.
Low Rates Granted
Continuing the policy adopted in
the summer of 1929. eastern trunk
line railroads will grant low rates
to practically all Atlantic coast
points and to summer resorts and
scenic centers in eastern United
States and Canada from Quebec
and Ontario points down through
New York, New England, New Jer-
sey, the Carolinas, and the Vir-
ginias, to Norfolk and Virginia
Beach.
Diverse routes and combination
rail and water tours are being Of
fered at attractive low rates and
vary in size from the combination
rail and water trip to Niagara Falls
to the large eastern circle tour COW
ering Canadian points, Newfound-
land, the Atlantic coast, including
Boston and New York, Atlantic City,
Washington, D. c., and Norfolk.
Summer tourist rates also have
been named to lake points in north
ern Indiana, Michigan, and Wis
conSin. Besides offering trips from
Indianapolis to all lake points and
return, these rates also are the
basis of personally conducted trips
from Chicago through Lake Mich
igan to the Upper Peninsula and
Mackinaw through Lake Huron and
Georgian Bay to Detroit, across
Lake Erie to Cleveland, Buffalo and
Niagara Falls, and returning by rail
to Indianapolis.
Reduced Fares Southwest
Southwestern and Mexican lines
have named reduced rates to points
in the Rio Grande valley and Mex
leo and summer carnivals have
been arranged throughout this region
as an added inducement to attract
travel.
The great west and northwest
have lost none of their glamour and
attraction for the summer vaca-
tionist from this section. With the
Grand Canyon, Los Angeles, San
Diego, San Francisco, Salt Lake
City, Denver, Glacier National Park,
Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver, Banff,
Lake Louise and last and grandest
of aIl-YellowStone, the golden west
extends mighty invitation to lure
the visitor from the central states.
Any or all of these points can be
visited by rail, bus or air lines, or
combination of all. House parties
on wheels, personally conducted,
have been arranged to include prac-
tically any or all points mentioned
and combining all the different
methods of travel. :
City Is Fortunate
A direct trip to Denver or the west
coast and return may be made in a
week or a fortnight and extensions
may be added to include side trips
through the scenic wonderlands
sufficient so that the entire sum-
mer may be spent in pleasant and
charming vacation tour.
indianapolis is particularly
fortunate in having well informed
representatives of the principal
railroads, bus, air and water lines
located here. Complete infornaa-
ton, well-pIanned itineraries and
valuable travel advice may be OBJ
tanned from the railroad passenger
offices, the Union Station, the city
offices on Monument Circle, bus
stations, bank travel agencies and
individual travel and tour COM