About this trip
Northwest Middle School students will have a wonderful, educational trip in our Nation's Capitol! This tour departs Thursday, November 21st 2024 and returns Saturday, November 23rd. Price is $495 per student and includes 2 nights' lodging at the Hilton Dulles Hotel, 6 meals, all sightseeing admission fees, one (1) custom hoodie and Security, Chaperones, taxes & gratuities.
Sightseeing Areas
SIGHTSEEING AREAS:
Lincoln Memorial
Capitol Building
FDR Memorial
American History Smithsonian
Natural History Smithsonian
MLK Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Wall
Korea Memorial
Air Force Memorial
Arlington Cemetery
Holocaust Museum
Marine Iwo Jima Statue
WWII Memorial
Jefferson Memorial
National Archives
Gettysburg Visitor Center-Battlefield Tour & Visitor Center
What’s included
- TransportationBarons
- LodgingHilton Washington Dulles Herndon
- All Meals2 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, 2 Dinners including Medieval Times
- All Admission Fees
- HoodieCustom Hoodie
- All Taxes/TipsNo Extras
- TC Managers1 tour manager per motorcoach
Available Packages
Tour Price Per Student: $495
Minimum of 40 students, maximum of 48 students per bus)
Barons Bus Lines Motorcoach Transportation including extended time on Day 1
2 nights lodging (students 4 per room when available) at the Hilton Washington Dulles Hotel
6 meals: 1 Thursday, 3 Friday, 2 Saturday
1 Custom Hoodie
Private Hotel Security
Traveling Classrooms Tour Manager Per Motorcoach
All taxes & gratuities…No Hidden Fees!
* Chaperones are Northwest Middle School Staff * Chaperone Ratio is 1 adult per every 10-12 students.
Itinerary
Thursday, November 21:
-2-33 passenger Barons Bus Lines Motorcoaches * Arrive 6:00, Depart 6:30am (Buses will depart from Northwest Middle School)
-Restroom Stop Enroute Oakmont Plaza Approx. 8:30am * Driver Relief
-Lunch /Restroom Stop-Sideling Hill Plaza 11am (Students pack their own lunches/beverage)
-Arrival Gettysburg Visitor Center 1:00pm (Film, Cyclorama, Museum 1:30-2:30pm, Guided Battlefield Tour 3:00-4:30pm_
-Depart for Washington DC 4:45pm
-Arrive Pentagon City Mall Food Court 6:30pm (Dinner Voucher)
-WWII, Lincoln, Vietnam, Memorials 7:30pm-8:45pm
-Check-In Hilton Washington Dulles Hotel, Herndon Va. 9:30pm (703-478-2900)
-Room check & goodnight 10pm “Student Watchers” Security 10pm-6am
Friday, November 22:
-Buffet Breakfast At Hotel 7:30am
-Depart Hotel 8:15am
-Arlington Cemetery 9am-11a (JFK Gravesite, Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of Unknown Soldiers (10am), Marine Statue Iwo Jima Memorial)
-White House 11:30am * exterior only* “Honest Abes” Gift Shopping
-Capitol Building Tours * Tour Times TB * Will request 1:30pm
-Lunch at Capitol Café Meal Voucher 12:30pm
-Smithsonian Mall Museums Flex Time 2:45-5pm * Group Choices (Holocaust requires timed tickets; African-American, American and Natural History Smithsonians and National Archives Building are also in this area!)
-Depart For Medieval Times 5:00pm; arrive Medieval Times Dinner Tournament (Show Begins 7:00pm)
-Return to Hotel 10:00pm; room check & goodnight – Student Watchers Security 10pm-6am
Saturday, November 23:
-Buffet Breakfast at Hotel 7:30am
-Depart Hotel 8:15am
-Jefferson, FDR, MLK Memorials 9am-10:30am
-Udvar Hazey Smithsonian 11am-12:15pm * See Space Shuttle Discovery!
-Depart for Northwest 12:15pm
-Restroom/Late Lunch Stop at Breezewood Gateway Plaza 2:15pm (Cheeseburgers or Chicken Tenders, Chips, Bottled Water)
-Restroom Stop at Ohio Border Plaza 5pm
-Arrive Back At Northwest Middle School 7-7:30pm