Hudson 8th grade students will have a wonderful, educational trip in our Nation's Capitol! 

The tour will depart October 13th and return October 15th at 6pm

Tour Price Per Student:

$485(4 students per room) (less than 40 students will incur a transportation surcharge)

Includes:

• Roundtrip Barons Bus Lines motorcoach transportation

• 2 nights' lodging at Doubletree

• 6 meals

• 1 Custom Hudson hoodie

• Private hotel hallway security,

• Traveling Classrooms Tour Manager Per Motorcoach, all taxes & gratuities…No Extras!

Chaperones are Northwest School Staff; chaperone Ratio is 1 adult per every 10-12 students

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

Marine Iwo Jima Statue

WWII Memorial   

Jefferson Memorial 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13

• 8 Barons Bus Lines 56 Passenger Motorcoaches (WIFI and Electrical Outlet Equipped)

  • Arrive 6am, Depart 6:30am

• Restroom Stop Enroute (Oakmont Plaza, Pa. Turnpike)

• Lunch /Restroom I-70 South Mountain Area * group brings their own sack lunch/ bottled water provided

• Arrive Smithsonian Udvar-Hazey Air Space Smithsonian 1:30-2:30pm * See Space Shuttle Discovery !

• Arlington Cemetery 3:15-5:00pm

  • Changing of the Guard at Tomb of Unknown Soldiers

  • President John F. Kennedy Gravesite

• Dinner at Pentagon City Mall Foodcourt 5:30pm* Meal Voucher

• Pentagon Memorial or Air Force Memorial 6:30pm

• Arrive-Check-In Hilton/DoubleTree Club Washington Dulles Hotel Herndon, Va. 7:45pm (703-478-2900)

• Room Check & Goodnight 10pm-6am, Private Group Hallway Security (2 guards confirmed)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

• Hot Buffet Breakfast At Hotel 7am Depart Hotel by 8am * Boys Begin 7am, Girls Begin 7:15am

• WWII, Lincoln, Korea, Vietnam Memorials 9-10:30am

• Capitol Hill 11am-1:30pm

  • Capitol Building Tours * Timed Tickets TBA

  • Lunch at Capitol Café Times TBA Meal Voucher

• Pictures of Library of Congress and Supreme Court * Outside Only

• Smithsonian Flex Time Sightseeing on the Mall: 2-5pm

  • Available Buildings: American History, Natural History, Archives * Chaperone/Student Groups Select Area

  • Buses will determine their drop-off points.

• Dinner at Reagan Commerce Building Food Court 5:30pm * All Groups Meet Tour Managers for Meal Vouchers

• Load Buses at 6:15 * Reagan Commerce Center

• MLK, FDR, Jefferson Memorials 7-8:30pm

• Marine Iwo Jima Memorial 8:45pm

• All buses depart for hotel 9pm * All buses arrive back at hotel by 9:30pm

• Room Check TBA and Goodnight, Private Group Hallway Security (2 guards) 10pm-6am

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

• Hot Buffet Breakfast at Hotel, 7am Start * Boys at 7am, Girls at 7:15am, depart Hotel 8:00am

• White House 8:45am * Outside Only Penn Ave/ Lafayette Park Area

• Holocaust/African American Smithsonian Buildings 10am-12:30pm * Timed Tickets TBA

  • Split group into 4 bus groups. 4 buses at Holocaust 10am/4 Buses at African American Smith at 10am

  • Switch buildings at 11am

• Depart for Hudson 12:30pm

  • Deluxe Box Lunches provided by Freshology Catering at 12:30pm

• Restroom Stop Somerset Pa Plaza

• Arrive Hudson 6-6:30pm