Dear Fellow Traveler,

"Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays…" So goes the old Perry Como favorite, and we couldn't agree more. But once you've celebrated the spirit of the season in fine style, wouldn't it be great to escape for a New Year's getaway?

This December, Classic Journeys invites you to drink a toast to 2008 in one of seven stunning destinations. At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, you could be singing a stirring rendition of "Auld Lang Syne" in a Berber tent encampment in the middle of the Moroccan desert…at a lakeside wilderness lodge in New Zealand, surrounded by a 1,000-year-old rainforest…or on the sparkling Isle of Capri, where the revelry in the piazzetta might last 'til dawn.

Don't get us wrong; watching the Rose Bowl Parade on New Year's Day is a time-honored American tradition. But it's tough to beat breakfasting in an open-air dining room in Costa Rica with frolicking monkeys as the floor show. Or witnessing the sun coming up over magnificent Incan ruins in the mountains of Peru. And just imagine the exotic possibilities for exploring the jewel-like cities of Vietnam or the canals of Bangkok, Thailand, "Venice of the East."

Younger guests can go global for New Year's, too.

Along with our Cultural Walking Adventures, three of our kid-friendly Family Journeys are perfectly timed for winter break. Whether swimming with dolphins in New Zealand, sharing a trail with llamas in Peru, or skimming along a zip line in the cloudforest of Costa Rica, these are festivities your young noisemakers will never forget.

Here's one New Year's resolution you can make early: reward yourself and the ones you love with a Classic Journey. For full details, give us a call at 800-200-3887 or visit our website at ClassicJourneys.com.

Best regards,

Edward Piegza
President & Co-Founder
Classic Journeys