Community Education Travel Extended Tours

Are you ready to take the vacation of a lifetime?

Join CET on one of our overnight trips! Ranging from shorter domestic trips and vacation destinations throughout North America to multi-week tours around the world, we promise that you’ll be taken care of every step of the way when you book your next trip through CET. We make lifelong learning through travel a reality while having great fun and making memories to last a lifetime!

For more information about our CET extended tours including pricing and to make a reservation, call us at 847-718-7709, or email us at cetravel@d214.org.

Branson Christmas                                           
November 14-18, 2024

Branson is America’s Music Showplace and is especially fun and festive during the holiday season. Highlights include Christmas shows: Sight and Sound Theater, Showboat Branson Belle, and more! This trip features a two-night stay at the Hilton located at the area’s Branson Landing Promenade – a festival marketplace complete with shops, eateries and a dazzling water, sound & light fountain show along scenic Lake Taneycomo. Also included: Ozark Mountain scenery and a ride to the top of the St. Louis Gateway Arch. Download the brochure.

Nashville Christmas                  
December 1-5, 2024

Get in the holiday spirit as we visit the Music City-Nashville, Tennessee! A major highlight of this trip is a four-night stay in atrium view rooms at the Opryland Hotel. Each year Opryland creates a glittering holiday extravaganza sparkling with the brilliance of millions of lights. Nine acres of indoor gardens are lavishly decorated with amazing holiday displays-you need to see it to believe it! There’s even the Delta River Flatboat which cruises down a scenic river inside the hotel! This trip will feature the Ryman Auditorium, the Country Music Hall of Fame and more. Enjoy great entertainment including: Grand Ole Opry Show, General Jackson Showboat and Opryland Hotel Christmas Dinner Show! Marvel at the exciting Fantasy in Ice which is an incredible exhibit of carvings out of one million pounds of ice! Take some time out to experience the joy of the Christmas season on this festive American Classic Tour to Nashville! Download the brochure.

Smoky Mountain Christmas: Dollywood, Biltmore Estate, Nashville
December 2-8, 2024

Experience a Smoky Mountain Christmas as Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg transform into a festive wonderland of twinkling lights during the Winterfest Lights Festival. Celebrate Christmas - Dolly Parton style - at her DreamMore Resort! Marvel at her Dollywood theme park - rated America’s #1 theme park - featuring holiday lights & decorations, music shows, mountain craftsmen, and more. Celebrate Christmases past in elegant style at the Biltmore Estate of Asheville, North Carolina. This 250-room mansion is adorned with incredible Yuletide decorations and hundreds of colorful poinsettias. Visit Music City USA - Nashville Tennessee - including a 2-night stay at the amazing Opryland Hotel. Merry Christmas! Download the brochure.

San Antonio Christmas             
December 3-7, 2024

Merry Christmas – Southwestern style! San Antonio celebrates its Spanish colonial heritage through historic architecture, delicious cuisine, lively music, lore & legend. Savor the sites along the world famous Riverwalk – home to lush vegetation, fine restaurants and charming foot bridges all along the winding San Antonio River. During the holiday season the Riverwalk is adorned with colorful Christmas lights. Highlights: Four night stay on the scenic Riverwalk, cruise along the Riverwalk, festive Market Square, Mia Terra Restaurant with mariachi band, the Alamo, IMAX Theater’s “Alamo…Price of Freedom”, San Jose Mission (1718), German Fredericksburg, National Museum of the Pacific War, special behind-the-scenes-tour of SeaWorld San Antonio, Y.O. Texas Ranch tour to view 58 species of exotic wildlife followed by an authentic chuck wagon dinner and cowboy musical entertainment. Feliz Navidad! Download the brochure.

Christmas in Newport, Boston & New York City
December 4-10, 2024
December 7-13, 2024

Celebrate Christmas like the Vanderbilts and Astors in toney Newport, Rhode Island - legendary haven for the rich and famous, fabulous seaside estates, world-class yachting and breathtaking views on Atlantic Ocean Drive. The opulence of Newport’s Gilded Age mansions meets the sparkle and magic of Christmas during this festive season. Marvel at thousands of poinsettia plants, evergreens, trees, wreaths, fresh flowers and 19th century style ornaments with dining tables set with period silver & china at the Breakers Mansion. This tour will also visit Boston’s historic Freedom Trail, Lexington, Concord and the Boston Pops Orchestra Holiday Concert. For the Grand Finale arrive in New York City for a Broadway Show and the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular starring the Rockettes! ‘Tis the season to be jolly. Merry Christmas Everyone! Download the brochure.