Experience! The Finger Lakes℠ RECEPTIVE SERVICES & CONFERENCE EXCURSIONS

Receptive Services:

 Experience! The Finger Lakes, provides full receptive services for charter groups and motor coach tours interested in exploring the Finger Lakes.  We offer full planning and itinerary development, and provide step-on guide services to the wineries, gorges and other points of interest in the Finger Lakes.

Examples of Custom Motor Coach Tours Designed for our Guests:

Accommodations in Geneva, NY, Excursions included: Mark Twain History Tour in Elmira, Winery Tour, Culinary Demonstration and Lunch at the NY Wine  & Culinary Center,  Afternoon Boat Cruise, Corning Museum of Glass

- Three-day/2-nights -  Cayuga Lake -

Accommodations in  Ithaca, NY. Excursions included:  Ithaca Roaming Lunchtime Tour, Dinner Cruise, Waterfalls, Wineries and Shopping , Summerstock Theater Tickets, Guided walk to Taughannock Falls.

- Two-days/1-night - Multi-lake Winery Tours

Accommodations in Ithaca, NY.  Excursions included:  Winery Tour and Roaming Wine Pairing Dinner at a winery, Seneca Lake Banana Belt tour, Natural History and Geological Talk at Ithaca Falls

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Conference Excursions:

Experience! The Finger Lakes also offers full destination management services for conferences and meetings held in Ithaca and surrounding areas.  Whether it is a group of 10, 50 or 550, we work directly with conference planners to develop, organize and operate conference excursions tailored to meet the interests of conference attendees. 

Examples of Conference Excursions Designed for our Guests:

"Waterfalls, Wine and Dinner" - This late afternoon tour was perfect for our guests who just completed a business conference and wanted a special evening in Ithaca.  It began with an interpretive gorge walk down the Buttermilk Falls gorge trail where they experienced beautiful waterfalls, sink-holes, spires, and troughs.  Then we wisked them away for a private after-hours wine tasting at Ithaca's own Six Mile Creek Vineyard, where they tasted their wonderful selection of wines and grape-based spirits.  The tour continued with a pre-arranged lakeside dinner at Ithaca's very popular Boatyard Grill, and ended with transportation back to their hotel.

"Interpretive Gorge Walk on the Taughannock Falls Gorge Trail"  - This tour was designed for a large group of  international students whose host wanted to offer them a special way of experiencing the beauty of the Finger Lakes.  We helped the host arrange coach transportation to Taughannock Falls State Park, where we provided the guests with an interpretive walk down the "large-group friendly" gorge trail.  Each guest received special treats and amenities to round out their experience.

 The experience was great and very enjoyable, with a lot of attention to detail and very friendly staff/host.

"Touring, Tasting and Dinner on the Cayuga Wine Trail" - This tour was designed to cap-off a two-day inter-collegiate conference.  The guests were first treated to fully guided, private wine tastings with carefully-chosen food pairings at Cayuga Ridge and Hosmer Wineries.  Then they were taken to Sheldrake Point Vineyards for a private back-of-the-house vineyard and winery tour.  After the tour, they were treated to a wine-tasting paired with artisinal cheese, and a lakeside dinner at the elegant Simply Red Bistro.

A very pleasant experience...first-rate tour leader...trip was educational and fun!" 

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