Day 1: We meet at our town of departure to board our bus to O’Hare Airport for our early evening departure on our major international airline for our flight to London. We will be served dinner and can watch a movie during our overnight flight. (In-flight meals)

Day 2: On arrival in London we will be met by our Tour Manager, who will be with us for the duration of our time in the UK; we will transfer by coach to our centrally located London hotel, where we will have time to unpack and unwind in our new home for the next three nights. Enroute to the hotel we will have a panoramic tour of the city so that you may become familiar with our new surroundings.  Our welcome dinner this evening will be in the hotel dinning room. (D)

Day 3: Today after breakfast, we will enjoy a full day of general guided sightseeing tour of London by our luxury coach. We will be visiting or driving by all the usual sights such as Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, The Houses of Parliament, Downing Street, Trafalgar Square, the Tower of London and St. Paul’s Cathedral. (B, D)  - This evening you may wish to take in an optional performance of one of the many shows that are on in the West End Theater District. 

Day 4: After breakfast this morning, we will head out on our tour on foot and by coach, as necessary of Beatles’ London sites, with a specialist Beatles Guide. We will be visiting Abbey Road Studios, Masons Yard the home of Indica Books & Gallery, where amongst other things John Lennon met Yoko Ono, The London Pavilion where three Beatles Films had their premier, 3 Saville Row, site of the Beatles company Apple Corps and Apple Studios and many more! (B, D)

Day 5: After breakfast you will depart London by coach for the beautiful Cotswolds with its delightful picture postcard villages, this area is considered to by many to be the garden of England. We will be checking into our hotel for the evening and having dinner in the hotel dinning room. (B, D)

Day 6: We leave the Cotswolds this morning enroute to Liverpool, and we will be doing various sightseeing on the way as we pass many beautiful villages. You will stay for six nights at a carefully selected hotel in the city. During our stay in Liverpool we will enjoy a number of special concerts and other events included in the International Beatles Week program. Full details of the program will be given to you as they are finalized by the organizing committee. (B, D)

Day 7 -11: These five days will be spent enjoying the International Beatles Week concerts and other festival events. These usually take place in the afternoon and evenings, with after-concert parties on most nights. There will also be time over these few days for us to visit the sights of Liverpool by coach with a specialist Beatles Guide. Our tours will take in The Beatles Story Exhibition at the beautifully developed Albert Dock Complex, as well as many sites in the city, including Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields, Eleanor Rigby’s statue, the childhood homes of John, Paul, George and Ringo, including the “The Mendips” (John Lennon) and 20 Forthlin Road, (Paul McCarthy) both now in the hands of the National Trust of Britain. You will visit the famous Cavern Club, with Beatles music almost around the clock! (B, D each day)

Day 12: Today we say farewell to Liverpool and drive to Royal Windsor for our last night in the England, we will visit Royal Windsor Castle and our hotel will be near the castle itself. (B, D)

Day 13: Sadly it is time to go home, after breakfast we will be transferred from Windsor to the airport to begin our journey home, and of course to once again invade the United States with the music of the Beatles. (B, in-flight meals)