17-day New York to Hollywood USA-wide Trip

Explore the iconic sights of the United States from east to west, starting in New York and finishing in Los Angeles. Visit the birthplace of America in Philadelphia, then stroll the National Mall and its famous memorials in the nation’s capital. See the famous carving of the 4 American Presidents’ faces at Mount Rushmore, and discover the world’s first National Park at Yellowstone. Drive across the historic Route 66, travel across the Mojave Desert, and visit Las Vegas, the entertainment capital of the world.

17 Days from $5999/person CAD
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Primary Location

New York to California, United States

Departures

Selected Friday departures until September 2025

Included:

  • 16-nights hotel accommodations as specified or similar with a private bath and/or shower
  • Services of a professional multilingual Tour Manager throughout
  • Welcome Drink
  • Explore the birthplace of America in Philadelphia and visit the Liberty Bell
  • Grand city tour of Washington DC
  • Stroll the National Mall and its famous memorials (Lincoln, Washington, and more)
  • Experience Gettysburg, the most famous battle site in the American Civil War
  • Visit Niagara Falls and the renowned Floral Clock with Westminster Chimes
  • Visit the Henry Ford Museum and an automobile production plant
  • Orientation tour of downtown Chicago including Lake Shore Drive, Navy Pier & the Magnificent Mile
  • See the famous carving of the 4 American Presidents’ faces at Mount Rushmore
  • Discover the world’s first National Park at Yellowstone
  • Tour Salt Lake City including Temple Square, home to the Mormon Tabernacle
  • Explore Bryce Canyon National Park
  • Travel the historic Route 66, stopping at the iconic town of Seligman
  • Photo stop at the landmark “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign
  • Travel across the Mojave Desert and see its indigenous Joshua Trees
  • Orientation tour of Los Angeles including stops at some of its most famous spots
  • See Hollywood and its ‘Sidewalk of the Stars’
  • Transportation by a comfortable air-conditioned motor coach equipped with Wi-Fi throughout
  • Hotel, state and local taxes, service charges, and porterage service (limit one piece of checked luggage per person)
  • Information kit

Not Included:

  • Airfare unless specified in the tour itinerary
  • Meals are not included in order to allow for more flexibility
  • Laundry, telephone, optional excursions and other items of a personal nature
  • Travel Insurance
  • Gratuities
  • Pre and Post Accommodation
  • Airport Transfers
  • Everything that is not mentioned in included

Pricing Details

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  • From price is CAD per person, based on double occupancy, and for travel in low season
  • The final price will vary and is also based on the month of travel
  • Prices are subject to change
  • Hotel services in the United States customarily do not include breakfast. If you do not wish to have breakfast at the hotel restaurant (where available), you may frequently find coffee shops and restaurants close by which serve good and inexpensive breakfasts. Some hotels do offer a continental breakfast. Usually, this continental breakfast is basic and contains coffee and pastries. Variations between the different hotels may result in the following also being available, cereal, cheese, fruit, etc
  • Each passenger traveling on an escorted tour is allowed one piece of checked baggage per person due to space limitations. Additional luggage will be charged at $7.00 per person per day (price is subject to change)
  • Due to the nature of this holiday, bags are handled many times, so a durable, reasonably sturdy, and clearly labeled bag is required. The Tour Manager will issue you a special luggage tag which should remain on your customer’s bag at all times to help ensure the bag is delivered to, and retrieved from, the hotel room at each destination
  • All coaches are equipped with air-conditioning and an onboard lavatory. Additionally, coaches may have the following onboard amenities: wi-fi, footrests, luggage nets, movable seats, individually adjustable air conditioning, etc
  • Complimentary breakfast may be offered by a hotel and discontinued at any time with or without notice
  • Child 11 years and under with 2 adults sharing existing bedding with minimum child age is 7 years (child rates are on request)
  • We can not accept bookings on motorcoach tours for children less than seven (7) years of age. For all tours, children and young adults under the age of 21 must be accompanied by and share their room with an adult at least 21 years of age. Some hotels may also require that at least one of the room occupants is 21 years of age or older

Optional Extras:

  • Upgrade your tour to 20-days including coastal California and ending in San Francisco
  • Washington Night Tour with dinner in fashionable Georgetown
  • Enjoy a river cruise in Chicago, seeing the works of famous American architects
  • Ride to the top of Willis Tower and enjoy the spectacular view (weather permitting)
  • Dinner and boot stompin’ fun to country music at Bryce Canyon
  • Grand Canyon helicopter flight
  • Fly over Lake Powell and enjoy a Monument Valley tour
  • Las Vegas evening Tour
  • All optional excursions are subject to change and availability. Optional excursions are to be booked with the Tour Manager
  • Pre and post accommodation

PRIVATE GROUP TRAVEL

All United States escorted tours are available for exclusive groups with a minimum of 10 rooms. Please contact us for dates and prices.

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Itinerary

Day 1: New York City Arrival

Your NYC to Hollywood trip begins when you arrive in New York City. You will transfer independently to your hotel where you will meet with your Tour Director in the evening.

Accommodation at the Doubletree by Hilton Metropolitan – New York City, New York, or similar

Day 2: Travel From New York to Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.

We depart New York for Philadelphia, where we spend the morning exploring the historic district in the City of Brotherly Love and the birthplace of a Nation. See the Liberty Bell, and stroll through Independence National Historic Park and Mall. Then continue to the Nation’s capital, Washington, D.C.

Accommodation at the Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C., or similar

Day 3: Tour Washington, D.C.

Enjoy a city tour with such highlights as the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, the White House, and Arlington National Cemetery, site of the JFK Memorial. Spend the remainder of the day exploring some of the many museums comprising the Smithsonian Institute or simply stroll the banks of the Potomac River.

Accommodation at the Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C., or similar

Day 4: Tour Washington, D.C., Gettysburg, and Niagara Falls, Canada

Today, visit Gettysburg National Military Park, the site of one of the most decisive battles during the American Civil War, and the place where Abraham Lincoln gave his famous address in 1863. We then travel through upstate New York to Buffalo and finally cross the international border into Canada, where the thundering noise and mist of Niagara Falls permeates the air.

Accommodation at the Best Western Cairn Croft, Niagara Falls, or similar

Day 5: Touring Niagara Falls, Canada, The Great Lakes, and Detroit

Spend the morning sightseeing at Niagara Falls. Stroll along Table Rock and view the thundering waters of Horseshoe Falls. In the late afternoon, return to the United States, crossing the border and continuing to your hotel in a suburb of Detroit, known as “Motor City USA”. Enjoy an evening at leisure.

Accommodation at the Best Western Greenfield Inn, Detroit, or similar

Day 6: Tour Detroit and Chicago

This morning starts with first a visit to the Rouge Factory followed by the Henry Ford Museum. After time exploring the many exhibits of the museum we will visit the nearby Ford plant and watch a modern production vehicle roll off the ever-busy factory floor. We then leave the Motor City behind and travel inland to the south of Lake Michigan to reach Chicago for your overnight stay.

Accommodation at the Hampton Inn Chicago Downtown Magnificient Mile, Chicago, or similar

Day 7: Chicago Tour

Today we will enjoy a short tour of the city’s highlights including Lake Shore Drive, the Magnificent Mile, and Navy Pier. The Windy City’s stunning high-rise architecture and one of the world’s tallest buildings, the Willis Tower (admission not included), provide a dramatic backdrop for this cultural and financial center. The rest of the day is at leisure.

Accommodation at the Hampton Inn Chicago Downtown Magnificient Mile, Chicago, or similar

Day 8: Travel From Chicago to Mississippi River Crossing to Sioux Falls

Travel through Midwest farm country abundant in cornfields, wheat fields, and dairy farms. Then cross the mighty Mississippi River and travel into the state of Iowa to arrive just as Lewis & Clark did 200 years ago on the banks of the Missouri River. Overnight in Sioux Falls.

Accommodation at the Comfort Inn Sioux City, Sioux Falls, or similar

Day 9: From Sioux Falls to Badlands to Mt. Rushmore to Rapid City

Travel westward through the grasslands of South Dakota and onwards to Badlands National Park, once home to the buffalo and antelope, and filled with strange shaped and colorful rock formations. Then continue on to the Black Hills, sacred to the Plains Indians and home to Mount Rushmore, an enormous monument to four great American presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt.

Accommodation at the Baymont by Wyndham Keystone Near Mt Rushmore, Rapid City, or similar

Day 10: Travel From Rapid City to Bighorn Mountains to Cody

Enter the state of Wyoming, which has twelve mountain ranges intermixed with deserts and rolling grasslands, and continue to Cody for the night. If overnight in Cody is not possible due to weather or adverse road conditions in Yellowstone, overnight will be in Billings/Livingston, Montana.

Accommodation at the Holiday Inn Cody, Cody, or similar

Day 11: From Cody to Yellowstone National Park

Drive past the mountains in Wyoming to Yellowstone, America’s first National Park, and enjoy a sightseeing tour of this immense geothermal wonderland including geysers, waterfalls, wildlife, and canyons. Highlights will include Yellowstone Lake, Old Faithful, Yellowstone Canyon’s majestic falls, and the beautiful Hayden Valley.

Accommodation at the Yellowstone Park Hotel, Yellowstone, or similar

Day 12: From Yellowstone to Grand Teton to Salt Lake City

Travel through Grand Teton National Park (weather permitting) and see awesome mountain peaks towering over 13,000 ft. (4,000 meters). Visit the Snake River Outlook and try your eye at capturing the stunning landscape made famous by Ansel Adam’s iconic shot. This prairie land is home to wild buffalo (Tatonka!), moose, and elk.

Later, arrive in Utah, known for the Mormon Community, and take a short tour of its capital, Salt Lake City. The followers of Brigham Young built one of the best-planned cities in the country. See the State Capital building and visit the famed Temple Square and the Tabernacle before arriving at the hotel for the evening. May we suggest dinner at the Rooftop Restaurant for panoramic views of Temple Square (optional).

Accommodation at the Crystal Inn Hotel & Suites, Salt Lake City, or similar

Day 13: Tour Salt Lake City and Bryce Canyon

Continue today to spectacular Bryce Canyon, where a tour through a multi-colored world of sandstone spires and pinnacles, “hoodoos” will dazzle the eye. This evening, weather permitting, be sure to gaze upon the spectacular night sky filled with sparkling stars and brilliant constellations.

Accommodation at the Bryce View Lodge, Bryce Canyon, or similar

Day 14: From Bryce Canyon to Lake Powell to Grand Canyon to Flagstaff

Depart Bryce Canyon this morning and journey to stunning Lake Powell, where crystal blue water laps against towering red-rock canyon walls. Lake Powell is the second-largest man-made lake in America, and one in a series of lakes formed by the damming of the Colorado River.

Then visit the colossal Grand Canyon National Park, one of the seven great natural wonders of the world. Stop at the Canyon rim to fully experience this mile-deep canyon’s plunging gorges, rising spires, extinct volcanoes, and below the rim, the winding Colorado River. Overnight in Flagstaff, a famed stop on Historic Route 66.

Accommodation at the Days Hotel Flagstaff, Flagstaff, or similar

Day 15: Travel From Flagstaff to Seligman/Route 66 to Las Vegas

This morning depart Flagstaff and travel on to Las Vegas, the dazzling “Entertainment Capital of the World”. Along the way, pass through Seligman, a town built along the famed Route 66 that looks as if it were frozen in time sixty years ago. The remainder of the day is at leisure for you to explore the famous Las Vegas Strip.

Accommodation at the Luxor Las Vegas, Las Vegas, or similar

Day 16: From Las Vegas to The Mojave Desert to Beverly Hills, Los Angeles

Travel to Los Angeles via the Mojave Desert, home of the world’s tallest thermometer, at 134 feet (41 meters) high. Clusters of unique Joshua trees dot the mountainous landscape. Upon arrival in Los Angeles, you will enjoy a tour through the City of Angels including Hollywood, Sunset Strip, and parts of Beverly Hills, after which your tour concludes.

Accommodation at the Sonesta Los Angeles Airport LAX, Los Angeles, or similar

Day 17: Los Angeles Departure

Transfer independently to the airport for your return flight. The option to enhance your trip to 20-days including coastal California and ending in San Francisco is also available.

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