Heritage Tour Companies

If you’re not up to planning a family history vacation on your own—particularly for a first trip overseas—check out these travel companies and organizations that specialize in genealogy trips:

• European Focus
  Box 550, Bountiful, UT 84011-0550, (800) 401-7802 or (801) 397-0686.
  Private tours of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland and Alsace, France, plus assistance with tours to Italy, Scandinavia and Great Britain.
• Routes to Roots
  136 Sandpiper Key, Secaucus, NJ 07094, (201) 866-4075.
  Specializes in Jewish heritage tours to Eastern Europe; offices in Poland and the Ukraine.
• Caravella Italia
  2112 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 665-1233.
  Specializes in Jewish heritage tours of Italy.
• Ashton Drye Associates
  95 Squire Dr., Orchard Park, NY 14127, (800) 785-7785.
  Specializes in arts-related tours, but developing genealogy tours of Great Britain as a sideline.
• Mir Corp
  Suite 210, 85 S. Washington St., Seattle, WA 98104, (800) 424-7289.
  Tours of Eastern Europe and the Far East; offices in Russia.
• Extraordinary Places
  2325 NW Market St., Seattle, WA 98107, (800) 891-4706.
  Custom tours worldwide.
• P.A.T.H. Finders International
  2225 Crestline Blvd., Olympia, WA 98502, (360) 754-2093.
  Specializes in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
• Road Scholar
  
  11 Avenue de Lafayette Boston, MA 02111, 1-800-454-5768
  Wide variety of tours both in the United States and abroad, aimed at older travelers.
• History America Tours
  Box 797687, Dallas, TX 75379, (800) 628-8542.
  US tours and cruises with historians.

A version of this article appeared in the June 2000 issue of Family Tree Magazine