The Original Christmas Lights of New York City ~ November 29 - December 5, 2026 (7 Days)
Take in the Christmas Tree Lighting at Rockefeller Square with the world's celebrities and music icons! Enjoy a hit Broadway Show, with an option to enjoy a second Broadway Show, (2nd ticket included for bookings made until October 29th, 2025). Enjoy premium tickets in orchestra level for the Christmas Spectacular starring the Rockettes at Radio City Musical Hall!
All while admiring the beautifully decorated city that never sleeps. 2 guided tours of New York City (Upper Manhattan & Lower Manhattan) with a local guide and group dinners included make New York City during the holidays something every traveler should experience! Enjoy the sights and sounds of Christmas in the “Big Apple”.
This tour has it all, and is and annual sell out, book before it's too late and join Collins Tours for another Christmas Lights Celebration!
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CANADA DAY TRAVEL SALE UNTIL JULY 3RD
Free Top Broadway Show Included 2nd Broadway Show Included for Bookings Made by June 22
ESCORTED BY GREG COLLINS
Join us for our 56th annual tour to New York City at Christmas time! New York City during the holidays is something for any traveler's bucket list!
There’s nothing more inspiring than the dazzling holiday lights and seasonal performances celebrated in ‘The Big Apple” to get you in the holiday spirit. See Rockefeller Center’s world-famous Christmas Tree, stroll 5th Avenue’s holiday window displays, and experience the Rockettes and Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas Spectacular! Like all our group tours, you’ll stay in top notch accommodation including four nights in the heart of Times Square New York City, at the 4.5-star Marriott Marquis Hotel!
You will also have an overnight stay at Portland's Courtyard by Marriott Hotel on our way to New York and an overnight stay at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Augusta, Maine on the return. This revamped tour package includes a ticket to a hit Broadway show (TBA), with the option to attend another Broadway performance (TBA) for all bookings made by November 30th, 2025! As always, we include seats for Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas Spectacular featuring The Rockettes, two group dinners, 1 being a night of unforgettable dining and entertainment at the sophisticated Revel & Rye Bar and Restaurant located on the newly renovated lobby at the Marriott Marquis. This dinner is a seated served dinner overlooking Times Square and a value of $175 CAD per person!
No trip to New York City would be complete this time of year without a guided tour of Manhattan's festive lights in the evening! This tour is an annual best seller, so call us today to ensure your seat on the #1 New York experience from Atlantic Canada! Collins Tours is the original tour operator to New York City, and we do New York better than anyone else! Contact us today to reserve your seat! Pricing: First Price, Best Price Guaranteed!
*All Taxes Included In Pricing*
Balance Due: October 1, 2026
**Non-refundable.
Updated Deposit Policy: Initial deposit can be transferred to another tour within the same calendar year up to 60 days after booking. New reservations must be made, and a new deposit must be paid for the tour your exchangeable deposit is transferred too for the same traveler, otherwise, name change fees apply – see “Name Changes or Corrections” section for more details.
Please note: These exchangeable deposits are a one-time transfer and cannot be moved forward continually to other tours. Once the exchange has taken place from an original tour to a new tour, there is no longer an exchangeable policy for that newly booked tour.
We recommend the purchase of travel insurance on ALL our tours as they are 100% non-refundable. Collins Tours has many supplier agreements to meet and is not responsible for clients’ misfortunes, sickness, illness, or changes in decisions to travel. Deposits secure your travel arrangements on the tour you have chosen.
Balances must be paid in full prior to the tour by the designated date or risk of automatic cancellation with full loss of payments. To avoid disappointment, we ask for all payments to be met by the initial timelines provided on invoices, website, or documentation from Collins Tours.
Note: If the final payment date passes, or if the reservation is made after the tour’s final payment date, the deposit amount cannot be moved to a different tour.
We encourage the purchase of travel insurance to protect your travel investments from unanticipated reasons to cancel and/ or out-of-province medical coverage.
Quadruple Occupancy (Per Person) Full Price: $3,099 On Sale For: $2,299 Savings of: $800 per person
Triple Occupancy (Per Person) Full Price: $3,199 On Sale For: $2,449 Savings of: $750 per person
Double Occupancy (Per Person) Full Price: $3,399 On Sale For: $2,699 Savings of: $700 per person
Single Occupancy Full Price: $5,599 On Sale For: $4,749 Savings of: $850
Deposit: $700 per person
Reduced Deposit: $400 person
6 Nights of Premium Accommodations
-1N in Portland, Maine at the 3-star Courtyard by Marriott
-4N in New York City at the 4.5-star Marriott Marquis Times Square Hotel!
-1N in Augusta, Maine at the 3-star Hampton Inn by Hilton
4 Meals
-2 Breakfasts in Maine
-Group Dinner in NYC with Wine/Beer!
-Farewell Group Dinner in Maine with Wine/Beer
-Premium motor coach Transportation
-Hotel Baggage Handling fees (1 Bag per person)
Professionally Guided Tour:
-Half Day New York City Tour, featuring: Central Park, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Financial District, 5th Avenue & Battery Park Photo Opportunity
-Ticket to the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall starring the Rockettes -Ticket to a hit Broadway Show! (TBA) -Option to see a 2nd Broadway Show! (TBA) See website for current promotion.
Location: Courtyard Marriott, South Portland, ME
designated pick-up location assigned to you.
• Guests are expected to arrive at least 15 minutes in advance to load the coach at appropriate times. Stops
for passenger pickup/drop off will be brief (10 min) and we ask everyone else to remain on board the
coach while new passengers get settled.
• For your convenience, today’s drive includes coffee breaks and an hour’s lunch along the way (your
expense), before crossing the border.
TENTATIVE PICK-UP LOCATIONS & DEPARTURE TIMES
New Brunswick Travellers: Nova Scotia Travellers:
• Aulac Irving Big Stop – 9:00am – 9:20am (20- • Halifax, Sobeys Lacewood Drive – 6:15am
minute rest stop) • Dartmouth Crossing, Hampton Inn – 6:40am
• Moncton Magnetic Hill McDonald’s – 9:50am • Halifax Airport Hotel – 7:05am
• Saint John, Rte. 1 Irving – 9:45am (shuttle to • Truro Heights Big Stop – 7:45am
Lincoln Big Stop)
• Fredericton, Lincoln Big Stop – 11:25am - Prince Edward Island Travellers: Shuttle to Aulac NB
12:25pm (1 hour lunch)
• Royalty Crossing, near Superstore entrance – 7:00am
• Ceretti’s / Borden-Carleton – 7:45am
• All tours are pre-registered with Customs & Immigration, meaning minimal delays at border crossings.
• Your tour manager will represent you during our pre-appointed crossing time at the Houlton Maine
border, but you are responsible for having *proper valid passport for at least 3 months ensuring you can
legally enter the United States. Please read the section on crossing borders (more about this in the
important details section on the last page of this itinerary).
• Once we enter Maine, be sure to adjust those watches an hour back to Eastern Standard Time.
Tentative Tour Itinerary – The Original Christmas Lights of New York City, Nov 29 – Dec 5, 2026
• Relax while your tour manager checks the group in to the Courtyard Marriott in South Portland, ME for the
evening. Your room keys will be distributed, and your bag (one per person included) will be sent to your
room, all a part of the Signature Collins Tours service set throughout your vacation.
• Please note there is a small bistro inside our hotel that has a limited menu. We ask that you keep in mind
there is limited staff service and we recommend eating at a larger restaurant located near our hotel for
dinner (dinner on own).
• Enjoy the remainder of the evening at your own expense in South Portland.
Location: Portland – 4.5 Star Marriott Marquis, Times Square New
Music Hall
• Enjoy your complimentary hot continental breakfast before our departure from the hotel this morning.
Your tour manager will check out all guests, but please be sure to cover your personal room charges or
incidentals prior to checking out.
• This morning’s drive will have us passing through New Hampshire and Massachusetts followed by a 1-
hour lunch stop at Connecticut’s Blue Colony Diner (your expense). Please note, meal portions are large at
this restaurant.
• We estimate a late afternoon arrival at the 4.5-star Marriott Marquis, located in the heart of Midtown
Manhattan and one of the top hotels in NYC being offered from Atlantic Canada.
• Your tour manager will check everyone in at the hotel, hand out room keys and have your bags delivered
to your room. Please note baggage handling may take up to one hour, but you do not need to be in your
room for baggage delivery.
• Enjoy dinner on your own & at your expense before our Christmas
Spectacular performance.
• Please meet your group at the designated location this evening, to
take a short transfer to the Radio City Music Hall for this evening’s
highlight, Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas Spectacular, featuring
the Rockettes (included) with orchestra level seats! (Please note -
security will be slow during entry of the show).
• 15 minutes following the show, meet your tour manager at a
designated area to board the motor coach back to the hotel. If you
choose to explore the city from Radio City Music Hall on your own,
please advise your tour manager before the show starts.
• The rest of the evening is on your own and at your own expense in the “city that never sleeps”.
Location: New York City - Included Broadway Show - TBA
of restaurants near our hotel. Jr’s across the street is a great option or one of the local bodegas may be the
best option for value and convenience.
• Meet your tour manager this morning for our professionally guided tour. Our local guide will take us for a
tour aboard the motor coach, and it will include a short walk in Central Park at Strawberry Fields, world-
th famous 5 Avenue, Grand Central Station, Upper West Side and East Side!
• Today’s lunch break and afternoon will be on your own (your expense).
• Dinner is on your own this evening (your expense).
• Meet your tour manager once again on the motor coach next to your hotel to enjoy your complimentary
transfer to the theatre. Tonight’s performance is one of the tour highlights : tickets to a hit Broadway
performance (included). Meet your tour manager once again on the motor coach next to your hotel to
enjoy your complimentary transfer to the theatre. Your tour manager will distribute the theatre tickets in
advance.
303 Westmorland Road, Saint John, N.B. E2J 2G2 506-634-8080 www.collinstours.ca
Tentative Tour Itinerary – The Original Christmas Lights of New York City, Nov 29 – Dec 5, 2026
• Please meet your tour manager, 15 minutes following the show for transportation back to the hotel at a
location convenient for our coach (location TBA). For those who wish to walk back to the hotel please
advise your tour manager prior to the start of the show.
• Enjoy the rest of the evening on your own.
Location: New York City (Group Welcome Dinner at The View!)
today is the day to visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Natural History, do some Macy’s
shopping or explore more of what Central Park has to offer?
• Join us this evening for a night of unforgettable dining and entertainment at the upscale restaurant called
th The View on the 48 floor inside our hotel! This dinner is like no other, looking over the skyline of
Manhattan with a 360-degree rotating view, complete with a glass of wine or beer included. This seated
dinner is served overlooking Times Square and has a value of over $195 CAD per person.
• Following dinner, the remainder of the evening is yours at your leisure (your expense).
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Location: TBA (Limited Offer
• Take time to enjoy breakfast New York City style today (your expense).
• Meet your tour manager this morning for a 2nd professionally guided tour.
Our local guide will take us for a tour aboard the motor coach and will include
seeing St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Chelsea Market, 911 Memorial, the Financial
District, Wall Street, and a photo op of Lady Liberty from Battery Park
(weather permitting)
• This evening, meet your tour manager and fellow travellers for an
Illuminations Tour around Manhattan to view the beautiful buildings and
décor designed and displayed for the Holiday Season!
• Following the Illuminations Tour, enjoy the highlight of the day, another world
class Broadway attraction - TBA (Limited Offer - See Website for Promotional Details)! Meet your tour
manager on the motor coach outside your hotel for your transfer to the theatre. Your ticket also includes
return transportation to the hotel. Or you can choose to walk back – simply let the tour manager know your
intentions before leaving the hotel.
• Please meet your tour manager 15 minutes following the show for transportation back to the hotel at a
location convenient for the coach (location TBA).
• Enjoy the rest of the evening on your own (your expense).
Location: New York City - Hampton Inn & Suites, Augusta, ME (Farewell
• Take time to enjoy breakfast (your expense) before we check out of the New York City hotel. Don’t forget
to cover any personal room expenses or incidentals prior to checking out.
• Bid farewell to, “The Big Apple” as we make our way north.
• Our drive today includes a short coffee break, followed by a 1-hour lunch along our route (meal not
included and on your own).
• We expect a late afternoon arrival at the Hampton Inn Augusta. After we arrive at the hotel, we will meet
in the lobby for a transfer to our Farwell Group dinner with a glass of wine or beer (included) at a
restaurant nearby. Time to share stories of our exciting visit to New York City… and start planning your
next group getaway!
• Following dinner, the remainder of the evening is on your own (your expense)
Location: Home (B)
Tentative Tour Itinerary – The Original Christmas Lights of New York City, Nov 29 – Dec 5, 2026
• Enjoy a delightful complimentary buffet breakfast before our departure.
• We have a lunch break scheduled along the way (on your own).
• We make our way back to the Canadian border for a brief stop at the Duty-Free Store, followed by an
appointment at Canadian Customs & Immigration at the border crossing. Once again, be sure to have your
valid passport ready. NOTE: Your duty-free allowance for this trip is $800 per person.
• The coach will drop you back at your original pick-up points. Arrival times are dependent on border
traffic and are not exact. Estimated arrival times are as follows.
Tentative Drop Off Times:
New Brunswick: Nova Scotia:
• Woodstock, Murray’s Irving – 1:00pm-2:00pm
• Truro Heights Big Stop – 7:00pm
(1 hour lunch) • Halifax Airport Hotel – 7:45pm
• Fredericton, Lincoln Irving Big Stop – 3:00pm • Dartmouth Crossing, Hampton Inn –
• Saint John, Rte. 1 Irving – 4:20pm 8:10pm
• Moncton, Magnetic McDonald’s – 4:40pm (25 minute • Halifax, Sobeys Lacewood Drive – 8:35pm
Dinner Stop if required)
• Aulac Irving Big Stop – 5:45pm
Prince Edward Island:
• Ceretti’s, Borden/Carleton – 6:40pm
• Royalty Crossing, near Superstore Entrance – 7:25pm
Hotels Contact Information:
Courtyard Marriott, 100 Southborough Dr. South Portland, Maine, Ph: 1-207-253-5005
Marriott Marquis Hotel NYC – 1535 Broadway, New York, NY, Ph: 1-212-398-1900
Hampton Inn Augusta, 388 Western Ave. Augusta, Maine, Ph: 1-207-622-4077
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