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Mackinac Island Bus Trip
SEP 27-OCT 3, 2026
7 days/6 nights

Frankenmuth

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Join Senior Friends as we tour
Mackinac Island!

TOUR UPDATE as of OCT 7, 2025
BUS IS FULL!

We're now accepting deposit payments
for BUS #2!!

Don't delay mailing your deposit
if you want to go!


 
$915.00 per person double / $1154.00 single /$895.00 per person triple
Trip Insurance (optional) is available for purchase.
 
$75 Due Upon Signing.
Final Payment Due: 7/20/2026
 
Make check or money order payable to Diamond Tours.
Mail check or money order to:
Sue Sheriff
P.O. Box 102
Sharpsburg, GA 30277

Departure:
Piedmont Urgent Care, 1825 Georgia Hwy 34, Newnan, GA @ 8 am
 
For information and reservations please contact:
Sue Sheriff @ (770) 252-3523 or Mary Yarbrough @ (770) 301-9251
email: SeniorFriendsofNewnan@gmail.com

 
PRICE INCLUDES:
♦ Motorcoach transportation
♦ 6 nights lodging including 4 consecutive nights in Northern Michigan

♦ 10 meals: 6 breakfasts and 4 dinners
♦ Guided Tour of Mackinaw City
♦ Visit to Mackinac Island, including a Guided Carriage Tour
♦ Boat ride through the Soo Locks and free time and sight-seeing in Sault Sainte Marie
♦ Visit to Mackinaw Crossings
♦ Admission to Colonial Michilimackinac
♦ Gaming excitement at a Northern Michigan Casino
♦ Tips for the bus driver and tour guides

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Grand Hotel

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Day 1: Board your spacious, video and restroom equipped Motorcoach and set off for Northern Michigan. Enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way before checking into your en route hotel tonight.

Day 2: After enjoying a Continental Breakfast, you'll continue towards Northern Michigan. Later, you'll arrive at your destination. This evening, you will enjoy Dinner and check into your hotel for a four night stay.

Day 3: After today's Continental Breakfast, head for Sault Sainte Marie, MI and take an exciting CRUISE through the SOO LOCKS. Next, enjoy lunch on your own and spend some free time in SAULT SAINTE MARIE. Watch ships enter and depart the Locks from the observation area or browse the unique local shops and boutiques. Later, enjoy gaming at a NORTHERN MICHIGAN CASINO. Tonight, have Dinner at a local restaurant before returning to your hotel.

Day 4: After enjoying a Continental Breakfast, your adventure begins with a ferryboat ride to peaceful Mackinac Island where the only mode of transportation is by Horse and Carriage. Take a leisurely CARRIAGE RIDE TOUR of the island and see splendid sites like the Arch Rock and Lilac Lane. Enjoy some free time to explore this quaint island. Later, cross the Straits of Mackinac again and enjoy a lovely Dinner at a local restaurant.

Day 5: After enjoying a Continental Breakfast, you'll take a GUIDED TOUR OF QUAINT MACKINAW CITY. Next,see the OLD MACKINAC POINT LIGHTHOUSE, dating back to 1892. After some free time at Mackinaw Crossings, visit COLONIAL MICHILIMACKINAC – a 1700's era Village. Later, enjoy Dinner with your friends.

Day 6: Enjoy a Continental Breakfast before leaving for "Michigan's Little Bavaria", Frankenmuth, MI. This evening, relax at your en route hotel.

Day 7: Today you'll enjoy a Continental Breakfast and depart for home... a perfect time to chat with your friends about all the fun things you've done, the great sights you've seen and where your next group trip will take you!

Fort Michilimackinac

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Soo Locks

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