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Baha’i World Congress Special Bulletin No. 2

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[Page 1] SPECIAL BULLETIN #2

BAHÁ’Í WORLD CONGRESS

April 28, 29, 30, May 1, 2, 1963

The National Spiritual Assembly is happy to transmit to the friends the following further information received from the National Congress Arrangements Committee:

1. TRANSPORTATION:

PLANE: In the process of finalizing the contract for chartered flights on KLM, the Committee announces a slight decrease in the round trip rates to London from the four departure points in the United States. The firm rates based on the 1962 current tariff are:

New York-London-New York $195.00 per person

Chicago-London-Chicago ....$252.00 per person

• Houston-London-Houston ....$268.00 per person

• If flights are executed on the days that KLM operates a Houston service — otherwise $335.00 per person.

Los Angeles-London-Los Angeles .............$427.50 per person

The charter flights will be definitely scheduled as soon as the Committee has received the Questionnaires from all the friends intending to use this suggested means of transportation to London and is able to work out the dates which will be most suitable to the greatest number of people.

STEAMSHIP: Since comparatively few people plan to travel by ship, and no group arrangements with reduced fares can be made, the National Spiritual Assembly advises all those wishing to travel by steamer to consult a good, reliable, local travel agent.

2. LONDON ACCOMMODATIONS:

The National Spiritual Assembly will transmit promptly, through a future Bulletin, all information regarding the accommodations in London as soon as this data is received. Full directives will be given on how to reserve the desired accommodations, hotel or rooms in private homes. The National Spiritual Assembly urges everyone who plans, even though tentatively, to attend the Bahá’í World Congress in London to send in as quickly as possible the Questionnaire carried at the end of Bulletin #1 (March issue Bahá’í News). It is imperative that the National Spiritual Assembly have some estimate as soon as possible of the number of the friends intending to go to the Congress and the proportion of these who will wish to travel by chartered plane and join one of the Tours being offered.

3. TOURS:

The tours which will be operated by the Overseas Travel Company, officially appointed by the National Spiritual Assembly to carry out these travel arrangements, will also be scheduled to suit the greatest number of the friends. The following tours from London to London, either before or after the Congress, can now be considered as definite in their itineraries and rates.

A. Three-day Paris Tour ................$ 86.00

Includes transportation by rail to Paris and returning by air; twin-bedded room with bath (where available), breakfasts and dinners, sightseeing program of Paris and Versailles, transfers, tips and government taxes.

B. Nine-day Tour visiting Amsterdam, the Hague with its famous Peace Palace, the tulip fields and Keukenhof Flower Exposition, Delft, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, the Cathedral of Rheims, Paris and Versailles ..........$207.00 [Page 2] This Tour includes plane transportation London-Amsterdam and Paris-London. Land travel is by late-model deluxe motor coach with guide and escort service. Other conditions, the same as in Tour A.

C. Ten-day Tour covering Holland as described in Tour B, West Germany including Cologne, Bonn (seat of the Government), the most picturesque part of the River Rhine by steamer, a visit to the site of the Frankfurt Bahá’í Temple, the city of Frankfurt, Heidelberg with its famous University, Baden Baden, the Black Forest, Switzerland including Lucerne, Interlaken and Basle, Paris and the Palace of Versailles.................................$256.00

Conditions the same as in Tour B plus first-class rail, Basle-Paris.

D. An extensive twenty-three day European “Grand Tour,” covering the same itinerary as in Tour C plus Bern in Switzerland and Italy including Venice, Florence, Siena, Rome, Pisa and the Italian Riviera; the French Riviera and Paris ..............................$490.00

Conditions similar to Tour C, with train from Lucerne to Venice and from Nice to Paris.

Those desiring detailed information about the above Tours or wishing to make a reservation in any one of them should write to:

Overseas Travel Company 37 South Wabash Avenue Room 726 Chicago 3, Illinois

Careful attention has been given to the interest and variety in routing, the quality and comfort of the hotels and means of transportation used in these Tours. The prices are the lowest possible for the conditions provided, and are based on twenty-five persons in each group.

The National Spiritual Assembly reiterates that both the Charter Flights and these special Tours are being offered only for the convenience, and financial advantage of the friends.

If anyone prefers to make independent arrangements, before or after the World Congress and wishes some professional help, such assistance can be obtained through our official travel organization, the Overseas Travel Company (address given above).

—NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY