Trips
CHOOSE TO TRAVEL WITH THE JOHNSON CITY SENIOR CENTER
We use Hale Transportation as our travel partner given their friendly service and clean, comfortable buses. We've been using them for over five years.
Our trips are customized so they're unique and geared towards seniors.
Many of our trip ideas come from our trip patrons!
Easy, convenient, well-lit parking right at the Johnson City Senior Center.
Use of our building and clean restrooms while waiting before the bus departs.
We select nice, clean and comfortable hotels for our overnight trips.
Friendly and knowledgeable bus drivers.
Escorts from the Trip Committee to ensure everything goes smoothly.
We get great feedback from our trip patrons. Many return trip after trip and year after year.
Join us..... you'll be glad you did!
All our trips are open to the public so you don't have to be a member of the Johnson City Senior Center to join us! You also don't have to be a senior to join our trips. We've had children and grandchildren join us, depending on the trip.
If you are a member of our Center, you'll enjoy a $15 savings on any trip you're taking.
Please read our Trip Policies for additional information.
If you're interested in any of our trips, mail a deposit ($50 for day trips; $200 for overnight trips) to the Johnson City Senior Center (30 Brocton Street, Johnson City, NY 13790). Please be sure that your phone number is included on your check in case we have any questions.
If you have questions, please call us at 607-797-3145.
Yellow Brick Road Casino
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Join Dorothy Blasko for a day at the Yellow Brick Road Casino in Chittenango, NY.
We’ll leave the Center at 9:00AM and arrive in time to start your day. We’ll have until mid-afternoon before we head for home, hopefully with extra money in our pockets!
The casino is offering $10 per person slot play and $5 per person food voucher.
Price includes round trip motor coach, $10 slot play, $5 food voucher and bus driver gratuity.
$74 Member | $89 Non-Member
Deposit of $50 pp is required to secure your reservation.
Final payment due to the Center by 3/13/26.
Williamsburg and the Virginia Military Tattoo
Saturday, April 18, 2026 – Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Day 1 – Saturday, 4/18: Join escort, Lucy Baker, as we depart the Center at 6:30AM, stop briefly for a coffee break, then stop for lunch (on our own). We’ll arrive at Virginia Beach at approximately 5:00PM. Our hotel for the next 4 nights is the Holiday Inn & Suites. All rooms are ocean front, balcony rooms. We’ll have dinner at Captain George’s Seafood Buffet.
Day 2 – Sunday, 4/19: Breakfast at the hotel is followed by sightseeing at the Norfolk Naval Station – Nauticus Tour, National Maritime Center and Battleship USS Wisconsin. We’ll have a buffet lunch (included) at Taste ‘N See at Murray Center. Then we’ll walk over to the Arena for the 2:30PM performance of the Military Tattoo (with premium seats). Before the show, enjoy the Hullabaloo on the plaza. Dinner tonight is on our own on the Boardwalk or at the hotel (with $25 meal money included). The rest of the evening is free time.
Day 3 – Monday, 4/20: Breakfast at the hotel is followed by a guided tour of Jamestown Settlement in Williamsburg, Virginia. We’ll have lunch ($25 meal money included) in the Museum’s café area then visit the American Revolution Museum in Yorktown, Virginia for a guided tour. Tonight’s dinner is at Grand Affairs, where we’ll enjoy a Revolutionary Welcome Reception, dinner (coupons for 2 drinks are included), and entertainment by the Rondels.
Day 4 – Tuesday, 4/21: Breakfast at the hotel is followed by a guided tour of Williamsburg. We’ll have free time for lunch and shopping at Merchant Square ($25 meal money included). We’ll also visit Whitley’s Peanut Shop. Our included dinner tonight is at Aberdeen Barn.
Day 5 – Wednesday, 4/22: We’ll have breakfast at the hotel and leave for home. We’ll have a brief stop for coffee, then lunch on our own ($20 meal money included) at a local restaurant. We’ll stop at Meadowbrook Gourds in Carlisle, Pennsylvania returning to the Center at approximately 8:30PM.
Per person price includes round-trip transportation, hotel, most meals, admission to all venues listed above, and guide and driver gratuities.
Price: Double: $2,199 per person Member | $2,214 per person Non-Member
Triple: $2,099 per person Member | $2,114 per person Non-Member
Single: $2,559 per person Member | $2,574 per person Non-Member
Deposit of $200 pp is required.
Final payment due to the Center by 2/16/26.
NOTE: there is a lot of walking on this trip!
Penn’s Peak: A Tribute to Iconic Women of Music
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Join Lucy Baker for a day of timeless songs from Dolly Parton, Cher, Stevie Nicks, Tina Turner, Shania Twain, Janis Joplin and more. Rae Radick, who hails from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, delivers a high energy, eclectic and spectacular show.
We’ll depart the Center at 9:00AM and travel to Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Upon arrival, we’ll have time to shop in their gift shop before enjoying their signature Pot Roast lunch. Then sit back and enjoy the music.
We’ll leave right after the show and arrive back at the Center at approximately 5:30PM.
Price includes round trip motor coach, lunch, show and bus driver gratuity.
$158 Member | $173 Non-Member
Deposit of $50 pp is required to secure your reservation.
Final payment due to the Center by 4/9/26.
Ethnic Bakery Tour – NYC
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Join Lucy Baker for a day in the Big Apple. We’ll leave the Center at 7:00AM, stopping briefly enroute. When we arrive in New York City, we’ll pick up our step-on guide, and he’ll share some of his favorite sites with us. Lunch will be beneath Grand Central Station ($25 meal money included); there’s so many choices!!!
After lunch, we’ll visit three ethnic bakeries and sample some of New York’s best baked items. I can tell you from past experiences, the bakeries are wonderful and the bus smells amazing on the way back.
We’ll stop enroute home for dinner and return to the Center at approximately 8:30PM.
Price includes round trip motor coach, $25 meal money, and guide and bus driver gratuities.
$249 Member | $264 Non-Member
Deposit of $50 pp is required to secure your reservation.
Final payment due to the Center by 4/15/26.
Shawnee Playhouse: The Kitchen Witches
Friday, May 29, 2026
Join Debbie Isaak for a day full of laughs.
We’ll leave the Center at 9:30AM, stopping briefly enroute.
We’ll enjoy a buffet lunch at the Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort before going to the 2:00PM playhouse show. Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle are cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for years. Now they’re hosting a TV show together and the insults are flying. The show becomes a smash hit as they top Martha Stewart and Jerry Springer.
After the show, we leave for home, stop briefly enroute and return to the Center around 6:00PM.
Price includes round trip motor coach, lunch, play and bus driver gratuity.
$159 Member | $174 Non-Member
Deposit of $50 pp is required to secure your reservation.
Final payment due to the Center by 4/30/26.