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!
Hunterdon Hills – Playhouse Christmas and Skaneateles – Dickens Christmas are both still accepting signups. It's a great way to kickoff the holiday season.
Won't you join us?
Our first trip for 2026 is announced in our November newsletter. Details are also below.
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.
Penn’s Peak – Tribute to Alan Jackson
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Debbie Isaak is your escort today for a tribute to Alan Jackson.
We’ll depart the Center at 9:00AM and arrive at Penn’s Peak in time for some shopping and their delicious Pot Roast lunch.
After lunch, Doug Brewin entertains us with some of Jackson’s hits – “Livin on Love”, “Remember When” and more. Berwin is a professional musician and an Alan Jackson look- and sound-alike who has performed in Las Vegas, Branson and many other venues.
After his performance, we’ll leave to go home, arriving back at the Center at approximately 5:00PM.
Price includes round-trip transportation, dinner, entertainment and driver gratuity.
$160 Member | $175 Non-Member
Deposit of $50 pp is required to secure your seat.
Final payment due to the Center by 9/26/25.
Hunterdon Hills – Playhouse Christmas
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Beth Cunningham is your escort today for a Playhouse Christmas Show at Hunterdon Hills. The show is designed to be the perfect complement to your holiday season filled with hilarious and heartwarming original stories. There’s something for everyone – traditional holiday favorites, pop Christmas hits, seasonal spiritual songs, spectacular dance numbers, and more, all backed by their renowned Hunterdon Hills Playhouse orchestra!
We’ll depart the Center at 7:30AM and travel to Hampton, New Jersey. We’ll make a brief stop and arrive in time to do some shopping in their boutiques and bakery before lunch. Entree choices will be provided upon arrival. After lunch, we’ll enjoy their variety show.
We’ll leave after the show, making a stop enroute, and arrive back at the Center around 6:30PM.
Price includes round-trip transportation, lunch, entertainment and driver gratuity.
$205 Member | $220 Non-Member
Deposit of $50 pp is required to secure your seat.
Final payment due to the Center by 10/9/25.
Skaneateles – Dickens Christmas
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Join Lucy Baker and step back in time to enjoy the holidays the old-fashioned way at the Dickens Christmas Festival in Skaneateles, NY.
We’ll depart the Center at 10:00AM to visit the Village of Skaneateles, where you’ll have free time to enjoy the holiday decorations, shopping and lunch on your own. Actors will be strolling the streets in period costumes in addition to other special events as planned by the locals. There’s non-stop entertainment from noon until 4:00PM.
Be sure to dress warm. It is December but that adds to the holiday spirit and is the perfect excuse to stop for a hot chocolate and treat at a bakery.
We’ll make a brief stop enroute home, arriving back at the Center at approximately 5:00PM.
Price includes round-trip transportation and driver gratuity.
$119 Member | $134 Non-Member
Deposit of $50 pp is required to secure your seat.
Final payment due to the Center by 10/31/25.
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.