Booklet Offers Eastern Europe Tips

A booklet entitled “Travel to the Soviet Union--What You Should Know Before You Go” is being offered free by Love Holidays/Uniworld, a Sherman Oaks company specializing in tours for mature travelers to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.

The booklet contains hints about the Soviet people, packing, arrival and departure formalities, currency, modes of travel, food and water, crime and the black market, tipping and shopping, and also lists items that are difficult to find in some Soviet cities, including batteries, aspirin, toothpaste, mouthwash, vitamins, shampoo, small tissue packs and film.

Intourist, the Soviet agency for tourism, has worked with Love Holidays/Uniworld to create a series of itineraries for mature travelers for fall, winter and spring of 1990/1991. Tours vary from 8 to 13 days and are priced from $898 to $1,398 per person, including round-trip air fare from Los Angeles via Finnair. Most tours include stays in Helsinki.

Prices and complete itineraries are described in a free “Affordable Russia” catalogue. To receive either publication, write to Love Holidays/Uniworld, 15315 Magnolia Blvd., Sherman Oaks 91403 or call either (213) 873-7991 or (818) 501-6868.

A 10-day summer tour of American historic sites for mature travelers accompanied by their grandchildren is being offered by RFD Travel Corp. of Kansas. The tour departs from Philadelphia on July 23.

Cities and sites to be visited include Philadelphia, Valley Forge, Gettysburg, Washington, Monticello, Williamsburg, Fredericksburg, Arlington National Cemetery, the Smithsonian Institution, Mt. Vernon and Shenandoah National Park.

First-class hotels are included throughout, with some meals provided. The land portion of the trip for adults is priced at $1,199 per person based on two sharing a room. The price for children aged 8 to 14 when sharing a room with two adults is $699 per child. Prices include coach travel, hotels, meals, guides and entrance fees.

Prices do not include air fare, but sample super-saver fares from West Coast cities are quoted by the tour operator at about about $400 to Philadelphia, returning from Washington.

For a complete itinerary and brochure, write to RFD Travel Corp., 4801 West 110th St., Overland Park, Kan. 66211 or call toll-free (800) 365-5359.

St. Louis will provide travelers at no charge with a list of hotels and attractions in the city that offer discounts for mature travelers.

The city will also send those who request the list a copy of the “St. Louis Visitor Guide.”

Write to St. Louis Visitor Commission, 70 S. Broadway. No. 300, St. Louis, Mo. 63102. Or call toll-free (800) 325-7962.