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ROCKY MOUNTAINEER’S NEW EARLY BOOKING BONUS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS
~ Book any qualifying 2010 package and receive up to $1400 in added value per couple ~

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (October 7, 2009) - Rocky Mountaineer has just launched its best ever Early Booking Bonus, giving travellers every reason to book now. Guests receive maximum travel credits of up to $1400 per couple when booking a Rocky Mountaineer vacation package of seven nights or more before October 30, 2009. Travellers who book a qualifying vacation between October 31 and November 27, 2009, receive credit worth up $700 per couple. The added experiences include everything from extra hotel nights, city tours, airfare, car rentals and even a ride on the Rocky Mountaineer Whistler Sea to Sky Climb, between Vancouver and Whistler, BC.

 “Our new 2010 brochure is hot off the presses, offering an array of new and classic vacation packages and our Early Booking Bonus creates a huge incentive for our guests to plan ahead,” says Hubert Wat, Vice President, Marketing of Rocky Mountaineer. “We are thrilled to give travellers the opportunity to experience more of the stunning sites and breathtaking scenery British Columbia and the Canadian Rockies have to offer.”

Great vacation options include the Classic Rail Circle, a seven night/eight day ultimate all-rail journey through the dramatic and diverse scenery of Canada’s West on three of Rocky Mountaineer’s four unique routes, including the Whistler Sea to Sky Climb. Another package is the Western Explorer, a seven-night/eight-day vacation which, includes a two-day, all daylight rail journey between Vancouver, BC and Jasper, Alberta as well as several days in the Rocky Mountain resort towns of Jasper, Lake Louise and Banff, Alberta.

The Early Booking Bonus is only valid on new 2010 bookings, made between now and November 27, 2009. Maximum travel credits of up to $1400 per couple are offered for packages of seven or more nights, booked by October 30, 2009 and excluding travel in April of 2010. Travellers who book qualifying vacations between October 31 and November 27, 2009, receive up to $700 in added value per couple. The Early Booking Bonus offer also applies to packages of four nights or more with reduced value. Offers are based on availability and may be modified, withdrawn or travel dates may be substituted without prior notice. Further restrictions may apply.

For more information on the Early Booking Bonus or to receive a copy of the new 2010 Rocky Mountaineer brochure, please contact your local travel professional or Rocky Mountaineer directly at (800) 665-7245, or visit www.rockymountaineer.com.

Rocky Mountaineer offers unique Canadian vacation packages and four spectacular rail routes through British Columbia and Alberta. Best known for the internationally-acclaimed Rocky Mountaineer train, a two-day, all daylight rail journey through Canada’s West and the Canadian Rockies, the company also offers a daily three-hour experience between North Vancouver and Whistler, BC. Since its inception in 1990, the company has grown to become the largest privately owned passenger rail service in North America and welcomed its one millionth guest in 2008. Rocky Mountaineer has been honoured with three World Travel Awards as “World’s Leading Travel Experience by Train” and was named by National Geographic as one of the “World’s Greatest Trips.” Most recently, The Society of American Travel Writers ranked the Rocky Mountaineer as the number one train experience in the world with the Whistler Mountaineer coming in at number eight on the organization’s “Top Ten” list.

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