Trips

Click here to visit the official Thrive55+ Active Living Center website.

Spots go fast on all our trips and some are already filled up. We do our best to get you the best seats for the best price with a quality trip!  Check our flyers in the Thrive55+ Active Living Center, in our Discover 55+ newsletter or on our Facebook page for added information.

We offer day and extended trips around the USA and abroad. Great for singles, couples, families – there’s something for everyone and all ages. Trips are open to the public.

Questions about a particular trip??  If you just want to know if there is a spot for you you may call 860-441-6785 or if a more specific question call 860-441-6623.  THANK YOU for traveling with us!

Payment must be made upon registering for a day trip. No refunds unless your spot can be filled.

    Holiday Day Trip to the Aqua Turf Holiday Fun With The Cartells on December 13th

    We have arranged a fun filled holiday day trip for you to the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville, CT. Come spend the day with us and enjoy a plentiful meal in an elegant atmosphere, then dance (or tap your feet) to a fabulous band; playing songs with both you and the holidays in mind! Dancing?! Of course! Aqua Turf is always a treat into itself!

    Fantastic venue with a delicious and filling lunch plus coffee & donuts, door prizes, complimentary glass of beer or wine. Aqua Turf doors open at 11am – lunch at 12:00pm.

    Our day concludes about 3:30 pm.  We depart Thrive 55+ at 10 am.

    Cost is $58/resident and $68 non resident  20 person max. Register today!

     

    Trip: Katherine Hepburn Cultural Center

    Wednesday, November 2nd

     

    Please join us as we make a fun day of the Katherine Hepburn Cultural Center in Old Saybrook.

    We shall visit and tour The Kate museum at 11:00 am, lunch on your own then we enjoy the 2:00 pm movie of HOLIDAY starring Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant. The movie is approximately 1 hour and 35 minutes long. We will take our own Thrive55+ bus.

    Cost is $15 per resident/ $25 for non resident—price includes museum and movie.

    2022-2023  Extended Trips

    Visit us at Thrive55+ to get the detailed flyers on any of these fabulous trips. Want to sign up for an extended trip? Schedule a meeting by calling 860-441-6623 or email colsen@groton-ct.gov

    Nashville & The Smoky Mountains Holiday December 7-14, 2022

    Grand Ole Opry Show, Historic RCA Studio B, Country Music Hall of Fame, Gaylord Opryland Resort Dinner & Holiday Show, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Dollywood**, Dolly Parton’s Christmas Stampede & Dinner Show, Asheville, Biltmore Estate.  8 Days /11 Meals    FULL

    Spotlight on New Orleans     February 26 — March 2, 2023 

    French Quarter, Choices on Tour, New Orleans School of Cooking, Beignets at Café Du Monde, Swamp Tour, Dinner at The Court of Two Sisters, Jazz Revue   5 Days / 6 Meals https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/1097823

    Italian Vistas      March 25 — April 6, 2023 

    Rome, Colosseum, Ruins of Pompeii, Sorrento, Choices on Tour, Florence, Statue of David, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Tuscan Winery, Venice, Murano Island, Verona, Lake Maggiore, Stresa     13 Days / 16 Meals     https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/1097801

    British Landscapes  featuring England, Scotland and Wales  June 4 — 13, 2023 

    Edinburgh Castle, Choices on Tour, York, Chester, Llangollen, Wales, Stratford-upon-Avon, Oxford, London 10 Days 13 Meals https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/1097792

    **British Landscape Trip presentation Thursday, Oct. 20th  2:00 pm— rsvp  860-441-6785

    Iceland’s Magical Northern Lights   November 3 — 9, 2023

    Highlights: Reykjavík, Northern Lights Cruise, Search for the Northern Lights, Golden Circle, Thingvellir National Park, Gullfoss, Lava Exhibition Center, Vik, Seljalandsfoss, Skógar Museum, Skógafoss, Jökulsárlón Glacial Lagoon, Skaftafell National Park & Vatnajökull Glacier, Blue Lagoon  7 Days • 11 Meals  https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/1097830