ABOUT VALOR TOURS


Robert (Bob) Reynolds, WWII pilot, founded Valor Tours, Ltd. more than 30 years ago to be a resource for veterans, their families, military service organizations, unit associations, reunion groups, historical societies and government institutions with an interest in the Pacific and Europe wartime theaters.

Valor Tours, Ltd. was a consultant to the Pentagon's WWII 50th Anniversary Committee. Today, tour participants are largely veterans' sons, daughters, grandchildren and the general public, especially WWII history buffs, seeking a meaningful focus for their vacation travels.

Vicky Reynolds-Middagh took over as President of Valor Tours, Ltd. when Bob Reynolds retired in 2004. Up until then, she served as Operations Manager from the time Valor Tours, Ltd. was incorporated in 1975. Valor Tours, Ltd. enjoys an enviable reputation through the Pacific and Europe for their knowledge and experience in planning tours for WWII Veterans organizations as well as for assisting them with historic markers and memorials numbering in excess of fifty-six to date including the American Memorial on Guadalcanal, American POW Memorial at Cabanatuan, and American POW Memorial at Subic Bay.

Sixty-six years ago, in 1944, many tide turning battles raged in both the Pacific and European WWII theaters. In 2004 Valor Tours commemorated many of these landmark events with 60th Anniversary tours: a D-Day Normandy cruise and tours to the sites of the invasions of Kwajalein and Roi Namur, Saipan, Tarawa and Peleliu. In 2005, we commemorated the liberation of concentration camps in Germany, the invasion of Okinawa, and the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan, which brought the war in the Pacific to an end.

We launched the year 2006 with the memorable unveiling of the Hell Ships Memorial tour to Subic Bay, Philippines, which included Corregidor, Bataan, Subic Bay, Clark Field and Cabanatuan. Our extension to Taiwan included the dedication of the American POW Cemetery. In the Spring, our first WWI Tour to France received outstanding acclaim, thanks to the leadership of Michael Hanlon of the Great War Society. As a Grande Finale for 2006, we launched the 65th Anniversary of WWII with a commemorative tour to Pearl Harbor. We are very proud to announce 50% of our tour members were repeat customers!

In 2007, and we were honored to be invited by AWON (American War Orphans Network) to arrange their participation in the Memorial Day ceremonies at the American Battle Monument near Manila, Philippines. In the summer, Bob Reynolds (who had retired from Valor Tours in 2004) volunteered to escort our D-Day Normandy/Battle of the Bulge, Eagle's Nest Tour. To commemorate the 65th Anniversary of the Guadalcanal invasion, the Marines landed again on August 7th.

2008 was a busy year ... starting off with the highly anticipated WWI Western Pacific Battlefield cruise from Auckland to Osaka, which sailed with a full load. Our annual tours to the Philippines, WWI France, Normandy and Guadalcanal were at capacity with several new passengers joining the Valor Tours family of travelers. We end 2008 with a group of 2^nd Marine Division Veterans, their families and friends/history buffs heading off to Tarawa to commemorate the 65^th Anniversary of the invasion on November 20, 1943.

2009 was also a busy year despite the economy, as we commemorated the 65th Anniversary of D-Day, the Normandy Invasion, the Liberation of the Marianas, the Philippines and Peleliu.

EARLY BOOKING/ EARLY PAYMENT DISCOUNT PROGRAM We are happy to continue our Early Booking Discount policy whereas Valor Tours, Ltd. Will discount the main tour cost by 5% if application and required deposit is received six months or more before commencement of tour. In addition, Valor Tours announces a new 10% discount off the main tour cost if full payment of the tour, less 10%, is received with application. Fully refundable should you change your mind up to 60 days before tour departs. * Not available on cruises, Holts Battlefield Tours, Normandy Independent packages or tours in cooperation with MHT or Stephen Ambrose Tours.

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A NOTE ON SAFETY.
Valor Tours schedules its itineraries to destinations that pose no overt threat to the traveler. We fly on scheduled airlines with fine safety records, and use trusted ground operators for our private land transportation. If conditions should change at a scheduled destination we do not hesitate to postpone or cancel the tour. To this end, we monitor U.S. State Department warnings and travel alerts, stay in close contact with our overseas agents and associates, and apply our own knowledge of an area gained as America's oldest and most experienced battlesite tour operator. The well-being of our tour participants has been a primary consideration for Valor Tours, Ltd. for the past 30 years. We shall remain vigilant at this time of heightened safety awareness.