·      4 nights accommodation with breakfast at The White Hart Inn

·      Private transportation for all included sights and meals

·      Airport transfers if you book the above the flights

·      4 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 dinners

·      Excusive visit to a private garden

·      Early Buyer entry to the Trade Secrets rare plant and garden antiques sale

·      Visits to three private gardens

·      Two full-time guides, Laura and Ross, with you the entire time.

We recommend booking the following flights. The included transfer between Hartford-Bradley International airport (BDL) and our hotel will correspond to these flights:

 ·      Thursday, May 15:       Delta Flight 1082 – Depart Atlanta 11:00am, Arrive Hartford 1:19pm

·      Monday, May 19:         Delta Flight 2951 – Depart Hartford 11:50am, Arrive Atlanta 2:22pm

Other transfers are available for an additional charge if you choose not to take these flights.

Please speak with Laura or Ross for more information.

• A $1,500 per person non-refundable deposit is required to secure your place.

• We have financial obligations to our partners, therefore our cancellation policy is firm: all payments are non-refundable. We do not sell trip insurance but we strongly encourage you to purchase it (American Express and AIG Travel Guard are two options).

• Final payment is due 90 days before the tour start date. This amount is fully non- refundable.

• What are your qualifications? Laura and Ross have both lived in Paris and speak French. Laura has also lived in London and Berlin and has spent significant time (several months a year) traveling, studying, and working in Europe. As a PhD student, she taught undergraduate art history classes from the ancient to modern periods and she co-led two study abroad trips, one to Paris, the other to Italy. Her students consistently gave her high ratings for her clear teaching. After years of informally planning other people’s trips and acting as a tour guide, she launched Wingback Travel.

  Ross has been sourcing antiques from England and France for many years now, offering his finds for sale at his store in Columbus, GA. He is also an expert floral arranger and an excellent arbiter of good taste. If you are undecided about purchasing something at a market, Ross is the person to ask.

• What is not included? Airfare, some meals (see itinerary), anything you buy, the cost to ship any of your purchases home, and anything else not listed on the itinerary.

• Will there be any free time? This tour does has free time in the late afternoon/early evening most days. You will also have one dinner to yourself.

• How active is this trip? Laura and Ross are not fitness junkies, but we always find that we walk more when we are on tour than when we are at home. We generally recommend being comfortable walking 5,000 steps or about 3-4 miles a day and for standing on your feet for 1-2 hours at a time. As this is a garden tour, you should be comfortable walking over over uneven terrain. Please know that our hotel does not have an elevator. If you have mobility concerns, please speak with Laura before booking.

• I have a group of friends who would love to do this trip. Do you offer a private version of this tour? Yes, we can offer this as private trip. Trade Secrets is an annual event, held every May.