Hi all. With Triviapalooza, there is always a group of people that love to go exploring the area. I'm fortunate enough to have a concierge service available where I live, so I've asked them to put together a list of tours around the Baltimore / DC area. Take a look at the below and if a group of people are interested, I can find out how much it'll cost per person to set up the tour. The text below is the email message from my concierge.
I’ve compiled a list of things that your participants may find interesting – this was the result of some brainstorming.
I also talked to Eyre Tours – they are a Charm City Concierge vendor, and based on what your group decides, they could help us plan your transportation needs (a large van or bus). They also do some tours. Here’s what their rep had to say:
Perhaps one day a trip to Washington DC (being trivia buffs, they would probably enjoy the Library of Congress), one day they may like to do a winery / brewery tour, we could set up a trip to Frederick to a brewery, have lunch and free time downtown and stop at Linganore Winery on the way home. Since they are trivia people, I could find a bar that has trivia and we could take them as a group one of the evenings. I think a ball game sounds great, everybody loves going to a baseball game and Camden Yards is the best.
Please let me know what you think of these ideas and/or the bus rep’s suggestions:
• Linganore Winery, Mt. Airy (I noted on their website that they’re having a Reggae Fest July 19-20)
http://www.linganorewines.com/ • Flying Dog Brewery, Frederick, MD
http://flyingdogbrewery.com/ • Baltimore Harbor tour (aquarium, science center, Harborplace)
http://www.aqua.org/ http://www.mdsci.org/ http://www.harborplace.com/ • Fell’s Point & Little Italy
http://www.fellspoint.us/ (Fell’s Point does a ghost walk that looks really interesting.)
http://www.littleitalymd.com/ • Ft. McHenry (this year is the 200th anniversary of the Star Spangled Banner; I think the Fort will have all kinds of activities)
http://www.nps.gov/fomc/index.htm • The Mall in DC – Smithsonian museums, National Monument, etc.
http://www.nps.gov/nacc/index.htm • Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at the Air & Space Museum, Chantilly, VA
http://airandspace.si.edu/visit/udvar-hazy-center/ (This is out by Dulles Airport.)
• National Cathedral
http://www.nationalcathedral.org/ • Gettysburg (I actually worked at the Gettysburg Visitor Center/National Park before I moved to MD – I can easily make arrangements for battlefield and visitor center tours.
www.gettysburgfoundation.org www.nps.org/gett • Baseball games (the Orioles host the NY Yankees on July 12, and the Washington Nationals host the Milwaukee Brewers on July 19 (I can sell you tickets to the games through Charm City Concierge).
• Concerts at Wolf Trap, Vienna VA
http://www.wolftrap.org/ (Charm City Concierge has tickets to concerts – July 13: Jennifer Nettles; July 14 Sarah Barellies; July 16 The Fray; July 18 Straight No Chaser; July 20 Huey Lewis & The News).