{"id":9507,"date":"2010-04-22T01:17:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T01:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/set-your-pulse-racing-2\/"},"modified":"2010-04-22T01:17:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T01:17:00","slug":"set-your-pulse-racing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2010\/04\/set-your-pulse-racing-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Set Your Pulse Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travmedia.com\/images\/db\/260734.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travmedia.com\/images\/db\/260734.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>Grand Pacific Tours, has released their range of Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival packages.<\/p>\n<p>Although known as a New Zealand Coach Holiday Specialist, the company has run a successful programme of packaged tours over the Spring Racing Carnival and with the 150th anniversary of the Melbourne Cup, 2010 promises to be a great year for race goers or those interested in the sights and sounds that make Melbourne so exciting at this time of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The company has made slight changes over previous years but still offers a choice for travellers. The 8 Day VIP Package is for the more discerning traveller, which includes return transfers each race day including champagne, 3 days reserved seating in the undercover Hill Stand, Reserved table seating in the Skyline Restaurant with buffet luncheon, afternoon tea, racebook and selected beverages on race days as well as a welcome cocktail function on the first night. **NEW** for 2010 and EXCLUSIVE to travellers on the VIP package, attendance at \u2018Call of the Card\u2019 staged at the Crown Casino including return transfers, lunch and beverages. This function has a fabulous 50 year history for keen race goers.<\/p>\n<p>The 6 Day Freedom of Choice includes accommodation, 3 days reserved seating in the undercover Hill Stand and luxury return coach transfers to Flemington Racecourse on all three race days &#8211; Derby, Melbourne Cup and Oaks Day. Dress up in your favourite \u2018black and white\u2019 attire for the Melbourne Cup Eve Fancy Dress Dinner Cruise onboard the Yarra Empress.<\/p>\n<p>The 6 Day Stay and Race Package includes accommodation at a choice of hotels; 3 days reserved seating in the undercover Hill Stand for Derby, Melbourne Cup and Oaks Day and discount vouchers for various day tours &#038; attractions in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Grand Pacific Tours also offers a 2 Day Tatts Cox Plate Package, where you can experience the electric atmosphere and excitement of Moonee Valley Racecourse as it comes alive for this thrilling race.<\/p>\n<p>As an added incentive, the first 500 travellers to book and pay on the VIP &#038; Freedom of Choice packages will go into the draw to win cash prizes which will be drawn at various functions throughout the program.* PLUS those that book on the 8 Day VIP Package by the 31st May 2010 will receive a $100 per person Discount. Seats are strictly limited and only available for sale until 15 July 2010. (No other special offers or discounts apply).<\/p>\n<p>For further information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grandpacifictours.com\/\">www.grandpacifictours.com<\/a> or call 1800 622 768.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Pacific Tours, has released their range of Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival packages. Although known as a New Zealand Coach Holiday Specialist, the company has run a successful programme of packaged tours over the Spring Racing Carnival and with the 150th anniversary of the Melbourne Cup, 2010 promises to be a great year for race [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}