Tours

4-day/3-night tour in southern GERMANY includes 2-day “test drive” of a Porsche 911 or Boxster S (two people per car). Departures August-October ’04.

Tour begins and ends with free days in Stuttgart. On days two and three, drive a high-performance Porsche to country towns, through the Black Forest and on the Autobahn. A travel host accompanies the self-drive group. Meet for gourmet meals and three nights in fine hotels, including the Schlosshotel Bühlerhöhe Hotel resort near Baden-Baden.

Land cost, $2,275. Single supplement, $675.

Roadtrips, Inc., 800-191 Lombard...

$600-per-couple discount on any of 70 tours, if paid in full by Aug. 31, 2012. May be combined with other discounts. Examples (price is per person before discount) — “Across the Andes,” 10 days/nine nights, from $5,499. “From Japan’s Inland Sea to the Alps,” 11 days/10 nights, from $4,799. “A Week on the Emerald Isle,” eight days/seven nights, from $3,299. “South Africa & Botswana Explored,” 14 days/13 nights, from $7,399. General Tours (Keene, NH; 800/221-2216).

Four-day/three-night, women-only trip in the Bobbie Burns Mountains, western CANADA, Aug. 23-26, 2012. Highlights: Daily yoga lesson/helicopter into mountains with guide for hiking/cooking class/lodge with spa. Land, $2,615. Single supp., $300. Canadian Mountain Holidays (Banff, Alberta, Canada; phone 800/661-0252, www.canadianmountainholidays.com).