Join your trusted storm chasing experts as they enter their 14th year guiding storm enthusiasts like you into the Great Plains to find, marvel at and learn about the most intense and amazing storms on earth!
We at Silver Lining Tours are pleased to announce the 2011 Tours. The prices below are for a complete tour package that includes: arrival day lodging, lodging on each of the tour days, tour t-shirts, and a professionally edited highlights DVD. The only items excluded are airfare and/or other expenses that you incur in traveling to and from the meeting city, daily meals and incidentals (e.g., souvenirs).
For the 10-day tours (including the specialty offerings), room-sharing parties will receive a total discount of $300.00 ($150 per room-sharing participant). For the 6-day tours, the room-sharing discount is $200.00 ($100 per person). Larger discounts are available for groups of 6 or more (provided there are 2 people per room).
MULTI-TOUR DISCOUNT: We once again offer a multi-tour discount. Sign up for any TWO consecutive 6-day tours and receive a $150 discount off each trip. Sign up for any TWO 10-day tours and receive a $250 discount off each trip! If taking advantage of the multi-tour discount, neither the room-sharing discount nor lifetime discount (if applicable) shall apply.
HOW TO RESERVE A SPACE:
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E-mail us to obtain the password necessary to access the relevant online tour agreement (6-day version, 10-day version, Tour 3, Tour 4, Great Plains Lecture Tour version, North Land Lecture version, or Canadian Prairies Tour version (see below for descriptions of the various offerings)). The same password will access our 2011 brochure. In addition, to our tour agreement, we now also require an indemnity waiver. Both require a recent version of the Adobe Acrobat reader, freely available here. Carefully read the tour agreement and call David with any questions. By signing this agreement you are completely indemnifying the tours and accepting responsibility for all of the risk that such an expedition entails.
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Sign and complete the agreement and waiver, returning it to Silver Lining Tours along with your non-refundable $600.00 deposit (10-day tours and specialty offerings), $500 deposit for the 6-day . Alternatively, you may pay the deposit using a credit card (MasterCard and Visa only; fees applicable). Please see Item #5 under Tour Details in the side bar for the necessary details about how to do this.
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Inform David or Roger (via email or phone) that you have mailed or are about to mail the tour agreement and deposit – at that point your spot is secure.
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Make your flight arrangements to/from Oklahoma City for Tours 1 – 3 and Great Plains Lecture Tour, or to/from Denver for Tours 4-6 and the North Land Lecture Tour, or to/from Rapid City, South Dakota for the Canadian Prairies Tour.
Tour Table Legend: Red = sold out; Yellow = more than halfway to capacity
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Tour Number |
Arrival Day |
First Chase Day |
Last Chase Day |
Departure Day |
Availability |
Total Cost |
Base City |
Length (Days) |
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PRICE NOTE: ALL PRICES BELOW ASSUME CREDIT CARD METHOD OF PAYMENT. Cash/Check/Money Orders for 10-day tours, Northland and Canadian Tours will receive a $100 instant discount; Tour 4 a $75 discount; and other 6-Day tours a $50 discount |
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On-call |
Anytime the weather warrants it |
$250/day |
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1 |
April 24 |
April 25 |
May 4 |
May 5 |
OPEN |
$3100 |
OKC |
10 |
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The Great Plains Lecture Tour |
May 5 |
May 6 |
May 15 |
May 16 |
OPEN |
$3500 |
OKC |
10 |
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3 |
May 16 |
May 17 |
May 26 |
May 27 |
OPEN |
$3400 |
OKC |
10 |
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4 |
May 28 |
May 29 |
June 3 |
June 4 |
OPEN |
$2475 |
DEN |
6 |
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5 |
June 4 |
June 5 |
June 10 |
June 11 |
OPEN |
$2250 |
DEN |
6 |
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6 |
June 11 |
June 12 |
June 17 |
June 18 |
OPEN |
$2250 |
DEN |
6 |
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North Land Lecture Tour |
June 18 |
June 19 |
June 28 |
June 29 |
OPEN |
$3500 |
DEN |
10 |
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Canadian Prairies Tour |
July 9 |
July 10 |
July 19 |
July 20 |
OPEN |
$3300 |
RAP |
10 |
Status as of April 22, 2010:
All 2011 tour spots now booking. Come and get 'em while they're available!
Legend for the schedule table shown above: "ARRIVAL DAY" - the day set aside for you to travel to the base city; this is the day prior to the first chase day of your tour; "DEPARTURE DAY" - the day set aside for you to depart the base city after your tour has concluded; this the day after the last chase day of your tour. "FIRST CHASE DAY" - the first full day of storm chasing for your tour. "LAST CHASE DAY" - the last full day of storm chasing for your tour.
Note: On-call chasing expeditions will be conducted as conditions warrant throughout the early spring and fall, but will be of secondary priority during our fixed schedule tours from April 26 through June 30.