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Direct Travel is a leader in leisure travel packages. Our highly-trained travel professionals are ready to handle your vacation requests to anywhere in the world. We offer air, hotel, car rentals, custom-planned vacations or tours, and discounted cruises worldwide, anywhere in the world you want to go. Due to our business volume and industry experience, we are able to bring value-added services to our clients.

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Get ready to uncover the chic resorts, sun-soaked beaches, and elegant allure that attract the rich and famous to the exquisite French Riviera! You’ll be unpacking for a leisurely multi-night stay, embracing the luxury and breathtaking beauty of the Côte d’Azur. Take some time to explore the fairy-tale principality of Monaco, where you’ll discover the […]

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There are a so many amazing places to make a million memories around the world—and we are here to help you chose the perfect destination. With 10 locations throughout central Illinois, and 80 experienced travel professionals, we are your best option for travel advice and guidance. From Honeymoons to groups plans for over 1000 guests, we can deliver the products and services you expect and deserve.

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Trusted by over 30,000 satisfied clients, Direct Travel became the best-selling Central Illinois vacation expert team for over 35 years. We are one of the nation’s leading travel management companies and aim to offer our best vacations at incredible prices.

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Navigating all the online travel, hotel, airline ticket and cruise sites can be confusing to say the least. Why spend your valuable time searching offer after offer on-line when in fact what you’re looking for isn’t the cheapest deal but the package that offers the best value and a vacation experience that will create some of the your life’s most important memories. Take advantage of all Direct Travel has to offer from airline programs to the most preferred relationships with the top travel providers in the world. You simply can’t go wrong when you allow Direct Travel to show you the way.

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Really awful. Honestly the worst travel agency experience we have had so far. The flight prices provided are an additional +$150 per ticket vs. booking yourself. The office is entirely unresponsive, and they respond by email with long delays and tell you they can't make time to talk to you on the phone...incredibly unprofessional. It's very clear that you are not a priority and they don't give you the time of day, which is very odd given they work on commission. Never ever using Direct Travel again, you're better off booking travel packages with any other agency or yourself.

Worst customer service ever. Buying the insurance does not get your money back. Even for medical reasons. There is a reason travel agents are a dying bread. You can book online cheaper. ://www.consumeraffairs.com/travel/apple_vacations.html

Horrible travel service!!! Sandy Polley is never in the office, doesn't return phone calls, when she does communicate it's through emails and the information is always different. Janice was the only sounding voice in group sales. If it weren't for here I wouldn't have given them any stars. Very disappointing.

I called yesterday morning and talked in length with someone about a family cruise. We had a 20 minute conversation and she answered all the questions I could think of at the time. She said she would get me several options to consider and that I would have them emailed to me the next morning sometime. They are now closed for the day and I have yet to receive any information. I think I may try somebody else as this would have been our first cruise and we were already nervous about the whole thing and wanted to make sure everything would be taken care of as much as possible.

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Why Direct Travel?

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There are a so many amazing places to make a million memories around the world—and we are here to help you chose the perfect destination. With 80 experienced travel professionals, we are your best option for travel advice and guidance. From Honeymoons to groups plans for over 1000 guests, we can deliver the products and services you expect and deserve.

Best Value in the Area

Trusted by over 30,000 satisfied clients, Direct Travel became the best-selling North Dakota vacation expert team for over 35 years. We are one of the nation’s leading travel management companies and aim to offer our best vacations at incredible prices.

Top Customer Service

Navigating all the online travel, hotel, airline ticket and cruise sites can be confusing to say the least. Why spend your valuable time searching offer after offer on-line when in fact what you’re looking for isn’t the cheapest deal but the package that offers the best value and a vacation experience that will create some of the your life’s most important memories. Take advantage of all Direct Travel has to offer from airline programs to the most preferred relationships with the top travel providers in the world. You simply can’t go wrong when you allow Direct Travel to show you the way.

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At Brown, a Rare Agreement Between Administrators and Protesters

Brown students took down their tents on campus after the university in Rhode Island agreed to discuss their demands for divestment from support for the Israeli military.

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By Jacey Fortin

• April 30, 2024

As pro-Palestinian protests continued to escalate across the country, officials and students at Brown University set a rare example on Tuesday: They made a deal.

Demonstrators agreed to dismantle their encampment at Brown, which had been removed by Tuesday evening, and university leaders said they would discuss, and later vote on, divesting funds from companies connected to the Israeli military campaign in Gaza.

The agreement came even as scenes of chaos continued to overtake U.S. universities, with protesters at Columbia in New York and Portland State in Oregon occupying buildings, and demonstrators at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill replacing an American flag at the center of campus with a Palestinian one.

More than a thousand people have been arrested over the past two weeks after a crackdown on a pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia in New York resulted in a cascade of student activism across the country.

At Brown, in Providence, R.I., students began pitching tents on the main campus lawn on Wednesday. Many said they would stay until they were forced out, adding that they were concerned about trying to end the violence in Gaza — not about violating university policies.

After discussions with administrators, Brown Divest Coalition, along with other pro-Palestinian organizations including Jewish Voice for Peace, said in a post on Instagram that they had reached an agreement with the university, which “would not have been possible without the hard work of university encampments across the country, whose collective power has forced university administrators to acknowledge the overwhelming support for Palestine on their campuses.”

The agreement lays out a series of steps for the months ahead:

In May, five students will meet with five members of the Corporation of Brown University to argue for divesting funds from companies connected to the Israeli military.

In September, Brown’s advisory committee on resource management will be expected to advise the university on the same issue.

In October, the committee’s recommendation will be brought to the corporation for a vote.

“Although the encampment will end, organizing to ensure that the Brown administration fulfills our calls to act on divestment will continue until the corporation vote in October,” the Brown Divest Coalition said in a statement on Tuesday.

“This feels like a real moment of realizing our collective power,” said Rafi Ash, a sophomore at Brown who participated in the protests. “This is something that demonstrates that the mobilization of the student body can force the university to listen.”

Administrators and student activists at Northwestern University struck a similar deal on Monday.

A spokesman for Brown, Brian Clark, said that divestment was not as simple as some students might perceive, though. The university doesn’t invest its endowment directly, he said. Instead, it relies on “external specialist investment managers, all with the highest level of ethics and all whom we believe share the values of the Brown community.”

Administrators said in a statement that it would still hold disciplinary proceedings related to the encampment, which broke the university’s rules. Reports of harassment and discrimination will also be investigated, the statement said.

“The devastation and loss of life in the Middle East has prompted many to call for meaningful change, while also raising real issues about how best to accomplish this,” Christina H. Paxson, Brown’s president, said in the statement, adding that she did not condone the encampment and had been concerned about inflammatory rhetoric.

“I appreciate the sincere efforts on the part of our students to take steps to prevent further escalation,” she said.

Gaya Gupta contributed reporting.

Jacey Fortin covers a wide range of subjects for the National desk of The Times, including extreme weather, court cases and state politics all across the country. More about Jacey Fortin

Our Coverage of the U.S. Campus Protests

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The most recent  pro-Israel counter demonstration was at the University of California, Los Angeles, home to large Israeli and Jewish populations. More are planned in the coming days , stirring fears of clashes.

An officer whose gun went off inside a Columbia University building fired it accidentally  as the police were removing pro-Palestinian protesters from the campus, the New York Police Department said.

A union representing academic workers said it would file unfair labor charges  against the U.C.L.A. and potentially walk out over the handling of protests this week.

Exploiting U.S. Divide:  America’s adversaries have mounted online campaigns to amplify  the social and political conflicts over Gaza flaring at universities, researchers say.

A Year Full of Conflicts:  The tumult in Bloomington, Ind., at Indiana University where large protests have led to dozens of arrests and calls for university leaders to resign, shows the reach of the protest movement .

Seizing Hamilton Hall:  Some of those arrested during the pro-Palestinian demonstration at Columbia were outsiders  who appeared to be unaffiliated with the school, according to an analysis of Police Department data.

A Collision Course:  Desperate to stem protests that have convulsed campuses across the country , a small number of universities have agreed to reconsider their investments in companies that do business with Israel. But how?