November 2023
“Traveling—It Leaves You Speechless, Then Turns You Into A Storyteller”
Bilbrey Tours is Abilene’s leading resource for tourism opportunities, providing the time to travel, relax, and enjoy the amazing things this country has to offer. Read below to learn about the featured destinations for November 2023.

Kentucky Bluegrass Fall Foliage
Featuring Ark Encounter & Creation Museum
October 25 – November 2, 2023
(9 days – 8 nights)
Departing Abilene, Big Spring, Midland, and San Angelo
$2385 per person (2 people per room)
$2965 per person (1 person per room)
$50 due upon booking – Final due September 7, 2023
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Highlights Include:
- Ark Encounter (Williamstown, KY)
- Creation Museum (Petersburg, KY)
- My Old Kentucky Home
- My Old Kentucky Dinner Train
- Johnny Cash’s Boyhood Home (Dyess, AR)
- Johnny Cash’s Storyteller Hideaway Farm & Museum
- Entertainment by Mark Alan Cash
- National Corvette Museum
- Abraham Lincoln Historic Site
- Bardstown City Tour
- Heaven Hill Distillery Tour
- Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill
- 2 nights Bardstown, KY
- 2 nights Lexington, KY
- Meals: 8 continental breakfasts | 8 lunches or dinners

Branson Christmas
November 6 – 11, 2023
(6 days – 5 nights)
Departing Abilene, Big Spring, Midland, and San Angelo
$1575 per person (2 people per room)
$1899 per person (1 person per room)
$25 due upon booking-Final due September 18, 2023
Travel Protection Insurance
available for purchase
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Highlights Include:
- Queen Esther– Sight and Sound Theatre
- Daniel O’Donnell
- Clay Cooper’s Country Express
- Dolly Parton Stampede
- Doug Gabriel
- Dinner at College of the Ozarks -Keeter Center
- Fantastic Caverns
- FlyRide
- Local shopping and sightseeing
- Meals: 5 continental breakfasts, 5 lunches or dinners

Thee Hallelujah’s Christmas
Ragtown Gospel Theater
Saturday, November 18, 2023
Departing Abilene
$145 per person
Full payment due upon booking
Highlights Include:
- Matinee performance at the beautiful, indoor Ragtown Gospel Theater in Post.
- One of Ragtown’s most popular characters, Reverend Joey Hallelujah returns to the stage in the holiday season’s light-hearted production of Thee Hallelujah’s Christmas
- Pre-show with Chip Polk and friends performing inspirational gospel music
- Dinner included

San Antonio Christmas
November 24 – 27, 2023
(4 days – 3 nights)
Departing Abilene and San Angelo
$1185 per person (2 people per room)
$1570 per person (1 person per room)
$25 due upon booking-Final due September 21, 2023
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available for purchase
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Highlights Include:
- 2 nights at a Riverwalk hotel
- Seating for Christmas River Parade
- Institute of Texan Cultures
- SAS Shoe Outlet
- Lunch atop Tower of the Americas
- 1 night in Fredericksburg
- Meals: 3 continental breakfasts, 3 lunches or dinners

A Southern Christmas
featuring Myrtle Beach, SC
November 29 – December 9, 2023
(11 days – 10 nights)
Departing Abilene, Big Spring, Midland, and San Angelo
$2899 per person (2 people per room)
$3599 per person (1 person per room)
$50 due upon booking-Final due September 19, 2023
Travel Protection Insurance
available for purchase
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Highlights Include:
- 3 nights Myrtle Beach, SC
- 1 night Callaway Gardens Lodge and Spa
- South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
- The South’s Grandest Christmas Show – Alabama Theatre
- The Christmas Show of the South – Carolina Opry
- Night of a Thousand Candles – Brookgreen Gardens
- Callaway Garden’s Fantasy of Lights (National Geographic’s Top 10 Light Displays in the World)
- High Tea at Ripley’s Aquarium
- Festival of Trees featuring all 50 states
- Trees of Christmas at Merrehope Mansion -Meridian, MS
- Dinner at Original Benjamin Calabash
- Christmas Trolley Tour – Savannah, GA
- HGTV’s favorite Home Town – Laurel, MS
- Free time for shopping, beach, and relaxation
- Meals: 5 breakfasts and 5 continental breakfasts | 10 lunches or dinners
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