Travel Toppers


Date Last Updated: 2/20/2025
* Waitress has 1 seat available
* Tampa Bay Downs is NOW OPEN for GUESTS - 11 seats available
* Lion King is WAIT LIST ONLY
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Travel Topper's Tours is a group of volunteers who arrange trips at the best cost for all On Top Of
the World residents and their guests.
The Travel Topper's Tours Club is open only to residents of the On Top of the World Communities
residents along with Indigo and Weybourne Communities residents with a valid Gateway Service Pass.
Any non-residents who participate in trips must be a guest of a resident Club Member. This Club has a
status as a not-for-profit corporation. This is not a commercial enterprise.
If you have any suggestions for future trips, please contact any Travel Topper Officer and let us know
where you would like us to plan a trip. As new trips become available, they are advertised in the “OTOW
Happenings” of the Citizen and our web site.
Please check out our website,
http://www.traveltopperstours.com
for updated information regarding 2025-26 trips.
All trip information can be found on our web site, is published in the OTOW monthly paper, and will be on
flyers in the different bulletin board areas, i.e., the Recreation Center.
If you are interested in any of our trips, please contact the coordinator on or after the booking date given.
All calls should be made Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. only. Since all coordinators are
volunteers, we ask that you please respect their weekends by making all calls during the stated times
weekdays only. All payments (checks only) are due upon booking unless stated otherwise. Checks must be
made payable to “Travel Topper’s Tours, Inc.”
As of January 1, 2023, a Gateway Service Pass is required for Indigo and Weybourne residents.
Car Parking is in the secure Travel Topper's Parking Lot off 81st Loop.
NEW PARKING PROCEDURES
Travel Topper’s Tours and its volunteers practice safety procedures for the residents of On Top of The
World. When participating in our tours, ALL residents are required to follow the directions of the volunteers
when both entering and exiting the parking area off of 81st Loop. Both Golf Carts and Cars will follow the
same rules for each trip. Anyone who does not follow the safety procedures will be denied a reservation on
future trips conducted by Travel Topper’s Tours.
IDEAS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Board members are continuously looking for ideas for both day trips and cruises. To get good prices, we
need to make commitments sometimes a year or more in advance. Please refer to our web site for all current
information. If you have ideas you would like to share, please contact one of the board members. If you are
interested in participating in Travel Toppers, please contact one of the current board members. We would
love to use your talents as a tour host, as someone who can assist with taking trip reservations, etc. We look
forward to hearing from you. Consider signing up for our monthly e-mail Newsletter.
Please call Allan Rickards at 352-390-3075 or email: rickaaer@live.com.
Copyright laws protect any production at Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theater and The Straz Center.
No videos or pictures should be taken. If this is not adhered to, any violator will be denied a reservation
on future trips.