How to take advantage of Daylight Savings in Austin, Texas

Springtime is a special time in most parts of the country, it is when the weather starts to change. WInter loses its grip and the air begins to warm up and people look forward to spending more time outdoors. It also means the annual ritual of turning all of the clocks forward one hour has just recently occurred.

While it was originally meant to benefit the farmer who needed more daylight to be able to tend to all the chores around the farm. However, that isn’t the case anymore, most farmers take advantage of new and powerful lighting technology. But there are benefits for non-farmers who can take advantage of the longer periods of sunlight.

For people who live in the Austin area, there are several things that you can do outdoors with the extra hour of sun in the evening. One of those things is tubing on the San Marcos River and the other is enjoying a wine tasting tour with a group of your friends. Fortunately, Austin is not that far from the San Marcos River and it also has some very popular urban wineries.

There are local transportation companies in Austin and they offer special tour packages for day tubing trips on the San Marcos River and also wine tours of local wineries and those located in Fredericksburg, Texas. These tours can be quite fun and with the extended daylight hours, you can enjoy the beautiful sunsets outdoors as well.

One of the most popular transportation companies is Apexcursions and they have several tour packages for tubing trips on the San Marcos River and several wine tour packages available every day. The tubing trips include everything but the food and drinks that you want to bring for yourself and your party.

The tour package includes transportation for each member of your party to and from the tubing site. It also includes the use of the large tube and a special tube that holds a cooler for the food and beverages that you bring for the trip. The trip down the river takes roughly 3.5 hours and the total time from pickup to dropoff back to where you and your guests were picked up is roughly 5 hours.

There are two different types of tour packages, private and public. The main difference is that the private tour picks you and your party up and drops you off at your home. With the public tour, there is a designated pick-up and drop-off location. In the public tour package, you are responsible for your transportation there and back to your residence. 

For those wanting to enjoy a little more intimate experience, you can sign up for one of Apexcursions wine tour packages. Just like with the tubing trip, all of the transportation to and from the winery locations is handled by the Apexcursions. They have several different luxury vehicles that depending on the size of your party pick you up from home and take you back home at the end of the tour.

For smaller groups, you will drive in style in a luxury SUV. For larger groups, they have travel vans, Party Buses and for the really large groups executive motor coaches. All of the vehicles are permitted to allow drinking by passengers during the trips. Once you arrive at the designated wineries you will be treated to wines that are offered by the featured winery. Some wineries also offer private tours of facilities, which can be a special treat towards sunset in the evenings.

At the end of the tour, you board the vehicle that is waiting to take you back home and you don’t have to worry about being stopped.