Travel Agents

Chattanooga Ducks runs narrated sightseeing tours aboard a renovated World War II amphibious duck boat, departing from Riverfront Parkway downtown. Each trip starts on city streets, passing historic sites and local landmarks, then rolls straight into the Tennessee River for views of the riverfront, the bridges and Maclellan Island. The website puts the full experience at about 60 to 75 minutes and lists the tour as open to all ages. Tickets are sold online, and its FAQ says groups of 15 or more can reserve ahead by phone. Combo packages and e-gift cards are also offered on the site. The FAQ refers to the Southern Belle Riverboat as part of the same operation.

Chattanooga Ghosts runs a guided evening ghost walk through downtown Chattanooga and along the Tennessee Riverwalk. It is the local tour of US Ghost Adventures, which runs similar tours in many cities, according to its website. The website says the walk lasts about an hour, covers about a mile and starts at the High Four Great Dane statue. It says stories cover the Hunter Museum, Ross's Landing and the Read House, and that the tour is open to all ages. The site says tours run daily, rain or shine. The same site also lists haunted pub crawls and group tours. Tickets are booked online.

This Cruise Planners travel agency franchise is run by travel advisor Deborah Cross, whose site gives a Chattanooga line tied to the Tallan Financial Center and a second line for the Atlanta area. Her site says she focuses on ocean and river cruises, all-inclusive resorts and land-only trips to Europe, Tahiti and Australia. It also has pages on group travel, weddings and honeymoons, family trips, Disney vacations, luxury villa rentals, shore excursions and travel insurance. According to the site, she is an American Express Qualified Travel Insider. Cruise Planners is a national franchise brand, and the site carries its cruise, hotel and tour search tools along with a myTrips sign-in for booked clients.

At the base of Lookout Mountain on Cummings Highway, Wauhatchie Woodlands is a cabin rental property run by Timberroot. According to its website, the 14-acre site holds 27 tiny cabins and three custom homes, from two-person cabins up to a connected group of houses for larger parties. Most cabins have a private hot tub, and the grounds include a community fire pit, walking trails, a pickleball court, a playground and a small petting zoo. Sprout General Store sits at the entrance as a grab-and-go cafe with coffee, ice cream, locally made goods and outdoor gear, and its website says day visitors can shop there too. According to its site, the property was once a trailer park, and the site traces the land's history back to the Cherokee and the Civil War supply route through the valley. Its FAQ says most units allow dogs under set size limits.