For a copy of the agreement you are making with Travel Systems Abroad (TSA) in signing up with this college tour please go to the following links:
III. Lodging:
All lodging is in Superior Tourist Class, or Three and Four star hotels throughout the tour and in excellent locations in each city. A list of the hotels used on this tour is available upon request. Tour prices quoted are per person with double rooms. A reduced tour price is available for those who wish to share a triple room. If they wish, the tour director will help participants who are traveling single, to find appropriate roommates from within the group with whom to share a room. Single rooms are also available for a supplemental fee. See Tour Costs Worksheet to determine exact tour costs.
IV. Meals:
All breakfasts and dinners are included on each itinerary. High quality continental breakfasts are provided daily in each of the hotels. Many breakfasts are buffet style. Full course dinners are also provided daily in each hotel or at a high quality nearby restaurant. Menu items are carefully selected to represent traditional foods of each country and the particular regions through which the group travels.
V. Transportation:
a. Round-trip coach airfare on regularly scheduled commercial flights is provided and included in tour price. A land only price is available for participants who wish to make their own flight arrangements. Our booking agency, TSA Tours, can arrange early departure or extended returns with the airline for participants who wish to have them do so. Participants will be responsible for any fees that may be charged by the air carrier for doing so. TSA can also arrange air transportation for participants who are joining us from other major US cities.
b. Ground travel while in Europe is in fully-equipped first-class NEOPLAN, SETRA or MERCEDES-BENZ touring coaches, with reclining seats, stereo CD and DVD sound system, refrigerated bar for cold drinks, an on-board restroom, and land-satellite GPS systems. These are Europe's finest motorcoaches.
c. Our touring coach and driver are at our complete disposal. This allows for tour itinerary flexibility, to better meet the tour group's travel needs. Our European driver is well experienced, knowing the "ins-and-outs" of Europe. They are also courteous, good natured, very helpful and lots of fun.
VI. Escorts and Professional Guides: The tour will be accompanied 24 hours a day by Tour Leader Lee Jacobson. He and other tour assistants will be available to help participants with any concerns, interests or problems. The city guides contracted in each of the major cities we visit are licensed professionals. This custom tour uses only the best professional guides available in each overseas city as listed in the itinerary.
VII. Tour costs: The cost of our 15-Day"Best of Europe" tour is
$4846 ppdo. A reduced rate triple price is available for those who would like to share triple room accommodations. Tour fees include two quality meals daily, lodging in 3 or 4 star, superior tourist class hotels, all surface transportation and tour activities as listed in the tour itinerary, and tour insurance package. Additional tour benefits that have been included in the tour package are listed and explained in detail in section X that follows. Please refer to the Tour Cost Worksheet link, to help determine exact tour costs. Adults wishing to travel at a reduced triple room rate may do so if space is available.
VIII. Enrollment Procedures: (1) Decide to join us!! Do this soon to be sure you have a seat reserved on this year's great "Best of Europe" tour. (2) Fill out the tour application form, then (3) Submit this completed application form by mailing it to:
"Best of Europe-2008"
TSA Tours
5865 S. Kyrene Rd., Suite 2
Tempe, Arizona 85283
along with a check or money order for the $400 tour deposit. (4) submit your application and fees. Note: the application worksheet and step-by-step instructions on how to enroll are available online at www.bestofeuropetour.org. Enrollment begins as of January 15, 2008. Seats are available on a first come first served basis. Signups will continue until the available tour spaces have been filled. Applications from those who enroll after seats are filled will be accepted on a stand-by waiting basis.
IX. All Tours Include:
1. All air and land transportation while overseas and as listed in itineraries.
2. Motor-coach transportation in deluxe quality Neoplan, Mercedes-Benz or Setra touring coaches, with air conditioning, on-board toilet, refreshment bar, and reclining seats. Our coach is at the group's complete disposal. Our group will be traveling in a full-sized motorcoach with comfortable seating for 51 passengers. However, our group size is limited to 32-40 participants. This provides space for you to stretch out and be comfortable.
3. Train, cruise ships, ferries, and other transportation where applicable in itinerary are provided.
4. Double Occupancy lodging in Superior Tourist Class (three/four star) hotels is provided for all participants. A reduced rate is available for those who would like to share a triple room. Single rooms are available for a supplemental fee.
5. All transfers between cities, airports, hotels, etc. while in Europe.
6. All customs hall fees.
7. All excursions, field trips, entrance fees as listed in the tour itinerary.
8. Two high quality meals each day. Excellent quality continental style breakfasts as well as full-course "hand-picked" dinner meals, featuring traditional cuisine from the regions through which we are traveling, are provided each day and included in tour price.
9. All border-crossing fees.
10 All freeway toll fees.
11 All guide tips and lodging tips and service charges.
12. European tour guide services and courier service.
13. Travel day bag and luggage identification tags.
14. Initial tour deposit of $400 is credited towards your total tour costs for the main itinerary. Your deposit is not charged as an extra fee, as is customarily done by many main-stream tour companies. See Tour Cost Worksheet for details.
15. Insurance coverage package is included with tour (medical, accidental, hospital, trip interruption, luggage, etc.)
16. Pre-trip bibliography, handouts, lecture notes and color slides, and reading materials are provided.
17. American and overseas professional supervision and services by qualified and experienced staff, and Professor Lee Jacobson.
18. A trip of exciting, educational, fun-filled activities and experiences under the guidance of the best European travel program available.
X. ITEMS NOT INCLUDED IN TOUR PRICE:
1. Your own passport fees.
2. Free-time activities in which you might choose to participate.
3. Items of a personal nature such as beverages, lunches, souvenirs, post cards, clothing, etc.
4. Replacement of lost passport or other stolen items and expenses incurred in their replacement.
5. Optional long-term coach driver's tip (approximately $4 per week is suggested for each tour segment). Refundable at tours end if for any reason you are unhappy with driver service.
6. Chemeketa Community College tuition of $262 for pre-trip monthly tour class. Note: tour participants may register in this tour class with either a credit or audit enrollment. Participants who live out-of-district are not required to pay any additional fees beyond tour costs and registration fees. Arrangements can also be made to receive class information by regular mail or email. Enrollment provides 3 hours of valuable Humanities college transfer credits (up to 5 credits available) with tour class. These credits can often apply towards high school graduation requirements as well if appropriate.
XI. Supervision: The Director of the"Best of Europe" travel tours is Lee Jacobson, full time member of the Art Department faculty at Chemeketa Community College. Professor Jacobson has designed and personally led custom travel tours to Europe since 1991. He is once again directing this summer's"Best of Europe" tour. Tour leaders will personally assist enrolled participants prior to departure and during the actual travel experience. In addition, the tour includes a number of small group advisors, who will assist members of the group, both before departure and while traveling overseas. Professional local assistants and couriers will help the group in each foreign city. The tour's staff will help insure that each individual in the group has the very best European experience possible.
XII. Reputation Of This European Program: We believe that Chemeketa's"Best of Europe" travel tour is the finest study travel program available. The Pre-trip Seminars and the study materials distributed before the tour make this tour opportunity unique in the way that it prepares its tour participants in advance for their tour experience. It is an outstanding value, in that it provides quality service, before and during the trip. It continues to be a "BEST BUY" opportunity to experience Europe.
XIII. Pre-trip Seminars and Preparation: In late March, the"Best of Europe" travel program will begin its once monthly classroom sessions for enrolled participants. Professor Lee Jacobson teaches each session to adequately prepare each traveler for his or her overseas experience. Information about the history, culture, art, architecture, scenic points of interest, economics, and customs of the various countries will be discussed. Helpful information about passports, packing, overseas purchases, exchange rates, tips on healthy traveling, shopping, and much more will also be presented. Specialty readings about the places to be visited will be distributed to each participant at these meetings. This information is provided as part of this course to insure that each participant's foreign experience is the best experience possible. College credit or audit enrollments are provided, and registration forms provided for tour participants. Enrollment for this Chemeketa course will be handled during our March pre-tour class.
Terms and Conditions - go to"Terms and Conditions"and "Terms" (both at top of page) for a listing of all details between participants and tour provider, Travel Systems Abroad.
