Kevin SacerdoteMandarin High School

Jacksonville, FL

EF Pre-tour Talking-pointsMadrid, Spain

Travel: Awakens & Instructs

To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday

things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so

familiar it is taken for grantedBill Bryson

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh,

eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we

may even become friendsMaya Angelou

Group Travel: In a Nutshell

STRESS FLEXIBILITY on *Everything EXCEPT TIMING

Remain POSITIVE 110% of the TripParticipants Will Feed Off of Your Words & Body

Language

Smell The Roses!

*Food, Rooms, Traffic, Early Wake-up Calls, Roomies, etc…

Recruitment24/7 EffortWork Very Closely With Your EF Tour

ConsultantHave a question, Ask Your ConsultantAs Soon As The Current Tour Deadline Passes, WHERE ARE WE GOING NEXT YEAR?

HS Class students & their friends v. School-wide “cattle-call”

Parents – MUST ConversationsGroup AdventureBus = Approximately 51 people

Several Groups “Assimilate”Student Tour (Helps to like Teens)Exercise…Walk, Walk, Walk, and Walk

Recruitment: EF Tour Consultant

They Exist To Assist!Experts, One-on-One Relationship With You

What do you Need…ask!Selecting the Right Tour, PricingGentle Reminders: Rooming, Vegetarians, Peanut Allergies, Tour Extensions etc…

PowerPoint PresentationPostersBrochures

Recruitment: EFTOURS.COM

You Will Become Addicted Constantly Evolving!Visit Your Tour Website: See What Those

Interested Can Access http://www.ef tours.com/preview-tour.aspx?pt=SA-1184484

Contact Your Tour Consultant: Vanessa Marchica (Mine)

The BEST! Others Come Close

Participants pay on-line Via a Credit Card

Recruitment: EFTOURS.COM

Access All of the Following/Keeps Me Organized!

E-mail all Participants, Stay in Contact for Any ReasonFinancial Status of Each Participant …Updated

“Plus Three Thinking” (Don’t Get Comfortable) Active Tours: Always have two irons in the firePrevious Tours : Great Source of “Just In Case…”Price Quotes: A Must for Continuous “First Meetings”“My Rewards” Not Just Conventions, BOSE, APPLE,

Delta… Edit Your Profile“Manage Your Group”Plus So Much More

Recruitment: “Free Spot(s)”

I have found out there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them

than to travel with them.-Tom Sawyer Abroad

Recruitment: “Free” Places

This May Be For You, Be Sure it is For the Free Spot(s) Curfew ChecksWake-up Knocks“Good Cop/Bad Cop”Female/ Male “Chats”“Drama Stopper”Room AdjustersDuval County School Board Does Not Sanction the

TripsYet Principals, and Teachers Travel With Me15% Discount Participants Do Not Count Towards

Free-SpotFundraising – Some Do I do Not

Communication & Organization

Always Register On-line, Auto-pay!!!EF Handles 99.9%

ONLY Touch Money if it is Tip Money!$7, 2, 1 or $6, 3, 1 ALWAYS BeforehandInsurance

Get a “wing-person” (If Possible)Can Get “touchy”Explain Points versus Responsibility up-front

Attends EVERY MeetingDelegate Duties

Communication & Organization

Optional Excursions: Can Be added into the Price if Participants sign-up on-lineOptional Excursions cut down on free time

Perfect if “Free-time” makes you nervous

Many Are A Great Deal: Greece: Sardonic Island CruiseItaly: Sienna

Educational Content

After the Sign-up Deadline Passes, I have Three Mandatory Meetings

Collect Tip Money, Copy of Passport, Insurance Card, Update Emergency Contacts

Highlight One Major Location and What We Will Be Seeing in Each MeetingMuseums, Foods, Weather, Historical Significance, etc…

Educational ContentDiscuss Free-Time, Offer Three Options For That Day (i.e. Museums, Walking Tours, Shopping, )

Spring Tour Deadline is Before Winter Holidays…Tour Books, or Book as a Gift Idea

Distribute Hotel and Flight Information

The Accreditation Angle I do Not Sell it Enough Because Our County does Not Endorse the trips : “Liability?”

County makes it difficult to earn credit for HS

Random ThoughtsPassport versus Visa

Touch it, check date of expirationPassport Holder – Vertical Neck?

Stress a Routine, Participants are responsible not you

Good for 6 months?Constant Group Reminder via EF.COM always include this

If an Item is too valuable to lose, leave it home!

Random ThoughtsAll Participants should think twice about loaning

out moneyDebit Cards- Contact your Bank and tell them the

dates you will be abroadCell Phones- Call for International Calling and

Texting PlansUse the photo option to take a picture of your

passport, hotel names, Street Signs where you will meet

Try to set meeting times using the same ¼ of an hour (15, 30, 45, 00)

Always Collect Tips BEFORE you leave your home country at one of the mandatory meetings

Random ThoughtsTips- $7- $2- $1 or $6, $3, $1Extra Cash For an “Optional on-the-run”

Catacombs on the Apian WayRome at NightPlay in London

Parents/Adults Touring MUSTSLike Teens, Walking, Challenges of Group Travel

Assimilating with the other groups, Be CordialRooming- Stress Flexibility, and possibility of

“fair” Rotations

Random Thoughts“Less Popular” Tours MAY require even more

flexibilitiesStay over in Newark, but the first flight outYOU MUST turn this into an Positive experience! (i.e. It

will help us all conquer jetlag before getting to our final destination)

Large groups will probably have a few Flight PlansMake sure you have assistants on the various flightsMake emergency plans for What if… you flight leaves

Atlanta and Mine is cancelled out of D.C.Alcohol MUST be discussed up front with Parental

Units in Attendance at a MeetingReview Tour Consultant, Tour Director, Lead-teacher,

and Participant Responsibilities

Any Additional Questions?