Preparing fordeparture Confirmed dates and itinerary Coverage Optional excursions Passports and visas Emergency contacts Tipping (already covered) Spending money Packing Flights Arrival Tour Director Hotels Rooming Meals Your resources Tools to travel with A world of support

Our Confirmed Tour : Rome and Athens

Our Confirmed Departure Date: June 27, 2015

Our Confirmed Return Date: July 7, 2015

Our itinerary:

For just $155 your plan covers:

Illness and accident

Baggage and property

Tour cancellation and interruption

Flight delay

24-hour access to an English-speaking representative

All-Inclusive Coverage Plan

Optionalexcursions

All travelers are responsible for securing necessary documentation

Carry a copy of your passport with you and also leave a copy at home.

Passports and visas

Valid passports are required for all travelers.

Name and gender listedon your EF account must exactly match passport information.

Passports must be valid for 6 months after tour.

Non-U.S. citizens may require special visas or other travel documents.

EF will use the emergency contact list if they need to communicate any information while we’re on tour.

Emergency contacts cannot be traveling with this group and must be available for the duration of the tour.

Confirm your emergency contacts at least 30 days prior to departure.

Make sure your information is correct and up to date. All changes can be made on your personalized website.

If you are contacted with an emergency, call the next person on your list to relay the information.

Emergency contacts

Bus driver: $3 per day per participant

$3 per day x 9 days of tour = $27 per person

PLUS other drivers in States and Abroad

Tour Director: $6-8 per day per participant

$6-8 per day x11 days of tour = $66- $88 per person

Local guides: $1-2 per local guide per participant x 3 local guides = $6 per person

Tipping, guides and drivers

Total: $140 per traveler

ATMs are the best way to get money.

Don’t bring traveler’s checks, which can be difficult to cash.

Notify your bank or credit card company that you’ll be abroad.

Bring the equivalent of $50 - 60 in the currency of your arrival destination.

We are responsible for our lunches and tipping.

Spending money

Packing Pack light: We will be responsible

for loading our own luggage on and off the bus and into hotels.

You are responsible for any luggage handling fees charged by the airlines. See the fees at eftours.com/baggage

Carry any valuables or medications in your EF backpack or carry-on.

Pack a change of clothes in your carry-on in case your luggage is lost.

A full packing list can be found

in the Tour Handbook or at eftours.com/packinglist

Group meeting point : Shikellamy High School

Group meeting time: 11:00 am

Flights

In-flight meal requests

Contact the airlines at least 72 hours prior to departure.

Baggage allowance

Confirm baggage allowance with each airline before departure. You’re responsible for any associated fees. eftours.com/baggage

Seat assignments

Our seats will be assigned at check-in.

Your ticket

Frequent flier miles cannot be accrued, and tickets are not eligible for upgrade.

Flights

We’ll meet our Tour Director once we have cleared customs and claimed our baggage.

We might have to wait at the airport for other groups.

We will start the tour right away and won’t check in to our hotel until the end of the day.

Staying awake throughout the arrival day is the best way to beat jet lag. Taking a nap might make you feel worse.

Arrival

Our dedicated Tour Director will be with us the whole time to handle logistics and provide suggestions for activities.

All Tour Directors are trained to handle challenging situations and emergencies that might arise.

Tour Directors have 24-hour access to local EF offices, as well as our worldwide and North American headquarters.

Tour Director

Hotels Generally, hotel rooms are smaller than in the U.S.

Most hotels will not have air conditioning or elevators.

Wi-Fi will not always be available, and when it is there may be a fee.

Late check-ins may be necessary.

Students are roomed 3-4 per room in a combination of twin and shared double beds.

Adults will share twin rooms with other adults.

Students may be roomed with EF travelers from different schools.

Rooming

Meals Breakfast typically includes cereal,

bread, juice, coffee and tea.

Lunch is on our own.

Dinners will be a mix of local cuisine and familiar dishes and will be a preset meal for our entire group, rather than ordering from a menu.

Food portions are smaller than they are in the U.S.

Table water is included; other beverages are an additional cost.

Bottled water is included in countries where it is deemed necessary.

Inform us of any allergies.

Tour Handbook: You should have received this 30 days after enrollment.

Safety Handbook: Look for it in the mail about 50 days prior to departure.

Personalized website: Log in to watch destination videos, review your itinerary and find hotel and flight information as it becomes available.

Your resources

EF Backpack: Great for your carry-on bag or for use during the day.

Emergency Calling Instructions card: How to reach the local equivalent of 911 while abroad.

Tools to travel with

Only dial this number in the event of an emergency.

A world of supportEF Emergency Service Team numbers

From the U.S.: 800-637-8222While abroad: 001-617-619-2913

Wikispace – Blog of Trip

www.ruthsc.wikispaces.com

http://ruthsc.wikispaces.com/2015+Italy+and+Greece

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The purpose of life is to live it, to taste it, to experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear

for newer and richer experience.ELEANOR ROOSEVELT