Ready Meeting - 2016

Get Ready…Switzerland and

Italy!Summer Break

March 10-21, 2016

(140 days)

Things to discuss:

●Tour Expectations●Passports & Visas●EF Insurance●Rooming Individually, Special

Arrangements, & Contact Information●Payments & Deadlines●Packing Suggestions●Extension/Excursions ●Ireland/Wales/England 2017

What we’ll do, try and explore

Day 1: Fly overnight to Switzerland

Day 2: Zurich | Lucerne – Meet your Tour Director at the airport – Travel to the Lucerne region

Day 3: Lucerne● Lion Monument● Chapel Bridge

Excursion: Visit Mount Pilatus Excursion: Attend a Swiss Folklore Evening

Day 4: Italian Lakes region – Travel to Italian Lakes region

● Lake Como● Free time in

Bellagio

Day 5: Venice | Italian Lakes region – Travel to Venice

● Grand Canal● St. Mark’s Square● Doge’s Palace● Bridge of Sighs● Glass Blowing

Demonstration

Days 6-7: Florence – Travel to Florence –

● Piazza della Signoria

● Ponte Vecchio● Chiesa di Santa

Croce● Gates of Paradise● Visit the Duomo● See a leather-

making demonstration

Excursion: Visit Pisa

Day 8: Assisi | Rome – Travel to Assisi –

● Basilica of St. Francis

Day 9: Rome – ● Vatican City● Sistine Chapel● Visit St. Peter’s

Basilica● Colosseum● Visit the Roman

Forum● Self-guided walking

tour of Rome

Extension:Days 10-12: Sorrento region | Rome

● Pompeii● Capri● Island cruise

Tour Expectations

● Educational Tour● Food/Water● Shots/Immunizations● Hotels – TV/AC/Size● Travel Dates● Tour Locations● Expenses

○ Spending Money ($30-60 per day)○ Tipping ($100/person) – You are going to bring this to me at our

last meeting and I will handle.

Passports

●Application Process●www.travel.state.gov (passports; 6-8 weeks)●http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/country.ht

ml (No Visas Needed for Switzerland or Italy)

●Bring Passport to Next Meeting if not Today

●Name Changes●Extra Passport Pictures

Tour Insurance

●EF Tour Insurance ○All-Inclusive ($155)

●Tour Cancellation & Interruption●Medical & Accident●Baggage & Property

●Private Insurance

Travel Cards/Special Arrangements

●Emails●Emergency Phone Tree●Special Arrangements

○Medical○Food○Rooming○Special Travel

Payments & Deadlines

●AutoPay – Ends in February●Special Payments

○Pay off using tax refund○Need to skip a month?

Topics for Next Meeting

●Tipping●Optional Excursions●Packing●Phone ●Credit Cards●Spending Money●Passports

Things to Bring to Next Meeting

●Passport (if you didn’t today)●Additional Information for Data Form●Student Travelers – Mead Composition

Notebook

Ireland/Wales/England – March 2017

HomeworkEveryone: Pick out a suitcase that is “carry on” size. Bring it and a backpack to the next meeting.

Student Travelers: Pick one stop on our itinerary that you would like to learn more about. It could be a region, building, or event. You are going to eventually research your choice and present a brief summary of what you learned. For now, pick your topic and write it in your travel journal.

Contact Info

●Shannon Taylor – [email protected]