Ready Meeting - 2016
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Get Ready… Switzerland and Italy! Summer Break March 10-21, 2016 (140 days)
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Ready Meeting - 2016
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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.
