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RESERVATIONS: To reserve your space today, please have your credit card available and call toll-free 800-247-7651, Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST. Reservations should be made as early as possible to ensure your first choice of tour is available. To secure reservations on a trip departing within 90 days, a full payment is required by credit card at the time of booking. DEPOSIT AND FINAL PAYMENT: A deposit of $500 per person will secure a reservation. The cost of all GRANDTRAVEL tours is payable in U.S. dollars. Payment can be made by major credit card or personal check. Final payment is due no later than 90 days prior to departure. If payment is not received by 60 days prior to departure, your space is subject to cancellation. CANCELLATIONS/REFUNDS: Cancellations add considerably to the cost of operating a group tour program. We strongly recommend that you purchase travel insurance. After confirmation on the tour, a nonrefundable processing fee of $150 per person will be charged upon written cancellation. Written cancellation between 90-61 days of departure: full refund, minus your deposit (including nonrefundable processing fee). Written cancellation between 60 and 30 days prior to departure: 50% refund of the tour price. Written cancellation within 30 days prior to departure: no refund. Airfare is payable upon issuance of the ticket. Thereafter individual airlines dictate refund and cancellation terms. Cancellation on day of departure or after tour departs: no refund. No refund for unused portions of tour, including, but not limited to, missed meals, hotel nights and sightseeing. Cancellation of program by GRANDTRAVEL: full refund. Cancellation of the program after departure by GRANDTRAVEL: full refund of all land fees, less the cost of service up to the time of the group’s return. NOTE: GRANDTRAVEL does not accept liability for any airline cancellation penalty incurred by the purchase of a non-refundable tickets to the tour departure city and return. TOUR RATE: All rates quoted are per person, based on land and air tariffs and currency values in effect as of June 2008. The rates are based on a minimum of 25 persons traveling together. Children’s rates (when applicable) apply to children who have not yet reached their 12th birthday. Single accommodations are available upon request. Tour Rate Includes: deluxe or best available hotel accommodations, meals and beverages as described in the fi nal itinerary (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner); the services of a GRANDTRAVEL Activity Director and an experienced on-site tour guide; motorcoach and other transportation; hotel taxes; baggage handling; pre-trip notes and guidelines; service charges, and all sightseeing and admissions (as per itinerary). Tour Rate Does Not Include: International or domestic airfare from your home to the tour’s starting point and back to your home city; port and airport taxes; passport photos and fees; visa fees; end-of-tour gratuity to tour guide/driver/ escort; personal items such as wines, liquors, a-la-carte orders, room service, and valet/laundry charges; expenses incurred by GRANDTRAVEL in making individual travel arrangements before or after the program; and other items not specifically mentioned as included. TRAVEL INSURANCE: We strongly recommend trip insurance. A package of trip cancellation, baggage and medical insurance is available through GRANDTRAVEL for coverage of nonrefundable expenses incurred in conjunction with cancellation due to illness or accident. Upon receipt of booking, we will send you information on travel insurance options through a trusted vendor. BAGGAGE ALLOWANCE: Land arrangements include baggage handling for one bag plus one carryon bag (usually not to exceed 44 lbs., but varies depending on the airline) per person. Additional luggage must be cared for by the passenger. DOCUMENTATION: Final trip documents are mailed to Grandtravelers 10 days prior to departure. PERMISSION TO TRAVEL: Grandchildren must have parent’s or children’s legal guardians’ notarized permission to travel on GRANDTRAVEL tours. HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS: To enjoy your travels to the fullest, you and your grandchildren or young traveling companions should be in good physical and mental health. Any physical condition requiring special attention, diets, or treatment must be reported in writing when the reservation is made. We reserve the right to decline to accept or retain any person as a tour member should such a person’s health, mental condition, physical infirmity or attitude jeopardize the operation of the tour or the enjoyment of other participants. ACCOMMODATIONS: GRANDTRAVEL reserves the right to substitute alternative hotels of equal standard and quality on all GRANDTRAVEL itineraries. ITINERARIES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE: Prices quoted are based on land, air and ship tariffs and rates of exchange in effect as of the printing date of this catalog. While we do everything possible to maintain the listed prices, they are subject to change. If it is necessary to levy a surcharge, notification will be given before time of invoicing (approximately 100 days prior to departure). Any such increase in the price must be paid by each traveler prior to departure and does not change the cancellation provisions. All airline tickets issued by Academic Travel Abroad, Inc., are subject to a service fee. The cruise line and/or land operator, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to cancel, reschedule, or substitute a scheduled port of call or city at any time for any reason, without prior notice. The cruise line and/or land operator shall not be held liable for any loss to the passengers by reason of such changes. Daily sequence of events and hotels will be followed as closely as possible but will be changed without notice if warranted by local situations or for operational purposes. RESPONSIBILITY: GRANDTRAVEL acts only as an agent for the passenger with respect to all transportation, hotels, and all matters of reservations and tour operation. We and our agents accept no responsibility for loss, damage, injury, accident, delay or irregularity, expense or liability caused by the defect of any vehicle or negligence or default of any independent contractors, their employees, agents, or representatives. Nor do we accept responsibility for losses or delays arising from sickness, pilferage, acts of terrorism, weather conditions or acts of God. All such losses or expenses shall be borne by the tour participant. By registering for a GRANDTRAVEL trip, the participant certifies that he/she and his/her accompanying minors do not have any physical, mental, or other condition or disability that would create a hazard for himself/herself or other participants. We reserve the right to cancel any tour prior to departure in which case the entire payment will be refunded without further obligation on our part. We likewise reserve the right to decline to accept or retain any tour participant at any time at our sole discretion. In the event of the exercise of this right, we shall be under no liability to such person(s) except to refund such amount as our absolute discretion deems reasonable to attribute to the uncompleted portion of the tour. Baggage is carried at the owner’s risk entirely. It is understood that air, ship or train tickets when issued shall constitute the sole contract between the passenger and carrier concerned. The airlines and all other transportation companies involved in this tour are not to be held responsible for any act, omission, or event during the time the passengers are not on board their plane or conveyances. All services are subject to the laws of the country in which they are rendered. The tour participant agrees on behalf of himself, his dependents, heirs, executors, administrators and assigns to abide by the above conditions and to release and hold harmless, GRANDTRAVEL and any of their representatives from any and all liability for any delays, damage, loss, injury or death occurring in relation to this tour. DISCLOSURE: Names of the companies operating our tours will be disclosed in a final itinerary and anytime upon request. PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO: GRANDTRAVEL reserves the right to take photographs or video during the operation of any tour or part thereof and to use resulting photographs and video for promotional purposes. By traveling with GRANDTRAVEL, tour participants agree to allow their image to be used in such photographs and videos. Tour members who prefer that their image not be used are asked to identify themselves to their GRANDTRAVEL Activity Director at the beginning of the tour. CALIFORNIA SELLER OF TRAVEL PROGRAM
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