EF Tours presentation

1. 1728932ZW

2. WHY TRAVEL?
Benefits to your child
Global Citizenship
Why Costa Rica?
Global Classroom

3. OUR MEETING AGENDA
•Educational Objectives
•Why EF?
•Wherever we learn, EF is there
•Tour Highlights
•Why Group Travel?
•weShare
•All-Inclusive Coverage Plan
•My Approach to Safety
•What are you responsible for?
•Passports and Visas
•Everything You Get
•EF Price Guarantee & Payment Options
•Paying for Your Tour
•How do I Reserve my Spot

4. EDUCATIONAL
OBJECTIVES
Align with school curricula to bring subjects,
people, places and events to life.
Promote understanding, cultural respect,
language learning and global citizenship.
Sharpen key 21st century skills, including
communication and global competence.
Navigate new experiences and adapt to
change with confidence.

5. WHY EF?
Safety first
•All-Inclusive Coverage Plan
•6-to-1 student-to-chaperone ratio
•Trained and licensed local guides
•24-hour emergency on-call service
Most educational
•Fully accredited, just like our school
•Full-time personal, bilingual Tour Director
Best Value
•Highest quality at the guaranteed lowest prices
•Planning and organizing all tour logistics by travel
experts
Peace of Mind
•Should social unrest or natural events make traveling
to our destination unsafe, EF will work with our group
to make alternative arrangements.

6. WHEREVER WE LEARN, EF IS THERE
EF has 37,000 staff and teachers in
more than 500 offices in over 50 countries

7. Our Itinerary

8. Traveling with EF
Group travel keeps tours affordable,
allowing more students to see the world
• Combined groups get the best value
• Tour choice and departure date flexibility to
match with other groups
• Meet other students from around the country
• Our departure date window is 6/12/2016 –
6/20/2016
Traveling with EF
WHY GROUP TRAVEL?

9. A MORE ENGAGING
LEARNING EXPERIENCE
weShare
Students learn on a deeper level when their
lessons connect to their own lives. EF’s weShare
platform makes sure that happens on tour.
• Taps into each student’s strengths and
passions
• Helps put a more personal lens on their
experience
• Gives students a chance to reflect on and
share what they’ve learned through post-
tour presentations and videos
• Provides opportunity to earn high school
or college credit

10. ALL-INCLUSIVE
COVERAGE PLAN
The plan covers your child for
• Tour cancellation and interruption
• Illness and accident
• Baggage and property
• Flight delay
• 24hr access to an English-speaking
representative
For more information, call EF’s Customer Service Department
at 800-665-5364, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday–Friday.

11. MY APPROACH
TO SAFETY
The same rules and behavioral
expectations that apply to school will
apply on my tour.
If a traveler violates my rules, I have the
right to send them home from tour at the
parents’ expense.

12. WHAT ARE YOU
RESPONSIBLE FOR?
•Spending money for optional excursions, free
time activities, souvenirs, beverages, and
snacks ($30-$65 per day)
•Tips for your Tour Director, bus driver and
local guides (around $10 per day)
•Passport and/or visa fees
These are all necessities each traveler will
be responsible for on this tour.

13. PASSPORTS AND VISAS
All travelers are responsible for securing
necessary documentation
•Valid passports are required for all travelers
•Passports may take up to 14 weeks to process
•Some destinations may require travel visas
•Non-U.S. citizens may require special visas or other
travel documents
•Important note: Passports must be valid for at least
six months after our scheduled return date

14. EVERYTHING YOU GET
Full-time, bilingual Tour Director
Educational itinerary
Sightseeing led by licensed local guides
Entrance fees to select attractions
weShare, EF’s online platform for a deeper
learning experience
Round-trip flights on major carriers
Hotels with private bathrooms
Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily
Comfortable motorcoach
All-Inclusive Coverage Plan
Program price includes

15. PAYMENT OPTIONS
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1 Pay in Full at Enrollment
• Pay your entire balance at the time you enroll
• Payment methods accepted: Visa or MasterCard, ATM/debit card or personal checks.
Automatic Payment Plan – Free
• Payments automatically deducted from your bank account – choose monthly or bi-weekly
• Payment methods accepted: ATM/debit card or checking account only.
Manual Payment Plan - $50 plan fee
• Receive invoices and make your payments in up to three installments
• Payment methods accepted: Visa or MasterCard, ATM/debit cards or personal checks.

16. PAYING FOR
YOUR TOUR
EF Price Guarantee - your guaranteed lowest
price will never change once you enroll
$
162 a month

17. For more information, call EF’s Customer Service Department
at 800-665-5364, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday–Friday.
HOW DO I RESERVE
MY SPOT?
Online
www.eftours.com/1728932ZW
Phone
800-665-5364
Tour Number
1728932ZW
Application deadline
4/17/2015

18. eftours.com/ 1728932ZW
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