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8 Day Highlights of China
October Half Term 2014
NST Educational Visits®
Bringing the curriculum to life
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About NST Travel Group
 Established in 1967
 Europe’s leading educational travel company
 Offices in Blackpool, Cambridge and Dublin
 Offering tailored educational tours for schools, colleges
and universities in the UK, Europe and Worldwide
 Enviable reputation for quality, professionalism and value
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Safety & Financial Security
NST offers complete peace of mind when
placing a booking:
NST’s Safety Management System
NST’s pioneering Safety Management System is externally verified
each year. This covers all of your arrangements, including transport,
accommodation, visits and 24-hour contact whilst on your tour.
School Travel Forum
NST’s pioneering principle of using externally verified safety
management systems, to reassure and support teachers, pre-dated
the government’s support within HASPEV guidelines. This was
adopted by the School Travel Forum and is supported by Unions,
Headteachers’ Associations and welcomed by LEA Advisors.
Supported by:
National
Union of
Teachers
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Safety & Financial Security
NST offers complete peace of mind when
placing a booking:
Association of British Travel Agents
Members offer consistently high standards of trading practice meaning
financial arrangements are completely secure.
Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing
ATOL licences are issued by the Civil Aviation Authority, a bond which
guarantees financial protection for you.
International Air Transport Association
As an accredited IATA agent, NST is licensed to issue air tickets on
behalf of airlines.
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Visit Objectives
“
We believe that every young person should
experience the world beyond the classroom
as an essential part of learning and personal
development, whatever their age, ability and
circumstances.
”
Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto, DCSF (formerly DfES)
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Travel Information
 Flights will be to Beijing in China and are normally
with Air China or British Airways
 The group will be provided with meal and
refreshments during the flight
 The flight to China is direct and takes approximately
10 hours
The return flights from Shanghai will be
appoximately 12 hours
 China is GMT +8 hours
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What’s included
WHAT DOES YOUR TOUR INCLUDE?
 Full programme of visits, including coach
transportation, entrance fees and additional local
guide services
 Accommodation on a full board basis (every
breakfast, most lunches & evening meals but some
Western meals not included to allow more food
choice by the students.)
 English-speaking national guide to accompany
your group on tour
 Travel insurance
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8 Day Highlights of China
BEIJING, XIAN & SHANGHAI
 First night is spent on the flight travelling
from London to Beijing
 Following 2 nights are spent in China’s
bustling capital, Beijing
 1 night on the overnight train taking you
from Beijing to Xian
 1 night in Xian
 2 nights in Shanghai
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8 Day Highlights of China
BEIJING, XIAN & SHANGHAI
 The following is the proposed itinerary but
there may be some rearrangement or
possible cancellation of the order of visits due
to traffic or opening arrangements.
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8 Day Highlights of China
DAY 1: OUTBOUND TRAVEL
 10 hour flight departing from London to
Beijing
Overnight on the flight
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8 Day Highlights of China
DAY 2: BEIJING
 late morning arrival in Beijing
 You will be met on arrival by your accompanying
guide who will remain with you throughout your tour
 Beijing Olympic Stadium Visit
 Lunch at Western Restaurant (personal pay)
Afternoon visit to:
 Temple of Heaven
Your guide will escort you on your transfer to your
hotel in Beijing and assist with your check-in .
 Evening meal at Chinese restaurant (first meal
included)
Overnight in Beijing
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Temple of Heaven
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8 Day Highlights of China
DAY 3: BEIJING
Morning visits to:
 Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square
Continue on to:
 Forbidden City (also known as Imperial Palace)
Calligraphy Lesson
Evening meal at Chinese restaurant
Chinese acrobat show
Overnight in Beijing
Forbidden City
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8 Day Highlights of China
DAY 4: BEIJING
Full day of visits to:
 Great Wall of China
Lunch and cloisonné factory
Great Wall
The Summer palace
Pearl factory and shopping
Overnight on the train to Xian in 4 berth
compartments
Sacred Way
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8 Day Highlights of China
DAY 5: XIAN
Arrive in Xian and transfer to your hotel for Check-in
and breakfast
 Morning Visit to
Huaqing Hot Springs
 Terracotta Army factory shop
Huaqing Hot Springs
 Afternoon visit to
Terracotta Army
Tang Dynasty Show whilst enjoying a traditional
Chinese banquet
Overnight in Xian
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Terracotta Army
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8 Day Highlights of China
Wild Goose Pagoda
DAY 6: XIAN
Possible morning visit to panda sanctuary
This CANNOT be confirmed in advance and
may not happen.
Afternoon visit to
 Wild Goose Pagoda
 City Wall
 Late afternoon flight to Shanghai
Transfer to your hotel for check-in
Overnight in Shanghai
City Wall
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8 Day Highlights of China
DAY 7 : SHANGHAI
Visit to:
 Jade Buddha Temple
 Yuyuan Garden and shopping
 Nanjing Road shopping
Chinese evening meal
Evening western meal and one
hour cruise on the Huangpu River
Overnight in Shanghai
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8 Day Highlights of China
DAY 8: RETURN JOURNEY
 After breakfast transfer to the airport for the return
flight to the UK
 Evening arrival in UK
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Accommodation
 Accommodation of a 3* standard is provided
in each city. Students will be accommodated in
twin rooms
 Your tour is based on a nearly full board basis
which includes free breakfast, lunch and most
evening meals
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Weather
Temperature (Degrees C)
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Beijing
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Xian
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Travel Tips
Passport & Visa
All students travelling must hold a full passport.
Visas are required.
We will need to apply for visas in good time, as non-issue of visas is not covered under the
cancellation section of your insurance, and you may not be allowed to travel as a result so you
may need to renew a passport early.
If you have any doubts about passports or visa requirements, please email me at
[email protected]
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Travel Tips
Food & Drink
Breakfast, lunch and most evening meals are included in your tour cost. Vegetarian diets can be
catered for with advance notice.
Lunch in China will be provided at a local restaurant and will be arranged during the day around
visits. Evening meals will be at a local restaurant. The local restaurants will vary throughout the
tour dependent on visit locations. Therefore a variety of meals will be experienced.
Medical
There are no compulsory inoculations for travellers to China. Please refer to the Travellers Guide
to Health leaflet T6 available from the Post Office
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Travel Tips
Money
The Chinese currently is the Tenminibi (RMB) or Yuan. We recommended that you change your
English money into Yuan before travel.
Most guides in China are self-employed and rely considerably on tipping for their skills and service
The recommended acceptable minimum level is calculated as £26 per person for the tour duration
but that is all included in your cost.
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What’s Included?
The visit cost of approx. £1790 includes:
• Return transportation by air
• 6 nights / 8 days mostly full-board
• Travel insurance including cancellation due to ill health or parental redundancy
• Visits and entrance fees and all travel within China
• All tipping
•The cost of the Chinese Visa and the fee from the processing centre for British
passport holders.
•The cost of the tour hoodie worn to identify girls whilst travelling and on visits.
•As costs of flights are not yet known I have had to build in contingency amounts.
•Any money left over will be returned to the girls in Yuan for spending money
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Next Steps
The official letter including reply slip and code of conduct is
in the letters section of the website
First deposit:. If you wish to join this visit, can you please return the reply slip
and code of conduct to the payments office by 4th December 2012. I will require the
initial £170 deposit as a cheque to secure your booking at this stage .
The participants will be confirmed before Christmas . If you are not selected for the
trip the deposit cheque will be returned.
Successful applicants
Staged payments: The balance of the cost will need to be paid via cheques for £90
post dated the 10th of each month from January 2013 to June 2014 inclusive. All 18
of these post dated cheques need to given in by the successful applicants to the
payments office or contact Mrs Hover by 10th Jan 2013 to arrange a monthly standing
order.
. As discussed earlier in this presentation, you will need to ensure that all passport
and visa requirements are satisfied. If you have any doubts especially if you do not
have a British passport please email me at [email protected]
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Further Information
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NST Travel Group, please visit:
www.nstgroup.co.uk
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