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Return to Vimy 2017

April 3, 2017 - April 13, 2017

Why Should You Travel?

The Experience is Everything

Educational travel is a vital part of a complete education. It expands views, promotes understanding, and provides first-hand experiences of classroom lessons.

The majority of individuals that participated in youth travel directly credit their travel experiences as positively impacting their education and career.

Highlights of What We’ll See

Louvre London Eye Wheel Vimy Trenches Anne Frank House

Tour Itinerary

Day 1 Start Tour Day 2 Hello London

• Meet your Tour Director and check into hotel • London city walk: Thames River, Trafalgar Square,

National Gallery visit, Piccadilly Circus, Covent Garden, Leicester Square and Soho

• Traditional Fish & chips dinner

Day 3 London

• London Eye Millennium Wheel • Imperial War Museum visit • Kensington Palace visit • Traditional Curry dinner • West End theatre performance

Day 4 London--Paris

• Eurostar Chunnel crossing • Paris city walk: Ile de la Cité, Notre Dame Cathedral

visit, Ile St. Louis and Latin Quarter visit

• Visit Louvre • Dinner in Latin Quarter

Tour Itinerary

Day 5 Paris

• Paris guided sightseeing tour: Arc de

Triomphe, Champs-Élysées, Eiffel Tower, Champ de Mars, École Militaire, Les Invalides, Conciergerie, Tuileries, Place Vendôme and Opera House

• Les Invalides visit • Seine River cruise • Eiffel Tower ascent • Dinner at a crêperie

Day 6 Paris--Vimy

• Travel to Vimy via Dieppe • Tour Director led sightseeing of Dieppe • Visit one of the Canadian landing beaches in Dieppe • Travel to Vimy Ridge • Vimy Ridge 100th Anniversary Event

Day 7 Vimy Ridge

• Vimy Ridge Memorial visit •

Vimy Trenches visit and Vimy Tunnels visit and Memorial Museum visit

• Lunch included • Vimy Ridge 100th Anniversary Event

Tour Itinerary

Day 8 Flanders

• In Flanders Fields' Museum visit • St Julien Memorial • Talbot House Museum • Last Post ceremony at Menin Gate

Day 9 Flanders—Amsterdam

• Travel to Amsterdam via Bruges • Chocolate factory visit • Amsterdam city walk • Dinner

Day 10 Amsterdam

• Amsterdam Tour Director-led sightseeing tour:

Canal guided cruise, Diamond factory visit and Anne Frank House visit

• Van Gogh Museum visit • Dinner

Day 11 End Tour

What’s Included?

Additional Costs /Requirements:

*Passports & Visas  Our destinations required a valid Canadian Passport at 99 days before departure. (most countries need a valid passport expiration date with at least 6

months from your return date)

 Please make sure that travellers who do not hold a Canadian passport have the correct Visa or transfer visas. (including connection flights) *Local tipping (optional) *Baggage fee (if applicable) *Snacks, Beverages & Lunches (unless otherwise noted) *Souvenirs *Free time activities *Shore excursions (on cruise tours only) *the cost of these items are not included in the total price o o o o o o o o o o o Round-trip airfare 9 overnight stays in hotels with private bathrooms Full European breakfast daily Dinner daily Full-time services of a professional Tour Director Guided sightseeing tours and city walks as per itinerary Visits to select attractions as per itinerary Note: On arrival day only dinner is provided; on departure day, only breakfast is provided Tour Diary™ On-Tour Tipping Travel Protection Plan Plus

Travel With Confidence

Travel Protection

4 out of 5 Explorica travellers protect their tours with the travel protection plan.

Travel Protection Plan

$12 per day (up to a maximum of $180).

Must be purchased by your last payment.

Travel Protection Plan

Plus *Included

$18 per day (up to a maximum of $270).

Must be purchased within 14 days of enrollment.

Questions:

Call Tripmate 888-421-5378 Plan # CN433C

To learn more about cancel for any reason and other benefits, go online: http://www.explorica.ca/Resources/Travel-Protection-Plan.aspx

Travel Protection Details

Explorica’s Travel Protection Plan covers you for:

• • • • • • A traveller’s injury, sickness, or death of a family member.

Loss of passport or visas.

Flight cancellations due to strike or bad weather.

Loss of luggage and personal effects.

Trip Cancellation or Trip Interruption due to covered reasons such as a covered sickness, illness, injury or death.

Trip Cancellation or Trip Interruption due to defined Terrorist Acts.

Explorica’s Travel Protection Plan

Plus

• •

covers you for:

Same benefits as standard plan PLUS Cancel for Any Reason Waiver Benefit.

With the Cancel for Any Reason Waiver Benefit, if you cancel your trip for any reason not otherwise covered by this policy, TripMate will reimburse you for 75% of the non refundable cancellation fees which apply to your trip.

Please see Terms & Conditions for complete information regarding Travel Protection Plans.

Pricing Details

*Only for limited time! Sign up before 12/18/2014 and pay $15 deposit on monthly automated Plan!

* restrictions applies

Payment Options

Automatic Monthly Payment Plans

• $15 non-refundable deposit and travel protection plus paid upon registration.

(After 12/18/14 your deposit will be $195)

• Billed automatically to your credit card or chequing account.

• • • • Auto-withdrawals on either the 5 th or 20 th of the month.

Balance divided into equal monthly payments until 35 days prior to departure with your chequing account.

Only on credit cards until 65 days prior to departure.

See the Tour Centre for the current monthly payment amount.

Manual Payment Plan – 3 step

( Payments are not automatically withdrawn) • $195 non-refundable deposit and travel protection plus paid upon registration.

• • 30 days after registration, 2 nd payment of $600 is due.

Remainder balance due 99 days prior to departure.

Pay in Full

• Entire balance paid upon registration.

• Payments by cheque or credit card.

Enrolling Online is Easy

Visit www.explorica.ca

Find the “Students: Sign Up” button and then click to go to the next page

Enter the Tour Centre ID Grey-Highlands-751

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Contact Explorica

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