Sign Up by Sept. 6 for Italy and Greece Trip to Avoid Price Increase

By Suzanne Camp

Signup has officially begun for the Summer 2009 trip to Italy, Greece and Turkey.  The trip will take participants to many historical landmarks as well as a cruise of the beautiful Greek Isles.  The group leader of the trip is Bob Wallace who is assisted by Suzanne Camp and Bob Blanton.  Although geared toward high school and college students, teachers or other adults with an interest in cultural and educational experiences through international travel are welcome to participate.  Middle school aged students be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

We have just been notified that there will be a significant price increase after Saturday, September 6th.  If you are interested in joining us on this exciting trip, please sign up on or before September 6th to lock in your price at the lower rate.

The trip is entitled Italy and Greece with cruise, but it also takes an excursion into Turkey.  This trip includes a 3 day island cruise around the Greek isles.  Some highlights include visiting St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, the Colosseum, Pantheon and Trevi Fountain in Rome, a visit to Pompeii which is one of the richest archaeological sites in the world, the temple of Apollo and the Delphi museum, climb the Acropolis to view the majestic Parthenon, visit the temple of the Olympian Zeus, a cruise with ports of call to several Greek isles, a visit to Ephesus and the house of the Virgin Mary where she is believed to have lived her last years.

The current student cost for this is $3889 and the adult cost is $4459. All prices include round trip air fare, hotel accommodations with double occupancy for adults and four students per room, breakfast and dinner daily, except on the cruise where 3 meals daily are included, all transportation including chartered bus, ferry and cruise ship, bilingual tour guide who accompanies the group for the entire trip, as well as local tour guides in specified areas, and entrances to exhibits, museums, etc., which are listed on the trip.  The only additional costs would be for lunch on 10 of the days, souvenirs and tips.  Although it is educational, it is not affiliated with the Wakulla County School board.  The trip is organized by EF Educational Tours.

{sidebar id=1}Go to www.eftours.com/IAG for more information.  Signup has begun.  There is a one time lifetime membership fee of $95 which is the minimum signup fee.  We recommend that you sign up with the membership fee and initial deposit which total around $400.00. The tour number is 473218.  Once you have signed up your program fee is locked in.  With the price of gas continuing to rise, the prices will be increasing further.  Without the autopay option, the trip must be paid for 90 days prior to departure.  Autopay charges a credit card or does a bank draft of equal amounts every month. If you sign up this month with the autopay option, the monthly payments will be approximately $510 for students and $581 for adults.

If you have any questions or are interested in going on one of the trips, contact one of the sponsors via e-mail or phone at the numbers listed below to get signup instructions.  Bob Wallace at rdwallace1@comcast.net  or 877-3111, Suzanne Camp at camps@embarqmail.com or call 926-1550(home) or 251-9620(cell), or Bob Blanton at 671-4737 or bcet4fsu@aol.com .

Click here to view trip itinerary with great photos!  

This information originally published on September 1, 2008.

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