Fall and Spring Travel Dates..

Trips are planned for Fall and Spring of each year during the break between quarters. The trips are typically 9 or 10 days in duration and are considered to be all-inclusive trips.

Eligibility The trips are open to all AIFL students and immediate family members. Contacting Kathleen Colussy at kcolussy@aol.com can obtain additional trip information:

Here are the topics for some our meetings:

Dealing with Expectations: Reality Check -- are your expectations realistic???

• Dates of travel & deadlines
• Preparing for travel: passports, visa and more
• How to make Payments to EF via online, by phone or by mail
• Money!…..How much do you really need for spend money? Including…
• Monies for trip beyond the fees….tips, side tours and personal spending
• Making you personal money last or how not to spend all your spend money in first few days of the trip!
• Group Combination Realities
• Learning to Share…or this is a GROUP tour not an Individual tour
• Personal Safety---Personal Responsibility
• Packing and Pre-purchases ideas and info
• Free time
• Itinerary
• Packing Demo: week #8 mandatory for first timers. Due to me week 8 copy of Passport and Drivers License
• Other misc. topics
• Walking walking walking----8-10 hours per day RAIN or SHINE
• Good walking shoes a MUST!!!!!!!!!

ADA in Europe realities.

Bus tours

If you are scheduled to be at the bus within a given time you MUST be there or you may have to make your own arrangements to get to our next destination. This is one of those group realities for example if we go to Versaille and you are not back within 15 minutes of the scheduled time you will need to make your own arrangements to get back into Paris. The buses are scheduled and will NOT wait for us if we are late. The buses are contracted out and will NOT wait for stragglers. This is not unkind it is just a reality anyone who insists on being late will pay the consequences of their personal choices. This is a group tour and it will not be manipulated by the whims or timelines of a few who can not follow instructions.

PASSPORT & Visa Information:

You will need to have current passport and/or visa to travel. Foreign students studying in the US must contact their embassy/governments to determine what if any visas are required to travel.

Obtaining Passport and/or a Visa is NOT the group leaders responsibility ---the student and/or guest participant is solely responsible for obtaining a current and legally compliant passport and or visa. To not have these 99 days prior to travel can result in your in ability to travel with our group regardless of whether or not payments have been made. Kindly use the following links to get your passport in order for travel:

Passport info : http://travel.state.gov/passport_services.html