Tips About Visiting France:
PASSPORTS, VISAS, INOCULATIONS: All participants must carry a valid passport. Notify us at time of enrollment if you are NOT a U.S. citizen, so we may advise you properly. Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months after the end of your trip. At present there are no visa/special inoculation requirements of U.S. citizens visiting France.
LUGGAGE: Our participants are limited to one moderate-size suitcase per person plus one small carry-on. The carry-on must be light enough to be carried by you at all times. We suggest that you travel with a suitcase with wheels, as there may be certain times where there are no porters available and where you may have to handle your own luggage.
WEATHER AND CLOTHES: Early/mid October is usually a nice fall
weather, but it could be cooler or cold at night. Plan on wearing
comfortable, casual clothing for most activities. We recommend to bring
one nice dinner outfit for dining out in “upscale” restaurants
occasionally. Please bring a warm coat, raincoat, hat, gloves and
comfortable shoes, but leave your jewelry and other valuables at home.
SMOKING: This is a NO-SMOKING trip within our group. However, we cannot assure you that locals or travelers from other countries whom we may encounter will be non-smokers.
AIRFARE: If you need to purchase your airfare you may wish to check Air France at www.airfrance.us
TRANSFERS: We do not provide transfers to and from the airport in France, however you may wish to contact Hotel Therese directly, as it does provide transfer services for additional charge. We will provide some online links if you need help arranging the transfers.
TRAVEL INSURANCE: While we fully recognize that the decision to purchase (or not to purchase) travel insurance is a personal one, we would be remiss if we didn’t strongly urge you to protect yourself with travel insurance. Travel insurance is a composite of coverage for your cancellation or interruption of the trip, baggage loss or damage, accident/sickness medical expenses and emergency medical transportation (medivac). It is particularly important if you are on Medicare, since Medicare does not cover events requiring medical attention that occur outside the borders of the U.S.
OTHER INFORMATION: Further information on packing hints, cameras, money exchange, shopping, addresses abroad, helpful on-line links, and other matters will be sent to participants after enrollment.
CONSUMER DISCLOSE NOTICE
RASA TRAVEL and any sponsoring organizations or selling agents act only as agent for the hotels, airlines, bus companies, railroads, ship lines or owners or contractors providing accommodations, transportation or other services and all coupons, exchange orders, receipts, contracts and tickets issued by RASA TRAVEL are subject to any and all tariffs terms and conditions under which any accommodations, transportation or any other services whatsoever are provided by such hotels, airlines, bus companies, railroads, ship lines or owners or contractors or by their person in employ. On advancement of deposit for tour participation, and by the acceptance of tour membership and/or such coupons, exchange orders, receipts, contracts and tickets, the tour participant agrees to the foregoing and also agrees that neither RASA TRAVEL nor any of its affiliates, subsidiaries or sponsoring organizations or selling agents shall be or become liable or responsible for any loss, injury or damage to person, property or otherwise in connection with any accommodations, transportation or other services resulting directly or indirectly from acts of God, dangers incident to the sea, fire, breakdown in machinery or equipment, storm, floods, acts of government or other activities, de jure or de facto wars, whether declared or not, hostilities, civil disturbances, strikes, riots, thefts, pilferage, epidemics, quarantines, medical or customs regulations, defaults, delays or cancellations of or change in itinerary or schedules, or from any cause beyond RASA TRAVEL control, or for any loss or damage resulting from insufficient or improperly issued passports, visas or other documents and that neither RASA TRAVEL nor any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, sponsoring organizations, or selling agents, shall be or become liable or responsible for any additional expenses or liability sustained or incurred by the tour participants as a result of any of the foregoing causes.
RASA TRAVEL reserves the right to substitute hotels, reverse the order of places to be visited and make such alterations to the itinerary as may be deemed necessary for carrying out of the tour either before departure or en route or to withdraw any tour and RASA TRAVEL's liability is limited to refund of monies received by RASA TRAVEL. RASA TRAVEL is not responsible nor liable for defaults of those not directly under the control of RASA TRAVEL.
RASA TRAVEL reserves the right to decline to accept or retain any person as a tour passenger should such person's health, mental condition, physical infirmity or general deportment impede the operation of the tour or the rights or welfare or enjoyment of other tour passengers. A refund of unused land tour services is the limit of RASA TRAVEL's liability and will be paid upon passenger's return home.
Price of the tour is based on tariffs and exchange rate in effect on date of publication of this brochure and is subject to adjustment (either way) prior to departure should such tariffs or exchange rates change.
This tour is operated by RASA TRAVEL, 2150 Allston Way, Suite 280, Berkeley, CA 94704. The company is registered in the state of California under California Seller of Travel (CST) License No.#2053683-50. However, we are mandated by California law to advise that out-of-state trip purchasers are not covered by this license.
