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Tour Preparation Getting Started Tour Preparation Pre-Departure Information Payment Schedule and Cancellation Policies Insurance Once your group is formed, we will assist you in preparing your students for their trip by providing tour preparation materials. You will receive the following information for your students in mid-late fall: A Pre-Tour Handbook A Parents' Handbook Travel Tips Passport Information Airline Luggage Information Teacher Contact Information (when applicable) Family Stay Questionnaire (when applicable) A Pre-Tour Handbook This handbook contains information specific to the country(ies) your group is visiting, including What to pack What to expect at the hotels or student centers What to expect in a restaurant What to expect on a typical day on tour Websites of the cities and countries visited Basic vocabulary that is frequently used on tour parents' Handbook With the invoice for the intermediary payment, CETA mails a copy of our Parents' Handbook.  This handbook is intended to serve as a guide for parents as they help their child prepare for tour.  Topics covered include homesickness, packing, calling home and much more.  Travel Tips This brochure contains useful information about how best to deal with getting currency abroad. It spells out the advantages/disadvantages of exchanging cash, and travelers checks, as well as using credit cards and ATM cards abroad. It also has some more information about packing. Passport Information You will receive a sample passport application along with the information about the required documents and pictures that are necessary to submit with your actual passport application. The prices of passports are also listed. Airline Luggage Information This document will give you the carry-on size and checked baggage size requirements specific to the air line your group will be flying. Teacher Contact Information (when applicable) If your group is traveling with another school or schools on a CETA organized tour, we will send you the names and contact information of the other teachers as well as the tour leader for your group. Included in the contact information is a list of topics that we recommend you discuss with the other teachers on the tour before you depart. Family stay questionnaire (when applicable) If your group is having CETA arrange a family stay as a part of your tour, you will receive a family stay questionnaire for each of your students to complete. We will give you a deadline by which we need the completed questionnaire along with a letter to their prospective host families. After we have received all of the questionnaires and letters, we will mail to our respective contact in the country in which your group is traveling. Shortly before you depart, you will receive a list of all of the host families' names, addresses and phone numbers as well as contact information for the local coordinator for your group. Jungfrau Region, Switzerland