Payment and Cancellation Policies

Final payments for Summer 2008 tours are due March 28, 2008
Please refer to your tour brochure for the 2008 cancellation policies applicable to your tour.

Payment Schedule for 2009 Spring Tours (departing February - April 2009)

$500 is due with the application
$1,000 is due October 15, 2008
Remaining balance is due January 15, 2009
All checks or money orders should be made out to "CETA Tours" and include the trip code and participant's name.

Payment Schedule for 2009 Summer Tours (departing May - August 2009)

$500 is due with the application
$1,000 is due January 15, 2009
Remaining balance is due March 16, 2009
All checks or money orders should be made out to "CETA Tours" and include the trip code and participant's name.

Do you offer scholarships?
We are pleased to offer 5 student travel scholarships for the 2008 travel year. Each need-based scholarship is worth $500 and will be applied to the final cost of the tour. Students interested in applying for a CETA scholarship should contact CETA Tours for an application.

Do I need to collect my students' payments?
We ask that teachers set an application deadline and collect their students' applications and deposits to mail into CETA as a group. This helps teachers gauge the actual interest in their tour and determine if they will need to do more recruiting or perhaps open their tour up to other schools.

Once CETA receives the packet of student applications, each student will receive an "Acknowledgement of Deposit" in the mail, confirming their participation on the tour. Invoices for all subsequent payments will be mailed directly to the students' homes.

Can my students make their payments with a credit card?
Sorry, we do not accept credit cards. Our goal is to offer a tour that is affordable to students and accepting credit cards would add another 3-5% to the price of the tour.

All checks or money orders should be made out to "CETA Tours" and include the trip code and participant's name.

General Cancellation Policy for 2009 Spring Tours

All cancellations must be in writing (email, fax or letter) from the participant or the participant's parent or legal guardian.
The postmark (timestamp) date will be considered the valid date of cancellation.
No cancellations will be accepted over the phone or through a coordinating teacher.
$125 administrative fee for cancellations made on or before October 15, 2008
$500 penalty for cancellations made between October 16, 2008 and January 15, 2009
$500 penalty plus cost of lost deposits for bus and accommodations, as well as a any applicable airline penalties for cancellations made on or after January 16, 2009
Airline penalties may be in addition to the above administrative fees.
No refund is possible for cancellation 30 days or less before departure
The cancellation policy printed in the "Terms and Conditions" section of the tour brochure is the one in effect for your tour and may override the above policy.
Any fundraising money applied to the tour balance will be refunded to the participant's school, unless we are otherwise instructed by the coordinating teacher.

General Cancellation Policy for 2009 Summer Tours

All cancellations must be in writing (email, fax or letter) from the participant or the participant's parent or legal guardian.
The postmark (timestamp) date will be considered the valid date of cancellation.
No cancellations will be accepted over the phone or through a coordinating teacher.
$125 administrative fee for cancellations made on or before December 15, 2008
$500 penalty for cancellations made between December 16, 2008 and March 16, 2009
$500 penalty plus cost of lost deposits for bus and accommodations, as well as a any applicable airline penalties for cancellations made on or after March 17, 2009
Airline penalties may be in addition to the above administrative fees.
No refund is possible for cancellation 30 days or less before departure.
The cancellation policy printed in the "Terms and Conditions" section of the tour brochure is the one in effect for your tour and may override the above policy.
Any fundraising money applied to the tour balance will be refunded to the participant's school, unless we are otherwise instructed by the coordinating teacher.

Jungfrau Region,
Switzerland