EDISON’S STUDY ABROAD TOUR TO ITALY

SPRING BREAK MARCH 2009
(departure date March 5^th, 6^th, or 7^th)

ROME: The Eternal City—7 day tour

Humanities Credit optional: 
Fall Late Study Abroad Class: HUM299FL—8 week Italian Studies
1 or 3 credit hours--Saturday mornings

Student loan/grant monies may be used to help pay for your study abroad class and experience 

Open this detailed itinerary only with HIGH SPEED INTERNET!!!  There are lots of pictures!  http://www.eftours.com/pdf/DBD/E/REC.pdf

TO SIGN UP for Rome: The Eternal City CALL: 

• Customer Service for EF’s College Study Division:
  1-800-665-5364   Trip ID: 545486
  Required information:
  Date of birth
  Emergency Contact

When you sign up, be sure to ask about:

1. $95 discount for those who traveled to Italy with Edison in 2004

2. Auto pay—sign up by Oct. 14, 2008

3. Trip insurance—available until 75 days prior to departure

4. Payment Deadline dates without auto pay:
   35 days after enrollment $150 due ($35 late fee)
   Aug. 31--$300 ($40 late fee)
   Nov. 30—Final payment due 99 days before departure ($95 late fee)

Payments can be mailed to:
EF Tours
One Education Street
Caimbridge, MA  02141           

For further questions contact:
Janice Johnson—EF College Study tour consultant—1-800-873-2250   
  
Eileen Thompson—Edison’s Study Abroad Coordinator—(937) 778-7914 ethompson@edisonohio.edu

Vivian Blevins—Edison’s Study Abroad Marketing Coordinator vblevins@edisonohio.edu

Participants must be 18 years of age or older or travel with a legal guardian.

Costs:  

• Total for Students 22 and younger (3-4 per hotel room):$1921

• Total for Adults 23 and older (only 2 per hotel room):$2160

• As of July 7, 2008, EF Tours has indicated that additional Airport departure fees will be assessed up to 99 days before the tour. EF Tours cannot control or predict these additional costs, and fees will increase as the cost of fuel rises.

• Total for single room accommodations: additional $275 for students/$200 for adults

• Land only price: $1260.

• Round trip airfare is from Dayton, OH.  Travel arrangements from other cities is possible, but travelers will need to coordinate with Edison’s dates and times for transportation to and from the Rome airport. 

Included :

• Round Trip Airfare

• 5 overnight stays in hotels with private bathrooms (7 with extension)

• Complete European breakfast and dinner daily

• Full-time bilingual EF Tour Director

• 3 sightseeing tours led by licensed local guides:

  • Rome

  • Vatican City

  • Ostia Antica

• 1 EF walking tour: Rome

• 4 visits to attractions:

  • Colosseum

  • Sistine Chapel

  • St. Peter’s Basilica

  • Ostia Antica

• Experiential learning: Pizza-making

• Whisper headsets for tours of Rome and Vatican City

Two day extension to Pompeii, Sorrento, and Capri: $350 (contingent on 20 people from the group)

Optional day tour to Florence: $95

Optional day tour of Catacombs and Appian Way: $55

Optional day tour to Pompeii: $85

Required Forms (Due by February 1, 2009):

• Release of Liability Form

  • Microsoft Word

  • PDF

• Emergency contact information sheet

  • Microsoft Word

  • PDF

• Health questionnaire

  • Microsoft Word

  • PDF

• Parent/Guardian's Permission for minor to travel (in development)

  • Microsoft Word

  • PDF

   

Passport required

Edison Student Handbook

US Department of State Travel warning info