Proposed Student Trip to Mexico
February Break 2005
(Sunday Feb. 13 to Sunday Feb. 20 Continental, depart early Sunday morning and return into Detroit Sunday evening. Travel via Houston in both directions)
Eligibility: Students enrolled in Spanish III and IV (2004-05)
Tour Company: Interact Travel, Green Bay WI (see website below)
Tour Name: Aztec Sun / Mosaic(more informationon link below)
Day One: Arrive Mexico City by plane, walking tour downtown Zocalo, Aztec ruins, pastry shop
Day Two: Day in the Park tour, Alameda Park, Angel of Independence, Las Lomas, Hard Rock Café
Day Three: Plaza of 3 Cultures, Shrine of Guadalupe, pyramids of sun and moon
Day Four: Queretaro/Xochimilco/Taxco by bus, boat ride, silver shops
Day Five: Acapulco by bus, watch cliff divers
Day Six: Acapulco beach, Hard Rock Café, shopping
Day Seven: Acapulco, boat ride, water sports
Day Eight: Return by plane to United States
All Inclusive Student Fee: $1400
Deposit of $700 due October 5 (or after board approval)
Balance of $700 due December 5
Note:
GUIDE: same guide throughout. Guides carry cell-phones in the unlikely event if an emergency would ever occur.
BUS: usually same driver & bus although it may vary.
HOTELS: Mexico City: Best Western MAJESTIC overlooks the Zocalo. Nice hotel known for its outdoor restaurant overlooking the square. Dated furniture, clean and well received.
Taxco (Aztec): Agua Escondida in the heart of Taxco. Family hotel, multiple levels, popular restaurant, pool & A/C.
Acapulco: Maris. On the beach, in a family-oriented area: restaurants, mall, and Papagayo Park. 8 floors, all rooms with balcony and at least a partial ocean view. Pool & A/C.
UPDATES: Parental notarization must be completed WITHIN 30 DAYS of departing the USA and the Notary's commission must be valid through your return home.
PASSPORTS are NOT required although more schools have made it their own requirement. It tends to expedite matters at immigrations and would be needed for Traveller's Check exchange at banks and some Casas de Cambio, normally
inland. Booklet info regarding money exchange is still current, ATMS are not recommended by Interact for student use.
Interact's Policy related to terrorism: "In the absence of an Official Travel Warning issued by the US State
Department, Interact's programs will operate. The Warning must prohibit travel to a specific country (Mexico) during the time period that you have been confirmed for -OR- must prohibit US Citizens from leaving the USA.
The media is not an official source nor is any other outside agency.
All countries have Counselor Information Sheets. If there is an area of concern, a Public Announcement is issued (the Worldwide Caution which has existed since approximately 1998, is in this category). And the highest level, the Warning.
If a Warning were issued, Interact will work diligently to obtain refunds from its many suppliers: airlines, hotels, bus companies, guide union, restaurants, etc. And, if the timing & circumstances that caused the Warning would allow, Interact would offer transferability or travel vouchers.
Comment: the issuance of such a Warning provides the substance needed for Interact to make requests for refunds."
The adult price is the same based on sharing a quadruple room; double rooms
are $200 per person/$400 per double room for the entire week....single rooms
are not allowed. You will have a private bus & rooms...there will be no
other Interact groups with yours.
I will hold an information meeting for parents once the trip is approved to discuss payment schedule, rules of behavior (zero tolerance alcohol and smoking policy), passports, parental concerns, and more.
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