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About the 2009 South Central Ambassador Tours South Central Ambassador Tours takes a unique approach to travel for international youth exchange students – put as much travel and action into the tour as possible without spending a great deal of time on a bus looking out the windows! We also feel that it is only fair to the students that travel with us to include all costs in the tour fees that you will pay – including ALL MEALS, entry fees to sites visited, housing and all ground transportation after you arrive to start the trip. (You will need to book and pay for your own air travel based on the tour you select. But do not do that until you are confirmed on a trip. You will be given the specific airports, dates and times of arrival and departure in your confirmation.) This year’s lineup of trips lets you select from THREE different SCAT tours that are available during June 2009. By traveling during the summer after school has concluded, you will have no concern about being gone from your host city and will not miss anything at “home”. These tours have been operated for over 20 years for inbound high school age exchange students in North America. The Western States Tour A, also a 14-day tour has a maximum of 52 students and travels on a single bus with up to 5 staff members. This trip is from June 16 to June 29, 2009 and begins in Phoenix, Arizona. You'll stop at Slide Rock State Park for some water fun on the way to the Grand Canyon National Park. The beauty of this natural wonder will amaze you with an opportunity for hiking before heading off to Las Vegas, Nevada, the city of lights. Next on the schedule is southern California and San Diego, the home of Sea World. You'll get to explore the city using an old fashioned trolley for transportation before moving north to a suburb of Los Angeles. Here you'll spend lots of time at Newport Beach and have a day at California Adventure Park or Disneyland. As you work you way on toward northern California, you'll visit the Holocaust Museum and world famous Hollywood. What could be more fun that sea kayaking with your new found friends in Morro Bay before heading on to the spectacular Yosemite National Park. After a night there and an opportunity to see the beautiful sites, you'll travel on to Oakland, just across the bay from San Francisco. You'll have a chance to see all the city has to offer with a bus tour followed by a cruise of the bay where you'll see the famous Golden Gate Bridge from the water. Finally, you'll have the opportunity to spend a bit of time in the largest concentration of Chinese outside of China. You'll enjoy an authentic Chinese dinner and then pack to return to your host city. Click here for reservation form that shows full tour fee $$. The Western States Tour B, is an ALL NEW 14-day tour with a maximum of 52 students traveling with up to 5 adult staff members . The dates for this trip are June 13 to June 26, 2009. Travel on this tour begins in Oakland, California, just across the bay from San Francisco. Participants will enjoy memorable sights such as cable cars, the crookedest street in the world (Lombard Street) and a cruise of San Francisco Bay, under the Golden Gate Bridge and past The Rock – Alcatraz Island. You'll also be amazed at the splendor and grandeur of Yosemite National Park, home of sites such as Half Dome and El Capitan. As you travel your way down the coast of California, you'll visit a natural habitat of elephant seals, tour the Hearst Castle and experience sea kayaking. Your next stop will be the City of Angels, Los Angeles where we have scheduled a day at Santa Monica Beach as well as Universal Studios Hollywood. Now that you are in southern California, you have a once in a lifetime experience at San Diego's Sea World, home of Shamu the Orca whale plus take a unique trolley ride around the city seeing all the many sites. Next set your sights on Las Vegas, Nevada, the city that never seems to sleep. After some time to explore, you'll travel on to the Grand Canyon National Park, one of the true Seven Natural Wonders of the World. A final short bus ride to Phoenix, Arizona will conclude your trip before you head back to your host city. Click here for reservation form that shows full tour fee $$.
The
Eastern States Tour, also 14-day one bus tour, is limited to the
first 48 students to sign up. There
will also be at least 4 Reservations are taken on a first come basis so it is important to make a decision about going on a tour and submit your reservation as early as you can. In the past, some tours have been completely filled by Christmas. And every year, we have some students who are disappointed that they do not get to go on a tour because they waited too late to send in their reservation. We do save a few spaces for students who arrive in January so that they have a fair chance at a trip. The tour fee will cover all of your ground transportation, housing (you’ll share a room that has at least 2 full or queen size beds, with 3 other same gender students), entrance fees to all sites visited, and all meals and/or a cash allowance to purchase your own meals when group meals are not provided. You will want to bring extra spending money for your own personal expenses such as souvenirs or gifts (although this is not a shopping trip).
The tour fee does NOT cover the expense of your airline ticket to get you to the city of departure for your tour and back home at the conclusion of the trip. You will be instructed to purchase this ticket at a later date.
Our tours often fill to capacity by the end of the year so we suggest you make your reservation as quickly as possible. Inbound youth exchange students from any recognized program are eligible to participate in the tours as long as they meet the reservation criteria including insurance. You MUST have a "local" (such as Yahoo, Gmail, MSN, all of which are free) personal e-mail address to sign up for the tours. All correspondence is done through e-mail. Many overseas internet service providers (ISP) filter out our many group messages that go out to all students. We prefer that you use Yahoo or Gmail as it has a much greater mailbox memory capacity than many others. It is your responsibility to delete old messages from your personal e-mail box as we might not be able to get important information to you if it is filled with old messages. You must also notify us when you change your e-mail address or physical address. Once you are confirmed on a tour, you should check this tour website every 2 to 4 weeks to watch for new information. It will be listed under the “New Stuff” link. If your host family does not have a computer at home, you can always use one at your school or public library, usually at no cost. We think that you will find all of the information that you will need on the tour pages of the South Central Ambassador Tours website. However, if you still have some questions the tour administrator with your specific questions or concerns.
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adult staff traveling on this trip plus
our bus driver.