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| SOUTHEAST ASIA PRIVATE JOURNEY - JANUARY 2009 TOUR CODE: SE019 |
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| SOUTHEAST ASIA PRIVATE JOURNEY - JANUARY 2009 TOUR CODE: SE019 |
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WHAT'S INCLUDED? |
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Best of
Southeast Asia
Visiting Bangkok,
Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Luang Prabang, Vientiane, What's Included? Southeast Asia is a fascinating destination especially for those of us who live in North America. Every day our guests will experience things they never dreamed of. At the same time, Asia can present a few challenges when it comes to getting things done on your own. Consequently, we take this into account when planning what to include in the price. For this journey we include many meals, all transportation in Southeast Asia, all hotels, all guides and drivers and driver's helpers, all group luggage-handlers' fees, all internal air flights, all site admission fees, tour leader assistance and a few "surprises" along the way. This approach gives our guests a more carefree experience and reduces the hassle factor considerably. Meals Breakfasts: At most of our hotels you will wake up to a feast including breads, rolls, croissants, pastries, yogurt, tropical fruits, cereals, omelettes, eggs, cheeses, meats, and Asian dishes including congee, roasted fish and vegetables of every kind. Add to this some of the best fruit juices anywhere and coffee that only the French could have invented! On many days, breakfast will carry you through lunchtime and up to dinnertime. Selected Lunches and Dinners: Whenever it is more convenient to eat lunch as a group we will do so and the cost is included. Usually this happens during an especially full day of sightseeing where it would be best to have lunch together and carry on. Dinners are included if we think our guests would especially enjoy a specific restaurant, usually one of our favourites, or in locations where they may not yet be familiar with the culture and/or layout of the city or town. Included meals are indicated on the detailed itineraries. Transportation We include all transportation whenever the group moves from one place to another. This includes comfortable minibus, vans, riverboats, longtail boats, wooden dugouts, rickshaws, elephants, bamboo rafts, tuk-tuks and more. We also include all international and domestic air flights within Asia on modern turbo props and jet aircraft. Our journey includes air tickets for the segments of: Bangkok-Chiang Mai, Luang Prabang-Vientiane, Vientiane-Hanoi, Hanoi-Danang, Danang-Saigon, Saigon-Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh-Siem Reap and Siem Reap-Bangkok. Transfers Unlike many companies, we include all transfers – arrival transfers from the airport to your hotel, transfers between all other airports and hotels along the way and final departure transfers from hotel to airport. Separate Guides and Drivers in the following locations Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai in Thailand; Luang Prabang and Vientiane in Laos; Hanoi in northern Vietnam; Hoi An in central Vietnam; Phnom Penh and Siem Reap in Cambodia. Our guides are hand-selected by us personally and many have been working with us for many years. Hotel Accommodation in all locations We include all hotels, lodges and resorts along the way. For specific hotel information click Our Hotels. Entrance fees, park fees, pass fees, boat fees and other fees for all sites included in your tour such as the following items Longtail boat fee in Bangkok, Temple of the Dawn, Grand Palace, Mae Taman Elephant Camp, orchid and butterfly Farm, Hmong museum and other hill tribe villages, Longtail boat Thaton-Chiang Rai, the Thai-Lao River Crossing, Luangsay Private Cruise boat, Lao Lu Villages, Pak Ou caves, Khuang Si Falls, Wat Xieng Thong and other wats, Luang Prabang National Museum, Wat Sisaket, Ho Phra Keo, Patuxai, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Ho's house, Temple of Literature, One Pillar Pagoda, Ngoc Son temple, Hanoi Hilton prison, Ethnological Museum, old quarter rickshaws, Water Puppet performance, Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda in Phnom Penh, National Museum, Tuol Sleng prison, Choeung Ek, the Angkor Park pass and entrance to all temples and monuments, Chong Kneas boat trip, Puok Silk Farm and more. TrailFinders Documentation We include a comprehensive Trip Planning Guide which is distributed about three months prior to departure as well as a substantial document detailing the relationships among cultural, historical and archaeological items of interest along our route which is distributed just prior to departure. As well we issue a daily journal and scores of local maps and recommendations which are handed out along the way. As well we provide detailed instructions for your arrival in Bangkok, a comprehensive packing list and more. Plus we include the full support of the TrailFinders' Tour Leader and a few great surprises along the way. Pre-Paid Extras There are three additional items which are administered by TrailFinders staff during the journey on behalf of our guests, thereby freeing them from the hassles of finding the appropriate exact funds for specific items on demand. These amounts are collected from our guests at time of booking and while the amounts are not technically "included in the tour price" they are collected ahead of time to avoid inconveniencing our guests along the way. These items are:
What's not included? We do not include the following specific items in the price of our land tour.
As on any trip you will of course be expected to pay for your own personal expenses such as drinks, any extra meals not mentioned in the itinerary, laundry, any personal tips to waiters or bellhops, personal local transportation during your free times and any other items of a personal nature.
For
full details on these costs please
click
here to view a summary of "Extra
Costs".
If you have any questions at all concerning trip costs, please call us. |
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