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Explore Costa Rica with EF Tours: Enhance Your Education and Experience New Cultures!

Discover the beauty of Costa Rica with EF Tours. Improve your grades, enhance your college applications, and have fun while exploring famous sights and experiencing new cultures. EF guarantees the lowest prices without sacrificing safety, quality, or comfort. With hundreds of offices in more than 50 countries, EF offers worldwide presence and a 24-hour emergency on-call service. Join EF Tours for an educational and unforgettable adventure in Costa Rica.

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Explore Costa Rica with EF Tours: Enhance Your Education and Experience New Cultures!

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  1. Buenas Noches. Please take a packet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC15Ilts0fA

  2. Newfound confidence and independence Improve your grades and enhance college applications Enhanced career prospects Experience new cultures and explore famous sights Have fun with your friends and make new ones eftours.com

  3. Best value:EF guarantees the lowest prices on every tour without sacrificing safety, quality or comfort Educational focus:EF is accredited, so students can earn high school credit by traveling Worldwide presence:Only EF offers hundreds of offices in more than 50 countries eftours.com

  4. Spring 2011 “Costa Rica” Program Fee/Tour Company Comparisons TourCompanyProgramFeeDaysTourName EF Tours $1,907 ($95 Registration Fee) 9 Days Costa Rica: A Touch of the (EF Educational Tours) Registration Fee added to tour Tropics Adventure Abroad $2,190 ($500 Deposit) 10 Days Costa Rica Global Adventure Travel $2,190 9 Days Costa Rica Passport $2,399 8 Days Eco-Havens of (Educational Group Travel) Costa Rica CHA $2,920 ($95 Registration Fee) 11 Days Costa Rica (Educational tours) Adventure ACIS $2,823($195 Program Fees) 9 Days Coast to Coast (Travel changes lifes) NETC $2,823 8 Days Pura Vida (Educational Travel)

  5. Hundreds of EF offices in more than 50 countries 24-hour emergency on-call service Bilingual professionally trained EF Tour Director accompanies your group 24 hours a day EF TourLink™ allows family to follow along with updates and photos online EF’s Peace of Mind program allows you to change your tour and/or departure date up to 35 days prior to departure eftours.com

  6. What is group travel? Groups with similar tour preferences and departure dates are combined to share a motorcoach Why does EF combine groups? Makes tours equally affordable for groups of 6 or 40 Low prices means more students can see the world Allows students to meet other travelers from around the country How does EF combine groups? Flexible date range Similar tour options eftours.com

  7. DAY 4: Monteverde Travel to Monteverde Reserve Visit a local school Optional: Horseback riding DAY 5: Monteverde Visit the Santa Elena Cloud Forest Plant a tree in the EF reserve inMonteverde with your group participate in a canopy adventure DAY 6: Carara • Central Pacific Coast Visit Carara Biological Reserve Travel to Central Pacific Coast DAY 7: Manuel Antonio National Park Visit Manuel AntonioNational Park Return to the Central Pacific Coast DAY 8: Sarchi • San José Travel via Sarchi to San José Optional: Folklore Evening DAY 9: Depart for home DAY 1: Fly to Costa Rica Arrive in San José DAY 2: San José• Arenal Region Visit INBioparque: – Ecosystem exhibits and trails Travel to the Arenal region Visit Poás Volcano Visit hot springs DAY 3: Arenal Region Take a kayaking trip along Lake Arenal Visit La Fortuna Waterfall eftours.com

  8. Price quote Enrollment Fee $95 Program Fee * $1,445 Current Departure Fees** $367 Peace of Mind Program Free MonthlyTotal For Students $273 $1,907 Adult Supplement $365 For Adults $325 $2,272 Tour items not included 1 Day Extension Program Fee $175 All-Inclusive Insurance Plan $135 Costa Rican Folklore Evening $45 Horseback riding-Monteverde (pre-book only) $50 eftours.com

  9. Airfare Hotel accommodations Transportation Breakfast and dinner daily Full-time EF Tour Director Guided sightseeing tours Entrance fees to select attractions eftours.com

  10. Beverages and lunches (unless specified) Optional excursions Departure fees Tips for your tour director, bus driver and local guides Spending money Insurance Passport/visa fees eftours.com

  11. Automatic deduction from your checking account (or charged to your credit/debit card) each month • No late fees • Final payment deadline up to 25 days prior to departure For example: • It’s February, and John is going on an EF tour to Italy and Greece the following July. • The total tour cost is $2,864. • Therefore, John’s monthly payments are only $179. TOTAL COST ÷ NO. OF MONTHS ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– = MONTHLY PAYMENTS TO BE DEDUCTED $2,864 ÷ 16 = $179 eftours.com

  12. $135 All-Inclusive Insurance Plan includes: Tour Cancellation and Interruption Medical and Accident Baggage and Property Flight Delay Insurance 24-hour access to an English speaking representative For more information visit eftours.com/insurance or call EF’s Customer Service Department at 1-800-665-5364 eftours.com

  13. Valid passports are required for all travelers Passports may take up to fourteen weeks to process Some destinations may require travel visas Non-U.S. citizens may require special visas or other travel documents All travelers are responsible for securing necessary documentation eftours.com

  14. Online: eftours.com/enroll Phone: 1-800-665-5364 Fax: 1-800-318-3732 Mail: EF Educational Tours One Education Street Cambridge, MA 02141 Tour number: Enrollment deadline: eftours.com

  15. Visit EF’s student website to: Learn about your destination and get tips on preparing for your EF tour Watch Life on Tour™, EF’s reality travel series Read Following the Equator, EF’s own travel blog Test your Traveler IQ Connect with other travelers on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and more eftours.com

  16. Login to: Make online payments Purchase insurance and phone cards Enroll on optional excursions See messages and alerts from EF and your group leader View flight and hotel information eftours.com

  17. Life on Tour ™, EF’s reality web series, introduces students to international travel through the adventures of seven high school students on a trip to Spain and Morocco Watch episodes at eftours.com/lifeontour eftours.com

  18. EF Facebook Fan Page facebook.com/educational.tours • Join EF on Facebook to meet travelers and share trip photos and videos. EF YouTube Channel Youtube.com/efeducationaltours • Share tour videos or watch videos created by other students • Enter EF’s video contest EF Group on Flickr flickr.com/groups/eftours • Upload photos to the EF Tours Group on Flickr and share your tour experience with other EF travelers • Enter EF’s photo contest eftours.com

  19. Why will this tour be successful!! Extensive Planning (An incaculatable number of hours) On going communication (distributions, mailings, phone contacts, parent meetings - October, November, February, and May) Experience Supervision Competence in working with OMS children Reasonable Guidelines / Students expections (Signed by students/parents)

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