"Wow
– where do I start?? I have just had the most amazing experience of my
life, the only bad part was that it had to come to an end."
BOOKING
When you submit
the Booking Form to join a placement, it should be
accompanied by payment of a deposit of £190. If you apply for a
placement via the on-line application form from our
website, you can pay securely via PayPal using a credit/debit card. If you'd
rather pay by cheque or bank transfer please organise this ASAP after
submission of the form to enable us to start making arrangements for your
placement.
Once we have received and processed your Application
Form, and provided we can meet all your expressed requirements, such as
the town or country you would like to go to, we will confirm your
placement and send you the following:
Our welcome letter, including
proposed travel
dates for your approval
Visa Information: All relevant forms with covering letters, plus full
instructions on how to apply for your Visa, together with any
necessary invitations from your destination country or other
required paperwork.
Insurance Information: Information from
an insurance company which we have investigated to ensure that you will
be adequately covered for your trip, plus necessary
forms and quotation. (You can, of course, take out insurance with any company of your
choice. However, we do insist that you take out insurance and
that it is adequate. If in doubt, please do not hesitate to
ask us as many questions as you want to - we are always there
to help you!)
Your Placement Book:
Contains lots of necessary information and advice about your placement,
including in-country contact details and telephone numbers. There is
also information on medical matters and inoculations, insurance, safety,
currencies and travellers cheques, communications and mobile phones, and
much more. , , , travel information, lots of information about the country you have
chosen, medical matters, address and telephone numbers of our organisation in your host country, and so forth.
Your Project Book: Contains
information about the specific project you'll be doing.
Your Country Book: Contains
lots of information about your destination country
A Teaching Guide booklet to assist you in lesson
preparation (if you're doing a Teaching project).
Your Safety Book: Safety is
vitally important, so Travellers has put together a book of common-sense
safety rules to help ensure that your travelling is as hassle-free and
risk-free as possible, not only during the time of your placement, but
also when you go onward on any leisure travel once your project is
completed.
Various Manuals that may be
applicable to your programme (such as Sports Coaching Manuals)
Plus any other additional
information which will be useful to you during your placement or
travelling, or when planning and preparing for your trip.
CANCELLING
If we cannot place you in the
country of your choice, we will suggest another programme which we think
may suit
you. However, if you are not satisfied with our suggestion, WE
WILL RETURN ALL THE MONEY YOU HAVE SENT US.
If you cancel your placement at any time prior to 3 months
before your departure date, we will refund all the money you have
paid towards the cost of your placement, less £90administration fee
per placement.
If you cancel between two and three months
prior to your departure date, we will retain one-third of our basic
charge, that is, we will retain one-third of the cost of the
programme - excluding any cost relating to travel.
Flights are subject to charges by airlines/travel agents.
If you cancel between 21 working days and
two months prior to your departure date, we will refund one-third
of the cost of your programme.
If you cancel within 21 working days of your
departure date, I am afraid we cannot make any refund.
Please note that payment of any
outstanding balance is due three months before your departure date.
Our
prices are valid for departures within the next 6 months. For projects
starting later, price fluctuations may apply owing to circumstances beyond
our control, such as significant changes in oil or fuel prices, exchange
rates, etc. Please note that you will be re-invoiced 6 months prior to
actual departure in this instance.
VISAS
To read about the extensive
Support & Backup weprovide inourcountries,
pleaseclick here.
You will need to buy your own visas (visa application
forms and details on how to obtain your visa will be sent to you).
At
the time of writing, prices are about £50 for Russia
and £30 for a 6-month visa for India.
YOUR FINANCIAL SECURITY: IPP INSURANCE
In accordance with
The Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992,
all volunteers booking with Travellers from the 1st of November 2008
onwards are fully protected for the initial deposit and subsequently the
balance of all monies paid, including repatriation if required, arising
from cancellation or curtailment of travel arrangements due to the
insolvency of Travellers. There is no requirement for Financial
Protection of day trips, and none is provided. A certificate detailing
this cover will be given to you as evidence of cover at the time you
book up to a maximum value of £3000. This Insurance has been
arranged by International Passenger Protection (IPP) Limited and
underwritten by Insurers who are members of the Association of British
Insurers. Please note:
IPP insurance is mandatory for all
volunteers who book after the 1st of November 2008 and costs between £6
and £17.70 depending on the length of your placement.
IPP insurance will
be issued to you upon booking and subsequently charged to you via
invoice.
Once issued, policies are non-refundable and cannot
be changed.
If you have booked a placement with Travellers before the 1st
of November 2008 and would like to have IPP Insurance issued please
contact us and we'll make the arrangements for you.
T-SHIRTS:
To maintain
an acceptable standard of dress, it is mandatory for volunteers on certain
projects (usually conservation or teaching projects) to have 2 T-shirts and
to wear them while they are working.
For projects where
T-shirts are required, you will be sent TWO T-shirts FREE OF CHARGE.
Additional T-shirts can be ordered on request - an order form
will be sent to you once you have applied to join our programme. The cost is £8.50 per
T-shirt.
Where you receive two free
T-shirts, this means that it is mandatory for you to wear them on your
project.
WHAT YOU NEED
Please keep in mind that you are going to foreign shores where the way of
life is different to your own. There may be times when you find
yourself frustrated over the way things are done or how people think - but
remember that it is the differences between us that make life interesting!
The three things you need most of all when travelling in any foreign
country are ...
A sense of humour, and
A spirit of adventure.
Adaptability and patience.
If
you have these, you'll have a wonderful time!
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Please note that Travellers is
not an employment agency
We are also not a travel
agency and we can't control timetables and schedules
of airlines, trains, etc. (unfortunately!) - although we wish we could! So
please take heed of the section entitled What
you Need above!
Our managers and organisers
overseas will do everything they can to help you with additional things
like sightseeing and suggesting places to eat and shop and tourist
attractions to visit.
UPDATED 28-4-2009
A voluntary placement in a foreign and
often exotic country is something you'll appreciate for the rest of
your life - you will certainly never forget it!
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Road, Worthing,
West Sussex, BN12 4AP, England
Tel: +44 (0)1903 502595 Fax: +44 (0)1903 708179
Email:
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