Comprehensive Tour Fee Includes:

* Airline travel is booked well in advance and is subject to increases. Any increases of over 5%, occurring after a tour priority deadline, will be invoiced to the participating university.

Linden offers but does not pay for:

• Business or first-class airfare within each region
• Shipment of materials to the fair sites
• Cultural activities
  

Linden does not pay for:

• Overseas airfare (Partcipants are responsible for making there own arrangements to the first/final tour cities)
• Most meals
• Personal expenses such as taxis, telephone, fax or laundry charges

Tour fees are listed with information about each specific tour. Tour members should also budget for airfare to first/final tour city, a possible hotel stay in that city, the cost of mailing materials, and approximately $60 a day for food and local transportation.

Payment Schedule

A deposit of $1,500 must accompany each tour application (not required for fairs only). Institutions are not considered tour members until the deposit has been received. Deposits will be refunded, in full, to institutions not selected for the tour.

Institutions that have not paid 30 days before the tour departure date will be dropped from the tour.

Tour and Fair Cancellation/Refund Policy

Application Deadline to 60 days prior to the tour: 90% of refundable charges
59 to 45 days before tour starts: 70% of refundable charges
45 to 30 days before tour starts: 50% of refundable charges
0-29 days before fair starts: 10% of refundable charges

Tour deposit is non-refundable (applies to full tour, consecutive city and cities option participants only)

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Conditions of Responsibility and Liability

Linden Educational Services, Inc. reserves the right to make changes to the tour if, in its judgment, this becomes necessary or desirable and is in the best interest of the participants.

Linden acts as the representative for the tour participants only with respect to arrangements for hotels, airlines, publicity, and other services described above, and as such holds itself free from liability for any loss, injury, delay, or damage from any cause beyond its control. Tour participants will receive information from Linden regarding personal insurance and trip contingency.