2011 Temari Tour to Japan
Glenna Kipp is organizing a trip to Japan where temari will be the main area of interest. To get on the list of interested participants, please fill out the following form. It will be sent directly to Glenna.
Here is the latest tour news from Glenna:
3/30/10
Greetings Temari Stitchers!
This morning I got the phone call that we've been waiting for. Barbara is ready to start locking down our Temari Tour to Japan. Her first question to me was "How many of the people on your interest list are still on board?" My answer is "I don't know." It has been over a year since I first asked the question. Interest and situations may have changed. The general plan is to be in Tokyo for the 2011 JTA Annual Meeting on the last Sunday in June. The rest of the tour will be built around that date. Traveling Together can not book anything until we have a minimum number of folks paid. Listed below is general information about the temari tour. You may want to go to the Traveling Together website and look at the Japan Quilt Tour again. Our tour will be very similar.
After you read through everything if you are still GO FOR JAPAN please let me know. I will plan to respond to Traveling Together on Saturday. That gives you a few days to look at calendars and think. If you expect to have more than one person (my husband is planning to go), please give me numbers. Right now it is all about the numbers. Several people shared specific information about places to go and things to see. I have given all of that data to Traveling Together. Their contact person in Japan is checking those places and gathering more information. So, there are two people committed to the tour as of now (me and mine).
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Glenna
TERMS AND CONDITIONS for 2011 Temari Tour
Deposits and Final Payment terms ~ A deposit of $1,000.00 is required to confirm your booking. (See Tour Minimums, below.)
A second deposit of $1,000.00 is due 120 days prior to departure. Final payment will be due 60 days prior to departure.
Once your deposit and registration is received, you will receive a confirmation of your booking. Failure to adhere to these payment terms may result in cancellation of your space on the tour, and will be subject to the applicable penalties.
Cancellation Policy for Tours ~
Prior to 90 days before the tour: $ 300.00 per person non-refundable
From 89-60 days prior: 25% non-refundable
From 59-30 days prior: 50% non-refundable
From 29-15 days prior: 75 % non refundable
There is NO refund within 14 days of departure
In order to avoid these cancellation penalties, we strongly suggest the purchase of travel insurance.
Tour Minimums ~ Due to the specialized nature of this tour, a minimum of 10 bookings must be received.
Once we have our minimum then we can keep it open to more people up until departure time as long as rooms are available.
Traveling Together reserves the right to cancel a tour if the minimum participation number is not met. If a tour is cancelled, all deposits will be refunded in full in a timely manner. Once you have booked your tour, you will be notified when it is time to make your air reservations and purchase optional travel insurance.
Cost for this tour should be approximately $4500 per person, double occupancy
Cost for single supplement would be approximately $500-$600 additional
Airfare is not included in the cost of the tour