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Rotary Western Adventure 2012 Featuring California and the National Parks California and National Parks Tour For Rotary Exchange Students June 14-28, 2012 A Journey Through the American West from California to the Great Rocky Mountains to the Grand Canyon The 13th Annual Western Trip for Rotary Exchange Inbound Students in the USA and Canada
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Trip Application (Adobe PDF Form Format) You Need To Fill Out One Application for All Trips |
Tour Price $1875 per person quad occupancy Send the $1000 deposit with application.Final Payment of $875 due April 13, 2012After April 13, Please Send Full Payment. Includes Air Fare From Host CitySend The Following (Required):
Application is not complete until all parts are received. Only one application is required for all three trips If you were on the earlier trips just contact Trip Leader
Checks or Money Orders Payable to McMurray Travel Service Mail payment and application to McMurray Travel Service, 6480 Dobson Sq. E. Columbus OH 43229
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McMurray Travel Service 6480 Dobson Sq. E. Columbus OH 43229 614-899-1979 Fax 614-899-1970 |
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Airplane Plane Ticket Itineraries & Status Airline tickets have been issued if student has paid. All tickets are non-refundable and Non-Changeable. |
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Rotary Exchange Trip Chaperones
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Make Checks payable to McMurray Travel Service Please put student’s name and Rotwest in Memo of check or money order. (No international checks or credit cards. We prefer not to take wire transfers but can do it.) all payments must be in U.S. funds made drawn on a u.s. bank. Mail Check and Applications to: McMurray Travel Service, 6480 Dobson Square East. Columbus OH 43229
ALL TOURS SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE INCREASE While every effort has been made to guarantee our tour prices for 2012, due to recent oil price increases and fluctuations each tour may be subject to airline and Motor coach fuel surcharges before departure). We sincerely regret this, and do our best to avoid it if at all possible. Presently there is little chance of this.
Tour Cancellation and
Reservation Change Policies: Individual tour members canceling from the tour for any reason will be charged the following percentages of the tour price. 60-15 days prior (April 7, 2012 - May 26, 2012) 25% of tour cost plus applicable supplier penalties, 14 Days prior (May 25, 2012 at 5:00pm EDT) until return 100% of tour cost per participant. No shows are non-refundable. If you don't arrive in our meeting point city on the day the tour starts you are a no show. Anyone missing their flight will have to proceed to the next stop of the tour, at their own expense by the best available conveyance. It is your responsibility to know which airport you are flying from. Read Your Ticket Long Before Leaving!!! Hotel and supplier penalties above this will be passed on to canceling tour member, not roommates. Due to strict cancellation penalties charged by airlines, hotels, motor coach companies, etc. and the possibility of illness and death of tour participants and family members, we strongly suggest purchase of optional travel insurance (Rates vary, but cost is approximately $90). Reasonably Priced Travel Insurance Available By clicking on the link above, Travel Guard is offering a inexpensive travel insurance and trip cancellation insurance option. For the Rotary Florida Adventure cost is around $42-$60 (higher if you purchase airfare). The Western Trip Insurance will be about $68-$88, and you book it all yourself. our country of residence is the USA or Canada, and your destination is either Ohio or Arizona. You can pay for this with a credit card, unlike the trip. Travel Insurance is not available if you reside in Washington State or New York State. Prices vary depending on state you are living in. You can book it yourself using that link above.
Trip Rooming If you want to room with specific students please either list them on your application or email Bill McMurray. There are NO GUARANTEES and rooms may be changed to accommodate other students. Default rooming is done by district. Once all rooms are mostly filled late additions will be placed in available rooms no matter what bus students from you district or your friends are on.
READ THE EMAILS If we determine that students have not been reading the emails we reserve the right to cancel you off either or both tours at any time. It is important that you read all the emails we send you. Students have been sent home from this trip because they don't understand information we have sent in the emails.
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June 15 - Los Angeles/Hollywood/Buellton: Today we'll visit the world center of glamour, Los Angeles and Hollywood. En route we'll see some of the oldest living things on earth, the Joshua Trees. Protected by law, these trees can be up to 3,000 years old.A short drive will take us into the sprawling metropolis of Los Angeles. We'll drive up Hollywood Boulevard to the famous Sunset Strip. Walk the "Hollywood Walk of Fame", see the Graumann's Chinese Theater, have your picture taken with the Hollywood sign in the background. We'll let you shop the trendiest shopping district in the USA, Melrose Avenue. After a day in Hollywood, we'll drive north, past Malibu towards Buellton and Solvang. We'll stop for a while in beautiful Santa Barbara along the Pacific Ocean. Solvang is famous for being the Danish City of California. Beautiful and a popular resort area is our home for tonight. (CB)
June 17 - San Francisco: This morning we'll go on a sightseeing tour of the city seeing places like Golden Gate Park, Haight-Ashbury, Ocean Beach, the Castro District and Twin Peaks. A highlight will be a walk to the middle of the Golden Gate Bridge. This afternoon you'll have more free time to explore the city with at least 4 of your friends. We'll start that in the famous China Town Region and from there it is a short walk to North Beach (the "Little Italy of San Francisco"), Nob Hill and Embarcadero. Get on the Cable Cars and go shopping in Union Square, or hike from China Town to Fisherman's Wharf, past the Presidio and out to the Golden Gate Bridge. (CB)
June 20 - Grand Teton National Park/Jackson Hole, WY: Probably
the most beautiful
Ju
June 22 - Temple Square/Provo UT:
A morning drive through some spectacular scenery takes us to
the
heart of Utah into Salt Lake City, home of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints…the Mormons. We’ll
stop at Temple Square for a tour of this which could be considered
the Vatican of this 13,000,000 member world wide religion.
Salt Lake City is the capital of U
June 23 -
Moab/Arches National Park: A drive through the desert takes us
to Moab, UT and the home of two national parks, Arches and Canyonlands. We'll take a hike in "Windows"
in Arches National Park, which features
several huge natural arches. One of the most beautiful and
striking places in the USA, the national park is a magnet for rock
climbers, mountain biking (extreme mountain
June 24 - Moab White Water/Mesa Verde National Park/Cortez: This morning we'll be white water rafting on the Little Colorado River through a spectacular mountain canyon (and popular place to shoot movies and television shows). After a quick dry-off we'll drive a few hours to Cortez, Colorado and Mesa Verde National Park. This is the site of the most famous ancient Native American cliff dwellings. The “Anasazi” or Ancient Ones, lived 3,000 meters up on a bluff in a huge society with many hundreds of houses hanging from the sides of cliffs. You will be allowed to walk down and enter one of these ancient dwellings. The view from the topa of the mountains is amazing.
June 27 - Meteor Crater National Monument/Sunset Crater National Monument/Phoenix: This morning we'll drive along Route 66 to the world's largest and most perfect meteor crater. Huge in size, it is an amazing nature wonder. Our next stop is Sunset Crater National Monument. This 1000 year old volcano is the site of a nice hike. We'll be driving into Phoenix in the late afternoon, traveling through the Saguaro Desert, home of the beautiful Saguaro Cactus. After a quick tour of Phoenix, one of the fastest growing cities in the USA, we'll settle into our hotel. (CB) June 28 - Home: Early morning shuttles to early morning flights wing us home after our amazing trip. (CB)
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June 14 - Phoenix/Blythe
CA: After an early morning flight into
Phoenix (included in the price) to meet the bus. We'll leave
Phoenix and drive a few hours through the beautiful desert t
o the
California border and stay that evening in Blythe, CA, (CB)
June 16 - San Francisco: This
morning we'll drive up through beautiful California until we arrive
in San Francisco tonight. San Francisco is one of America's
most beautiful cities. Cosmopolitan, exciting, fun, and a
little exotic. It was in San Francisco that the "Summer of Love" and
the
Hippie movement were formed. It was also where Gay
liberation became a movement. It is also a center of art,
music and comedy. We'll have free time tonight to explore
on you own along famous "Fisherman's Wharf". Our hotel
tonight is a short walk from Fisherman's Wharf. (CB)
June 18 - Reno/Virginia
City/Fallon: A drive over the Sierra Nevada Mountains and
Donner Pass takes us to Reno, Nevada. Reno is a casino resort
town. The Donner Pass is where
the famous Donner Party were snowed
in and ended up eating their dead. A brief
stop there and we'll go south through Nevada's capital Carson City to Virginia City.
Virginia City is a throwback from the old West; with wooden
sidewalks, a great wild west feel and fun stores and shops to
explore. After a
couple of hours there, we'll drive to
Fallon on famous US50, the loneliest highway in America, for our
overnight. (CB)
June 19 - Twin Falls ID: A
drive through the Nevada Desert where you will enjoy some amazing
views. The scenery changes constantly. This area is famous for
mining and free-spirited cowboys.
This is a driving day but
we'll have fun on the bus and get a chance to know each other
better. This evening we'll stay in Twin Falls, Idaho.
Twin Falls is famous for base jumping off the Snake River Canyon
Bridge (which we saw last year) and is
located on the
famous Oregon Trail Pioneer trail. . 
mountain range in the continental USA, Grand
Teton is natural and unspoiled. Abundant wildlife and our
favorite hike, String Lake, will top our day. Tonight we
stay in the Jet-Set city of Jackson Hole. World famous ski
resort with plenty of great shopping, fun things to do and
incredible beauty. (CB)
ne 21 - Yellowstone National
Park//Jackson Hole, WY: Today we drive to America's best-loved and the oldest National Park in the world, Yellowstone.
Named for the sulfur rocks found here, it is a geothermal zone and a
super caldera. Hot springs, geysers, paint pots, and countless
animals including bison (American Buffalo), deer, antelope, coyotes,
and in past years even bears. are in abundance here. Today
we'll explore the beautiful Inspiration Point, the Mud
Volcano, Geysers and all types of wild animals. I This
is a great place. Today we'll be taking many pictures. We will be
walking around wild animals, boiling hot geysers and hot springs so
be careful. One of our goals today is to walk in the geyser basin. Last
year we saw four bears (including the elusive grizzly), moose and
numerous other animals. We'll continue exploring Yellowstone including a trip to the
famous Old Faithful Geyser. The most famous geyser we'll see is
Old Faithful, which spouts 20-30 meters of boiling water into the
air every 45-90 minutes. We'll also stop at West Thumb
Geothermal area and then to Grand Teton
National Park.
Probably the most beautiful mountain range in the continental USA,
Grand Teton is natural and unspoiled. Abundant wildlife and
our favorite hike, String Lake, will top our day. Tonight we
stay in the Jet-Set city of Jackson Hole. World famous ski
resort with plenty of great shopping, fun things to do and
incredible beauty. (CB)
biking was invented
here) and off-roading. Moab is a trendy fun town with
lots to do in your free time tonight. 
June 25 -
Monument Valley Tribal Park/Jeep Tour/Page AZ:
June 26 -
Grand Canyon/Flagstaff AZ: 