Sacred Journey into the
Temples of Light
with Laurie D. Wheeler & Jorge Delgado
February 13-25, 2024
WHAT’S INCLUDED: Main program: $6,844* per person includes 8 nights on a luxury privately chartered 5-star sailing boat (double occupancy), deluxe hotel accommodations (double occupancy) near the Great Pyramid and a first-class hotel near the Cairo airport, (double occupancy), boat and hotels’ taxes and service charges, domestic flights within Egypt from Cairo/Aswan and Luxor/Cairo, full buffet breakfast daily, most lunches and dinners, including a welcome dinner and a final celebration dinner, gratuities for boat, hotels’, and restaurant staff (for meals included), and also gratuities for porters, bus drivers, and luggage handling, modern first-class air-conditioned buses, transfers including the airport transfers for domestic flights and for site-seeing, experiential extensive sightseeing as detailed in the itinerary with entrance fees, expert Egyptologist/archeologist Emil Shaker, who will be your guide and accompany the group throughout the program, Tour Director, and seminar time plus meditations and gatherings at the hotel, boat and on-site with Jorge Delgado & Laurie Wheeler. (Exact time of gatherings announced on site.) Plus, much more! The single supplement, if available, is $344 and includes 3 nights during hotel stays only. Unfortunately, single supplements are not available on the boat. (Cost quoted is based on minimum of 15 paying passengers. With less than 15 paying passengers there will be a surcharge of $250-$275 per person, the exact amount depending on final number of travelers; travelers will be advised of surcharge about 30 days before departure, and if it is required, please be advised that cancellation fees still apply.)
NOT INCLUDED Gratuities to your guide, Emil Shaker, visa (Egypt Visa: $25 USD) and passport fees where required, airline baggage fees, meals not mentioned above, optional tours; foreign cities' and countries' departure taxes; airport/airline/government taxes, fees, fuel and other surcharges (these charges are set by the airline and country and are currently $55; if they decrease at the time of ticketing, the difference in the amount will be reimbursed prior to departures), and items of a personal nature such as laundry and beverages, and other items not included above. Price increases from international merchants may occur. We will try to absorb these costs; however, they may have to be passed on.
DEPOSIT & PAYMENT: A $1,245 deposit secures your reservation! SPACE IS LIMITED. Reservations are accepted on a FIRST COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS according to date of registration. Registrations with a credit card payment of the deposit confirms your space immediately; we accept VISA, MasterCard and Discover; those paying deposit by credit card are still eligible for the “cash discount” price of $6,844. Those paying the deposit by bank wire, your registration will be booked and held for seven calendar days pending receipt of your deposit payment, after which you will be sent a confirmation of receipt of your deposit. (If you wish to pay by bank wire transfer, please contact our office for details.) Final payment is due by November 13, 2023. If the final payment is not received 10 days after the payment due date, and required documents are not returned on time, reservations are subject to a $100 late fee, and may be subject to cancellation. Final payments can be paid with a bank wire or by credit card. For final payment by credit card, the tour price is $7,084.
*The “cash discount” price of $6,844 is the price when the final payment is made by bank wire transfer. The late payment fee will be applied.
NOTE ABOUT TRAVELER’S VITAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT (TVID): To coordinate your travel arrangements and complete your registration, it is essential that this completed and signed document (TVID) be emailed within 10 days of when you receive it, or a late fee will be applied. This document is included in your registration packet.
Email to travel@powerplaces.com.
CANCELLATION & REFUNDS: Deposits are refundable, except for a $499 processing fee per person if cancellation is received in writing by September 13, 2023. For cancellations from September 14, 2023, to November 13, 2023, 50% of the total trip cost is not refundable. No refunds after November 13, 2023, without exception. All cancellations must be in writing and reach our office by the applicable cancellation date above. Since the cancellation terms must be strictly applied no matter the reason for cancellation, travel insurance/trip cancellation insurance is strongly recommended; recommended insurance includes coverage for cancellation in case of illness or death in the family. For U.S. Travelers, for travel insurance, please go to www.allianztravelinsurance.com and click on the link ‘Travel Agent ACCAM.’ Please enter CODE: F205906.
Allianz now includes 'epidemic' coverage in its travel insurance offerings. For more information go to: https://www.allianztravelinsurance.com/coverage-alerts/2019-novel-coronavirus.htm.
For International Travelers: Contact a local travel agency in your area or search online for costs and details about the right travel insurance for you.
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Travel Supplier(s)/Tour Operator(s) provide the travel services identified with this travel program, and the travel program member agrees to look solely to such Travel Supplier(s)/Tour Operator(s) for the provision to such travel services; the travel program member agrees to participate in the seminar on site unless other arrangements have been made previously prior to departure; the Tour Operator or Tour Director/Manager/Escort shall have the right to decline to accept or to retain any person as a travel program member should such travel program member's health, mental condition, physical infirmity or general deportment impede the operation of the travel program or the rights, welfare, or enjoyment of other travel program members, and no refund can be given in such cases. The right is reserved to substitute hotels or alter itineraries, and either the Tour Operator or Power Places® Tours, Inc. shall have the right to cancel any travel program prior to departure or to increase prices where the costs shall rise.
Neither Power Places® Tours, Inc. nor any of its associates, agents, officers, or consultants shall be financially responsible for refunds in the event of cancellation of all or part of any tour due to acts of nature, governmental actions, travel advisories or warnings, civil unrest or hostilities, or acts of terrorism, or for the default of any Tour Operator or Travel Supplier, or for any reason beyond control of Power Places® Tours, Inc. Power Places® Tours, Inc. is not responsible for any refunds should a presenter/speaker advertised as attending/speaking or leading a tour or conference cancel for any reason whatsoever. Power Places® Tours, Inc. is not responsible for any physical, mental, emotional, or other reaction, trauma, or ailment during the trip or occurring afterwards, that participants may experience at the sites or from any lecturers, workshops, or sessions of any kind, including private sessions with presenters.
In the unlikely event that a dispute arises between the tour member/traveler (or person registered to travel) and Power Places® Tours, Inc., a Colorado corporation, the tour member/traveler/person registered to travel also agrees that the dispute will be governed by Colorado law and the venue for any legal action will be in Denver; and agrees that under any and all circumstances the cost of the trip is a fair and reasonable limitation on damages, of any sort whatsoever, and that no refunds or damages can be given greater than the amount actually paid to Power Places Tours, Inc. Costs incurred due to credit card or other fees accessed to Power Places Tours, Inc. are not subject to refund.
Power Places® Tours, Inc. has recommended the purchase of appropriate travel accident insurance, baggage insurance, tour operator/carrier default protection insurance, and trip cancellation insurance, and has made available explanatory information and policies, and the travel program member has had the opportunity to purchase such insurance as protection against certain risks of travel to the planned destination. Travel program members are advised that travel insurance covers only what is included as stated as covered in the travel insurance brochure.
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