| An overnight trip is an exciting adventure whether you are an experienced traveler or journeying away from home for the first time. It is an opportunity to explore new places, ideas, and cultures. The fun and adventure of travel is experiencing different ways of eating, living, and thinking. Because of these differences, and for your safety, Junior Tours has set some important rules and guidelines. Adhering to these regulations will not only enhance the enjoyment of your trip, but also ensure that you have a safe one.
1. Bus Behavior: Your motor coach will be with you for your entire Tour. The bus must be kept neat and clean. All garbage shall be disposed of in an appropriate manner. Noise should be kept to a minimum so that your bus driver is not distracted. You will be held responsible for any and all damage you cause.
2. Hotel Behavior: Treat your hotel room with respect. Keep it neat while you use it. You will be held responsible for any and all damage you cause. Be mindful of noise in hotels, especially at night. All pay-per-view movie channels will be shut-off and may not be purchased by a student. All hotel room telephones will be shut-off to outgoing calls. Students may receive incoming calls. Do not run in the hallways or slam doors! Other guests are trying to sleep and noises carry. Except with the express permission of the Group Leader, no tour participant is (i) to leave the hotel grounds for any reason; or (ii) use the hotel pool, hot tub or sauna.
3. Lost or Stolen Items: You are responsible for your own belongings. Keep all valuables; including without limitation money, with you at all times. Report any missing items directly to the manager of the facility in which you think the item was lost or stolen.
4. Staying Together: It is imperative that you stay together at all times. No one may go anywhere alone for any reason whatsoever. It is of the utmost importance that your Group Leader knows where you are at all times. Remember you are part of a group. Always be on time for scheduled activities and departures. It is unfair to keep others waiting and you don't want to miss a thing!
5. Breaking Out in Smaller Groups: There are certain parts of your Tour when your Group Leader may permit you to break off into smaller groups. If that is allowed, you must stay in groups of at least three or four. The Group Leader will also give explicit instructions as to where and with whom you are going and on the time and place of your return.
6. Junior Tours Emergency Cards: You must have in your possession the Junior Tours “Emergency Procedure Cards” which will be distributed at the beginning of the Tour. This card provides 24-hour toll-free telephone numbers to call in the event you need assistance while on Tour or are lost or separated from the Group. You should write down on your Emergency Card the Group Leader cell phone number.
7. Family Visits: Should you wish to visit a family member or friend while on Tour, a letter signed by your parents or legal guardian must be in the possession of your Group Leader at the time of the proposed visit. Your Group Leader must also agree to this visit. In all other instances you are expected to take your meals with the group and to participate in all group activities.
8. Curfew: All students are required to be in their hotel rooms at a time to be determined by the Group Leader. Only a scheduled activity with your Group Leader is an exception.
9. No Motor Vehicles: Other than the motor coach provided for the Group or when riding with an adult chaperone, it is not permissible for any tour participant to use any kind of motorized vehicle including (but not limited to) train, subway, taxi, private automobile or other vehicle during the Tour.
10. Alcohol or Controlled Substances: Any student possessing or using alcohol or any narcotic will be sent home immediately, at parental expense. No weapons of any sort are allowed.
11. Common Sense and Courtesy: You must be mindful of your own safety and well being throughout the Tour and use your own good judgment at all times. You are responsible for your possessions as well as for your behavior and will be held accountable for them.
Note: These rules are the minimal guidelines for your trip. Your Group Leader might have additional regulations as well. Except as otherwise stated above, an infraction of the above rules will generally result in a collect telephone call to the student's parents. Further infractions may result in the student being sent home at parental expense.
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