1. Washington, D.C., and New York
Led by Sara Geller

2. Overview Meet EF Smithsonian Student Travel Our itinerary
What is included on our tour
Coverage plan
Your payment options
Your online account
How to enroll on our tour

3. What does EF Smithsonian Student Travel do?
Low prices so more students can travel
EF Smithsonian Student Travel believes every student should have the chance to explore America. By making their tours as affordable as possible, more students can travel.
Quality meets affordability
Tours consistently exceed the Smithsonian’s high standards for quality and customer satisfactions.
A nation-wide network of offices provides local support
Annual, in-person inspections of all hotels, restaurants and venues
Talk about the trip’s value. Although Smithsonian Student Travel is typically $200-$400 less than other student travel companies, we still need to ensure that our tours are up to the Smithsonian Institution’s high standard of quality. Thus, our tours are consistently a high-quality product for the most competitive price.
“Smithsonian Student Travel opened the door to learning for my students.” - Jeannette Teacher, Puerto Rico

4. What does EF Smithsonian Student Travel do? (continued)
Fully accredited, interactive tours that make learning fun
Accredited tours means they meet the same standards as schools and college
Educational resources created by the Smithsonian Institution
Interactive activities on tour
Smithsonian Student Travel builds personal relationships
Tour Consultant handles our tour details
A dedicated customer service representative for traveler and parent questions
Tour Director for on-tour logistics and is our expert local guide
Being accredited means that all Smithsonian tours have been recognized for their quality and educational value, meeting the same rigorous standards as the best schools across the U.S. It also means that Smithsonian Student Travel can provide students with the opportunity to earn high school credit and teachers can earn professional development credit.
As our group leader, I work with our group’s tour consultant to set up our tour. Working side by side with our consultant is a customer service representative who knows all the details of our tour and can help students and parents. On tour, we will also have a Smithsonian Student Travel Tour Director who is with our group 24/7.

5. How does EF Smithsonian Student Travel keep students safe?
Full-time Tour Director
With groups 24-hours a day, from arrival to departure
Trained to handle on-tour emergencies
Professional overnight security
Additional security dedicated exclusively to our group
Local offices
Tour groups have the support of a network of local offices across America
24/7 Emergency Service
Additional emergency support is always just a phone call away
Travel ID Badges and backpacks
Smithsonian Student Travel ID Badge provides helpful emergency contact information
Smithsonian Student Travel backpacks are brightly-colored and easily identifiable.

6. Tour itinerary: Washington, D.C., and New York
Day 1:
Learn about the Smithsonian Institution during an introduction by your tour director
Visit the Smithsonian museum of your choice, which may include:
National Air and Space Museum
National Museum of Natural History
National Museum of African Art
National Museum of American History
Smithsonian American Art Museum
National Portrait Gallery
Take a night tour of Washington:
Lincoln Memorial
WWII Memorial
Korean War Veterans Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Memorial

7. Tour itinerary: Washington, D.C., and New York
Day 2:
Visit Arlington National Cemetery and witness the changing of the guard
Visit the Marine Corps War Memorial and Iwo Jima Memorial
Take a guided tour of D.C.
Washington Monument
FDR Memorial
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Jefferson Memorial
Make a photo stop at the White House
Visit Mount Vernon
Enjoy an evening activity

8. Tour itinerary: Washington, D.C., and New York
Day 3:
Visit Capitol Hill:
U.S. Capitol and Visitor Center
U.S. Supreme Court
Library of Congress
Travel to New York
Visit the Empire State Building

9. Tour itinerary: Washington, D.C., and New York
Day 4:
Take a guided tour of New York:
Greenwich Village and SoHo
World Trade Center site
Chinatown and Little Italy
Explore Central Park
Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Explore Times Square
Attend a Broadway show

10. Tour itinerary: Washington, D.C., and New York
Day 5:
Visit the Statue of Liberty
Marvel at the 151-foot model engineered by Alexandre Gustav Eiffel, of Eiffel Tower fame
Explore the Ellis Island Immigration Museum
Free afternoon in Manhattan

11. Tour itinerary: Washington, D.C., and New York
Day 6:
Take a tour of NBC Studios
Depart for home!

12. What does the Program Fee include?
Round-trip airfare
Clean and safe hotel rooms
Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily (as itinerary specifies)
Full-time Tour Director
Sightseeing tours led by licensed guides
Air-conditioned motorcoach
Professional overnight security
On-tour backpack, luggage tag and travel ID badge
Travel journal
Medical and accident coverage
$1 million consumer protection plan
All-Inclusive travel coverage
All gratuities
Smithsonian membership
If your group is adding lunches to the Program Fee, make sure to tell your group that all meal costs will be included on their tour.
"I am amazed at the amount of experiences my students had. Our tour director was knowledgeable and fun. This was such a great value at this given time. Affordable. Educational. A trip of a lifetime."
- Paula Teacher, Texas

13. What is not included? Personal spending money Checked baggage fees
Remember: If lunches are included please remove “lunches” bullet point. If not traveling to Canada, please remove passport bullet

14. What does the coverage plan include?
Included in Program Fee
Medical and accident coverage
24-hour Emergency Assistance
All-Inclusive Travel Coverage Plan (Included in price)
Tour cancellation and interruption coverage
Program Fee protection
Baggage and property coverage
Personal delay coverage
See booking conditions or call customer service ( ) for complete details on this highly recommended coverage plan.
Smithsonian Student Travel includes Medical and Accident Coverage, as well as our 24 hour Emergency Assistance in the Program Fee. So if there are any medical emergencies on tour, your participants are covered and we are prepared to help!
Smithsonian Student Travel also offers an All-Inclusive Travel Coverage Plan. This plan is a great way to protect your investment and know you are covered for any setbacks that could happen like a delay or stolen property.
There are four aspects of this plan:
1. Tour Cancellation and Interruption Coverage- Full monetary refund upon emergency cancellation or a partial refund if a participant needs to leave a tour early due to family, medical or personal emergency.  Emergency cancellation reasons include: Serious injury or illness leading to hospitalization of the participant or immediate family member, death of immediate family member, involuntary job-loss of a parent, and school decision for behavior or grades. 
2. Program Fee Protection Coverage- If a participant has to cancel for any reason, the traveler can receive a Future Travel Voucher for the full value paid (less non-refundable coverage premium and late fees).  The voucher is good for any future tour with SST, EF Educational Tours or Go Ahead Tours, or can be transferred to another traveler on the same tour and applied as a credit toward their balance. 
3. Baggage and Property Coverage- Coverage for baggage, cash, airline tickets and other valuables in cases of theft or delay and up to $300 emergency cash within 24 hours in case of on-tour theft
4. Personal Delay Coverage- Reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred for travel delays over eight hours and coverage for costs incurred to rejoin tour because of a missed flight
For more details on what this insurance plan covers, please direct parents to read over the insurance policy detailed in our Participant Enrollment Booklets or call customer service at

15. How much does it cost?
Requested Departure Date: June 3, 2013
Departure City: Phoenix
Fall pricing starts 9/1
Student Price
$2,188
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Adult Price
$2,463

16. How are payments made? Monthly Payment Plan Manual payment schedule
Program Fee divided into manageable monthly payments
Convenient monthly payments charged to a debit or credit card
Free and no late fees
Final due date extended up to 35 days before departure
Works great with fundraising
Highly recommended!
Upon enrollment: $99 Enrollment deposit (non-refundable)
30 days after enrollment: Account must have $350 total paid
110 days prior to departure: Account must be paid in full
Please note that non-refundable late fees ranging from $40-85 will apply if payment is not received on the dates they are due
Smithsonian Student Travel offers two different payment plan options. We often hear that the monthly payment plan is very appealing to the parents – it breaks down the lump sum into manageable monthly payments, and gives them an additional 1-2 months to pay for their tour. This is the easiest way to pay for tour– and it’s free! Because of this, our monthly payment plan is our standard payment option. Please note that the $99 enrollment fee is still due at the time of enrollment if participants decide to enroll on the monthly payment plan.
If your participants choose to go with our manual payment schedule, they will need to pay $350 within the first month of enrolling, and then the total tour balance will be due at 110 days before your group departs. If a participant misses the second payment, a $40 late fee will apply, and if he or she misses the final payment, an $85 late fee will apply.
Please let parents know that, depending on your tour date, 110 days before your departure date could be during the holidays. In this case, the monthly payment plan, and the payment extension it provides, can be very helpful for families.

17. Your tours payment breakdown
EF’s Monthly Payment Plan
Manual Payment Plan
Student Cost
$2,188.00
Enrollment Deposit
$99.00
1st Monthly Payment Plan Date
10/15/2012
Last Monthly Payment Plan Date
04/15/2013
# of Payments 7
Average Payment
$262.00
Final Payment
$255.00
Student Cost
$2,188.00
Enrollment Deposit
$99.00
30 days after enrollment
$251.00
Balance Due 02/13/2013
$1,838.00
Monthly Payment based on a 14 day charge date.

18. $30,000 awarded annually
Students selected based on response to essay question and financial aid application
As part of our commitment to helping more students explore America, Smithsonian Student Travel’s Liberty Scholarship provides $30,000 each year to help students travel and discover their country. Recipients of the scholarship are chosen based on their response to an essay question and financial aid application. Learn more and download an application:

19. How do you keep track of your account?
Log in to your personal account at SmithsonianStudentTravel.com to:
Learn more about your destination
Make online payments
Enroll in our monthly payment plan
Track important dates and information
Purchase the All-Inclusive Travel Coverage Plan
Participants will have their own personal online account. For them to access this, tell them to go to SmithsonianStudentTravel.com. They should then click “log in” on the left sidebar, under the Enroll on a tour blue box. Then students enter their unique Participant ID number (given when they first enroll), and password (the default password will be their birthday written in the following format: xx/xx/xxxx with all of the zeros and slashes). Once in their accounts, participants will be able to make payments online, learn more about the trip, enroll on our monthly payment plan, and purchase the all-inclusive coverage plan.

20. How do you enroll? Tour number: 1283529
Enrollment deadline: 09/15/2012
8/31 to get Spring price
Online
SmithsonianStudentTravel.com
Phone
Mail
Smithsonian Student Travel
EF Center
One Education Street
Cambridge, MA 02141
You can find this box on our homepage.

21. Questions?