1. Voyage en France 2019
Safety Meeting
2/14/19

2. 59 days ‘til departure!

3. Administrative Issues
s to parents/guardians: issues
Bus money: coming soon
Tip money: $70
New Medication Form: self-carry is possible!
Passport copy to me: Listen for your name
Remember: euros (cash), credit/debit card; medical insurance; phone plan.

4. Roommate request Write your name Star is your go-to person
Rooms are 3 or 4 people
3 or 4 people means you need to plan shower times
No students of opposite sex in your room
Bed checks
Doors taped at night
Stay neat
Do not leave passport in room
Morning of check-out: pack bags before breakfast

5. Flights
Sunday > Monday

6. RULES? WHY?
Safety

7. EMERGENCY?
What do you do?
Call …

8. SAFETY Always stay with group
Keep in touch with your assigned chaperone
WATCH OUT FOR EACH OTHER
Participate in all activities
Pay attention

9. Tour & Subway Groups

10. Subway (le métro) Getting on: Getting off: Stay with your group
Chaperone gets on last
Be aware, if crowded
Hold on to bar!
Doors close automatically
If your group does not all get on together:
GET OFF AT THE NEXT STOP
Getting off:
Meet group immediately on platform: check in with your chaperone
Chaperone gets off last
If you do not make it off: get off at next stop and wait

11. Daily Itineraries Nightly meeting in lobby: In morning:
We will meet each night in lobby to
Review the finished day
Go over following day’s itinerary
In morning:
That day’s itinerary posted in lobby
Be on time!

12. RULES: This is a school trip: Behavioral expectations are high.
FOLLOW ALL SCHOOL RULES
FOLLOW TRIP RULES
FOLLOW CHAPERONES’ INSTRUCTIONS
Behavioral expectations are high.
You represent HK and the US
To be discussed in detail at next two meetings
Nightly curfew and bed checks: sleep at night

13. General Safety: Pay attention to instructions Be aware
Of what is around you
In crowds
Of your belongings (esp. passport/money)
No earbuds in public/during tours

14. City Safety Paris is not Higganum! BE AWARE. Carrying belongings:
Keep money/passport in inside pockets
Wallets in front pocket
Consider not using a purse with a long strap
Crowds:
Tourists are vulnerable
Pickpockets exist

15. In France  Know where your chaperone is!!!!
Stay with your group during walking tours
Check in with your chaperone when we are accounting for everyone
Free time: minimum 4 per group with watch/time and check with chaperone before leaving
Watch out for each other ALWAYS
Be kind and take care of each other.

16. During tours PAY ATTENTION Phone is for taking pictures only
No earbuds
No texting, reading texts, etc.
No side conversations

17. Meals
Breakfast: at hotel, simple, juice, coffee, bread, croissants, jam, butter, and if we are lucky: NUTELLA
Lunch: not included; during free time:
Tour director will point out possibilities
Cheap/quick: get a sandwich, panini, pizza, hotdog…
Eating a nice meal: make sure you have time: ASK; will be more expensive; the longer lunch times will be toward the end of the week
Dinner
Included, we eat as a group, nothing radical, examples: roasted chicken, crepes, tarte flambee…

18. What to expect before trip:
One more student meeting
More safety
Behavioral expectations
More details on itinerary and trip (including packing tips)
Other fun facts that are good to know
Late March
A parent/guardian/student meeting
Thursday, March 7, at 6:30 PM (Room C109)
Communication information
Behavioral contract

19. Luggage: what kind of suitcase
All luggage will be searched.
Checked bags:
Turn in Friday.
We will weigh bags (50 lbs max)
Mrs. Hayward will search bags.
Bags will be secured through departure.
Carry-on:
Bring Sunday
Liquid limits; 1 quart ziplock bag
Processing line (including carry-on search)
You will not have access to checked bag!

20. Day of departure  Sunday: meet at HK, in the AM
Time to be announced
Carry-on bags will be searched
Final announcements made
Coach bus to Boston-Logan Airport
We check in and go through security as a group

21. Vous avez des questions?