1. Washington, D.C.: The Capital Tour
Led by Scott Cheney

2. Overview Why travel? Meet EF Explore America Our itinerary
What’s included on our tour
Protection plan
Your payment options
Your online account
How to enroll on our tour

3. The educational benefits of travel
In a study of students who traveled with EF before the age of 18*...
Our tours are accredited, just like your school.
80%
Nearly every student went on to earn a bachelor’s degree or higher
maintained a college GPA above 3.0, and nearly half had GPAs between 3.5 and 4.0
EF was the first tour provider to have its tours accredited, so our tours meet the same rigorous standards as schools and colleges across the country.
Educational travel offers students amazing experiences. They’ll engage with classroom lessons firsthand and really experience their lessons coming to life. Students who travel have the chance to gain a deeper understanding of classroom material and are more invested in their lessons.
Travel is also an incredible growth opportunity. While we’ll have plenty of chaperones and our round-the-clock Tour Director, students will gain confidence and a greater sense of independence from being able to participate in a class trip. Plus they’ll be making memories they’ll never forget.
As the first tour provider to be accredited, EF Explore America 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 EF Explore America can provide students with the opportunity to earn high school credit and teachers can earn professional development credit.
90%
considered themselves to be better at problem solving and critical thinking
4 out of 5 said they were better communicators and collaborators as a result of their travel experience
*Survey by AdvancedEd, commissioned by EF Educational Tours

4. Keeping students safe Full-time Tour Director
With our group 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
Our tour group will 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 & backpacks
EF Explore America ID badge provides helpful emergency contact information
EF Explore America backpacks are easily identifiable

5. Tour Itinerary / Day 1 Depart Van Wyck Junior High School
Lunch Money Provided
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 American History
Dinner in Washington DC
Take a night tour of Washington:
Lincoln Memorial
WWII Memorial
Korean War Veterans Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Memorial

6. Tour Itinerary / 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
Lunch Money Provided
Make a photo stop at the White House
Holocaust Memorial Museum
Newseum
Dinner & Baseball Game

7. Tour Itinerary / Day 3 Visit Capitol Hill
U.S. Capitol and Visitor Center
U.S. Supreme Court
Library of Congress
Lunch Money Provided
Depart for home!
Dinner Money Provided

8. What does the Program Fee include?
Round-trip motorcoach transportation
Safe, quality hotel rooms
Breakfast, lunch, & dinner daily (as itinerary specifies)
Full-time Tour Director
Sightseeing tours led by licensed guides
On-tour transportation
Professional overnight security
Tour backpack, luggage tag & ID badge
Illness and Accident Coverage
24-hour emergency assistance
$1 million consumer protection plan
All gratuities
Convenient Monthly Payment Plan
Personal, secure online Giving Page
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, and remove “lunches” from the “Program fee does not include” list.
(Program fee does not include: personal spending money, Anytime Protection Plan)

9. Anytime Protection Plan
$79 for bus groups
Cancel at any time, for any reason
Receive a full refund (minus any Non-Refundable Fees)
See booking conditions or call the Traveler Support Team ( ) for complete details on this highly recommended protection plan
EF Explore America includes Illness 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!
EF Explore America also offers our Anytime Protection Plan. This option is a great way to protect your investment and know you’re covered should anything happen before you leave for tour. The three aspects of this plan:
1. Cancel at any time: Life is full of surprises. From spraining your ankle a day before the trip to a cousins wedding that you have to go to, the Anytime Protection Plan lets you cancel at any time with no penalties or restrictions.
2. Cancel for any reason: Whether it’s something serious (family emergency, broken bone, school obligations) or something out of the ordinary (bad hair day, allergies, unexpected pimple), you are able to cancel for any reason—no questions asked.
3. Full refund: If you’re unable to go on tour you get your money back—it’s that simple.
For more details on what this plan covers, please direct parents to read over the policy detailed in our Participant Enrollment Booklets or call our Traveler Support Team at

10. Our tour TOUR DETAILS HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
Requested dates: April 8-10, 2015
Departure city: Wappingers Falls, NY
Student Program Fee:
$585
$81/month
$40/bi-weekly
Anytime Protection Plan:
$79 (not included)
$94/month
Copy and paste your price quote from your Group Leader website into the space on this slide. If you did not include lunch and optional excursions on your tour, please remove these items from the slide. You may have to decrease the font size and re-format that text slightly.
Make sure to talk to your students and parents about your requested departure date as well as the date range you gave your Territory Manager. Remember, you could depart two days on either side of your requested departure date. This is also the time to talk about any optional excursions you are looking to add on. You will need at least 20 paying participants to run any optional excursion.
Also, please note the difference in price for adults (any traveler who is 20 or older) and students. The reason for the additional charge is two-fold: adults are automatically roomed two to a room (students are automatically roomed four to a room), and there is an additional cost for adult entrance fees and meals. If an adult would like to room in a family room (combinations include one adult and two students, two adults and one student, two adults and two students, one adult and three students or three students and one adult), then the adult supplement decreases to just $100.

11. Payment options EF’S AUTOMATIC PAYMENT PLAN MANUAL PAYMENT PLAN
$99 deposit upon enrollment
Program Fee divided into manageable monthly or bi-weekly payments
Flexible plan withdrawal dates
Convenient payments automatically charged to an ATM/debit card or checking account
Free, and no late fees
Final due date extended up to 25 days before departure
$99 deposit upon enrollment
$250 total paid to account 30 days after enrollment
Payments charged using ATM/debit card, checking account or credit card
Late fees ranging from $40-85 if payments not received by due dates
Final due date 75 days prior to departure
EF offers flexible payment options that let you choose when—and how—you want to pay.
You can pay in full upon enrollment, or choose to pay over time.
With our free Automatic Payment Plan, payments are automatically deducted from your checking account or ATM/debit card. With the option for a monthly or bi-weekly schedule, it’s a convenient way to pay and extends your final payment deadline until up to 25 days prior to departure.
Or choose our Manual Payment Plan ($20 plan fee) to pay in larger installments less often using an ATM/debit
card, credit card or personal check.
If your participants choose to go with our Manual Payment Plan, they will need to pay $250 within the first month of enrolling, and then the total tour balance will be due at 75 days before your group departs.

12. Payment schedules AUTOMATIC PAYMENT PLAN MANUAL PAYMENT PLAN
Student cost
Monthly Payment
Bi-weekly Payment
$585.00
Enrollment deposit
$99.00
1st Automatic Payment Plan date
10/6/2014
Last Automatic Payment Plan date
3/6/2015
3/9/2015
Number of payments 6 14
Average payment
$81.00
$41.00
Final payment
$35.00
Student cost
$585.00
Enrollment deposit
$99.00
30 days after enrollment
$151.00
Balance due 1/23/2015
$335.00

13. Your personal account Log in at EFExploreAmerica.com to:
Learn more about your destination
Make online payments
Enroll in the Monthly Payment Plan
Track important dates and information
Connect to your Giving Page
Participants will have their own personal online account. For them to access this, tell them to go to EFExploreAmerica.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 Anytime Protection Plan.

14. Fundraising A Giving Page for every traveler Easy and secure
Enrolled travelers receive an with a link to a secure contribution page to share with family and friends
You can also access the page from your personal account website
Works easily with the Monthly Payment Plan
Our tour Giving Page is an easy way to get students fundraising. Travelers will receive an with a link to a unique and personalized Giving Page. They can share the link with family and friends, and then they can make secure online contributions to help travelers meet their tour fundraising goal.

15. Individual awards typically range from $100-$600
$30,000 awarded annually
Individual awards typically range from $100-$600
Students selected based on response to essay question and financial aid application
As part of our commitment to helping more students discover America, EF Explore America’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:

16. How do you enroll? Online EFExploreAmerica.com/Enroll
Phone
Mail EF Explore America EF Center 8 Education Street Cambridge, MA 02141
Tour number: VJ
Enrollment deadline: 10/31/2014
Enter your tour number in this box to get started.

17. Questions?