American Experience West

Important notes:

• In Orlando, the tour leader will come along only if the group strength is minimum 20 pax.
• For below 20 no tour leader can accompany and the transfer to theme park will be done by Hotel shuttle.

• All rates are in USD & subject to change as per availability and depending on the tour 

• Please send Guest’s Passport copies & Weight for booking any of the below services

• Tipping is compulsory in USA. 
• You will have to pay USD 5.00 per person per day for the Duration of your tour. Kindly pay the same on arrival to the Tour Manager (Applicable on both adult and child)

• On the tour luggage allowance in the coach will be one handbag and one suitcase per person. 
• Porterage in Any of Tours is not included. It will be passenger’s responsibility to carry their bags to and from the Coach and their room. 

• Breakfast: Your breakfast is normally a continental or American breakfast which usually will have Tea or Coffee, Juices, Cereals, Milk, Breads, Butter, Jam, cheese.  Some hotels may provide hash brown potatoes or hot potatoes or hot beans. No Indian item or Jain item will be available. 
• Indian Breakfast: In case of Indian breakfast you will be taken to the Indian restaurant and not in the hotel premises.It may be possible that the Indian restaurant is little far. 
• Lunch & Dinner: may be a combination of Indian / Continental or local vegetarian or packed. Local lunch can be pizza, pasta or Mexican or subway. But all vegetarian. 
• Jain passengers: Please note, the Jain food which may be provided will be without onion, garlic & potatoes. Any further restriction from the above for vegetables etc cannot be accommodated. Also there will be restricted choice of vegetables, curries items for jain passengers. 
• A meal doesn’t include any Water Bottles, Beverages Hard/Soft drinks, Fruit Juices.  
• Drinking water will not be provided during the tour because tap water is suitable for drinking. 
• In the cruise, the meals will be served as per the cruise  policy. 
• If you are non vegetarian please request us at the time of booking. 

• Flamingo strongly advises that you should carry a travel insurance with you, with a minimum of USD 250,000 coverage. We will not release any tour documents, unless the insurance copy is submitted to us. 
• Please note the insurance cost is not included in the tour cost. It is going to be additional. 

COVID RULES:

• It is mandatory to follow the Vaccination pre-requirement of each country being visited before & during the tour.

• International airfare not included. 
• Passengers need to reach to the hotel of first destination on their own. Airport transfers are not included for Direct Joining passengers. 
• Passengers’ tour will end at the hotel in the last city. They need to transfer to airport on their own expense.
• The JD cost does not include the cost of USA visa and Canada visa.

• Your tour manager will not be travelling with you in the flights. He / She will meet you directly in the first hotel of your tour / airport (if there is a transfer) 
• It is not necessary that the tour manager travels with you in the internal flights as well. 
• Your tour manager may change the flow of sightseeing for the betterment if need may be. 

• It is strictly not allowed to eat, drink or smoke inside the Coach. 
• Coach Captains are bound by American laws and restrictions about driving hours per day and per week. All itineraries are planned as per them. Therefore it is absolutely essential for passengers to follow the time very strictly and punctually. 
• In some Coaches an emergency washroom is available. Keeping in mind hygiene standards it can be used only in case of severe emergency. We try to make sufficient stops to ensure the comfort of our passengers. 
• For our tours we do have all sizes of coaches such as 30 seater, 49 seater and 55 seater. We choose coach as per number of participants in the tour and we tend to use full capacity of our coach with no seat or hardly a seat or two empty in the coach. 
• Our coaches will not have any WIFI facilities on board the coach. 

• There will be no refund on utilized services. 
• Due to reasons beyond our control such as strikes, heavy traffic, rain etc or you did not use services such as Meals, Entrance Fees, Sightseeing Tour, Hotels, cruises, Optional Tours it is clearly understood that there will be no refund due to any reason whatsoever. 
• Any refund (if due) process will take minimum 30 days or the time taken as per the supplier policy on whose services needs to be refunded. 
• Refunds will be given in Indian Rupees and thru Cheque or Bank Transfers only even though payment by cash. 
• If refund is due in foreign currency the rate of exchange will be considered on the day when refund is made and not the day when the payment was made.

• Operations of Groups Tour to USA is subject to Minimum Participation of 35 paying adult passengers 
• Tours specified in the brochure / itinerary is subject to minimum participation of paying participants. If the participants are below the minimum prescribed or any unforeseen circumstances beyond our control or without assigning any reason the company reserves right to amend, amalgamate, alter, vary or cancel a tour without incurring the liability to pay any compensation.  
• Under such circumstances amount paid by you will be refunded forthwith after deducting the actual expenses incurred by us like visa, travel insurance and the like but no compensation is payable. All refunds shall be given in Indian Rupees and thru cheque or bank transfers only. 
• If company decides to operate the tour with participation below minimum stipulated or if the participants are required to travel as “individual traveller” the company reserves right to collect additional amount in case any. Persons travelling as individual travellers such cases will not be provided certain services including that of tour manager and the client may travel in the same itinerary with some amendments such as in coach, airport transfers, which re at fixed times etc. 

• Above rates are subject to change without our prior notice. Above rates are subject to availability & confirmation by the airline & hotel. 
• ROE will be considered on the day when you make the payment. 
• The airfare & taxes based on the fare structure existing as on December ’21. Any further increase in airfare due to increase in the fuel price, change in government regulations, taxes, etc., charged by the airline will have to be borne by the passengers. FLAMINGO will not be held responsible for them. 
• Price is valid for minimum 40 Passengers traveling together. Flamingo reserves right to cancel or Change date of departure in case of inadequate members in the Group. 
• Room Rates based on Standard Rooms. Supplement cost will be applicable for Sea Facing /Lake Facing / Deluxe / Suite Rooms. 
• International Hotel Standard Check in time 1500 hrs Check out Time 1100hrs 
• There is No Refund for unutilized Services. 
• All services of the tour including changes in Schedule of mode of travel may have an impact on tour Itineraries and the company reserves a right to change / modify / vary/ alter in the tour Itinerary and/or tour tariff accordingly. 
• Porterage is not included. The passengers have to carry their own luggage from coach to room and rooms to coach on their own. 
• Passengers need to pay baggage handling fees of USD 25-35 per check in bag, per flight for internal sectors, levied by airlines at airport if more than 1 bag per person by themselves. 
• It is advisable to book 60 days prior to the date of departure as the internal ticket rate might increase closer to the departure date, resulting in an increase in the tour cost. 
• Overseas Medical Insurance is strongly suggestible for your travel. 

• If the flight arrival is in the morning, then you need to wait in the hotel lobby as check in time is 3 pm.
• The up gradation for Grand Canyon tour will have to be booked from here itself. Please let us know in advance if you want to upgrade.