Dear Colleagues: I am hosting a Reading Week Theatre Tour to London, UK
from 17-23 February 2013. I would like to invite students from other
universities and colleges to join us on the trip. Please let your students
know if your Reading Week is during those dates.
Thank you.
Lionel
All needed information is below and I am happy to answer questions via
e-mail at walsha at uwindsor.ca. . Students who wish to participate, should
forward a deposit of $250 U.S. via money order or bank draft, made payable
to Select Travel Service, by 9 November in order to hold your space. Other
deposit deadlines are listed below. Please send your deposit to:
Lionel Walsh, Associate Dean
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
University of Windsor
Windsor, ON N9B 3P4
Associate Professor
School of Dramatic Art
University of Windsor
Windsor, ON
N9B 3P4
If you have questions, please get in touch with me.
Lionel
E-mail: walsha at uwindsor.ca
Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 2029
Select Travel Service Inc, Country Club Plaza, West 115 Century Road, Suite 330,
Paramus, New Jersey 07652.
Tel: 800.752.6787 Fax: 201.265.6126 E-Mail: info at selecttravel.com
www.selecttravel.com
For the attention of : University of Windsor Ontario
Company : Lionel Walsh
Group Reference : London Theatre Studies
Date of Travel : 17 Feb 2013
Date of proposal : 12 Jun 2012
Reference No : 2325
Prices quoted in US Dollars on a per person basis.
Minimum 20 paying US$2,565.00 pp
Minimum 15 paying US$2,675.00 pp
Single room supplement $320.00
The above prices are based on Standard Twin Room accommodation.
Free places are in Single unless otherwise specified.
Services to be Provided
Accommodation and meals:
Roundtrip coach airfare from Detroit including taxes
5 night(s) accommodation
Breakfast daily
1 Hotel dinner(s)
1 Restaurant Meal(s)
1 complimentary faculty travel package in a private room
Porterage included at hotels: No
Daily land services:
17 Feb 2013
Overnight flight from Detroit
18 Feb 2013
Morning arrival Heathrow
Private motorcoach transfer Heathrow to hotel with panoramic
tour
5 Day Travel Card zones 1 & 2
19 Feb 2013
Historical Theatreland Walking Tour - Walking Tour
Theatre Royal Drury Lane - Backstage Tour
London West End Show - Ticket for evening performance
20 Feb 2013
Royal National Theatre - Backstage Tour
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre - Workshop with Theatre Tour
London Pub Theatre - Ticket for Pub theatre performance
21 Feb 2013
LAMDA - Workshop
London West End Show - Ticket for evening performance
22 Feb 2013
Free day in London or optional Stratford excursion
London Restaurant - Farewell Dinner - College Student Menu
London West End Show - Ticket for evening performance
23 Feb 2013
Escorted transfer Hotel to Heathrow
Return flight to Detroit
Items not included in the price:
Meals not specified above.
Health, trip cancellation/interruption or baggage insurance.
All are strongly recommended.
Passport & visa costs.
Items of a personal nature (hotel extras, laundry, phone calls
etc.).
Gratuities to the tour guides (see terms and conditions for
guidelines).
Items not specifically mentioned above.
Optional Stratford Excursion
Minimum 20 paying $107.00
pp
Minimum 15 paying $115.00
pp
22 Feb 2013
London to Stratford Rail
Ticket return ticket,
standard class
Stratford & RSC Walking
Tour (2hrs)
The Shakespeare
Birthplace Trust -
Admission to 2 houses
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
- Theatre Ticket
RSC Workshop
Optional Full Day London Guide
for any day
Minimum 20 paying plus 1 free $24.00
of charge pp
Minimum 15 paying plus 1 free $33.00
of charge pp
Any Day
Guide - Full Day Hire
Hotels
Our proposal is based on the following hotels subject to the status
indicated below.
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| Lon| Lancaster Gate | 18/02/2013 | On | On request |
| don| Hotel or similar |for 5 nt(s) |request| |
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Itinerary of Services
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| Sunday | |Continental| |
| 17th | | Breakfast | |
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| February | 10pm Overnight non stop Delta flight from Detroit to London. | | |
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| | Late morning touchdown at Heathrow. We'll meet our local London guide at the airport. | | |
| | Enroute into the centre, enjoy a panoramic London highlights tour during which we'll | | |
| | see all the major sights of both London's Old City and vibrant West End. Suitable for | | |
| | those visiting for the first time, or those just wishing to re-acquaint themselves with| | |
| | the Capital's charms, this tour is London in a nutshell! We'll drive past such famous | | |
| | sights as Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, then along the river to the | | |
| | Tower of London. No interior visits are included in this tour, but photo stops will be | | |
| | made at appropriate points. Tour ends at the hotel for check-in. | | |
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| | London is one of the world's most popular cities. People have flocked to the city for | | |
| | tourism and business alike for over two thousand years. Today London has the greatest | | |
| | concentration of major attractions in Britain, boasts four World Heritage Sites, and is| | |
| | renowned throughout the world for its shops, museums, parks and cosmopolitan life. | | |
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| | Your London Transport Pass commences. It is valid for 5 days and provides you with free| | |
| | transport on the underground and London buses within zones 1 and 2 on the transport | | |
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| | This evening a welcome dinner is provided at a local London restaurant. | | |
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| | Overnight at the Lancaster Gate Hotel. London or similar | | |
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| Tuesday | |Continental| |
| 19th | | Breakfast | |
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| | Morning Theatreland Walking Tour on the theme of "100 Years of London Theatre". Trace | | |
| | theatreland's history from Edwardian Music Hall and Suffragette Drama via revues, | | |
| | musicals, theatre clubs and battles with the censor to subsidy and the fringe. Learn | | |
| | about personalities who have shaped theatre in the past 100 years from Charles Wyndham | | |
| | and Herbert Beerbohm Tree to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh. | | |
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| | Afternoon tour backstage at the theatre Royal Drury Lane, one of London's oldest and | | |
| | best-loved theatres. The first theatre was built here in 1663 and the building we'll | | |
| | tour today is the fourth incarnation!Our tour of this historic theatre will show us the| | |
| | Royal Box, the Royal entrance, lifting gear and much more. | | |
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| | Tonight we will attend a performance at one of London's famous West End theatres. | | |
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| Wednesday | |Continental| |
| 20th | | Breakfast | |
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| | | London | |
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| | This morning enjoy a National Theatre backstage tour. The tour takes you behind-the | | |
| | scenes to see three auditoriums, front-of-house, scenic workshops and backstage areas, | | |
| | all in the company of well-informed, enthusiastic guides. | | |
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| | Afterwards visit Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on London's South Bank. Tour the | | |
| | magnificent reconstruction of this 16th century theatre and enjoy a theatrical workshop| | |
| | on a subject of your choice, led by the Globe's highly knowledgeable education team. | | |
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| | This evening a ticket for a performance at a Pub or Fringe Theatre is provided | | |
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| Thursday | |Continental| |
| 21st | | Breakfast | |
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| | Enjoy a workshop at LAMDA - the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Workshop | | |
| | subject is a the choice of visiting faculty. | | |
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| | Afternoon for independent study. | | |
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| | Tonight we will attend a performance at one of London's famous West End theatres, or | | |
| | the National Theatre. | | |
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| | Overnight at the Lancaster Gate Hotel. London | | |
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| Friday | |Continental| |
| 22nd | | Breakfast | |
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| | | London | |
| | Optional excursion to Stratford | | |
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| | A ticket is provided to travel from London to Stratford by train. | | |
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| | Jonathan Milton, a leading theatre expert in Stratford, will give us a guided tour of | | |
| | the theatrical highlights of Shakespeare's home town | | |
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| | Visits to two Shakespearean properties have been arranged. Shakespeare's Birthplace is | | |
| | a half timbered house, where Shakespeare was born in 1564. The house offers a | | |
| | fascinating insight into life as it was when Shakespeare was a child. Just outside | | |
| | Stratford lies Anne Hathaway's Cottage, the childhood home of Shakespeare's wife. This | | |
| | picturesque thatched cottage has a a charming cottage garden and a tree and sculpture | | |
| | garden including a maze. | | |
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| | Enjoy a half day workshop on any Shakespeare text, organised with the RSC in Stratford.| | |
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| | A ticket is provided to a Shakespeare performance at the RSC theatre in Stratford. | | |
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| | This evening dinner is provided at a local London restaurant or Stratford restaurant if| | |
| | that excursion is selected. | | |
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| | Tonight we will attend a performance at one of London's famous West End theatres or at | | |
| | RST if Stratford trip selected. | | |
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| | Overnight at the Lancaster Gate Hotel. London | | |
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| | This morning an executive motorocoach is provided for transfer from the hotel to | | |
| | Heathrow airport. | | |
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| | We will be met at our hotel by a local guide who will escort us to Heathrow and assist | | |
| | us with check-in for our non stop Delta flight arriving in Detroit later the same day. | | |
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All prices quoted in this proposal are valid for 45 days from the
date of this proposal. If confirmation is not received within this
time frame, Select Travel Service reserves the right to requote.
We thank you again for considering Select Travel Service. We pride
ourselves on providing a first class service with a personal touch
and we look forward to the opportunity of welcoming your students to
Europe.
I have read and accept the above proposal and agree to abide by the
terms and conditions specified.
Signed________________________ Signed________________________
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FOR: Select Travel Service FOR: University of Windsor
Ontario
Name: Matthew Squire Name:
__________________________
Date: 12 Jun 2012 Date:
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Please sign and return to:
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Country Club Plaza, West 115 Century Road, Suite 330
Paramus NJ 07652
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Terms & Conditions
Standard terms and conditions.
Deposit Requirements
A deposit of $250 per student upon trip registration
a second deposit of $500 per student about 90 days prior to departure
final payment 45 days prior to departure. .
Cancellation Policy
If individual students cancel after registration, typically the
cancellation fees are as follows:
After registration:$50
Less than 90 days prior to departure $200
Less than 60 days prior to departure $500
Less than 45 days prior to departure we attempt to reclaim funds from
suppliers as best possible, but refunds cannot be guaranteed.
Single Rooms
The availability of private/single occupancy rooms is dependent upon
individual hotel properties and in some cases, where a large number
of singles is required, it may be necessary to charge a further
supplement over and above the single supplement quoted. We will
guarantee the quoted single supplement for a maximum of 20% of the
total room requirement of your program. Over and above this we
reserve the right to charge further supplements if necessary.
Baggage
When porterage of baggage is included in a program, it is based upon
a maximum of 1 piece of standard airline baggage per person.
Passengers bringing baggage in excess of this amount may incur a
surcharge. For the sake of passenger comfort, we recommend a of 1
suitcase per person plus 1 carry on per person. Please note that many
airlines do charge for checked pieces of baggage. Participants are
responsible for any charges which may be collected by the airline at
check in since it is not possible for us to prepay these on their
behalf.
Items Not Included
Our tours do not include items of a personal nature such as laundry,
room service, laundry, telephone charges or other hotel extras. All
passengers are responsible for settling any such costs incurred
before checking out of each hotel or returning home. In the event
that students do not settle such costs prior to return to the US, we
will pass the charges retroactively through to the college for
collection.
Gratuities
Select Travel tours include tips for baggage handling (when
itemized), chambermaids, and waiting staff for included meals.
Gratuities are not included to the motorcoach driver and tour guide.
These are at the participant's discretion. Select offers a guideline
of $2.00 per person per day for the guide and $1.00 per person per
day for the driver.
Drinks Policy
All breakfasts include juices, tea and coffee. Contracted lunches and
dinners include tea and coffee but unless otherwise stated do not
include mineral water, wine, beer or other alcoholic beverages.
Taxes
Our prices include all European government taxes as levied as of the
date of this proposal. In the event that additional taxes are
introduced by governing bodies or existing taxes increased, Select
Travel Service will have to pass on all such additional charges to
the booking agent or individual passengers concerned.
Insurance
Select Travel Service strongly recommends that all passengers be
adequately insured for medical expenses, baggage loss or damage and
trip cancellation or interruption. This is the responsibility of
individual tour participants. We work with Travelex for all insurance
needs and enrollment forms are available from our office.
Payments
Tour payments should be by college check and made payable to "Select
Travel Service Inc". They should be mailed to: Select Travel Service,
West 115 Century Road, Suite 330, Paramus NJ 07652. Payment may also
be made by bank transfer to the following account:
ABA: 021201503
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name:
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Payment is also accepted by credit card but will incur a merchant fee
of 4%.
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of other bids, will be considered breach of propriety, under which
this proposal has been developed and submitted.
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If Select Travel Service (STS) has to cancel a tour or is unable to
carry out all services due to circumstances beyond our control, we
will do all possible to secure services of comparable or better
standard or refund all monies in full. STS accepts no responsibility
for loss or additional expenses incurred due to delays, changes,
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