Your wine tour package includes
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One or more vineyard tours or wine tastings per day
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Guided walking tours
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Open air markets and visits to castle ruins
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Trip into the Luberon Valley, gorgeous scenery guaranteed!
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Dramatic sea cliffs and boat ride on the Mediterranean
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Breakfast daily; first and last dinners (with wine) included
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Leisure time for shopping, painting, massages, lounging by the pool
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Wine-making instruction and wine tasting classes
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Accommodations in a deluxe hotel center of town: pool, restaurant, lounge, breakfast bar, and reduced admission to the thermal baths
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Bilingual guides, personally overseen by the Director of The French Traveler
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Your trip does not include
- Airfare to France and land transportation to Aix en Provence [nearest airport is Marseille, 30 mins from Aix]
- Tips for drivers and guides
- Trip cancellation insurance (get a quote HERE)
- Meals at leisure
- Laundry, personal grooming needs
- Optional activities: cooking class; visit to Picasso's chateau (additional fee required)
Details & Cost of this 7 Night/8 Day Trip, August 5-12, 2012
$2299 per person, double accommodations in deluxe hotel in the heart of Aix en Provence.
For those desiring single rooms, add a supplement of $699.
Registration
- $650 deposit due by June 1, 2012. Balance due July 1, 2012. Make checks payable to The French Traveler and mail to 1825 Ponce de Leon Blvd #346, Coral Gables FL 33134.
- Trip viability determined June 1, 2012.
Cancellation
- Cancellation for the trip must be received in writing before June 30, 2012; $650 deposit is refundable, minus a cancellation fee of $200
- No refunds after July 1, 2012 under any circumstances. The French Traveler strongly recommends the purchase of Trip Cancellation Insurance. Click HERE for a quote.
- If trip is cancelled by The French Traveler, all monies are returned with no further obligation.
Participant Responsibility
The French Traveler has worked hard to bring you the best of Provence. 
Much of our discovery of this region is done on foot and in private air conditioned van. We expect that you can walk around town and through the vineyards. If you have certain dietary or other restrictions, please let us know. Vegetarian diets can usually be accommodated, but we regret that our chefs cannot accommodate a vegan diet. This is a wine tour and wine consumption is at your discretion; we ask that you respect your fellow travelers and drink responsibly. We expect you to read the pre-departure information and be in sufficiently good health to undertake the trip.
It is understood that any airfare, rail, or automobile arrangements made by the participant is solely a matter between those companies and the individual.
Baggage is entirely the participant’s responsibility. The French Traveler accepts no liability for any carrier’s cancellation penalty incurred by the purchase of a non-refundable ticket connected with the program.
Responsibility Of Organizer
The French Traveler has exercised careful consideration with regard to the safety and well being of participants. However, we can assume no liability for injury, damage, loss, accident, delay or irregularity in connection with the service of any airplane, automobile, train, cable car, motor coach, metro or other conveyance, or for the acts or defaults of any company or person engaged in conveying passengers in carrying out the arrangements of these programs, nor can we accept responsiblity for carelessness or irresponsibility on the part of our participants. We cannot accept any responsibility for losses or additional expenses due to delay or changes in air or other services, sickness, weather, strike, war, force majeure, or other causes beyond our control. All such losses or expenses will be borne by the passenger, as tour rates provide for arrangements only for the time stated.
The French Traveler reserves the right to change or substitute any activities described above for reasons of inclement weather, unforeseen circumstances, natural acts or inconveniences or reasons beyond our control. We reserve the right to make such alterations to this published itinerary as deemed necessary. We reserve the right to cancel this program prior to departure, in which case the entire payment will be refunded without further obligation on our part. The right is also reserved to decline any person deemed inappropriate for the program. No refund will be made for any unused portion of this program.
Program price is based on exchange rate in September 2011; because of current volatility in the financial markets, we reserve the right to add a $200 surcharge if the euro/dollar rate reaches or exceeds 1 E = $1.40 by June 1, 2012.
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