Guided Walking and Sightseeing Holidays in
Turkey
Booking Information
and
Frequently Asked Questions.
Deposit $600 per person on booking.
Full payment is due 60 days before the start of the holiday.
Credit cards: We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Diners.
Trip Cancellation Insurance is available. Cost of this varies according to the age of the participant. The insurance is valid if you must cancel your holiday for medical and other emergency reasons. For full details on insurance ask for a copy of the policy. Insurance is with RBC (Royal Bank) Insurance. If you wish to purchase Trip Cancellation Insurance you must do so at the time of paying a deposit on the holiday. It is not valid if purchased more than three days after the time of deposit. You can look at RBC web-site to see the possible travel insurance policies available www.rbcinsurance.com
EMERGENCY MEDICAL INSURANCE
We ask that every participant on a walking holiday have medical coverage while away from home. If you do not already have this already as a benefit of your employment or your credit card please ask us for a quote. Price depends on your age and the number of days you are out of the country. If you are Canadian this insurance offers unlimited emergency medical cover. If you are an American resident we suggest you purchase medical insurance from a US insurer. We can recommend several insurance companies.
Cancellation policy:
If you cancel a holiday the following penalties apply:
Prior to 60 days - loss of deposit
60 days to 30 days prior to start of holiday 50%
Within 30 days - 100%
We strongly recommend that you purchase Trip Cancellation Insurance
Liability:
Please note that Teachers’ Travel Service Ltd. and their associated tour operators will not accept responsibility for any injury or illness involving tour participants nor loss nor damage to tour participants' personal property. In any active holiday there is a minimum inherent risk and any participant must accept this risk as his own. The tour guides and local tour operators will do their best to make each holiday as safe and comfortable as possible but there are some things which are beyond their control. Conditions in foreign countries are not the same as at home and participants must accept this as a risk of travelling abroad.
Contact us to receive a brochure, ask a question or plan a holiday:
Telephone numbers: 1-800-268-7229 or (416) 922-2232 Fax 416-922-8410
E-mail: info@teacherstravel.com
Walkers' World is a division of Teachers' Travel Service Ltd.
Postal Address: Teachers' Travel Service Ltd.
21 St Clair Ave East #1003
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4T 1L9
Frequently Asked Questions:
Do I need to book the flight starting in Toronto?
No. You are free to make your own flight arrangements from any city. Teachers' Travel can book flights and issue tickets but if you prefer to make your own arrangements - no problem. Just meet us in Istanbul. If you make your own flight arrangements you can meet the group at the Istanbul Airport and take the bus transfer to the hotel. If you arrive at a different time you can ask Teachers' Travel to arrange someone to meet you and transfer you to the hotel (at a cost), or you can make your own way to the hotel.
Do I need an entry visa for Turkey?
If you are Canadian with a valid Canadian passport you need an entry
visa. This is obtained on arrival at Istanbul Airport and costs $60 US
(cash).
How many people are in the group?
The ideal maximum number is about 20.
Each holiday requires a minimum number of participants and we reserve
the right to cancel any holiday if we do not have this number 60 days
prior to the start. If a
holiday is cancelled by us due to low number of participants, any
deposits on that holiday will be refunded in full.
We suggest that you do not purchase non-refundable air tickets until the
minimum number of participants has been reached.
Check with us before making your travel arrangements.
Who goes on these walking tours?
Most of the participants are Canadians from all across Canada. We
occasionally get a few Americans, Australians and New Zealanders.
Usually the groups are a mixture of singles and couples. The average age
we would guess (it is sometimes difficult to tell) is probably 55 - 65.
What is the food like in Turkey?
The answer is - Excellent !!!
Breakfast is usually a buffet which offers a choice of cereal, milk,
fruit, juice, natural yoghurt, cheeses, cold meats, olives, hard-cooked eggs and an
assortment of breads including fresh hot breads served with many varieties of
honey. Thick Turkish coffee or tea are drunk with breakfast. Be careful
of the coffee - there is enough caffeine in a small cup to keep you
awake for weeks.
Dinners usually start with soup often using beans or
lentils. This is
followed by a fresh green salad. Turkey grows wonderful salad
ingredients,
especially cucumbers and tomatoes. Next comes a meat or fish
dish accompanied by a variety of vegetables as side dishes. Sometimes the vegetables
are fried, sometimes stuffed with rice and sometimes served with a yoghurt sauce. The food is not heavily spiced but very tasty. Good local
wines are available. There is usually a dessert sweetened with honey
such as baklava as well as many other desserts.
The markets are filled with fruits, both fresh and dried. Snacks are
figs, dates, dried apricots, sunflower seeds, oranges, pumpkin seeds
soaked in milk then dried and a variety of almonds.
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