Airline tickets
Discounted airline tickets are close to being sold out unusually fast this year.
I have to book with several travel agencies to reserve enough seats for us.
Burlington – Tokyo 5/11-24
$1100 tickets are almost sold out. (since this is a great deal, they will hold tickets
for only 2-3 days) Chicago – Burlington on the way back is almost gone with this price.
$1400 tickets are available
In order to save $300 for each person (this is a lot of money!), I am considering making
the registration packet deadline sooner (this Wednesday). We will discuss this together
at the meeting.
Notes:
1) please consider purchasing travel insurance for cancellation of any reason. If UVM
cancel the course due to low enrollment, you won’t get charged for the program fee, but the airfare, you won’t get reimbursed. Unfortunately these types of tickets are usually non-refundable. You will get credits for future flights but $400 handling fee will be charged.
Each insurance is different, and it may not apply to super discounted tickets like ours, HIS travel agent suggested this travel insurance:
http://www.travelex-insurance.com/Enrollments/BrowsePlans.aspx?nc=1
You need to enter your information on the left (resident location, travel dates, age, and cost of trip)
UVM recommends Accent Travel (Contact Angie Atkinson) 802-872-5644. Travel insurance must be purchased within 14 days of the date of the first check you write towards your flight.
2) Those of you who are not returning to the US on 24th, Please tell me the day at the meeting. I will hold a ticket for you accordingly.
3) Please make sure to match your name on the ticket and passport. I NEED your passport names in order to hold tickets. United airline is usually flexible if you missed your middle names, but it may cause some issues in case of mileage plans, etc.
4) If you are not flying with us (traveling with another airline carrier, or fly from a
different city, etc. please let me know ASAP.) Oliver, you are flying separately, so please
meet us in Tokyo. I made all the hotel reservations so I will let you know where to meet.
Amnet: 1-888-833-2678
IACE: 1-888-617-4223
HIS: 1-888-948-4447
Hotels
5/12 and 22, 23 in Tokyo area. If you are not interested in having breakfast (all you can eat), please let me know. I will change your reservation to a package without breakfast.
Miyajima: we need to inform days ahead if you want to have meals at the hotel. It is a small island, so there are not many restaurants…though there are some shops and tiny restaurants (not like Tokyo and other cities where convenient stores supply various items including food).
Many of the places we stay have a public bath!! (shower in your room as well)
Some hotels have laundry facility.
Registration Packet
Ms. Kate August Cascio from the Office of International Education will visit us and explain more about the packet.
Details
Your names (as shown on your passport) and how to pronounce them (or write in Katakana so that people in Japan can pronounce it)
Service-Learning project
TA: Anna Walsh-san
Enrollment
Japan Guide Packet
Tip: Find post offices with “JP” mark. You can use your debit cards. Make sure to call your bank before you leave the US and mention you will be in Japan. Otherwise, the card will not work in Japan. The fee is about $1 – $1.5. You can exchange Japanese yen at the post office as well. Traveler’s checks’ rate is better than cash rate.
JPと書いてある郵便局（ゆうびんきょく）でドルが替えられます。デビットカードで日本円もでてきます。日本に来る前に銀行に連絡しないと使えません。日本に行くことを銀行に知らせましょう。
You will walk A LOT especially in Tokyo. Wear comfortable shoes or sandals.
東京では、たくさん歩（ある）きます。たくさん駅があって、とても便利（べんり）ですが、いろいろなお店（みせ）に行きますから、たくさん歩きます。はきやすい靴（くつ）やサンダルをはいてください。