Bell Baxter High School Geography Tour to Switzerland 29 June – 6 July 2018
The Rayburn Tours Difference The Rayburn Tours Team A family-run company • Unforgettable international experiences for young people • Over 50 years’ experience • Team of 90 dedicat icated ed speciali ialists ts • Delivering on promises of safety, support, service and experience time and time again • Our Customers Taking care of the travel arrangements for 23, 3,000 00 you oung g peop ople le each year • Average customer service rating of 4. 4.7 ou out o t of 5 •
Tour Inclusions: Return coach to Switzerland • 5 nights’ accommodation (Linen provided, soaps and towels not included) • Meals on full board basis (drinks not included) • Resort coaching • Programme of activities and excursions to complement your subject requirements • Comprehensive Endsleigh Travel Insurance •
Leysin
Alpine Landscape
Accommodation: Central Residence, Leysin
Accommodation: Central Residence, Leysin
Accommodation: Central Residence, Leysin
Accommodation: Central Residence, Leysin
Your Excursions Chamonix and Mer du Glace • La Maison du Gruyère • Nestle Chocolate Factory • Geneva sightseeing • Lake Geneva boat tour • Montreux sightseeing • Langgletscher Glacier • Vallee de Trient • Lavey les Bains (Thermal baths) •
Day 1 Coach to depart from the school in the evening and will head to Calais for your • ferry crossing. Departure times and ferry times TBC. •
Day 2 Arrive in Leysin in the evening. Times TBC. • Unload your bags and check in to the Central Residence Hotel which will be your • home for the next 5 nights. You will be provided with an evening meal upon arrival. • The remainder of the evening is at your leisure. •
Day 3 8am breakfast provided and collect your packed lunches. • Coach departs for Fafleralp where you will take a walk along the Langgletscher • Glacier. The valley is nicknamed by the Swiss as the garden of Switzerland. You will have lunch at the glacier. • Return to the hotel for your evening meal and relax after a busy first day. •
Langgletscher
Langgletscher
Day 4 8am breakfast provided and collect packed lunches. • Today you will visit La Maison du Gruyere and the Nestle Chocolate Factory • where you will get the opportunity to indulge in a free chocolate tasting session. After lunch, you will have free time to explore the town of Montreux on Lake • Geneva – once the home of Charlie Chaplin and Freddie Mercury! Return to the hotel for your evening meal. • Free time in the evening. •
La Maison du Gruyère
La Maison du Gruyère
Nestle Chocolate Factory
Nestle Chocolate Factory
Montreux
Day 5 8am breakfast provided and collect packed lunches. • Today you will cross the border to France – passports required! • You will visit Vallee de Trient – a stunning walk through a post glacial landscape • winding through a huge U-shaped valley. Travel on to Chamonix where you will take the Mer de Glace Train for an • opportunity to walk inside a glacier. Return to hotel for evening meal. • Free time in the evening. •
Vallee de Trient
Vallee de Trient
Mer de Glace
Day 6 8am breakfast provided and collect packed lunches. • Spend the morning exploring the gorgeous city of Geneva. • Take a boat trip on Lake Geneva and marvel at the beauty around you. • After lunch, head for Lavey les Bains and take a dip in these thermal baths • reaching temperatures of 36 ° C. Return to the hotel for your evening meal. • Free time in evening – best to use this to pack!!! •
Geneva
Lavey les Bains
Day 7 & 8 9am breakfast provided and collect packed lunches. • Check out of the hotel and leave luggage to be collected later. • Free time for sight seeing and souvenir shopping. • Return to the hotel after lunch where your coach will be ready for you to depart. • Departure, ferry crossing and arrival times are TBC. It is estimated you will return • to the school in the afternoon of July 6 th .
Hoodies – Optional Extra Price £20.45 each. This price includes an embroidered left chest front logo and a 1 • colour rear print and also the Rayburn logo to the right chest. Additional costs – Individual Nickname Transfer or Nickname Embroidered £3.95 • Plenty of design options and colour options to choose from. •
Colour Options
Design Options
Safety Matters Passenger safety on tour is paramount • All aspects of safety and risk on tour is carefully monitored • A founding committee members of the Sc Scho hool ol Tra rave vel l Fo Foru rum m (ST STF) F) • In-house Health and Safety Manager • Partnerships with external health and safety organisations •
Safety Management System Robust Safety Management System includes: A guide to Safety and Risk Management on Tour • Accommodation and Coach Operator Audits • Crisis Management System • 24-hour on-tour emergency contact • DBS checked staff, couriers and coach drivers •
Financial Security Rayburn Tours offers additional peace of mind with financial security in the form of: ABTA Bonding Ensures that in the unlikely event of a tour operator failure your money is • financially protected and can be recouped. If on tour, assistance will be available to ensure the tour can be completed • and you are returned home. ATOL Licensing When booking a flight tour, ATOL membership ensures that in the • unlikely event of a tour operator failure your money is financially protected and can be recouped. If on tour, assistance will be available to ensure the tour can be • completed and you are returned home.
Insurance Rayburn Tours is a partner of Endsleig leigh Insurance urance Se Serv rvic ices es Li Limite ited, • who specialise in cover for young people. Your child must have insurance when travelling, whether it be your • own or the insurance provided through Endsleigh. Further details regarding insurance, including full details of • Endsleigh insurance cover are available at ww www. w.ra rayburnto urntours urs.com .com
Your Child’s Learning & Development With 100% of educational experiences tailored to • complement the Nati tion onal al Curr rric icul ulum, um, GC GCSE SE and d A A le leve vel l specifications (or equivalent), you can be confident that your child’s learning needs will be supported. The quality of these educational experiences is reinforced • by the Learning Outside the Classroom accreditation
“A fabulous variety of experiences in Switzerland providing great memories for years to come ” The High School of Glasgow, 2015
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