Important! Amendment to Hotel Information on Final Itinerary

Today I received word from my tour consultant that our Paris hotel information has changed. The address and phone information that was given on any itinerary you printed out (or picked up from me) is no longer correct. It is VERY important that you print out a new version of your itinerary (either by logging in to your EF Account at www.eftours.com/student or by following the appropriate link below) and give this new information to your emergency contact in case someone needs to contact you while on tour.

Also, I discovered today that one of our hotels is NOT listed on EF's Final Itinerary (including those linked below). I only stumbled upon this because our TD mentioned in an email to me that rooming for our hotel in the Ardennes will follow the same configuration as in Caen, and I thought to myself: Hmm... I don't remember seeing that hotel on my list. Further investigation and communication with my tour consultant revealed that a computer glich is preventing that hotel information from posting. They hope to have the issue corrected soon, but in the meantime here is the address for our hotel in the Ardennes, where we will be staying the evening of 6/22:

1ere Classe Ardennes
Route De La Francheville - Zac Du
Moulin Le Blanc
Charleville Mezieres

http://www.premiereclasse.com/en/default.aspx

Please add the above address to the hotel information you print off for your emergency contact. I hope to get a phone number listed here soon, as well.

Here are additional links to the updated itinerary with the new Paris hotel information:
Base Tour Final Itinerary (updated 6/11/09)
Extension Final Itinerary (updated 6/11/09)

Tip: If using the links above, you will be taken to a file-sharing site where you can follow the links to download the htm. documents with the info. When you get to the final screen select "save" to save the files to a folder on your computer (if you select "open" it may just give you a bunch of jibberish). Then access the files through the "my documents" menu.

This Summer See "Paris By Night"

Travelers attending the D-Day trip this summer have lots of amazing opportunities ahead of them! One that we will discuss at this Sunday night's meeting is an optional "Paris By Night" activity.

This activity will be available either the first or second night we are in Paris. Those who choose to do it will have the opportunity to go up the Eiffel Tower! (Note: This will be travelers' only opportunity to go up the Tower. The following day we will stop to take pictures overlooking the Eiffel Tower, but we will not have time to go up). The trip up the Tower will be followed by a cruise along the River Seine, with a look at some of Paris's most famous landmarks. I had a chance to preview this activity during my training this past Thanksgiving, and I HIGHLY recommend it. Paris is beautiful when lit up for the night, and this is one of the best ways to see it. The pictures here are from my experience.

This is not one of the "optional excursions" that must be pre-booked and paid for through our tour company, but we do need to sign up in advance. This is because our tour director, who would be arranging this for us, must book space for groups and pay for it two weeks in ahead of our arrival. If you want to do this activity, you'll have to commit to it at our meeting and make plans to pay for it while on tour. I'm anticipating the cost will be around 20-25 Euro ($26-30).

Well worth it to take pictures like this: YOU at the top of the Eiffel Tower!