SEE Travel Choices for journey prices.
BOOKINGS: Some of the Australian and South American airlines and lodging that we work with have become very much in demand. Five months, even six months ahead of travel is not too soon to get your name on our reservation lists, the sooner the better.
Your names can go early on the reservation lists with no further commitment or cancellation penalty until the deposits are due.
We need ONLY your FIRST and LAST NAMES as shown on passport. Do not send us your middle names or add on last names, as they only confuse things when we reserve your airline and train tickets.
Also we'll need your PASSPORT NUMBER, COUNTRY OF ISSUE AND BIRTH DATE as soon as you can, and again the sooner the better. Without it can't reserve your trains and planes. If you don't have a passport get started on it, the process may take six weeks, although you may pay extra and get a passport rushed.
Your FLIGHT INFORMATION will also be needed as soon as possible.
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Dates and times of arrival in Lima and departure from Peru.
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Carrier name.
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Flight numbers.
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Where your flight arriving in Lima is from, i.e. L.A., Dallas, Miami or Santiago, Chile, etc. This may not be where you started from but it is the flight that arrives in Peru.
Watch out! Many airlines arrive in or leave Lima after midnight, which can create quite a muddle of the dates shown on your airline tickets.
Arrivals will normally be flying to Peru on the first day of your itinerary calendar; that is the night your hotel in Lima is reserved. If the flight arrives after midnight, your ticket states arrival on the following date, and that's all right.
When leaving Peru you will be back in the Lima airport usually by 17:00 (5pm) the evening on the last day on your itinerary calendar; from most places our journeys end up there is no way to get back to the Lima airport before noon. If your flight leaves after midnight your ticket must be dated for the following day. If your flight leaves in the morning or in the afternoon before 5pm you will need an extra night in Lima at your extra cost.
Please send us your flight info looking like this example so we can find you:
Amelia Erhart
Arrive 2jun Lan Peru #601 at 00:35(12:35am) from Los Angeles
Depart 16jun Lan Peru #600 at 01:05h (1:05am) from Lima
The itinerary dates for the flight info example above are from June 1st through the 15th but it must be ticketed to arrive on the 2nd, a next day arrival, and leave the 16th, leaving the same night as the itinerary end but the departure is the next calendar date.
OK? Sorry if this leaves you slightly cross-eyed trying to figure but that's just how those airlines work (good luck).
Air Pollution: Until our transportation technologies catch up with our need for new geo-friendly fuels and propulsion, our plane, train and road travel currently add huge amounts of CO2 to the atmosphere. A group called Climate Care based in the UK can help us offset our travel emissions. http://www.climatecare.org/
Please our eco-travel page: http://www.travel_information-eco-travel.htm
Deposits of $500 per person are due 3 MONTHS in advance of travel.
Full payment is due 2 MONTHS in advance of first day of travel in Peru.
CANCELLATIONS: Cancellations made with less than 3 months notice of departure date may be subject to a $300 fee. If Sacred Heritage needs to cancel the journey the full $500 deposit will be refunded.
Late additions to the passenger list and late payments may be subject to a $50 fee. We can add passengers right up to the day we start; it's just that we can't promise all the hotel room and in-country flight reservations we would prefer for you.
Chances of change: Land costs, airfares, itineraries, reality in general, and all things are universally subject to change, especially in South America
All payments are to be made by check or money order, payable to your group organizer. Be sure to advise your organizer by phone or email when you send money. If you are dealing directly with Sacred Heritage, we will send you the necessary information.
We don't have credit card service. The credit companies would charge our travel business 5% and the credit charges in Peru are 7%, this would add more than $100 to the price of our journeys. To set up credit service they would make us sign a statement promising not to charge card users more than any one else or tell you about any extra charge involved. So we would have to unfairly raise the price more than $100 to everyone.
However some credit card companies will mail a check directly to a business without incurring a cash advance charge. If you prefer to use your credit card with its benefits (and it's interest rates) ask them about sending a check to us. Contact your journey organizer to do so.
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