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Pricing: It is important to understand certain things regarding the pricing and advantages to your Scandinavian Cruise, tour and Passion Play.
| With the ship along with our flight to Munich, this tour avoids many of the very long drives that are necessary to get from one area to another |
Your tour includes not only the Scandinavian Countries, it also includes: Zurich, the small country of Lichtenstein, Gdansk Poland, Denmark, Innsbruck Austria, German, Swiss & Astrian Alps, Castles, Munich & Berlin, Oberammergau, the Passion Play |
Most meals, including 3 meals a day in Oberammergau area and on all the time you are on the ship. Every other tour will have to add several hundred dollars to the cost of their tour to cover the additional meals needed and they will not be the quality of the meals on the ship! |
The price includes: |
100% of all charges by the ship, including port charges, ship taxes and ship fees - (it does not include tips) |
| Fantastic shore excursions in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Berlin, Gdansk Poland |
All transfers, to and from airports, hotels and the cruise ship |
Dr. Richard Holzapfel as our special guest educator |
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Airfare: Airfare will become available approximately 10 months before departure date. We will negotiate the lowest group contracts possible. Airfare is not a profit center for us, and you can always make your own airfare arrangements. Our best estimate on Salt Lake City airfare is somewhere between 799 and 999 plus taxes and fuel surcharges for airfare. We will also offer discounted airfare out of New York. Be assured we are good negotiators and expect our prices to be less than everyone else! |
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Quality of Ship & Hotels: Your Princess Cruise Ship is the Star Princess. The pricing is for an Inside cabin. We have outside cabins and balconies that you may upgrade to. We are confident you will like the hotels we have scheduled for our tours. You will find that most of our hotels are Deluxe (4 star), with a few First Class hotels. Hotel ratings are as follows: Tourist Class hotels are 2 star, First Class Hotels are 3 star, Deluxe hotels are 4 star and Luxury Hotels are 5 star. Other companies in Utah offering Passion Play Tours state their hotels will be “Tourist Class (2 star) and First class (3 star).” We have all our hotels under contract and do not expect any hotel changes, but they are subject to change if we find a hotel that will be better for our group. |
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European Expert: Ari
Will be touring with your group in Switzerland, Austria and Germany |
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Fluent in six languages |
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Expert on European history, art, architecture, and music |
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Tour director for over 20 years, and has assisted many dignitaries and VIPs throughout Europe |
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Close friend to Fun for Less Tours. He made our Oberammeragau 2010 tours his top priority |
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2010 Passion Play offers a lot of advantages:
The euro is down almost 20% over last year and is expected to stay down for the foreseeable future |
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We have locked in a low exchange rate. This allows us to ensure the price will stay down |
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The next Passion Play date isn’t until 2020, over 11 years from now. If predictions are correct, our huge US debt will cause our dollar to fall, making the euro very expensive. Costs could easily increase by over 150% to see the play |
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We have compared our prices with another company in Utah that has Passion Play tours. Not only are they more expensive with not as nice hotels, but they require that their tours must be paid in full by May 1st this year with 100% non-refundable! With us, your payments are scheduled over 9 easy payments and it does not become non-refundable until 4 to 5 months before departure. We offer the better price because we are not working through a consolidator! We have our own contracts with the hotels, buses and Oberammergau.
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We have the best hotels |
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We have the best pricing |
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We have the best educators |
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We have our European expert - Ari |
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We have the best payment schedule |
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We have the best tour itineraries |
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DAY BY DAY ITINERARY: Partial list - subject to change as needed to improve the tour!
Day 1: August 9: Fly from the US to Copenhagen
Day 2: August 10: Copenhagen Denmark – Princess Cruise Ship
This morning you will arrive into Copenhagen. We will have a small city tour on our way to your beautiful Princess Cruise Ship. The rest of today will be a free day.
Day 3: August 11: Day at Sea
Today will be a fun day at sea to relax, enjoy Fun for Less Tours own get-together and be taught by our guest educator Dr. Richard Holzapfel.
Day 4: August 12: Stockholm Sweden
Today’s shore excursion is included. We will have a full day tour of Stockholm that will include the fantastic Vasa Museum. The Vasa is the world’s only surviving 17th-century ship and one of the foremost tourist sights in the world. The ship is displayed in a purpose-built museum in Stockholm. We will also enjoy a tour of the city and of an open air museum. Sweden has brought old buildings that are hundreds of years old and created a community to show what it was like in Sweden hundreds of years ago.
Day 5: August 13: Helsinki Finland
This morning early we arrive into Helsinki. Your shore excursion that is included will visit the finish countryside and the charming old wooden town of Porvoo. From the red warehouses nestled on the riverbanks to the delightful old town, you'll discover a tranquil village. Porvoo retains its town plan from the Middle Ages, with small wooden houses, picturesque gardens and narrow streets. We will return in the afternoon for a tour of Helsinki before returning to our ship.
Day 6 & 7: August 14 & 15: St. Petersburg Russia
You will spend 2 days in St. Petersburg. The only way to visit St. Petersburg is to do it through the ships shore excursions. This way you are not required to purchase a separate Visa that could cost upwards of $200. Fun For Less Tours will purchase for our group from the ship, one full day tour that will offer the best that St. Petersburg has to offer. If you would like to do a second day tour, visiting other things in St. Petersburg area, you would have to buy it from the ship yourself. A second day tour is not included in your package.
Day 8: August 16: Tallinn Estonia
This morning your shore excursion that is included in your package, will visit Tallinn Estonia, one of the best kept secrets in Europe. Tallinn has a small, charming old town center with an architectural style reminiscent of frosted cakes, fairy tales and Teutonic knights. It’s surrounded by medieval walls and is full of windy cobblestone streets and colorful houses, many of which date back to the Hanseatic League (13th century) and the Middle Ages.
Day 9: August 17: Gdansk Poland
Today your shore excursion that is included will have a Gdansk City tour and the surrounding countryside area.
Day 10: August 18: Berlin Germany
You will have a full day tour of Berlin including east and west side of the city and is included in your package.
Day 11: August 19: Helsingborg Sweden – Copenhagen Denmark
Today will be a free day to get off the cruise ship and explore this wonderful city on your own.
Day 12: August 20: Copenhagen Denmark
We will have a full day tour of Copenhagen that will include a city tour. We will visit the Church that holds the original Christus. We will also visit one of the top 5 castles in the world: Fredericksborg Castle. We will overnight in Copenhagen.
Day 13: August 21: Copenhagen – Munich Germany – Oberammergau
This morning we will transfer to the airport for your flight to Munich. After our arrival we will travel directly to the German Alps and Mad Ludwig’s castle. We will overnight Oberammergau.
Note: The Passion Play tickets and accommodations are controlled by Oberammergau. We do not know yet what homes or local apartments we will be staying in. We will spend two nights in the Oberammergau area. There is no way to put a rating on our accommo-dations!
Day 14: August 22: Oberammergau Passion Play
This morning, before the play starts we will visit King Ludwig’s favorite castle, Linderhof, located near Oberammergau. We will then return to Oberammergau to experience the Passion Play.
Overnight in the Oberammergau area.
Day 15: August 23: Oberammergau – Zurich Switzerland
This morning we will cross the Fern Pass and the impressive Arlberg Pass and then enjoy a short stop in Vaduz, the capital of the small country of Liechtenstein. We will then drive through “Heidiland” to Rapperswil, a lovely medieval town where you will enjoy a short stroll. We will finish with a tour of Zurich’s Old Town. We will then head to our hotel near the airport to prepare for your flight home tomorrow.
Day 16: August 24: Fly Home
Morning flight back to the US and home.
Pricing & Payment details
Price: $4,895
Pricing Information:
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Price is per person sharing double room |
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The $4,895 is the cash discount price: |
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A Credit card can be used to pay an initial deposit of 500 to hold your space. The rest of the payments would need to be paid by cash or check. |
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Regular price is 5,095 (for those using a credit cards for deposit and payments) |
Price Includes:
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All Ship pricing, including Port Charges and ship taxes |
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Shore excursions in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Gdansk Poldand |
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Majority of Meals |
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Deluxe hotels, buses, guides, entrance fees, tours |
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All Transfers |
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Passion Play tickets and accommodations around Oberammergau |
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Educator / Fun For Less Staff |
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Price does not include airfare or airfare taxes and fees |
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Price does not include tips. |
Payment Schedule:
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Tour Price per person |
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Booking fee |
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| $4,944 |
Total Price per person – to be paid as follows |
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| 1,500 |
Initial Deposit per person, paid as follows: |
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Those taking advantage of the cash discount price: |
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$500 paid by credit card (which will hold your space) |
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$1,000 paid by check - due within 10 days of initial deposit |
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For those paying regular price – all 1,500 would be taken by CC |
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$500 per person, to be paid each month for the next three months. Payments would be due the 20th of each month starting the first month after your initial deposit |
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| 1,944 |
Remaining balance to be paid in 6 monthly payments of $324 per month.
Note: $4,944 must be paid in full on or before April 1, 2010 |
Airfare: Group airfare will not become available until 10 months before your tour. You can purchase your own airfare or you can purchase group airfare from us. Our group airfare becomes non refundable after these tickets are purchased.
Cancellation policy for Oberammergau Passion Play tours:
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Many of our hotels and Passion Play tickets require payment in full and are non-refundable. We have had to adjust our cancellation policy for this reason. |
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30 days from your initial deposit: $1,500 becomes non refundable
120 days from you initial deposit: $3,000 becomes non refundable
March 1: 100% of Land Tour becomes non refundable.
Airfare: Becomes non refundable when ticketed
We recommend the purchase of Travel Insurance! |
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If for any reason a person needs to cancel and if we are able to fill their space (from a wait list, that we will create after the tour is sold out), we will refund all but $250 per person (the refund on airfare is subject to the airline approving the name changes and the new passengers needing the same airfare). Even though there is a good chance we can find a replacement, we cannot guarantee that we can fill your spot. |
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