Hi All. I am taking 30 music students, along with 15 chaperones, to Germany, CzechRepublic, and Austria in June, 2010. I am serving as the tour coordinator. I haven't decided how to handle our finances, yet. I can pay for the coach, hostels and airfare in advance. Is anyone out there experienced with taking student groups independent from a tour organization? We plan to picnic one meal a day and sometimes eat at the same restaurant for evening meals. There will be entry fees and some public transportation fees. I cannot comingle school funds with my personal accounts and our booster organization's status does not allow them to have a debit/credit card. Any solutions besides carrying lots of cash? Thanks for any responses.
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Spokane, WA
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Hi Sara
There is a poster of Fodors.com named TeacherCanada that has taken groups to Europe and Egypt for quite a few years. He has several posts about his adventures, both good and bad. You might want to take a look at his posts and get in touch with him. He seems to have ironed out a lot of the problems already though he does use a tour organization for some of them. He does go into student deposits and fundraising so might have some info on dealing with money issues.