Frances Scullin/Ginette Beaudoin
Italy's Tuscan Mountains and Cinque Terre
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Italy's Tuscan Mountains and Cinque Terre
Leader Frances Scullin
Co-leader Ginette Beaudoin
Lucca, Castelnuovo de Garfagnana, Levanto and Pisa, Italy
April 30, 2014 - May 11, 2014
Total # of days 10
Backpacking
Bicycling-Mountain
Bicycling-Road
Title of trip
Leadership
Location(s)
Dates
Type of trip
check all that apply
Primary type of trip
Number of participants
(excluding leaders)
Advertised cost
Airfare range if not included
When should the trip notice be
published in AMC Outdoors?
Do you wish to have your trip
listed online before it is
published in AMC Outdoors?
Smaller trips and leader
subsidization
Camping
Cultural
Family
Hiking
Paddling-Canoeing
Paddling-Sea-Kayaking
Skiing-CrossCountry (Nordic)
Trekking (e.g., hutto-hut)
Hiking
Minimum 14
Skiing-Downhill
Snorkeling
(Alpine)
Walking
Other – please describe
Select one of those checked above.
Maximum 18
$ 2295
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ 1300-1700
Will leaders assist participants with flights? Yes
No
First Appearance: Month July
Year 2013
Last Appearance: Month March
Year 2014
Note: AMC Outdoors is only published in Jan., March, May, July, Sept., Nov.
Yes
No If yes, please list the approximate month and year when it should
be posted on line. May, 2013
Is this proposal for a small group trip – i.e., less than 14 participants and 2
leaders or 7 participants and 1 leader? Yes
No
If yes, why is a small group proposed?
If a participant fee increase of more than 15% is proposed, please explain why?
LEADER AND CO-LEADER INFORMATION
Leader name
Leader address
Leader email
Leader phone
Wilderness first aid
training
CPR training
Prior leading experience
Trip one
Trip two
Trip three
Other related trip
Form Revised February 2013
Frances Scullin
4A Strawberry Lane, Johnston, RI 02919
hikerfran@cox.net
Home 401-233-2163
Work
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 4/13
Cell 401-556-8866
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 4/13
If this is your first Adventure Travel trip as a Leader you must be present at the AMCATC meeting at which the trip proposal is considered.
Please list the last three longer (5+ day) trips you have led for the AMC including
destination, type of trip, dates and number of participants. Feel free to list additional
trips you have led, particularly if they demonstrate experience related to the trip you are
proposing.
Same trip 2012,
Same trip 2010
Cotswolds 2009
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Italy's Tuscan Mountains and Cinque Terre
Frances Scullin/Ginette Beaudoin
experience
Co-leader name
Co-leader address
Co-leader email
Co-leader phone
Wilderness first aid training
CPR training*
Prior leading experience
Trip one
Trip two
Trip three
Other related trip experience
Scouting
Have either of you led this trip
before or traveled to this area?
Languages
Does either the co-leader or
leader speak the local language?
Couples
Do the leader and co-leader
have a significant personal
relationship?
Private trips Do either of you
lead trips that are private - not
sponsored by the AMC?
Ginette Beaudoin
66 Graham Street, Biddeford, ME 04005
ginette4000@yahoo.com
Home 207-294-6302
Work 207-282-5151
Cell 207-590-4431
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 5/15
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 4/15
If you are a new co-leader you must submit an application to be an Adventure Travel
leader or co-leader prior to submitting this application. Also, it is strongly
recommended that you be present at the AMC-ATC meeting at which the trip proposal
is considered.
Please list the last three longer (5+ day) trips you have led for the AMC including
destination, type of trip, dates and number of participants. Please indicate if you were
the leader or co-leader.
Neustift, Austria; hiking 8/12; 11 participants- I was the leader on this trip
Yosemite, CA; hiking June/2012; 15 participants-I was the leader on this trip
Neustift, Austria; hiking; 7/11;8 participants- I was the leader on this trip
Have led and co-lead several 3 day trips to Acadia National Park for the Maine AMC,
as well as co leading an AMC hiking trip to Neustift Austria in 2007
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below:
Fran co-lead this trip in 2012 and 2010.
Co-leader: Yes
No
Leader: Yes
No
Not applicable:
Yes
No
If yes, please list who has agreed to be your back-up in case one or
both of you need to drop out. This is required for approval!
Yes
No
If yes, please note that you cannot advertise AMC and private
trips together unless there is a clear distinction between the two in any materials
you send out.
LOGISTICAL DETAILS OF TRIP
Summary
Please provide a description
of the trip and the activities
planned. If available, please
include or attach an itinerary.
Accommodations
Please describe your plans for
accommodation(s)
Meals: Please describe your
plans for providing meals. If
the budget includes any funds
for leader meals not shared
with the group please justify.
Local Transportation
Please describe your plans for
Form Revised February 2013
This trip will give participants the ability to experience and explore Tuscan culture. We
will visit Cinque Terre which is a unique area in that it is sheltered and we will be able to
walk from village to village and sample local olive oil and wines. We will begin our trip
in Lucca which is a walled town and pristine. There is very little traffic because cars are
not allowed into many of these villages. While in Castlenuovo di Garfagnana we will
hike in the Apenines and Apuan Alps and have time to explore some of the remote
villages. From there we will go to Cinque Terre and end the trip with a night in Pisa
In Lucca , Levanto,Castlenuovo di Garfagnana and Pisa we will stay in hotels. We will
eat local cuisine.
Breakfast will be provided in Pisa, Levanto, and Garfagnana. In Lucca, the participants
will be on their own for breakfast, but can order at the hotel or from numerous coffee
shops in the area. In Garfagnana, we will have dinner together in the hotel dining room.
In both Lucca and Pisa, there will be a single group dinner. The group will be on its own
for four dinners, but leaders will be available to take the group or individuals to
restaurants. Lunches will be either taken with us or eaten in a café in one of the villages.
Taxis, buses and trains
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local transportation
Permits or permissions
Does the trip require special
permits or permissions?
(required on many U.S.
federal lands and national
parks)
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will need to do to obtain them:
no
If no, please describe the process you went through to find out that they were not
required:
Co-led the trip in the past.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of equipment and how you
will ensure that people know how to use it:
Special equipment
Does the trip require special
equipment?
Special experience
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of experience? Also describe
Does the trip require special
how you will ensure that the participant has this experience?
skills on the part of the
participant?
Pre-trip activities
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will do:
Do you plan to get your group
together before the trip for an
activity or social event?
.In this area of Italy, life is much as it has been for hundreds of years. They grow
Conservation, education and
their crops on small tracts of land. Land is very important as is the enviroment.
recreation
How will this AMC-AT trip meet the
Cars are not allowed in most of the smaller villages. This maintains the integrity
mission of the AMC?
of the village as well as halting pollution. Hiking will be a key element on the
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trip. We will hike in the Alps as well as along the coast in Cinque Terre. In
Cinque Terre we will be able to see how the land is farmed while walking the
trails between villages. We will be able to take ferries to visit old monastaries
and forts. In Italy as in most of Europe, people are very concerned with
conservation. Gasoline is expensive as is electricity. We will use public
transportation for most of the trip: buses, trains and ferries.
TOUR OPERATOR AND GUIDE SERVICE INFORMATION
Will this trip require a tour
operator or guide service
during part, or the entire
trip?
Name of tour operator/guide
service
Tour operator website
Safety record
Please provide information
about their safety record.
Insurance
Do they have liability
insurance?
Emergency response
Please describe the outfitters’
response plan in the case of an
emergency.
Yes
No
Please describe their services. If you are using a tour operator for the entire trip,
please describe why you will be using them rather than doing this trip on your own:
Liability? Yes
No
Are they willing to list AMC as an
additional insured?
Maximum amt: $
Yes
No
RISK ASSESSMENT
Please assess the risks and hazards of your trip. Carefully consider each area of risk and how it may affect your trip.
Devise a plan to prevent each hazard and to respond to it if it becomes necessary. Please be very specific for each section
if applicable.
Trail conditions, river crossings, weather, wildlife (bears, snakes, etc.)
Climate/terrain
Potential hazards
Hiking in this area is relatively easy. The trails are good and well marked. Risks would
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Response
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
Response
Transportation
Potential hazards
Response
Participants
Potential hazards
Response
Other
Potential hazards
Response
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be the same as with any hiking trip; a fall, twisted ankle, etc.
We will have transportation at the trail head and not be far from villages on our hikes.
We will also have first aid kits and be able to deal with minor injuries on the trail
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
Language could be a barrier but was not a problem on the last trip.
We will have dictionaries and there are English speaking people in each place that we are
staying. All of our tour guides and hiking guides speak English. Leader and co leader
have been to Italy before; leader has been only to Cinque Terre and Pisa
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Nothing more than would be encountered here using public transportation
We will use public transportation and will rely on trains to get us to each of our
destinations. We will use a bus service to transport us to and from our hikes each day
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Participants will have to be screened for physical conditioning and will have to have
hiking experience. Hiking boots, day packs, rain gear are the essentials.
There is always the possibility of not doing a hike and staying at the hotel or in the
village if the partipant feels that they are not up to the hike on a particular day.
Conditions unique to this type of trip
None
EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN
Please describe your plans for dealing with emergencies. Give as much detail as possible and list any special
communications equipment you may need to ensure the safety of your participants. DO NOT LEAVE THIS BLANK
This is not a remote trip. We will not be far from telephones and English speaking
Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language,
people. In Castlenuovo di Garfagnana, the hiking guides speak English and are native to
documentation, distance from
the area.
emergency services
We will be carrying first aid kits. We request the use of unlocked quad band cell phone
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first
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aid or communication
equipment (satellite phone,
two-way radios) do you plan
to use, if any?
This is not a back country trip
Evacuation
Please describe your plan for
evacuation from the
backcountry location if
applicable?
Because we will be staying near cities, there are hospitals and medical clinics.
Medical care
Please describe the medical
care available in the area(s)
where you will be traveling
and list names and telephone
numbers for these facilities.
COST AND BUDGET DETAILS
Italy uses the Euro. At this time the exchange rate is about $1.30; the
Foreign currencies
For int’l trips list each foreign currency, the
budget is figured at $1.55. Except for leader airfare and minor
current $US dollar exchange rate and what
administrative expenses paid in dollars here, everything will have to be
contingencies you have if that rate changes. If
paid in Euros.
a tour operator or agent is being used, what
currency is the agent to be paid in?
Non-refundable airline tickets will have to be purchased in advance, but not until it
Group Trip Deposits
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What deposits will be required
from you by airlines, hotels, tour
operators, etc., and when?
Group Trip Refunds
What is the latest date you can
cancel and still receive a full
refund of any deposits?
Participant deposits
What are the initial deposit and
your schedule of payments by
participants to you?
Cancellation policy
What will be your cancellation
policy for the participants?
Minimum numbers
Will you still run the trip if you
do not get the minimum number?
Reference web links:
AMC-ATC Home Page:
Forms:
Deadlines:
E-Mail Addresses:
Club House:
AMC-ATC Chair:
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seems clear that the trip will go. (The cost of refundable tickets is prohibitive.) The
hotels do not require any deposits to hold reservations.
The purchase of non-refundable airline tickets will be postponed until it seems clear
that the trip will go. This go/no go decision will have to be made at least 60 days
before arrival
Initial deposit of $1000 will be due with application. Final balance of $1,295 will be
due February 1, 2012. Deposit checks from wait listed applicants will not be cashed
unless and until we accept them AND they confirm continued interest
Cancellation by an accepted participant will not be allowed to raise the cost to the
other participants or to the leaders. Refund will be made in full, less the $200
cancellation fee if participant cancels before Nov 1st, 2013; $400 if cancels between
Nov 1st and Dec 31st, 2013; $800 if cancels after jan 1st, 2014 as long as participant can
be replaced on the trip.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe conditions:
Would go with only 13 participants, and maybe with as few as 12.
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