Title of trip
Leadership
Location(s)
Dates
Type of trip check all that apply
Cycle Tuscany- A Food and Wine Tour
Leader Dick Cable
Tuscany, Italy
Co-leader Lisa Graves
September 21 to September 28 2015 8
Backpacking
Camping
Hiking
Bicycling-Mountain
Cultural - X
Paddling-Canoeing
Bicycling-Road - X
Family
Paddling-Sea-Kayaking
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?
Skiing-Cross-Country
(Nordic)
Trekking (e.g., hut-tohut)
Minimum 14
Skiing-Downhill
(Alpine)
Walking
Snorkeling
Other – please describe
Select one of those checked above.
Maximum 14
$ 2365.
Does it include airfare? No
$ 1100 to 1300 Will leaders assist participants with flights? Yes No
First Appearance: Month July Year 2014
Last Appearance: Month July Year 2015
Note: AMC Outdoors is only published in Jan., March, May, July, Sept., Nov.
Yes If yes, please list the approximate month and year when it should be posted on line. May, 2014
Do you wish to have your trip listed online before it is published in AMC Outdoors?
Smaller trips and leader subsidization
Is this proposal for a small group trip – i.e., less than 14 participants and 2 leaders or 7 participants and 1 leader?
No
If yes, why is a small group proposed?
If a participant fee increase of more than 15% is proposed, please explain why?
Leader name
Leader address
Leader email
Leader phone
Wilderness first aid training
CPR training

Prior leading experience
Dick Cable
8 Heather Lane, Burlington, CT r.cable@sbcglobal.net
Home
CPR BLS Expiration:
Work
WFA AWFA WFR Expiration: 4-2014
12-21-2015
Cell (860)944-0594
Trip one
Trip two
Trip three
Other related trip experience
If this is your first Adventure Travel trip as a Leader you must 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. Feel free to list additional trips you have led, particularly if they demonstrate experience related to the trip you are proposing.
Camino de Santiago Biking
Biking Provence
Biking Venice and the Po River Valley
Two AMC trips to Mongolia, Nepal, Yosemite, Biking Sicily
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Co-leader name
Co-leader address
Lisa Graves
177 Hersey Hill Rd Minot, ME 04258
Co-leader email
Co-leader phone
lisagraves221@gmail.com
Home 207 966 1224 Work Cell 610 999 7080
Wilderness first aid training WFA AWFA WFR Expiration: 4/2015 Lisa will update training in April 2015
CPR training* CPR BLS Expiration: 4/2015 Lisa will update training in April, 2015
Prior leading experience 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
Trip one
Trip two 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.
Lisa has not led any 5+ day AMC trips
Trip three
Other related trip experience Lisa has traveled the globe extensively planning all of her own trips including cycling in Greece, Israel, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany and Holland and also trekking and travel in Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand and China.
She founded and operated a business importing from Nepal which required (ha!) regular travel to Kathmandu and working within the framework of the Nepali business culture.
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?
Yes If yes, please describe below:
Dick has been to Italy 6 times. He has been a participant on AT trip in Tuscany in
2004. He has led two additional AT biking trips to Sicily and the Po River Valley
[Venicelands]. He has an upcoming AT biking trip to Puglia this fall.
Lisa self-led a private cycle trip in Tuscany in October 2009. She used the same bike outfitter, rode the same routes and stayed in same Pienza hotel as in this proposal. She is co leading an AMC AT cycle trip to Tuscany in September, 2014.
Leader: No
Co-leader: No
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!
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.
Summary
Please provide a description of the trip and the activities planned. If available, please include or attach an itinerary.
Accommodations
Itinerary emailed separately. This 8 day, 7 night cycle trip combines daily moderate cycling (approximately 30 miles a day) through Italy's gorgeous rolling countryside with emphasis on enjoying and learning about the famed Tuscan food and renowned wines.
We will base for four nights in Pienza and three nights in Montalcino. Staying in these medieval towns allows participants to stroll the town, sightsee and shop after the day's ride. In Pienza our focus is on food. Our loop rides take us past farms, vineyards and olive groves. We visit a working farm (Podereil Casale) and help prepare our lunch with fresh farm ingredients. We have a cooking class at La Fonte where we prepare our dinner. In Montalcino the focus is on wine. Our loop rides take us past vineyards of the
Sangiovase grape which makes the famous Brunello wines. We will tour several vineyards where we learn about wine production and have the option of wine tastings.
In Pienza we stay at Il Choistro which is a 15 th century Franciscan convent. There is a
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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 local transportation
Will leaders or participants be drivers of motor vehicles? large enclosed courtyard that our bikes can be roll right into. In Montalcino we will stay at Hotel il Giglio. Both hotels have a sumptuous breakfast buffet and also a patio with an expansive view across the valley.
The trip includes all breakfasts and dinners from the first Sunday dinner to the last
Sunday breakfast plus one lunch. Breakfasts are bountiful buffets provided by the hotels.
Participants can prepare their lunches and snacks to bring on the day's rides or purchase lunch on the way. One lunch is on a farm. We help prepare this lunch and it is included in the trip cost. Dinners: There are 4 group dinners in local restaurants, two dinners that participants choose their own restaurant and are given an allowance and one cooking class where we prepare our own dinner.
Participants travel by train to Chiusi (1.5 hours from Rome) Chiusi is a major stop on all of the Rome- Florence lines so if participants are coming from elsewhere in Italy they can easily get to Chiusi. Leaders will rent an 8 person van in Chiusi to transport participants to and from Pienza at the start and end of the trip. The van will also be used to transport to the cooking class and to transport the bags from Pienza to Montelcino and back.
Will leaders be drivers? Yes Will volunteer participants be drivers? No
If so, MVR checks will be needed. See Appendix S1.
No Permits or permissions
Does the trip require special permits or permissions?
(required on many U.S. federal lands and national parks)
Special equipment
Does the trip require special equipment?
If yes, please describe below what you will need to do to obtain them: None required
If no, please describe the process you went through to find out that they were not required:
x Public roads
Yes If yes, please describe below what type of equipment and how you will ensure that people know how to use it:
We are renting high end touring bikes. Participants will bring their own pedals and shoes.
Special experience
Does the trip require special skills on the part of the participant?
Pre-trip activities
Do you plan to get your group together before the trip for an activity or social event?
Conservation, education and recreation questionnaire and phone screening interview will determine prior experience and capability.
Yes If yes, please describe below what you will do:
Pre-trip meeting and ride will be held in July. Date and location TBD. Also Lisa is leading 2 nd annual Cycle Maine Food Tour in May. Participants will be invited to join in for this.
How will this AMC-AT trip meet the mission of the AMC?
www.outdoors.org/about/ mission.cfm
Participants will experience, learn about, and appreciate the natural world each day of the trip by: cycling each day through the spectacular rolling verdant hills; learning about terrain and land formation; learning about farming and food production; experiencing / enjoying the fruits of the farm/vineyards; cooking class learning how to prepare the Tuscan food; experiencing centuries old vineyards and learning how wine is made including the dramatic effects that weather has on the same grape in the same place from year to year.
The applicant questionnaire and phone screening interview will ensure that participants are capable.
Yes If yes, please describe below what type of experience? Also describe how you will ensure that the participant has this experience?
The trip requires the ability to cycle 30 miles of moderate to hilly terrain. The applicant
This section should be completed if the trip will be using a tour operator, outfitter, guide service, travel agency or other such company or person(s) for a significant part of the trip or for the entire trip. Any person(s) or companies that are handling a significant portion of trip funds or arrangements need to be vetted. If there is more than one tour operator please provide this information about each such entity.
Will this trip require a tour No operator or guide service during part of or for the
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:
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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.
Liability? Yes No additional insured?
Are they willing to list AMC as an
Maximum amt: $
Yes No
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.
Climate/terrain
Potential hazards
Response
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
Response
Trail conditions, river crossings, weather, wildlife (bears, snakes, etc.)
Weather – specifically rain.
All participants must carry a rain jacket. We will do our best to not cycle when it is raining. If the weather is threatening or it is raining in the morning we will switch to other activities. If the weather becomes threatening while riding we will seek shelter before it rains. If there is a sudden downpour while riding we will seek shelter until it has passed. We have a van and also emergency help from the bike outfitter in the event we are caught in a storm that does not let up.
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
No issue. Western country. English spoken widely in Pienza and Montalcino
Transportation
Potential hazards
Response
Participants
Potential hazards
Response
Other
Potential hazards
Response
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Traffic while cycling.
Our rides are on quiet back roads. Participants will ride in a group for better visibility.
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Participant is not fit to ride 30 miles of rolling hills.
Careful screening. Shorten length of rides if too much for many participants. Have two groups for some sections/days with one leader with each group. Our own van support and support from Cicloposse (bike rental).
Conditions unique to this type of trip
Too much great Italian food!
Cycle it off the next day!
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
Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language, documentation, distance from emergency services
Phone contacts:
The emergency number for Italy is 112. Calls to 911 are redirected to 112.
Specific emergency numbers are:
Ambulance – 118 ; Fire – 115 ; State Police – 113
Dick and Lisa will each have a cell phone for emergency communication.
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Medical care is available in Pienza and Montalcino. The closest hospital is in Siena.
See details below in Medical Care section. We have our own van for transport.
Cicloposse is also available for emergencies.
Cicloposse
Bike Rental. Available for emergencies.
(marco@cicloposse.com)
(giuliana@cicloposse.com)
Via I Maggio, 27 53026 Pienza Siena, Italy
Phone: (39) 0578 749983
Mobile: 345 0371289
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first aid or communication equipment (satellite phone, two-way radios) do you plan to use, if any?
Evacuation
Please describe your plan for evacuation from the backcountry location if applicable?
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.
Dick and Lisa will each have a cell phone.
Dick and Lisa will each carry a first aid kit with them on all rides.
N/A
Depending on where we are the Hospital of Siena is anywhere from 20 to 35 miles away.
Hospital of Siena
Le Scotte in Via Bracci 16
Phone: Tel. 0577 585111
Doctors in Pienza:
Fazio Anselmi
Via S. Gregorio, 2
53026 Pienza
Phone number +39 0578 748507
Antonio Spacone
Via Delle Case Nuove, 13
53026 Pienza
Phone number +39 0578 748417
Doctors in Montalcino:
Robert Talenti
Via Mazzini, 60
53024 Montalcino
Italy
Phone number +39 0577 847173
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Silvio Trebisacce
Oral Surgeon
Via Boldrini, 2
53024 Montalcino
Italy
Phone number +39 0577 849376
Foreign currencies
For int’l trips list each foreign currency, the current $US dollar exchange rate and what
Current exchange is EU 1.39. The budget is calculated at EU 1.50 contingencies you have if that rate changes. If a tour operator or agent is being used, what currency is the agent to be paid in?
Group Trip Deposits
What deposits will be required from you by airlines, hotels, tour operators, etc., and when?
The hotels require a credit card for 10% of the total upon booking. There is no cancellation fee if made 60 days before the trip.
Cicloposse: credit card and 10% to reserve bikes. Full refund if canceled within 60 days of the trip.
Airlines- Participants will make their own reservations.
No other deposits are required.
Participants receive a full refund if they cancel by February 28.
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?
Deposit of $500 with application. $1000 due upon acceptance. Balance of $865. due by June 15, 2015
Must cancel in writing. Refunds are to the following schedule:
Cancel by February 28, 2015 – full refund.
Cancellations March 1, 2015 or later are subject to a $ 500.00 cancellation charge and refunds will only be made to the extent that the cost of the trip for other participants and leaders is not affected. Late cancellations will like result in no refund. Information on trip insurance will be given to all applicants.
No If yes, please describe conditions: Minimum numbers
Will you still run the trip if you do not get the minimum number?
Reference web links:
AMC-ATC Home Page: http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/
Forms: http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/application/
Deadlines: http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/committee/proposals/
E-Mail A
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