Why Educational Travel?
• Explore and Experience Foreign Cultures
Firsthand
• Interact with Locals, Speak Foreign Languages
• Form a New Perspective on the World and
Appreciation of America’s Important Place in it
• Bring Your Classroom Lessons to Life
• Gain Independence and Confidence in a Safe
Environment
• Improve your Grades
• Earn Academic Credit
• Enhance your College (and job) Applications
• Helps students stand out from the crowd on
college admissions and job interviews
• Have Fun with Your Friends and Make New Ones
It’s a Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience!
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Why NETC?
All NETC services are guaranteed:
• Comfortable 3 and 4 star hotels near the sights you have come to see.
• Safe Central Locations mean you can explore easily in small groups.
• A healthy breakfast gets each day off to a great start
• Hearty dinners in local restaurants are well balanced and reflect local cuisine. Experience the
country you are visiting while enjoying plenty of really good food!
• Program is fully escorted by excellent tour directors who stay in the hotels with the group and
keep them busy morning noon and night!
• Dependable support for students and families with excellent internet access for trip information
• An unparalleled track record of supporting teachers and groups abroad
• 24 hour presence and support both in the USA and overseas
• A free, automatic and simple payment plan, the EZpay Plan.
• Included Basic Travel Insurance
PLUS…..
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Why NETC? (cont’d)
NETC is the ONLY organization that offers LEAP!-Enriched, Student
Centered, Experiential Learning Experiences. Which means….
• NETC programs go far beyond sightseeing
• Escape the tourist bubble! - Get immersed in
local culture
• Enjoy loads of unusual fun experiences,
debates, role plays, scavenger hunts to mention
but a few
• Everybody gets involved
• “Experiential touring that is unlike any other
travel program. NETC’s LEAP activities connect
you to the local culture and people.”
• NETC tours are led by a LEAP!-Trained tour
director who stays in your hotel and helps you
understand all that you see...
People like….
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Meet some of NETC’s Tour Directors
Vanessa Nicol
Pablo Navazo
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland
Now lives in Rome, Italy
Started with NETC in 2006
Born in Madrid, Spain
Lives in Madrid
Started with NETC in 2007
Caroline Buizza
Born in Lyon, France
Lives in Lyon, France
Started with NETC in 2008
Manni Coe
Born in Leeds, UK
Now Lives in Andalucia, Spain
Started with NETC in 2000
Ada Elguera
Born in Cusco, Peru
Lives in Lima, Peru
Started with NETC in 2005
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Safety and Behavior
• An impressive track record for almost 20
years
• 24 hour network in the USA and abroad
• Hotels located in safe central areas of
large cities
• Tours fully escorted by trained bilingual
tour directors
• Teacher/chaperone to student ratio of
1:6
• All participants enrolled with ACE
American Insurance Company in
important travel insurance and support
program.
• Tours visit countries that welcome
American visitors and are keen to
understand our culture as well as share
their own
• The NETC Agreement covers behavior
and your teacher/chaperone will also
provide you with a Code of Conduct
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Where Are We Going?
Bell'Italia
Tour Length: 9 days
Highlights
· Doges Palace
· Ravenna
· Accademia
· St. Francis's Basilica
· Sistine Chapel
· St. Peter's Basilica
· Colosseum
· Roman Forum
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LEAP!™ Activities on This Tour
Behind the Carnival Mask
Create a Venetian mask inspired by the Italian Carnival, the
Commedia dell'Arte - or by your imagination! Learn the
meaning of the mask and its historical significance, then
decorate yours using professional techniques.
Cucina Fiorentina
Cook up a three-course traditional meal with a local chef using
fresh local produce. Get a taste of Tuscan life and zesty
flavors! Mangia!
Great Renaissance Debate
Greet six renaissance giants including Giotto, Galileo, and
Isabella d'Este, and debate who made the greatest impact
on civilization.
Patron of the Renaissance
Imagine you're a Medici. Suppose you're a Sforza. Use this
innovative activity to explore the motives of the patrons of
the Renaissance.
Behind the Carnival Mask
Student Connection in Florence
Meet with a group of students from a local Italian high school
and learn what life is like for teenage students in Florence.
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Tour Cost
Program Fee:
$3189
Registration Fee:
$115
Departure Fees:*
$469
Weekend Supplement
$0
Early Enrollment Discount
-$400
Total
$3373
Monthly payment**
$235
* Subject to change
** Based on enrollment today with deposit
of $315 and then 13 payments of $235
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What’s Included in the Program Fee?
• Round-trip flights
• Accommodations in three and four-star hotels. Rooms are Doubles
and triples and occasionally quads.
• 3 Course dinner and continental breakfast daily.
• Full-time Tour Director
• LEAP!™ Educational program
• Transportation and sightseeing as described in the itinerary
• 24-hour assistance at home and abroad
• Basic travel insurance
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Additional Expenses You Will Incur
• Passport and visa fees
• Beverages with meals
• Lunches
• Local transportation overseas
• Transportation from your
home to the departure
airport and back
• Tips to Tour Director and
long- distance bus driver
• Spending money
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Total Surety Plan
NETC strongly recommends the
Total Surety Plan
What you get:
 Protection from cancellation penalties
if you have to cancel any time for any
reason.
 Extra Protection in case a parent
should lose a job forcing cancellation
 Enhanced medical and other benefits
Cost: $25 per day of your tour, due
upon enrollment
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How To Enroll?
Enrolling Online
1.Visit your My NETC group site at: www.EducationalTravel.com
 Enter Username: italy2012
 Enter Password: geis
2.Click “Enroll Now”
3.Complete the online application
4.Make your initial payment by credit card or by electronic check.
Enrolling by Mail
• Complete the application form attached to the Enrollment Guide
which can be downloaded at EducationalTravel.com/Enrollment.aspx
• Make a check or money order payable to NETC for the initial deposit
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What Parents Thought About Their NETC Tour
“I had high expectations for the experience and each and every expectation was met. She learned a
little more about the world, she was able to use and improve her language skills and she was able to
gain confidence travelling in a new country. She also learned firsthand about valuing another culture.”
- Kimberley Krauss, Michigan, Traveled in Summer 2010
“The tour guides were exceptional, the lodging amazing, and the experiences top notch. This tour
wasn't a travel-by-bus and get out and take photos and get back on and travel-by-bus tour. It was
geared for adolescents and their energy level and took the time to really teach them at their level. It
wasn't superficial.”
- Sarah Rodseth, Michigan, Traveled in Summer 2010
“The ROI of this trip is immeasurable. It helped [our daughter] to have a different perspective about her
higher education. It was an empowering and positive experience.”
- Debbie Gunzelman, Connecticut, Traveled in Spring 2010
“An absolutely tremendous experience, one she will carry with her always. The smiles on her face
when she talks about it are priceless.”
- Janet Cherbonneau, Maine, Traveled in Spring 2010
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What Students Thought About Their NETC Tour
“Since history is one of my favorite subjects, I found it really exciting to make connections between the sites
and the knowledge I possessed. Beyond the connections, it was mind-boggling to just be in the places that
have been talked about in my classes.”
- Scott Bouwense, New Jersey, Traveled in Spring 2010
“As a young student, it is hard for me to think of things and events and people that we learn about in school
as more than mere stories. On the trip, the entire history of modern culture seemed to unfold before me, and
everything sort of materialized into reality. I gained a sort of sentimental attachment to places like the Vatican
and the streets of Capri that I couldn't have gotten from a textbook or a lecture.”
- Natalie Catlett, Tennessee, Traveled in Spring 2010
“My friends and I tried to list every adjective that described the trip on the plane back. We had a list that ran
three pages long, but I think the most apt description would be eye-opening. I learned about the world and
myself in equal amounts, I found that I will always have a desire to explore, and I had the most fun I've ever
had!”
- Natalie Catlett, Tennessee, Traveled in Spring 2010
“I loved everything about the tour. My tour guide was incredible, the food was excellent, and there was never
a dull moment! I was worried about being paired with kids from other groups, but we ended up having a great
time together. My language skills from school were extremely helpful - I was surprised by how much I could
recognize. And the history that I had learned in school really came alive while on tour.”
- Hannah Gersten, Illinois, Traveled in Summer 2010
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