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Get important travel information, useful tips to prepare for your tour, and information about what to expect on the tour. 

• Explorica works only with reputable and reliable airlines, and does not use charters
• Sign up as a “Land Only” participant if you wish to make your own flight arrangements
• Explorica provides first-class panoramic buses for in-country transportation and high-speed trains and ferries for longer trips within and between countries

• Tips to reduce the effects of jet lag
• Tips to help overcome culture shock

• Hotel quality and standards
• Student rooming
• Overnight train accommodations

• Details pertaining to airline-imposed baggage restrictions and/or fees

• Explorica strongly recommends program leaders establish on-tour behavior guidelines
• Participants may be sent home early, at their own expense, for failure to abide by local law and/or program leader guidelines and policies
• Participants also waive the right to a refund of their tour fee for failure to abide by local law and/or program leader guidelines

• Explorica provides breakfast and dinner daily on all tours unless otherwise indicated on your itinerary
• Lunch options
• Dietary restrictions

• There are no countries visited by Explorica tours that require any inoculations or vaccinations
• Refer to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention for any recommendations pertaining to your specific destination

• International cell phones
• International calling cards

• Pre-packing tips
• Helpful video
• Eight rules to smart packing

• How much money to budget per day
• Inform your bank of your travel plans
• Best practices when withdrawing money on tour

• Whom to tip, and how much

• Obtain or renew your passport
• About visas
• Timeline: start preparing your official documents now