Nice Training Conference 2025
5 DAYS
Thursday, January 16 - Monday, January 20
Enrollment Form
Application Deadline: June 15th
Terms and Conditions
A five-day trip to Nice is offered by passports to group organizers, spouses and/or companions on the following concessionary terms and conditions:
Description: This trip to Nice (Jan 16, 2025-Jan 20, 2025) is offered by passports to group organizers, spouses, and/or companions for the purpose of familiarizing them with the high quality of passports ground services, and introducing them to passports home office staff, Tour Directors and other teacher colleagues nationwide.
This trip includes: Round-trip air transportation from selected U.S. international airports. Baggage limit of 44 pounds per person, which allows for one standard suitcase and one carry-on bag. Transfers to and from the Nice airport. Hotel accommodations at a centrally-located hotel in twin rooms (triple rooms may be available by adding an extra bed to the room; no reduction in cost is allowed). Private bath guaranteed. Breakfasts daily. Welcome Reception with appetizers, a fixed-menu dinner and a Farewell Dinner. All activities are subject to restrictions beyond passports’ control such as seasonality, closing times, holidays, strikes, traffic conditions or inclement weather.
This trip does not include: passport fees, visa fees, baggage fees, border fees, gifts, laundry valet service, hotel mini-bar or telephone charges, local airport departure taxes, porterage, entrance fees, beverages, lunches and personal expenses.
Reservations: Qualifying group organizers will receive one (1) complimentary space for themselves to attend the International Teacher Convention. Companions are allowed to attend (provided that the group organizer participates him/herself) as a guest by using rewards points. Proposed recipients of complimentary spaces must submit an application, and will be individually approved by passports on a first-come/first-served basis.
Paying Spouses, companions, and family members: At the written request of the group organizer, such persons may participate in the Convention. Call passports for current prices. This sum must be fully paid (postmarked) no later than August 31, 2024. Paying participants must first submit an application, and are subject to space availability. Should the individual wish to depart from a city different from that of the qualifying group organizer, there may be additional airfare charges. Please contact passports. Elective withdrawals of such persons will be subject to the cancellation penalties set forth in these Terms and Conditions. Pro-rationing of leftover rewards points in order to achieve lower costs for paying participants is not permitted. Unused points or rewards must remain on account until used or expired.
Cancellations: Qualifying group organizers cancelling their participation in the Teacher Convention must do so in writing, and will not be entitled to any refund for any reason, including medical reasons and/or compelling personal circumstances, nor will passports be under any obligation to provide any other free trip at a later date.
“Paying” participants who elect to cancel must also do so in writing. Cancellations postmarked before August 31, 2024, for any reason, including medical reasons and/or compelling personal circumstances, will result in a full refund of the program fee less a $375 service fee, any airline tickets, and trip cancellation fees. Special arrangement fees and optional excursions are also non-refundable.
NOTE: Once airline tickets have been issued they are non-refundable.
Post-departure travel protection plan: passports provides and pays for a post-departure travel protection plan which provides coverage for trip interruption, emergency medical expenses, baggage loss or delay, trip delay, and more. Contact passports for details.
Special Arrangements and Travel Extensions: Contact passports.
Substitutions: Substitutions cannot be made once a participant is enrolled, regardless of whether a “free” or paid spot is used.
Cash equivalency: There is no cash equivalency payment available for this special offer.
For additional information, contact passports.
The above Terms and Conditions cannot be modified except in writing by passports. All original material copyright © 2024, Passports, Inc. All rights reserved. 05/14/2024. This document supersedes any earlier versions.
Release and Agreement
I am an applicant for a tour with Passports, Inc., d.b.a. Passports, and acknowledge and agree to the following conditions binding upon myself and upon Passports, Inc., (“passports”).
1. passports is responsible only for the acts or omissions of its employees. Each tour begins with the takeoff of the first international flight and ends upon completion of the return flight to the U.S.
passports cannot be responsible for events beyond its control, including, without limitation, acts of God, war, strikes or government restrictions, or any other circumstances of force majeure; nor, in the absence of its own negligence, for personal injury, accidents, death, property damage or loss, or delay caused by persons not controlled by passports, including, without limitation, airlines, bus companies, railways, hotels, restaurants, taxis or any other agency, company or individual.
passports is not responsible for loss of a U.S. passport, travel documents or airline tickets, loss or damage to luggage or any other personal belongings, or for consequential damages in any event.
2. Airlines’ liability for loss or damage to baggage is limited. Contact the airlines for baggage liability limits. Airlines accept no liability for fragile or perishable articles. Higher limits of liability may be obtained from the airlines by paying the charge contained in the carriers’ tariffs, or optional baggage protection insurance can be purchased. I understand that the airlines liability for death/injury is limited by their tariffs and/or by the Warsaw Convention.
3. passports is not responsible for me when I am absent from passports scheduled activities. I accept liability for any financial obligations incurred by me, or any damage or injury caused by me while on a passports tour.
4. If I become ill, injured or incapacitated during my tour, passports will do whatever it deems necessary to preserve my health and safety including, without limitation, obtaining medical treatment for me at my expense, and/or transporting me at my own expense back to my home for medical reasons. I agree to pay any extra expenses incurred on my behalf for medical or other reasons. I also understand that health/accident insurance is included on my behalf through passports’ insurance provider.
5. Any photographs, films or videotapes taken of me while participating in a passports tour and/or any of my comments or statements may be freely used in passports’ published materials, and I hereby agree to such use.
6. If I wish to withdraw from this tour, I must do so individually in writing. Any refund to which I may be entitled is described in the 2025 Nice Teacher Convention Terms and Conditions.
7. passports and the airlines reserve the right to substitute airlines, to make changes in equipment, the itinerary, departure and arrival dates, times or cities, or to alter the itinerary, and I agree to accept any such changes. No refunds will be made under these circumstances, and passports will attempt to provide comparable services or accommodations.
8. I am responsible for obtaining and carrying a current passport, and if I am not a U.S. citizen, the appropriate visas for countries I am to visit. My inability to obtain such documents shall not constitute grounds for cancellation with a full refund.