All information provided here is tentative.
Check with the trip leader before sending deposits, or booking flights.
The Ornifolks Policy Regarding your $500 Trip Deposit
The intent of the registration deposit is a) to notify us that you are
serious about attending the tour, so that we may begin preparations in earnest;
and b) to offset the costs associated with printing, overseas telephone charges,
postage and other expenses involved in setting up the tour.
It takes months of advance planning to
organize an international birding trip. Please extend the trip organizer
the courtesy of sending your deposit at least six months before departure.
If you cancel before the trip gets off the ground, it usually means
we cannot recover these costs and the remaining tour participants have to pay a
larger share of the “fixed” costs. There may be exceptions if you cancel at
least 60 days before the tour, but generally this $500 deposit is NONREFUNDABLE.
The $500 deposit is fully refundable if the trip cancels because there aren’t
enough participants to go. But sometimes we will go with as few as four- if we
have priced the tour accordingly.
Shortly after receipt of your deposit we will forward a checklist of birds we
expect to see and any work we have done on the itinerary. We will also advise
you of logistical considerations (air fares and travel arrangements, health and
safety, what to bring, etc.)
Unless instructed otherwise in the trip information page, make checks payable
to Mike Flieg and send your trip deposits to:
Mike Flieg
4333 Al Clare Drive
St. Louis MO 63123
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