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• Your travel style.  Are you into wildlife, adventure, or food and wine? Do you want to take a deep dive into a particular destination or religion?  Want to experience a special event, or explore with a small group? We offer escorted tours designed around these  travel styles  and others so that travelers can have the experience that suits them best.
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Second, I did find that the tour was expensive. Not necessarily more than we would have spent to do it on our own, but certainly not less, and by going on our own I would have chosen our flights , hotels, train schedules, etc. which I anticipate would have been superior to those chosed by EF where the students stayed in triple or quad rooms. We have gone to Europe independently several times, so I know about how much we spend.

Third, they often provided less than a day per city. However, I think this is probably a problem with tours in general and not just EF, which is why I don't go on tours.

I did note that there was some deal for the teacher in that the more people went, the more free tickets he got. I don't know if he took any family or friends with him on the trip, but I'm sure he went for free.

Finally, I just felt my daughter at 12 was too young to be in Europe without a parent in countries where she does not speak the language. I don't know if EF has an age limit on their tours or not or if other tour companies do. That is just my own personal parenting decision, though.

However, all of this said, the students who went on the trip seemed to have enjoyed themselves, and I have not heard of any complaints. Most of the students are well off, and I suspect there would have been complaints if the hotels or food were extremely substandard.

I think in the end it's the same as with anything else you spend money on. You have to look at the price you are paying and decide if what you are getting is worth that price.

I have no knowledge of EF and I have no intention of defending it. Indeed if I remember to I will post a second message here soon questioning one of its vociferous defenders above.

However, I am intrigued by the complaint in the last post to the effect that the teacher involved "certainly travelled for free" (deliberately ignoring the further issue of whether any relatives also travelled free.)

Is it a general expectation in the USA, as the last poster seems to be suggesting, that the teacher in question should pay for his/ her ticket? That I certainly find astonishing.

Are US teachers trully willing to bring groups to Europe without the "luxury" of not paying for their ticket?

I do not comment on the much more serious issue of "legal responsibility" when things go wrong whether minor issue like hotels, food or transport still less major problems like accidents here as that does not seem to be the thrust of the posts to date.

It is my understanding that the group leader and the chaperones do not pay. The number of chaperones depends on the number of stuents enrolled.

Basically, educational tour companies like EF, Explorica, NETC, etc. use teachers as agents to market and sell their tours. In exchange, the teacher becomes responsible for the welfare of the students while on tour and is the middle man between the consumer, and the company. The teacher is actually paid a stipend that is roughly one sixth of the program fee of the tour. You can figure out the math. The teacher will be sent a check corresponding to this formula, excluding payroll taxes, etc. If the teacher (group leader) chooses, he can use the stipend in exchange for travel, so yes, you could acquire a number of "free places" within any given tour to use for any travelers you wish, including chaperons and other family members.

Put another way, families who are sending their students on an educational tour with a teacher are spending about 10% (the stipend is 1/6th of the program cost which does not include things like taxes, departuare fees, insurance etc.) of the cost of the tour to have a teacher supervise their student, and provide for their safety while in a foreign country. They are also paying for the time and effort the teacher puts in to coordinate the tour. In my case I hold multiple meetings after the tour is arranged covering the details of the trip and insuring all are well versed in the many things one needs to know to make the most of foreign travel... Topics range from packing correctly to using ATM's wisely and avoiding tourist scams. We preview each place we will visit so our students already know what to expect. On tour we hold evening meetings to discuss the day's events (what we saw, what we learned) and to cover the next day's itinerary.

If you can do it independently, you probably can do it for a comparable cost. There is value in students traveling together and experiencing the world with their peers. Group travel also often leads to meaningful relationships that develop with young people who travel together for the first time.

I've used EF to bring students abroad, and after the last time when they sent me an itinerary that didn't match the tickets....I gave up on them.

I have a friend who worked for them and said they were bad to employees as well.

There are MANY more choices for educational travel out there. CHA, Passports, and more. EF is really a racket, and this comes from a former group leaader with them.

I would have to ask..did any of your kids have fun on this tour?

Do you really think it matters if a student is sitting down for hours to arrive to their destination? No! Students are happy to be in another country with their friends.

They're hanging out, sharing rooms together in a whole different country.

We're excited to see a new area and culture away from parents.

Teachers are cool, well atleast mine are.

So if you're going to complain, really ask your child if they had a horrible time on their trip.

Don't blame the company, people are picky eaters, they also tend to complain about everything.

I just know that i'm going to go out and have a blast with my classmates

I know what to expect and so do my parents because we actually read everything before enrolling and my teacher made sure to make everything clear.

So complain to the person who put the tour together because they didn't do a great job explaining or didn't take initiative when the company was changing things around.

She enjoyed it so much, she recommended it to her friends and wanted to go on another EF Tour.

Teachers, in fact, could not pay (on our meager salaries) for such a trip. The cost of providing a chaparone/teaching to supervise the students while on tour is built into the cost that each student pays, and that's fully appropriate. In fact, given the paperwork, responsibilities, potential liability, and overall pain of watching over students 24/7 while overseas, this is hardly a "perc" in any real sense. The wonder is that teachers are willing to do it at all. Regarding the "stipend," if you look at the programs in detail, any stipend a.) requires a very large number of students to get one (and additional chaparones take the stipend away), b.) is almost always spent on the students and/or providing tips for the local guides, driver, and tour director, and c.) is fully taxable to the teacher re: income tax and BOTH halfs of the payroll tax.

So, should a teacher get 49 students to do (!!) with 6 chaperones, the stipend would be about $800 minus 25% federal tax and 15% payroll tax. That's $480. Not a major motivator. Believe me. I do this, and the stipend is spent on tips and incidentals for students. I go broke doing this each year.

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Arkea-B&B Hotels, St. Michel-Mavic-Auber93 earn a berth

Teams for the 2024 Tour de France Femmes

The organisers of the Tour de France Femmes confirmed the seven teams that will be joining the 15 Women's WorldTour squads in this year's race.

Cofidis and Tashkent City earned automatic invitations under UCI rules as the top UCI Continental Women's teams in 2023.

That leaves five open wildcard invitations, which went to French teams Arkea-B&B Hotels and St. Michel-Mavic-Auber93, US team EF Education-Cannondale, the Belgian squad Lotto Dstny Ladies, and the Spanish team Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi.

The Tour de France Femmes begins in Rotterdam on August 12 and runs through August 18, with a finish on l'Alpe d'Huez.

It will be the second appearance for Cofidis and the third for Arkea-B&B Hotels and St. Michel-Mavic-Auber93.

Ion Lazkano, sports manager of Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi said it was a "huge prize" for the team.

"For us to be in the Tour de France is the maximum we can aspire to in sporting terms," Lazkano said in a press release. "After all, it is the race par excellence, where everyone wants to be present and where all the media attention is focused. For both the team and the project, it is a huge prize to be in the best race in the world.

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"I also believe that it reflects the work that is being done from the offices to the road, since being on a stage of this caliber is the consequence of all this and represents the consolidation of the project and the structure that we form."

Lotto Dstny were also thrilled to get the invitation, writing on social media, "We are very excited to announce that Lotto Dstny Ladies will be one of the 22 teams at the start of Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, See you in Rotterdam on August 12th!"

EF Education-Cannondale were more succinct, posting several exclamation points and in all-caps "We are going to the Tour".

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ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS

Site: Avondale, Louisiana.

Course: TPC Louisiana. Yardage: 7,425. Par: 72.

Prize money: $8.9 million. Winner’s share: $1.286 million for each player.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 3:30-6:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champions: Davis Riley and Nick Hardy.

FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler.

Last week: Scottie Scheffler won the RBC Heritage.

Notes: This is the PGA Tour’s only team event, with two rounds of fourballs and two rounds of foursomes. ... The winners do not get world ranking points or a Masters invitation. ... Rory McIlroy is playing for the first time, partnering with Shane Lowry. Friends since their youth, they have played only one Ryder Cup match together. ... The field includes three sets of brothers, two of them twins — Parker and Pierceson Coody, and Rasmus and Nicolai Hojgaard. The other set is Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick. ... Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele are the only team where both players are ranked in the top 10. They won the Zurich Classic two years ago. ... Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald is playing with Francesco Molinari, one of his assistant captains in Rome. ... Steve Stricker is making a rare appearance on the PGA Tour. Stricker won the Charles Schwab Cup last year on the PGA Tour Champions. He is playing with Matt Kuchar.

Next week: AT&T Byron Nelson.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/

JM EAGLE LA CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Los Angeles.

Course: Wilshire GC. Yardage: 6,258. Par: 71.

Prize money: $3.75 million. Winner’s share: $562,500.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 6:30-9:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 6-9 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Hannah Green.

Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.

Last week: Nelly Korda won The Chevron Championship.

Notes: Nelly Korda withdrew from the tournament coming off winning her second major and fifth win in a row. ... The prize money was raised to $3.75 million and the sponsors are paying for players’ hotels. It still attracted only six of the top 10 in the world. ... Among those not playing are Lydia Ko and Lilia Vu, who withdrew last week with injury. ... Patty Tavatanakit and Alison Lee are among those who played college golf nearby at UCLA. ... Paula Creamer is in the field based on being in the top 20 on the LPGA career money list. ... This is the second LPGA event in the Los Angeles area in the last five weeks. Korda won the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship down the coast at Palos Verdes Estates. ... Rose Zhang is coming off a missed cut in the first LPGA major of the year. ... Lexi Thompson, who has not won in five years and is coming off a missed cut in the Chevron Championship, is not in the field.

Next tournament: Cognizant Founders Cup on May 9-12.

Online: https://www.lpga.com/

LIV GOLF LEAGUE

LIV GOLF ADELAIDE

Site: Adelaide, Australia.

Course: The Grange GC. Yardage: 6,946. Par: 72.

Prize money: $20 million. Winner’s share: $4 million.

Television: Thursday-Saturday, 9:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. (CW app). Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (CW Network-tape delay).

Defending champion: Talor Gooch.

Points leader: Joaquin Niemann.

Last tournament: Dean Burmester won LIV Golf Miami.

Notes: LIV Golf’s tournament in Adelaide last year featured one of the largest galleries of the year. ... LIV Golf Adelaide is where Talor Gooch won the first of his three titles last season. He is not in the field for any of the majors this year. ... LIV Golf had three players finish among the top 10 in the Masters. Cameron Smith and Bryson DeChambeau tied for sixth, and Tyrrell Hatton tied for ninth. ... Jon Rahm has yet to win since joining LIV in December. Rahm’s last victory was the Masters a year ago. ... Dustin Johnson, who won LIV Golf Las Vegas in early February, has missed the cut in his last two majors. Joaquin Niemann remains the points leader this year based on his two LIV titles. He made the cut in the Masters and already has received an exemption to play in the PGA Championship. ... Peter Uihlein began his three-week swing by playing the Saudi Open last week. He shot 66-63 on the weekend to finish third.

Next week: LIV Golf Singapore.

Online: https://www.livgolf.com/

EUROPEAN TOUR AND JAPAN GOLF TOUR

ISPS HANDA CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Gotemba, Japan.

Course: Taiheiyo Club. Yardage: 7,262. Par: 70.

Prize money: $2.25 million. Winner’s share: $375,000.

Television: Wednesday-Thursday, 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 11 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. (Golf Channel).

Previous winner: Lucas Herbert.

Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

Last tournament: Scottie Scheffler won the Masters.

Notes: This is the second year of a European tour co-sanctioned event with the Japan Golf Tour in Japan. ... The tournament is the third of four events in the Asian Swing. The winner of this series gets a $200,000 bonus, and the top three get spots in the PGA Championship at Valhalla next month. ... The field includes Matthieu Pavon of France and Christiaan Bezuidenhout of South Africa. Both played in the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head last week. ... Keita Nakajima makes his first start since winning the Hero Indian Open for his first European tour victory. ... Kazuma Kobori received a sponsor exemption. The 22-year-old was born in Japan and plays under the New Zealand flag. He has three wins this year on the PGA Tour of Australasia. ... The field includes most of the rising Japanese stars, such as Nakajima, Takumi Kanaya and Taiga Semikawa. ... Lucas Herbert is not defending his title because he is with LIV Golf in Australia.

Next week: Volvo China Open.

Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/ and https://www.jgto.org/en/

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CLASSIC

Site: Duluth, Georgia.

Course: TPC Sugarloaf. Yardage: 7,179. Par: 72.

Prize money: $2 million. Winner’s share: $300,000.

Television: Friday, noon to 3 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Stephen Ames.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Steven Alker.

Last week: Paul Broadhurst won the Invited Celebrity Classic.

Notes: Paul Broadhurst became the seventh winner in the seven tournaments on the PGA Tour Champions this year. ... Steven Alker returns to action after taking last week off. ... Ricardo Gonzalez is the only first-time winner on the PGA Tour Champions this year. ... Broadhurst (58) became the third player 58 or older to win this year. He joins Stephen Ames (Chubb Classic) and Joe Durant (Cologuard Classic), both of whom are 59. ... The seven winners on the PGA Tour Champions come from seven countries — New Zealand, Canada, England, United States, Argentina, South Africa and Ireland. ... Thomas Bjorn has been a runner-up and tied for third in his two starts on the PGA Tour Champions this year. ... One week after Vijay Singh made his 20th cut at the Masters, the 61-year-old tied for sixth in the Invited Celebrity Classic. ... The TPC Sugarloaf hosted a PGA Tour event until 2007.

Next week: Insperity Invitational.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions

KORN FERRY TOUR

VERITEX BANK CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Arlington, Texas.

Course: Texas Rangers GC. Yardage: 7,010. Par: 71.

Prize money: $1 million. Winner’s share: $180,000.

Television: None.

Defending champion: Spencer Levin.

Points leader: Steven Fisk.

Last week: Tim Widing won the Lecom Suncoast Classic.

Next tournament: AdventHealth Championship on May 16-19.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour

OTHER TOURS

PGA of America: PGA Professional Championship, Fields Ranch at PGA (East and West), Frisco, Texas. Defending champion: Braden Shattuck. Television: Tuesday, 5-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Wednesday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel). Online: https://www.pga.com/

Epson Tour: IOA Championship, Morongo GC at Tukwet Canyon, Beaumont, California. Defending champion: Miranda Wang. Online: https://www.epsontour.com/

Challenge Tour: UAE Challenge, Saadiyat Beach GC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Previous winner: Maximilian Rottluff. Online: https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/

Ladies European Tour: Investec South African Women’s Open, Erinvale Country and Golf Estate, Somerset West, South Africa. Previous winner: Ashleigh Buhai. Online: https://ladieseuropeantour.com/

PGA Tour Americas: Diners Club Peru Open, Los Inkas GC, Lima, Peru. Previous winner: Marcos Montenegro. Online: https://www.pgatour.com/americas

Japan LPGA: Panasonic Open, Hamano GC, Chiba, Japan. Defending champion: Lala Anai. Online: https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/

Korea LPGA: KLPGA Championship, Lakewood CC, Yangju, South Korea. Defending champion: Dayeon Lee. Online: https://klpga.co.kr/

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Cycling star Evenepoel targets June return from crash ahead of Tour de France and Paris Olympics

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BRUSSELS (AP) — Two weeks after crashing heavily in Spain, two-time world champion Remco Evenepoel said on Friday he’s on track to race again in June ahead of the Tour de France and Paris Olympics.

The Belgian needed surgery after breaking a collar bone and shoulder blade in a crash while descending in the Tour of Basque Country.

Evenepoel will train at high altitude before a planned return to racing at the Critérium du Dauphiné in France from June 2-9 or the week after at the Tour de Suisse, he said in an interview broadcast by his team Soudal–Quick-Step.

He won the worlds time trial last year and the road race in 2022, and should target both Olympic events on the streets of Paris on back-to-back Saturdays — July 27 and Aug. 3. First, he will make his Tour de France debut on June 29.

“It’s going to be something special. Especially the Tour,” Evenepoel said. “It makes it a bit easier to do Tour-Olympics because it’s in the same country, not too far like it was three years ago to go to Tokyo. That was more difficult for a lot of guys.”

Evenepoel raced in both Olympic road events in Japan. He placed ninth in the time trial, more than one minute out of the medals and trailing 2 minutes, 17 seconds behind gold medalist Primož Roglič.

Roglič was caught up in Evenepoel’s crash in Spain and also will miss the one-day classic Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday. Evenepoel won the past two editions of the storied race.

Evenepoel said the early spring injury gave him time to recover like it was a midseason break. It let him spend the Eid al-Fitr holiday last week with his wife Oumi Rayane and her family.

“That was a very beautiful day,” he said. “It’s better to have the injury now than in a couple of weeks. It’s a bit of luck in my bad luck.”

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