Reminders for during Winter Break!

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Hello and happy Hump Day! 

Happy holidays! I hope you’re looking forward to some time off.

I’m so excited to be traveling with you in 2024 to Japan and wanted to send a few reminders of things to start thinking about:

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​1. ​Passports: EF will need information about all travelers’ passports about 4 months before our tour to book everything. If you haven’t already applied for your passport, this is a great time to do it when you have some extra days off of school! Start the application process, here. 

• If you already have your passport, you can feel free to enter your passport information on your traveler site. 

​2. ​Fundraising Page: In case you didn’t know, EF automatically creates a fundraising page for each traveler when they enroll on the tour. This can be accessed through your EF traveler website and is a perfect way for family members to contribute to your tour for the holidays. Click on the link to our linktree below to read our blog with instructions on how to access your fundraising page. ​​

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3. ​Payments: Please check that you are on top of your payments. You can find information about your payment plan, on your online account or by calling EF’s Traveler Support Team at 800-665-5364.  

​4. ​Travel Necessities: Don’t have a suitcase? Heard about packing cubes and want to try them out? Why not ask for something you’ll need on your trip for the holidays! Some ideas of things that you might need or want for our trip:

• A neck pillow to get a good night’s sleep on the plane
• A suitcase to pack all of your souvenirs i​n
• ​ Comfortable walking shoes to explore everything
• ​A fun passport holder to keep your passport safe and secure
• A travel adapter for all of your electronics. 

​5. ​Travel is BETTER with FRIENDS: Most importantly, do you have a friend who hasn’t yet enrolled on our trip but wants to go? Share our tour enrollment page with them:​ ​www.eftours.com/2539731HF. Travel is much better with friends, and now may be a good time for them to enroll on tour! 

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I hope these are some helpful reminders and I hope that you and your family have a happy winter break!

All the best,

​​Cherry Bell Damasco-Farrington

Dionne Nichols

(540) 521-1168​​

vintonworldtre​k​kers@gmail.com

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Japanese Class - Nihon Sanpo Vol.1

Happy Monday!! 

I hope you had a wonderful and restful Thanksgiving holiday! It was most definitely a much needed break. We are three weeks away from the winter break and only TWO weeks away from our next Japanese Language and Culture class with Michael. 

Attached to this email is a short newsletter from Michael that he compiled based on some of the questions you gave on the index card from our last class to help us continue learning about Japan's language and culture in between classes. He has LOTS of resources and suggestions for us as well as YouTube playlists for us to peruse! So while we wait for our next class, practice writing your name in Hiragana and/or Katakana and check out some of the resources Michael has given us. 

Mark your calendars for our next class! 

🗓 Monday, December 12, 2022

 ⏰ 5:00 pm 

📌 WBHS Library

Click here to view Volume 1 of Nihon Sanpo! 

Use your tour donation page this holiday season - Japan 2024!

Hello, Travelers and Families,

With holiday shopping right around the corner, I wanted to remind you about your Traveler Tour Donation Page. I have attached instructions on how to access your unique page to this email. Friends and family can make secure online contributions, 100% of which are applied directly to your traveler’s tour balance.

Here are some ideas of how to get the word out there about your Tour Donation page:

• Direct Texts  
• Social Media
• Emails 
• Snail Mail – maybe along with a family holiday card

Here is an image that you can post along with a message like this:

Hey, NAME HERE,

I will be traveling to Japan 2024 with my school. Would you consider giving me the gift of travel this holiday season by donating to my trip? Here is the link to my Tour Donation Page LINK HERE. Any amount helps!

Thank you, 

TRAVELER NAME