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Bell Baxter High School

Geography Tour to Switzerland

29 June – 6 July 2018

The Rayburn Tours Difference

The Rayburn Tours Team

• A family-run company
• Unforgettable international experiences for young people
• Over 50 years’ experience
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• Delivering on promises of safety, support, service and experience time and time again

Our Customers

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Tour Inclusions:

• Return coach to Switzerland
• 5 nights’ accommodation (Linen provided, soaps and towels not included)
• Meals on full board basis (drinks not included)
• Resort coaching
• Programme of activities and excursions to complement your subject requirements
• Comprehensive Endsleigh Travel Insurance

Leysin

Alpine Landscape

Accommodation: Central Residence, Leysin

Accommodation: Central Residence, Leysin

Accommodation: Central Residence, Leysin

Accommodation: Central Residence, Leysin

Your Excursions

• Chamonix and Mer du Glace
• La Maison du Gruyère
• Nestle Chocolate Factory
• Geneva sightseeing
• Lake Geneva boat tour
• Montreux sightseeing
• Langgletscher Glacier
• Vallee de Trient
• Lavey les Bains (Thermal baths)

Day 1

• Coach to depart from the school in the evening and will head to Calais for your

ferry crossing.

• Departure times and ferry times TBC.

Day 2

• Arrive in Leysin in the evening. Times TBC.
• Unload your bags and check in to the Central Residence Hotel which will be your

home for the next 5 nights.

• You will be provided with an evening meal upon arrival.
• The remainder of the evening is at your leisure.

Day 3

• 8am breakfast provided and collect your packed lunches.
• Coach departs for Fafleralp where you will take a walk along the Langgletscher
• Glacier. The valley is nicknamed by the Swiss as the garden of Switzerland.
• You will have lunch at the glacier.
• Return to the hotel for your evening meal and relax after a busy first day.

Langgletscher

Langgletscher

Day 4

• 8am breakfast provided and collect packed lunches.
• Today you will visit La Maison du Gruyere and the Nestle Chocolate Factory

where you will get the opportunity to indulge in a free chocolate tasting session.

• After lunch, you will have free time to explore the town of Montreux on Lake

Geneva – once the home of Charlie Chaplin and Freddie Mercury!

• Return to the hotel for your evening meal.
• Free time in the evening.

La Maison du Gruyère

La Maison du Gruyère

Nestle Chocolate Factory

Nestle Chocolate Factory

Montreux

Day 5

• 8am breakfast provided and collect packed lunches.
• Today you will cross the border to France – passports required!
• You will visit Vallee de Trient – a stunning walk through a post glacial landscape

winding through a huge U-shaped valley.

• Travel on to Chamonix where you will take the Mer de Glace Train for an
• pportunity to walk inside a glacier.
• Return to hotel for evening meal.
• Free time in the evening.

Vallee de Trient

Vallee de Trient

Mer de Glace

Day 6

• 8am breakfast provided and collect packed lunches.
• Spend the morning exploring the gorgeous city of Geneva.
• Take a boat trip on Lake Geneva and marvel at the beauty around you.
• After lunch, head for Lavey les Bains and take a dip in these thermal baths

reaching temperatures of 36°C.

• Return to the hotel for your evening meal.
• Free time in evening – best to use this to pack!!!

Geneva

Lavey les Bains

Day 7 & 8

• 9am breakfast provided and collect packed lunches.
• Check out of the hotel and leave luggage to be collected later.
• Free time for sight seeing and souvenir shopping.
• Return to the hotel after lunch where your coach will be ready for you to depart.
• Departure, ferry crossing and arrival times are TBC. It is estimated you will return

to the school in the afternoon of July 6th.

Hoodies – Optional Extra

• Price £20.45 each. This price includes an embroidered left chest front logo and a 1

colour rear print and also the Rayburn logo to the right chest.

• Additional costs – Individual Nickname Transfer or Nickname Embroidered £3.95
• Plenty of design options and colour options to choose from.

Colour Options

Design Options

Safety Matters

• Passenger safety on tour is paramount
• All aspects of safety and risk on tour is carefully monitored
• A founding committee members of the Sc

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• In-house Health and Safety Manager
• Partnerships with external health and safety organisations

Safety Management System

Robust Safety Management System includes:

• A guide to Safety and Risk Management on Tour
• Accommodation and Coach Operator Audits
• Crisis Management System
• 24-hour on-tour emergency contact
• DBS checked staff, couriers and coach drivers

Financial Security

Rayburn Tours offers additional peace of mind with financial security in the form of:

ABTA Bonding

• Ensures that in the unlikely event of a tour operator failure your money is

financially protected and can be recouped.

• If on tour, assistance will be available to ensure the tour can be completed

and you are returned home.

ATOL Licensing

• When booking a flight tour, ATOL membership ensures that in the

unlikely event of a tour operator failure your money is financially protected and can be recouped.

• If on tour, assistance will be available to ensure the tour can be

completed and you are returned home.

Insurance

• Rayburn Tours is a partner of Endsleig

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• Your child must have insurance when travelling, whether it be your
• wn or the insurance provided through Endsleigh.
• Further details regarding insurance, including full details of

Endsleigh insurance cover are available at ww www. w.ra rayburnto urntours urs.com .com

Your Child’s Learning & Development

• With 100% of educational experiences tailored to

complement the Nati tion

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al Curr rric icul ulum, um, GC GCSE SE and d A A le leve vel l specifications (or equivalent), you can be confident that your child’s learning needs will be supported.

• The quality of these educational experiences is reinforced

by the Learning Outside the Classroom accreditation

“A fabulous variety of experiences in Switzerland providing great memories for years to come”

The High School of Glasgow, 2015

Questions?