D.C. PARENT MEETING

Why Smithsonian?

• Full-time Tour Director– With groups 24-hours a day, from arrival to departure– Trained to handle on-tour emergencies

• Professional overnight security– Additional security dedicated exclusively to our group

• Local offices– Tour groups have the support of a network of local offices

across America

• 24/7 Emergency Service– Additional emergency support is always just a phone call

away

Itinerary (Tentative)DAY 1

• Depart from Sea-Tac International to take red-eye to Washington, D.C.• Visit the Smithsonian museum of your choice, which may include:

– National Air and Space Museum– National Museum of Natural History– National Museum of American History

• Lunch: $15 Cash• Excursion to Mount Vernon• Dinner (Bertucci’s, King Street Blue’s, Nando’s)• Take a night tour of Washington

– Lincoln Memorial– WWII Memorial– Korean War Veterans Memorial– Vietnam Veterans Memorial

• Bus to Hotel: (Courtyard Marriott, Hampton Inn, Comfort Inn, Fairfield Inn & Suites)

DAY 2

• Breakfast at Hotel• Transfer to Charlottesville• Lunch at Michie’s Tavern• Visit to Monticello

– Explore the Estate of Thomas Jefferson• Dinner: $15 Cash• Return to Washington, D.C.

DAY 3

• Breakfast at Hotel• Transfer to Gettysburg

• Take a guided tour of Gettysburg National Military Park, where Lincoln

delivered his famous address

• Lunch: $15 Cash

• Visit the Gettysburg Museum, Visitor Center, and Cyclorama

Experience

• Transfer to Baltimore

• Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament

• Return to Washington, D.C.

Day 4• Breakfast at Hotel

• Visit Capitol Hill:

– U.S. Capitol and Visitor Center (subject to availability)

– U.S. Supreme Court

– Library of Congress

• Lunch

• National Archive (Time Permitting)

• Holocaust Memorial Museum Permanent Exhibit

• Dinner

Day 5• Breakfast at Hotel• Attend Mass• Take a guided tour of D.C.

– Photo stop at the Washington Monument

– FDR Memorial

– Martin Luther King, Jr. National

• Visit Arlington National Cemetery and Wreath Laying Ceremony

– Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

– Kennedy gravesites

• Photo stop the Marine Corps War Memorial

• Lunch

• Newseum

• Depart for home and share your amazing experience!

Daily Logistics

• Meals• Rooms• TEAMS• Curfew• Cell Phones

Considerations for sending your child

• Respect• Grades• Behavior • Museums, Historical Sites, etc. • Bonding time• Roommates• Buses

FEES

• Program Fee:• Student Program Fee

$2,105• Total for Adults

$2345

Program Fee (cont’d)

• Round-trip airfare• Clean and safe hotel rooms• Meals• Full-time Tour Director• Sightseeing tours led by licensed guides• Air-conditioned motorcoach• Professional overnight security• On-tour backpack, luggage tag and travel ID badge• Travel journal• Medical and accident coverage• $1 million consumer protection plan• Gratuities • Smithsonian membership

Other Fees

• Personal spending money ($75 max)• Optional coverage plan• Checked baggage fees• Incidentals fee $40 (extra tips/airport

food, medicine, etc)

• Snack Share• EF Trip Insurance

Financial Aid/Scholarships

• Contact Mrs. Crockett• EF Smithsonian Incentives• Liberty Scholarship (EF Smithsonian)

Enrollment

• Online at smithsonianstudenttravel.com

• Linked on Mrs. Halley’s• Tour # 1695320UJ

• Online EFExploreAmerica.com/Enroll

• Phone 1.888.333.9756

Chaperones

• Thank you to those who have signed up!

• 6-8 chaperones is ideal…• Duties: Enforcing trip rules, Counting

kids! Seeing the sights• Exhausting! Crazy! Fun, fun, fun!

QUESTIONS?