Sunday, June 7, 2009

Costs and Airfare Information

Expenses are $1850. This includes:

$500 donation to Habitat and the Cambodia Habitat building program - *MINIMUM
all meals in Phnom Penh starting with dinner January 3, ending with breakfast January 13
all accommodations in Phnom Penh January 3-12
transport to/from Phnom Penh airport
ground transportation to/from worksite and Phnom Penh
all ground transportation for cultural activities
cultural activities, entrance fees in Phnom Penh
mandatory medical travel insurance
mandatory trip cancellation insurance
orientation materials
host coordination fees

It does not include:
airfare to/from Cambodia

enroute travel expenses before the evening of January 3
expenses associated with international travel such as visa, passport, and immunizations
optional R&R activities


Funds must be received by November 15
*MINIMUM $500 donation explanation - all you HAVE to raise is the expenses listed. We encourage people on our teams to challenge themselves (it's not a competition between team members) to go beyond that minimum donation. 100% of that additional money will go to Cambodia for their house-building program. The more raised, the more houses built, simple as that. And for every person or group you contact for a donation is that many more people that are then aware of the poverty housing issues in Cambodia.

So, as you consider your fundraising strategy, put the listed cost of $1830 as the MINIMUM that you want to raise. Even if you could pay for this trip right out of your pocket, we would still encourage you to fundraise because that is the number one tool for raising awareness as well. When you tell the story, explain the need, you are letting others know about the challenges of poverty housing in Cambodia. And when you do that, donations usually follow. It doesn't need to be an extravagant fundraising strategy. It could be as simple as writing an email to ten of your closest colleagues, friends, and family members, just stating what you're doing and asking them to JOIN you in eliminating poverty housing. Most people appreciate the opportunity. In the end, we hope that you can say you not only raised $xxx, but you also made xxx number of people aware in joining the challenge!!
Ideas on fund/awareness are posted on this blog under that that heading.


Planning Your Air Travel
Airfares vary depending on your departure city. We have found one agency that has "humanitarian travel" contracts with major airlines, and your Global Village trip qualifies. We have used this agency several times, as have many former participants, and have experienced timely and dependable service. Contact Eldon at Golden Rule Travel at wagler@goldrule.net, for a quote, or your own travel agent.

Your itinerary must have you arriving in Phnom Penh no later than 5pm on January 3. (this is a change from an earlier posting). You are certainly welcome to arrive earlier, even the day before (you would have to pay for an extra night at the hotel) if you want to feel more rested before we get going on a very full schedule which starts with dinner that Sunday, as close to 5pm as we can make it. The full orientation will be right after dinner.

Your departure from Phnom Penh can be any time on January 13 unless you are going on the optional R&R. If so, then schedule your departure no sooner than 2pm on January 16. No team member can arrive later or depart earlier than the posted itinerary. Your team leader can give you more information.

Make sure that you book your flight under the SAME NAME with the SAME SPELLING as that in your passport - no shortened names or nicknames.

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