 Questions
and Answers
These are the questions received to date. Your questions will be posted as soon
as we have a complete answer. New
questions will be added to the top of the list.
| What
foods can we bring into Japan and China? |
April 14, 2000 |
| What insurance
do we need for personal instruments?
|
March, 2000 |
| What type of
visa ("L" or "X") will New Trier students and chaperones be traveling
with?
|
February, 2000 |
| Do the
travelers need to have a visa?
|
February, 2000 |
| Can the trip be charged on a credit card?
|
January, 2000 |
| If we raise more than the final
payment, can we get the difference back?
|
December, 1999 |
| Can
a student attend summer school and still go on the trip? |
November, 1999 |
| I
missed the first parent-student meeting in
November, how can I find out what happened?
|
November, 1999 |
| How
long is the flight to Beijing?
|
November, 1999 |
| Will
the travelers have an opportunity to learn Chinese before they go?
|
November, 1999 |
| How
long will materials remain on the web page?
|
November, 1999 |
| Correction
announced at the first parent-student meeting. |
November, 1999 |
What foods
can we bring into Japan and China?
We
talked to our tour guide and contact person for China, and she did
not think it would be a problem at all to bring pre-packaged foods
such as granola bars, peanut butter, crackers, snacks, etc.
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What insurance
do we need for personal instruments?
You are responsible for your own insurance for you
personal instruments. By far the best method of insurance to pay
for short term additional coverage with your homeowners policy.
These items may already be covered.
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What
type of
visa ("L" or "X") will New Trier students and chaperones be traveling
with?
According to Qiumin Ji, our Chinese tour operator, we will obtain
an "L" or "Tourist" visa instead of an "X"
or "Student" visa, because
we are visitors. "Student" or "X" visas are issued to students who go to countries and stay for a long period of time to study in the
institutions of that country.
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Do the
travelers need to have a visa?
Yes. We will provide all the forms to be filled out
later, and our Chinese agent will be getting the visas for us. As mentioned in the tour handout, there will
be a cost of $70 to be paid by the student to obtain a visa. DO
NOTHING NOW.
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Can the trip be charged on a credit card?
YES, the China Tour can be charged on either Visa
or Mastercard. The transaction must be made in the
bookstore. The payment must be made on or before February 1, 2000.
Mr. Rosheger and the forms have been mailed to each family. Return
completed forms to Mr. Warrick for processing with the bookstore. The least
amount to be charged will be the total, minus the deposit and
final payment (from which fund-raising will be deducted.
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If we raise more than the final
payment, can we get the difference back?
We
will be keeping very careful books, and will issue checks for any
overpayments if necessary.
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Can
a student attend summer school and still go on the trip?
No.
You can only miss three days of summer school and still
receive credit for summer school classes. Going on the trip during
summer school is not possible, unless you take a second semester
summer school class which starts after we get back.
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I
missed the first parent-student meeting in
November, how can I find out what happened?
A videotape was made of the entire meeting, which lasted
approximately 75 minutes. Copies of the videotape may be borrowed
from Mr. Rosheger or Mr. Warrick.
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How
long is the flight to Beijing?
Approximately 15 hours.
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Will
the travelers have an opportunity to learn Chinese before they go?
ABSOLUTELY! In fact, we plan one evening meeting a month
for all travelers to study about China, the language, customs,
manners with the Chinese and within our own group. Some of the
meetings will be hosted by Mrs. Kessle, New Trier's Chinese
teacher, and other people who have traveled or lived there. It
would be impossible to make these meetings required, so we will
depend on parents to see that your traveler attends or at least
watches the videotape of the meeting. A full schedule of
meetings will be published.
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Suggestion:
It was suggested by Mr. Warrick that questions will be more
quickly asked if submitted by email (using the write us link on
the tour web page).
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How
long will materials remain on the web page?
There is no reason the information ever needs to be deleted.
We plan to keep everything on the web until the web page is
officially shut down.
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Correction
announced at the first parent-student meeting:
Jazz Ensemble parents who donated $200 to be
a Jazz Festival Co-Sponsor should only subtract $60 from
their $200 donation for festival tickets (rather than $80 as
published in handout #1) if they wish to reapply the remaining
$140 donation to their trip deposit. You should notify Mr. Warrick
in writing if you wish to do this.
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