2009 Friends Forever Missions trip
payment & other expense information,
part 5
CLICK for part 1, part 2,
part 3, and part 4
For ALL summer participants, groups, and interns
Deposit - (non-refundable and non-transferable) $100.00 US by December 30, 2008 for all trips and internship
1st Payment - $200.00 US by February 14, 2009
2nd Payment - $350.00 US by April 15, 2009
Final Payments
Jamaica Internship Program Final payment - May 20, 2009
1st Summer Trip Final Payment - May 23, 2009
2nd trip Summer Trip Final Payment - June 7, 2009
Additional Trip expense
Single Room - Add $200.00 US
Double Room (couple) - Add $150.00 US or $75.00 each US
NOTE that payments are to arrive on the deadline day above payable to:
Master Card and Visa payments are allowed with an additional fee of 3.5%.
PLEASE NOTE: APPLICATION is COMPLETE (due on or before 12/30/08) when: deposit, application information with picture, the pastors reference
and liability release forms are received at MMM Missions. The pastor’s reference should be sent in by the pastor by December 30, 2008.
Please fill out legal first and last
name on the application. A $175.00
service fee will be charged for name corrections to
the airlines.
The name on your ticket and passport must match.
Application approval response by MMM aka
Friends Forever Missions aka
www.ilovejamaica.org will be given to group leaders by
January 17, 2009.
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Failure to meet deadlines with no notice and without communicating reasonable cause will result in the information being submitted to the MMM Board of Directors for person/group being dropped from the trip. There is no refund.
Those that drop from trip 91 days prior (to their sign up
day for the trip) to departure are subject to own the flight ticket and a
$250.00 in non returnable cost (this does not include the $100.00
deposit).
Those that drop from trip 61 days prior to departure date with no replace
are subject to own the flight ticket and a $300.00 in non returnable cost.
(this does not include the $100.00 deposit).
Those that drop from trip 45 days prior to the trip are subject to own their
flight ticket and there is no refund to trip fees.
Payments are non-refundable but transferable to another person within 45 days of the trip with an additional $175.00 fee, only
with the approval of Dr. Muirhead and the MMM Board of Directors.
NEW Note for 2008 - within 48 hours of departure day - there is no replacement allowed for group travel by our cooperative agency World Missions Tours.
The MMM Board of Directors does not
recommend a replacement to fill a person who cancels
30 days prior to the trip.
The concern is based on this ministries observation that last call replacements
are not trained and ready to be on this trip.
The person who cancels will own the
travel ticket (and its value), as mentioned, which is good for one
calendar year on the
airline of departure
and return.
It is recommended by MMM Missions that you have always have a standby person as a
replacement cancellation, note with the complete application, pastor's reference and
liability release forms filled out and sent to MMM Missions.
No paper application, there is no trip.
Starting in
2008, MMM Missions will call group leaders and ask for the replacement person in
case of an extreme emergency cancellation.
Therefore, payments are non-refundable and not transferable within 2 days of trip. The person who will not travel, may keep the airline ticket (can be used for transferable airline travel within one year of departure date).
Travel and entry into Jamaica: Valid Passport.
This is the policy of USA Government and Jamaica Government as of January 7, 2007.
You are allowed to bring one check in bag/suitcase. You are also allowed on the
plane one personal item and one carry-on. Please be sure to clearly understand this as outlined on baggage in
the Online Training Session 1, CLICK
You will be able to exchange funds to
Jamaica $. We will return to the exchange store again during the week, and on
the departure d
ay we will return for final exchange back.
The trip includes your roundtrip air-flight, departure tax, hotel lodging, group ground transportation, breakfast and dinners(as noted in your schedule).
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During lunch time you will have personal options as directed by your
www.ilovejamacia.org tour leader. There is fast food: Burger King,
McIsland Grill, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Basket in Robbins, and local stores
where you can get lunch in the $5 - $7 US range. We encourage you to bring
snacks and goodies.
The only day breakfast and dinner is not provided is on the 7th Day in the schedule.
In addition to funds you would bring for your personal shopping:
$5.00 US for entry to Dr. Cave or Aqua Sol Beach
Do not give money to hotel staff, orphanage workers, pastors or church leaders. You may give gifts from the goods you bring, but not
any cash or check. During your trip team meetings there will be an opportunity to respond to those areas of need by giving through your missions trip group.
Also, do not give out your phone number
to anyone in Jamaica (due to money request scams that
target missions participants).
You can get the phone number of your friends in Jamaica if you are going to call
them and pay for the call;
and we can recommend the following website, http://www.techjamaica.com/component/option,com_web2sms/Itemid,40/
so you can send text messages for free.