Helpful
Travel Info To Review Before You Leave Home The following items are should
be reviewed before you travel
abroad. This is generic for travel to all countries, and a musts to know
and be aware of before you leave home. This is also need to know info to get
through airline check-in and customs quickly - what is and isn't allowed in carry-ons
and what needs to go in your stowed luggage, and to keep the lines moving at the
airports - the following link will give your more detailed and
helpful travel
information. Planning ahead is essential today.
Be prepared before your travel, this saves
you not only precious vacation time, but just may save you from being denied
travel, having the necessary and correct documents with you, or the knowledge
who to contact in case of an emergency abroad. If you think things will
not happen to you while traveling, you best think again, the simplest things can
be a real problem when your several thousand miles from home. Plan your travel
carefully.
Day Tours
Vouchers, Discount Cards and Pass FAQS We have attempted to answer many questions that you may have
regarding how you receive your Tour Passes and/or Vouchers. Most tour passes and discount cards are
available upon purchase as an Electronic Voucher, that you in turn will print out from your home/office
computer's printer. When you arrive at your destination, then you will REDEEM your
vouchers at the noted locations. Other Passes such as the Paris Visite Pass,
or the Museum Pass are plastic credit type passes and PLEASE order at least 2 to
3 weeks prior to travel, for them to be sent to you at your home or office. This
applies to all types of the plastic card passes for any destination.
Certain products on TourPackagers are
available as Electronic Vouchers. These Vouchers can be
redeemed for the Actual Passes once in the city that
your are using their services.
CLICK for ALL VOUCHER and REDEMPTION LOCATIONS.
Actual Passes
such as the Museum passes are actual plastic credit card like
passes that must be purchased in advance and mailed to you at
your home or office.
WHY
should I select to print out Electronic
Vouchers
versus receiving Actual Passes? Because Electronic Vouchers
are very convenient for several reasons:
Last minute shopping: You may not have the time to
receive the Actual Passes via mail. Printing you own
vouchers and redeeming them once over in the city that you
are traveling to is the perfect solution.
Saves on costly shipping: You do not get charged for
shipping when you select Vouchers as you actually print the
Vouchers on your home or office printer.
Safe and Secure: Vouchers are only available for 1
product per person, for the duration time that you will be
traveling (set by yourself during the online order process)
and for the bearer's name printed on the voucher.
LOST
VOUCHERS:
If
you lose your voucher, you may simply go back to the web store
where you purchased it - log in with your email address and
password and re-print it.
REDEMPTION INSTRUCTION:
All tours, hotels, transfers, and shows are operated by
third party IN-COUNTRY EXCURSIONISTS that offer the most
requested tours in and around Paris. All excursions,
sightseeing and other tours booked via links to affiliate web
sites will always generate a confirmation email and in most
cases, the printing of a confirmation voucher to be redeemed in
person at the Tour Departure's location. Please see
specific 'Bus Tours and Mini-Bus
Tours Information'.
You
must PRINT
this/these Official Voucher's) and take and them along on your
trip; It is your proof of purchase. You will be able to access
and printout
your voucher for your itinerary online once your booking is
confirmed. Once in the city where your have purchased your
vouchers for use, the vouchers can only be redeemed at
the
locations mentioned below.
Your vouchers will be redeemed upon presentation of proper
identification (Passport – Drivers License of all name bearers
on the Voucher's).
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE PROPER IDENTIFICATION WITH YOU
AT THE TIME OF REDEEMING YOUR VOUCHER FOR ACTUAL PASSES.
You will also be asked to SIGN AND DATE your voucher in order to
receive your passes.
Vouchers are nontransferable. They are valid only for the
travelers listed on the voucher.
Vouchers are valid for redemption only by the person(s) named at
the time of purchasing. They are not transferable, have no cash
value, and may be redeemed only once. Vouchers may not be
redeemed anywhere but at the redemption locations mentioned on
the vouchers themselves. Vouchers may not be redeemed outside
the valid dates shown on the Vouchers themselves. EUROQUEST LLC
and its affiliated companies are not liable for any loss,
injury, damage or delay to any person or any property connected
with the use of vouchers. The passes cannot be extended or
reimbursed for any reason. The rule applies in the event of
closure of service for public holidays or unforeseen events
[strikes, etc.]. Passes may not be returned or exchanged.
Vouchers do not include entrance fees to museums or monuments
and do not entitle users to use the transportation network. Children under 4 ride free of charge.
If you are planning on purchasing a Paris
Visite & Metro Pass, please note this important
information. French-at a-touch is based in the United
States. The passes can be express shipped to you if you
need them quickly, but only if you live in the U. S.
However, if you live in England, Australia, Germany,
Spain or elsewhere in Europe or the world, then the
express shipping option is not available to those persons
outside of the U.S. Therefore, these passes are only
available in Voucher form, and must be picked up at the Paris
Tourism Office or as noted for each specific pass or discount
card.
Paris City Bus Tours:
Full Size Buses leave from the main
Bus terminal
located at: 4 Place
des
Pyramides - Office
is open 365 days per year from 6h30 am to 10h00PM during High
Season (APR to OCT) and from 6h30AM to 08h30PM during low season
(NOV-MAR). Tel: 33-01-44-33-60-00. This Location is also the
departure point for all BUS SIGHTSEEING TOURS in Paris. All
MINIBUS TOURS will pick you up and return you to your hotel upon
completion of your tour.
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France Voucher Redemption Locations are for all of the following
products at the Opera Quarter:
VOUCHERS CAN BE REDEEMED AT the
OPERA QUARTER IN CENTRAL PARIS:
For
All Vouchers for the Above Noted Passes Except the Open
Tours Buses --
Your Voucher will be ACCEPTED directly
By all Bus Drivers at all
OPEN TOUR's 58 Stops and at all BATOBUS' 8 stops within Paris.
For a list of all OPEN TOURS & BATOBUS locations:
NOTE: Vouchers
for the above products will not be exchanged onboard the Open
Tour coaches. REDEEM
the above passes at
the
OPERA
QUARTER, Office de Tourisme et des Congrès
de Paris (OTCP)25, rue des Pyramides,
75001 PARIS[close to the Arc de Triomphe]
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OPEN TOUR OFFICE
13, Rue Auber Paris 9 arrondissement (75009)
RER Train: Auber, metro: Havre Caumartin or Opera. Open 7
days 9AM to 6PM from November 1 to March 31 and from 9am to 8PM
from April 1 to October 31.
NOTE: Vouchers for
the above products will NOT be exchanged onboard the Open Tour
coaches.
NOTE:
You can view all the areas in and around Paris, for the routes
covered by this pass. This entails all of central Paris,
Versailles Palace, Disneyland Resort, Marne Valley, Charles de
Gaulle and Orly Airports, All of the above regions plus the
major suburban sites such as Versailles Castle,
Charles-de-Gaulle and Orly Airports, Disneyland Resort Paris at
Marne la Valley. For more detailed information, please
click on
THIS LINK to view a map [in pdf] of the Metro Map and the
areas covered, AND PRINT A COPY FOR YOUR TRAVEL.
