ONLINE PAYMENT INFORMATION

 THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO ALL ON TEAMS

We are organising this tour on behalf of the school and to facilitate the directive that all payments must be made directly to the agency. Please see below:

  Booking ID 2002012 

HOW TO PAY ONLINE:

Go to our website: www.schooltour.ie

Click on the Payments Tab at the top right-hand side of the screen.

If you do not have any account, then you need to create one. IF YOU ALREADY HAVE AN ACCOUNT WITH US PLEASE DO NOT CREATE ANOTHER ONE.

Enter the details of the person travelling along with the booking and destination exactly as in the image attached and pay using your debit/credit card.

Please ensure you fill in all details correctly to ensure your payment is allocated correctly.

You will receive an email receipt, please keep this for your records.

Payment terms & conditions:

• The first deposit instalment confirms your place on the tour. By paying this you are agreeing to these terms and conditions.

• All deposits are non-refundable (once airline seats are booked). Cancellation charges: 29-56 days before departure - 80% of tour price. 28 days or less – 100% of tour price. Cancellation is effective only once we have been advised by the group leader.

• If this payment schedule is not adhered to then your child’s place on the tour will be in jeopardy.

• If you would like to cancel your place, please inform the group leader as we will only accept cancellations in writing from them. You will still be liable for applicable cancellation penalties.

Please contact the group leader and not The School Tour Company with any queries that you may have regarding the tour. Due to GDPR regulations we are limited in the amount of information we can give you.

Currently our trip includes: (we can alter this)

• Dublin/Milan return on scheduled airline services.

• One small item of hand luggage (40x20x25cm).

• One item of luggage per person (10kg).

• Ryanair/Aer Lingus advance check in and assigned seating fee.

• 3 nights B&B hotel accommodation in Lake Garda.

• 3 evening meals served at the hotel.

• Exclusive use of coach for the duration of your tour (within EU drivers’ regulations).

• Milan

• San Siro guided tour.

• Free time & Shopping in Milan

• Verona

• Entrance to the Roman Arena in Verona.

• Visit to Romeo & Juliet balcony

• Free time in Verona

• Lake Garda

• Sightseeing boat trip on Lake Garda.

• Entrance to Gardaland (subject to opening dates).

• Bowling evening.

• Free time around Lake Garda

• Venice

• Return Vaporetto water taxi to Venice.

• Guided sightseeing tour of Venice.

• Museum trip

• Free time around Venice

• Fully comprehensive insurance cover.

Our next Parent Council Meeting will be on Thursday the 14th November, at 7.30. Please come along on that night. Meetings are never long and the discussion is often informative.

We have decided to close the school completely tomorrow as Bus Eireann are not running buses now and that is a large majority of the bus-going student population. Many of you will struggle to get them to school and few will be in anyway. Since Laois and surrounding counties have been added to the Red Warning, it would be unsafe for adults and children, and safety is our main priority. Please take care everybody and see you on Tuesday. 

Hi,

I've spoken to several of the Bus Operators and here is what the plan is ( at 8pm tonight)

Martleys, Universal (O'Brien's) and Deegans Buses will collect an hour later than normal. This means that if you are normally collected at 7.30, you will be collected at 8.30 tomorrow morning and so on. 

O'Connells don't seem to be running a service in the morning at all. 

Slieve Bloom - their phone went to voicemail several times so I can't say what they're doing. 

I will update you if I hear anything else. Thank you and keep safe. MM

Dear parents,

There is a free webinar taking place next Tuesday the 14th of November at 7pm called The importance of sleep for our teenagers.  The main speaker is Lucy Wolfe and she will be giving some information and guidance around this topic.  Lucy is best known for the books she has written on sleep for young children, but she has prepared some very useful material specifically for this webinar and the parents of teenagers. 

You can register for this free webinar using this link:

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/681709019027

Parents can also submit questions on the night through chat or in advance by email to info@planetyouth.ie.

School will begin at 10am tomorrow morning, due to the storm and wind warning issued this evening.

I understand that many of you depend on buses to get to school, but I cannot speak for what they will do - whether they will run an hour later or not. I doubt any of them will move before 9am, as the wind warning lasts until 10am. Of course things could change overnight too. Any information that I receive will be put on the App. A text was sent out at 6.15pm. Keep safe everyone overnight.