*Registration Info
*Dates
*Fee
*Portfolios
*Machu Picchu & Extension
*Travel/Lodging
*Refund Policy
*Travel Insurance
Registration Info:
To reserve your space in a PhotoExperience workshop in Peru, a deposit of $350 is required at the time of registration. We cannot hold space in a workshop without a deposit. Once your deposit has been received you will be admitted to the workshop of choice and we’ll send you a detailed itinerary. We will send you a statement of your account, with the balance due, 60 days prior to the start of the workshop, though full balance can be made at time of registration. Final payment of your balance will be required 60 days prior to start of any workshop. We will accept no further registrants after April 15th, 2010 due to Machu Picchu travel restrictions. We will limit number of registrants to 12. Please email Adam for further information.
Dates & Fees:
July 5th -14th, 2010 - $3100
Optional Extension: Festival de la Virgen del Carmen in Paucartambo July 14th-17th - $450
Fee:
$3100 includes all instruction & materials, lodging, first & last dinners, all breakfasts & lunches, entrance fees and transfers within Peru, including the flight up to Lima. Optional Extension to the Festival in Paucartambo is $450, all inclusive and is further explained below. $350.00 deposit accepted any time prior to hold space in workshop with final balance due 60 days prior to commencement (May 15th, 2010). There is an additional $450 charge for single room supplement and a $2,400 charge for a companion who is not a photographer who would like to accompany our group (and $450 for the optional extension).
Extra expenses would be individual excursions outside of group activities or entrance fees to museums or some churches in Cuzco, taxis, mid-course dinners, any and all drinks as well as tips for our guides and drivers. You may expect this to total between $35 and $50/day depending on personal preferences.
Portfolios & Film/Digital on-site:
For all PhotoExperience workshops, we ask each participant to bring a selection of previous work with them – either on a compact flash, thumb drive, CD or prints. Participants can choose to photograph with 35mm C41 print film either color or black-and-white (silver gelatin developing and 120 film or larger is not able to be processed reliably in Cusco); or you can work digitally. If working digitally, please bring digital camera, laptop for back-up & editing, batteries, transformers/adapters and memory stick/cards or other portable device to transfer files; it is highly recommended that you have a digital wallet or portable external hard drive/player for image back-up.
Machu Picchu Info :
The Machu Picchu excursion includes roundtrip transport on VistaDome class train service on the Orient Express (sometimes this service is not available and we will adjust accordingly to make the experience fully worthwhile); additionally includes a private English-speaking guide during the first few hours in Machu Picchu with thorough historical and architectural knowledge of the site; transportation, daytime meals, fine lodging, trail and Sanctuary entrance fees, as well as the professional camera equipment fee at the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu are all included.
Travel/Lodging:
Daytime meals and transportation are included. All lodging is included at Adam L Weintraub’s family B&B, Panza del Artista. If Panza fills early (usually due to single-supplements), further registrants will be very happily lodged at a place similar in amenities and convenience to Panza del Artista – close by, comfortable and safe. Single supplements and rooms at Panza will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
All lodging is included once you arrive to Cusco for the nights of the workshop. Additional nights need to be arranged and reserved in advance and all workshop participants will receive 15% off the published Panza del Artista rate for nights not covered during the actual workshop (but you MUST reserve these nights in advance!).
If you plan to come early or stay beyond the workshop, we recommend: Peruvian Expeditions, a great new partner of ours for all your Lima, Nazca or Coastal needs beyond the Cusco area - from surfing along the North Coast to colonial Arequipa and the natural marine sanctuary of Paracas to the South. You may contact Luis Calderon, to book internal flights in Peru, organize a few days along the coast or a Nazca fly-by; he also offers Lima City Tours and roundtrip airport-to-hotel service for a safe ride. He'll even arrange an airport-hotel-airport overnight for a very reasonable fee. He tells us you can also feel free to give him a call - he speaks great English!
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Cancellation Policy:
We rely on your attendance to make important arrangements, so if for any reason you need to withdraw, please notify us at least 60 days before the start of your workshop. At that time we will refund your deposit, less a $150 cancellation fee. If notification of cancellation is made between 30 and 60 days before the start of the workshop, we must retain 50% of the workshop fee. If notification of cancellation is made less than 30 days before the start of the workshop there will be no refund - for these reasons we highly recommend Travel Insurance as explained below. PhotoExperience reserves the right to cancel a reservation if full payment has not been received by 45 days before the start of the workshop, your deposit would then be forfeited. PhotoExperience is not responsible for cancellations due to medical emergencies. In the event that a workshop must be canceled due to inadequate enrollment, all fees and deposits are refunded in full or may be transferred to another workshop within 12 months. PhotoExperience is not responsible for reimbursement of non-refundable airline tickets in the event of a workshop cancellation.
If for any reason you wish to transfer to a different workshop, please notify us at least 60 days before the start of your workshop. We reserve the right to allow or disallow any transfer. There are no exceptions to our Cancellation Policy.
Travel Insurance:
We strongly recommend that you purchase travel insurance. We recommend Travel Insurance Services of Walnut Creek, California for this purpose. Their phone number is (800) 937-1387 and their Web site is http://www.travelinsure.com/cobrand/select/photoex. With this insurance you can protect you against unforeseen circumstances that might prevent your attendance. We suggest a plan which offers coverage for medical and dental emergencies, lost baggage, missed connections, and trip cancellation should you unexpectedly need to cancel. PhotoExperience is not responsible for cancellations due to medical emergencies nor reimbursement of airline tickets in the event of a workshop cancellation.
