Puglia, Italy Tour with Morningstar Tours
Logistics and Details
2 tours: April 9-19 & April 18-28, 2024
from @$2,699 exact price t.b.a.
We highly recommend you protect your trip a Trip Insurance policy.
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We highly recommend you protect your trip with a Trip Insurance policy. CLICK for details.
How to get on board for this tour:
A $700 deposit is due upon signup. Details about this and other deposits as well as cancellation information can be found at end of this page.
All payments are made to Morningstar directly as per instructions below.
Do note that if the trip does not go due to insufficient participants, all deposited monies will be refunded in full.
We highly advise purchasing trip insurance! Don’t leave the country without it. Details below.
Important: Please be sure to include the following at time of initial deposit:
Email address
Names of participants
ALL room upgrade choices at ALL properties, where applicable.
Air Details
NOTE: Do NOT purchase air until the trip minimum number of participants has been reached (20). Once this number of deposited people has been reached, you will be given the go-ahead to get your air.
Fly into Bari, Italy, which is a very short flight from Rome or a 3.5 hour train ride. You arrive in Bari any time on April 10, 2024 for tour 1 or April 19 for tour 2. If you would like to arrive a day or two earlier to shake off the jet lag, we can arrange extra hotel nights at our 5-star luxury Bari hotel, upon request. You fly out of Bari any time on April 19, 2024 for tour 1 or April 28, 2024 for tour 2.
DO NOT book any air until the trip has been declared a “go” by us! Once we reach our minimum participants threshold, we will give the go-ahead for you to purchase air.
Currency adjustment possibility: There is a chance the Euro could strengthen between the time of deposit and the time of final payment in January. This is a risk with foreign travel. This could result in a small increase in the final payment amount due. This is not anticipated but is a possibility.
Small local room taxes: There may be a small local room tax of a euro or two a night per room. It depends on the locale. These are not included and if applicable, will be added to each room’s final bill, payable individually at checkout.
Minimum group size surcharge If the group is less than 25 paying participants, there will be an minimum group size surcharge assessed per person at time of final payment as per the following schedule:
24 participants: + $29
23 participants: + $55
22 participants: + $79
21 participants: + $110
Further note rf. Masseria Cervarolo minimum surcharge: Nights2,3,4,5 are at Masseria Cervarolo. A condition of the great discounted rate we received from this property for the group was that we sold all 17 rooms in the property. These rooms must be paid for whether occupied or not. So in addition to the above minimum size surcharges, there will be an additional surcharge to cover any unused Cervarolo rooms as per below:
1 unused room: +$40 per person 2 unused rooms: $70 per person 3 unused rooms: $90 per person
Trip insurance: WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND EVERYONE PURCHASE TRIP INSURANCE! It not only covers your trip investment if you have to cancel, but it also provides invaluable medical insurance, evacuation insurance, flight delay, lost bags. We never leave the country without a policy. Protect your trip and yourself and buy trip insurance! Buy it from us, or buy it from somewhere else. Just buy it. We offer this insurance. BUY COVERAGE AT TIME OF DEPOSIT! That way your money is protected from the start.
Do NOT buy your policy until we have reached the minimum number of participants and give the go ahead on the trip. After we have reached the minimum, THEN buy your policy. You don’t want to get a policy until we know for certain the trip is a go.
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Room types and upgrade costs
This trip has many complexities when it comes to room selections and upgrades. Please read below carefully and you will have a good picture of what your choices are.
Same sex room mate requests: Single occupancy always adds to the cost of any tour. If you are signing up for this tour, would like a room mate, but upon signup do not have one, we are happy to make note of your willingness to have a room mate of the same sex and that you would like us to attempt to find a room mate for you. There is no guarantee of success and you must be willing to pay the single occupancy upgrades should no room mate become available.
Room selection: Note that there are limited numbers of each room type. The sooner you deposit, the better your chances of getting the room type you want. Once the room types sell out, you will have to choose from another category of room.
Room upgrades: Note that the 3 Masseria properties are comprised of many room types of varying degrees of luxury. Not everyone will want the same room level. Of course, the nicer the room, the higher the cost. Below are the additional costs by room type. The upgrade amounts shown below are per person and cover the entire stays at the hotels.
Please refer to hotel websites as per below for more information about room types.
http://murgiapride.com/2015/turismo/masseria-laudati/
www.iluoghidipitti.com
www.masseriacervarolo.it
Night 1 and Night 9 (first and last nights) / Bari
This is the included hotel in the package price. The only upgrade available is single occupancy.
Bari 5-star Albergo Della Nazioni single upgrade $240 per night
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Nights 2,3,4,5: Masseria Cervarolo
CERVAROLO upgrades:
Small classic room/ 1 available : no upgrade cost for double occupancy
Single upgrade small classic base room $269
Double Classic rooms / 7 available: $99 per person above base price double occupancy for entire 4 night stay at Cervarolo
$349 single occ above base price for entire 4 night stay at Cervarolo
Double superior / 2 available: $179 per person above base price double occupancy for entire 4 night stay at Cervarolo
$489 single occ above base price for entire 4 night stay at Cervarolo
Double jr. suites / 7 available: $199 per person above base price double occupancy for entire 4 night stay at Cerevarolo
$489 single occ above base price for entire 4 night stay at Cervarol
Nights 6,7, and 8: 4-star hotel Fuori and Masseria I Luoghi di Pitti
Double occupancy at Fuori is included with no upgrade.
Hotel Fuori Le Mura 4 Star single occupancy upgrade is $139 for entire 3 night stay.
Masseria I Luoghi di Pitti upgrades:
Single occupancy room / 1 available: *note: Small room, only one person occupancy
upgrade cost for this room for entire three night stay is $349
Double standard room / 4 available: $199 per person upgrade double occupancy above base price for entire 3 night stay at Pitti.
Single occupancy Double Standard: $459 above base price per person for entire 3 night stay at Pitti.
Jr suites / 3 available $299 per person above base price double occupancy for entire 3 night stay at Pitti.
Single occupancy Jr. Suite: $534 above base price for entire 3 night stay at Pitti.
Deluxe Suite / 1 available $379 per person above base price double occupancy for entire 3 night stay at Pitti.
Single occupancy Deluxe Suite: $699 above base price double occupancy for entire 3 night stay at Pitti.
Deluxe Superior Suite / 1 available $449 per person above base price double occupancy for entire 3 night stay at Pitti.
Single occupancy deluxe superior stuite: $799 above base price or entire 3 night stay at Pitti
Deposits
Note: Please make sure to send Morningstar an email so we can have you email address. We will communicate via emails for all details pertaining to your tour.
First deposit for those taking the place of an original participant: $700 per person due upon sign up. Deposit is non-refundable. Buy trip insurance upon deposit and your trip and your deposited monies will be protected. (see below for link)
Deadline for first deposit: tba
Second deposit is tba Amount of second deposit is $700.
Final payment tba
Passports: Make sure you have one and that it does not expire within 6 months of your departure date.
Cancellation policy: First deposit fully non-refundable. Cancellation after final payment has been made will result in loss of all unrecoverable funds, to be determined by Morningstar.
Methods of payment
Zelle: The easiest. Contact us for instructions.
Check: Make out to Morningsar and mail to 21080 Oriole Ln. Bend, OR 97703
Paypal: Our goal is to offer quality trips at the best prices we can to our skier friends. Our prices are based on payment by check. However, it is possible to pay using PayPal on our site, but there is a 3% surcharge to do so. The link for PayPal is on home page.
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