RESERVATION AND PAYMENT
An initial deposit per person as stated in the brochure is required to confirm your reservation. Balance is due on the date stated on the brochure, or no later than 60 days prior to departure. For reservations made less than 60 days prior to departure, full payment is due immediately. A $100 per person late fee will be applied to any final payment not received timely. Airline tickets will not be issued until full payment is received. Any additional cost for airline tickets will be the responsibility of the individual.

WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED
Cost of passports, visas where required, porterage at home airport, porterage at airports where baggage handlers are unavailable, tips to motor coach drivers and guides, optional tours and any other items of a personal nature including beverages with included meals and mini-bar charges incurred in your hotel room. No responsibility is incurred by BCP for loss or damage to baggage or any of the passengers' belongings.

CANCELLATION BY BCP
BCP reserves the right to cancel any tour prior to departure for any reason, including insufficient number of participants, in which case a full refund will be given. This does not include air or land services booked on your own separate from the BCP tour package. The above does not apply to insufficient participants due to a majority of cancellations for reasons beyond out control. Please read changes in itinerary and/or hotels.

ADDITIONAL CHARGES
BCP reserves the right to charge a $50.00 per person administrative fee to anyone wishing to customize additional personal arrangements outside our published package and/or the published optional extension. Any airline penalties or fees charged for any changes for individual tickets would be the responsibility of the passenger. Certain separate fees may apply to cancellation.

CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS
Your right to a refund if you change plans is limited. Cancellations will be accepted by phone but MUST be confirmed in writing to be considered for a refund. Once under deposit and confirmed, cancelled reservations are subject to a $100.00 per person fee for cancellations, plus any actual expenses incurred, including hotel charges, and/or any applied airline cancellation penalties. No refund can be made for cancellations less than 35 days prior to departure. Travel insurance is non-refundable.

PARTIAL OR COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL AFTER TOUR BEGINS
Once the tour is in progress, no refund will be made for ANY unused portion of the tour. BCP also reserves the right to withdraw your membership at any time if your actions impose upon or disturb other members of the tour. All additional cost to send a tour member home will be borne by the tour member.

CLAIMS
Claims for refunds must be submitted in writing to BCP within 5 days of cancellation. Unused travel documents must be submitted or returned with claim. Please allow a minimum of six weeks to process a refund. Refund requests for lost airlines tickets, travel vouchers, or associated penalties, or for absenteeism missed sightseeing, meals or other unused services are not granted by BCP. Please refer to cancellation and Refunds and/or Travel Insurance.

TRAVEL INSURANCE
You will be issued a certificate of travel insurance after your non-refundable travel insurance premium has been received and processed. The insurance premium is not included in the tour price and is non-refundable.

SCHEDULES AND DELAYS
All travel times are based on the last timetable and best information available will be presented at the time your ticket and itinerary were prepared. We cannot accept responsibility for losses or accidental expenses due to delays or changes in schedule by the airlines, hotel over bookings or defaults, sickness, weather, strikes, war, quarantines, riots or insurrections, political disorders of any type, or other such similar causes. All such losses or expenses will have to be borne by the passenger.

POSSIBLE CHANGES IN ITINERARY OR HOTELS
Occasionally, the land portion of your tour may be altered due to transportation schedules, airline or other delays, weather, strikes, road construction, or for war, quarantines, riots or insurrections, political disorders of any type, or other unforeseen reason. BCP reserves the right to substitute hotels or any other tour elements mentioned in the tour brochure, including the right to alter the itinerary to substitute another city or country, when more than one country is included on the itinerary, for a package of equal duration and value when the trip is within 91 days of departure. Cancellation policies remain in effect.

ABOUT YOUR HOTELS
We use the Government rated Hotels that are chosen on the basis of locations, cleanliness, services, and when possible, are typical of the local area. All rooms have private bath and toilet facilities. In all cases, hotel management assigns your room. Location, view, and size may vary. Rooms assigned are on a "Run of the House" basis. Because air conditioning is not a standard feature of most hotels abroad, we cannot guarantee it.

SINGLE ROOMS
A limited number of single rooms are available at supplements for each tour. We cannot guarantee a single room will be available. It is your responsibility to have a roommate or you will be billed a supplement for single occupancy. If your roommate cancels and we do not have another person requesting to share accommodations, you will be billed for the single supplement and are required to pay it. Occasionally there may be a shortage of single rooms, in which case you may be charged a higher supplement for a twin size room.

RESPONSIBILITY
The responsibility of BEST CATHOLIC PILGRIMAGES (BCP) is strictly limited. As a tour operator, BCP organizes, promotes and sells tour programs consisting of certain travel services, including (but not limited to) surface transportation, sightseeing excursions, and hotel accommodations which BCP purchases or reserves from various suppliers. The suppliers providing travel services for BCP's tour programs are independent contractors and are not agents or employees of BCP or any subsidiary company. BCP is not responsible for any act, error, omission, injury to person or property, loss, inconvenience, accident, delay, irregularity, upset, disappointment, whether physical or mental, or any other event which might be occasioned through or by reason of negligence, defect or default of any company and/or their employees, agents or servants, or facilities engaged in providing any of the services, accommodations or facilities in connection with these programs. It is expressly understood that BCP is not responsible for any delays in the departure of any flight or non-operation of any flight hereunder due to reasons beyond its control, and shall have no liability whatsoever regarding flight delays, including (but not limited to) liability for damage relating to shortened vacation. BCP shall have the right to cancel or alter in any way any scheduled itinerary, which, in its sole judgement and discretion, is justified for any reason, and to do so without liability for damage or liability for any loss to passengers. The payment for reservation on any tour shall constitute consent to all provisions in the "tour Conditions" published herein.

ADVERTISED SPIRITUAL LEADER OR PERSONALITY
It is the intent of Best Catholic Pilgrimages, Inc. (BCP) to have every group accompanied by a priest or brother. However, if this is not possible, we reserve the right to substitute another person from the laity. In the event an advertised Spiritual Leader, Chaplain, or Personality (celebrity) cancels due to circumstances beyond their control, and therefore beyond our control, we reserve the right to substitute another individual of our choosing, and depart the trip as scheduled. No refunds will be given for cancellations based on a substitute for a particular Spiritual Leader, Chaplain, advertised Personality, individual or substitution for any especial event including, but not limited to banquets, dinners, meetings, reception, etc