Zurich, Switzerland
October 1 – 10, 2024
Agreement Form
Here is the information on the Zurich, Switzerland trip for 2024!
If you would like to go to Zurich Switzerland with us, please read this form first before filling it out!
The following information applies to this trip and this trip only…October 1 – 10, 2024.
This trip to Zurich, Switzerland is totally Nonrefundable and Non-Changeable!
A deposit in the amount of $375 per person is required from each person going on this trip to Zurich, Switzerland, and is applied towards the cost of this trip. This deposit of $375 is Nonrefundable, Non-Changeable and Non-Transferable.
The form below and the deposit of $375 per person are required and due, from each person going on this trip to Zurich, at sign up.
If the form below is not included, with either your deposit check or credit card payment, no reservation will be held in your name. Once I receive this form, filled out, and accompanied by your deposit, then your reservation is added to the trip.
This trip must be taken on October 1 – 10, 2024 and may not be held over or applied to any other trip(s) unless I am forced to postpone it due to circumstances beyond my control. If I am forced to postpone this trip, due to circumstances beyond my control, I will postpone it to a date of my choosing and notify you as soon as I can.
If Paying by Venmo
Each person going on this trip must fill this form out, in its entirety, and submit it to me by either using the Venmo (NO PAYPAL PLEASE) link located in the upper right-hand corner of our website or a personal check along with your deposit, in the amount of $375 per person.
Also if you are going to use Venmo…PLEASE send your payment as a “FRIEND”! And when asked what for, type in the word “VACATION”.
By submitting the form, along with your deposit, you agree to all the policies within this Agreement Form.
This trip must be taken on October 1 – 10, 2024 and may not be held over or applied to any other trip(s) unless I am forced to postpone it due to circumstances beyond my control. If I am forced to postpone this trip, due to circumstances beyond my control, I will postpone it to a date of my choosing and notify you as soon as I can.
If Paying by Check
Each person going must fill out the form below in its entirety by submitting it and/or by mail it or email it to me along with your deposit, in the amount of $375 per person. Always make your check(s) payable to Michael Baker (not Mike Baker) and mail your check, along with the form to:
Michael Baker
1449 Moore Circle
Corona, CA 92882
If the form is not included with your check, your check will be returned to you and no reservation will be held in your name.
This trip must be taken on October 1 – 10, 2024 and may not be held over or applied to any other trip(s) unless I am forced to postpone it due to circumstances beyond my control. If I am forced to postpone this trip, due to circumstances beyond my control, I will postpone it to a date of my choosing.
Cost
The cost of this trip is $2,490 per person based on two people sharing a room arriving October 2 and checking out on October 10, 2024.
The cost of this trip for a Single Room is $3,220 (one person per room only) per room arriving October 2 and checking out on October 10, 2024.
All rates, including all optional side trips associated with this trip to Zurich, Switzerland are subject to a 20% adjustment increase until ticketed.
What is included in the cost
- Round-trip air from Los Angeles International airport to Zurich, Switzerland
- Eight nights/Nine days Hotel stay in Zurich, Switzerland
- Breakfast buffet each morning of your stay
- All taxes including City Taxes and service charges for your stay
- Round-trip airport transfers from the airport in Zurich, Switzerland to the hotel we are using on this trip
What is not included in the cost
Optional side trips, lunches and dinners, souvenirs, and anything else not listed in the “What is included in the cost:” list above.
All totals, including all optional side trips, are subject to a 20% adjustment increase, based on the country tax and/or the exchange rate at the time of final payment and/or increased ticketing costs and/or any other surcharges the Airline, Hotel or Tour Company imposes on us before final payment is made, including any increase in any fuel charges charged by the airline.
Once I receive your first deposit payment of $375, along with this form, I will then send you a statement reflecting all payments made and any balances due.
Flight Schedule
| Depart Tuesday, October 1st from LAX at 8:55 PM, flight# BA0268 arriving at London Heathrow (LHR) at 3:20 PM the next day (Wednesday, October 2). |
| Depart Wednesday, October 2 from LHR at 7:45 PM, flight# BA0720 arriving at Zurich (ZRH) at 10:30 PM the same day (evening). |
| Depart Thursday, October 10 from ZRH at 10:30 AM, flight# BA0711 arriving LHR at 11:20 AM the same day. |
| Depart Thursday, October 10 from LHR at 3:45 PM, flight# BA0269 arriving LAX at 6:55 PM the same day (evening). |
Hotel Information
We will be staying in the Holliday Inn Express Zurich Messe, in Zurich, Switzerland. The address is Wallisellenstrasse 48, 8050 Zurich. If circumstances beyond my control dictate that we change Hotels, you will be notified, through email of the change, not for your approval but for information regarding the new Hotel and its location, name, and address.
Cancelling your trip
If you are going on this trip to Zurich, Switzerland with us, please make sure that you are fully aware that this trip is totally Non-Refundable and Non-Changeable! It is transferable but only before the airline tickets are written. After the airline tickets are written, this trip to Zurich, Switzerland then becomes Non-Transferable as well! And furthermore, if you are going to transfer your trip to someone else, before the airline tickets are written, you MUST submit that request to me in writing and I must approve it! Make sure you allow plenty of time for this process if you are going to transfer your trip to someone else! There will be no exceptions!!!
What all this means to YOU…If for any reason, for any reason… you must cancel this trip to Zurich, Switzerland and you’ve already started paying for it, any monies paid will not be returned to you…. PERIOD. There will be no exceptions!!!
I suggest that you purchase Trip Insurance. Just a side note, because of the current/past Pandemic, some trip insurance companies will not cover things like Pandemics. If you decide to purchase Trip Insurance, check with the insurance company first to see if Pandemics are covered if that, in fact, is a concern to you.
Trip Insurance
I do not provide Trip Insurance for this trip to Zurich. If you would like to purchase Trip Insurance for this trip to Zurich, I have a contact person that can help you with that. Her name is Roxanne Walters, and her telephone number is 949-386-8424. Let her know that you are with the Michael Baker group travelling to Zurich and you would like a Trip Insurance quote. Trip Insurance is an added cost to you, if purchased. The purchase of Trip Insurance, from Roxanne Walters, must be purchased within 14 business days of paying your deposit! Just another side note, if you choose to purchase Trip Insurance from Roxanne Walters, I Michael Baker, do not receive any kind of compensation from your purchase of Trip Insurance.
If you would like to purchase Trip Insurance on your own, and not go through Roxanne Walters, feel free to do so. Furthermore, if you cancel this trip to Zurich and have an outstanding balance, including any balances for any of the optional side trips, those balances will still be considered owed and due. And, if those balances are not paid in full before September 1st, 2024, unless other arrangements have been made with me, and agreed upon by me, it will result in legal actions, and you will be held responsible for all legal fees from the result of any and all legal actions
Final Payment Due Date
On September 1st, 2024, all monies for this trip, including the optional side trips, will become due. If you are not paid in full at this time, it will be your responsibility to contact me and make payment arrangements. Failure to contact me to make payment arrangements will result in cancellation of your spot on this trip and all monies paid, and all monies paid towards any of the optional side trip(s), will not be returned to you! All cancellations must be in writing. There will be no exceptions!!!
Bounced Checks
If you send me a check and your check does not clear your bank (bounces), you will be charged the fee that I am charged for NSF checks. If this happens twice, you will have to pay for the trip either by credit card, money order or a bank check!
Vendor Cancelations
If for any reason, the airline cancels any of our flights and/or the Hotel cancels any or part of our Hotel stay, or the Tour Operator Company providing our optional side trips cancels or changes any or part of our optional side trips, or we have to postpone this trip for any reason, I (Michael Baker, Wishing You Were Here Travel or Travel143) will not be held financially, emotionally or legally liable for any financial loss incurred by this act including but not limited to any Hotel costs, insurance costs, transportation costs (Flights and Airport Transfers) or optional excursions. Remember we are booked as a GROUP, so we fall under different rules than individuals booking a trip.
Physical Injuries
If you become sick and/or injured and/or hurt at any time, for any reason, while on this trip to Zurich, Switzerland, I (Michael Baker, Wishing You Were Here Travel or Travel143) will not be held financially, emotionally or legally liable for any financial loss incurred by this act including but not limited to any Hotel costs, insurance costs, transportation costs (Flights and Airport Transfers), optional excursions, Hospitals and or emergency services.
Also, if Covid testing or the like is still required by the airline(s) and or the Countries Government that we are going to or from, at the time we will be traveling, and your test shows POSITIVE and you are not able to fly either to our destination or back home from our destination, I (Michael Baker, Wishing You Were Here Travel or Travel143) will not be held financially, emotionally or legally liable for any financial loss incurred by this act including but not limited to any Hotel costs, insurance costs, transportation costs (Flights and Airport Transfers), optional excursions, Hospitals and or emergency services.
Damages
If, during your stay, at the hotel our group is staying in, you accidentally or intentionally break anything belonging to the hotel, you will be financially responsible for any and all costs and I (Michael Baker, Wishing You Were Here Travel or Travel143) will not be held financially, emotionally or legally liable for any financial loss incurred by this act including but not limited to any Hotel costs, insurance costs, transportation costs (Flights and Airport Transfers), hospitals and or emergency services or optional excursions.
Lost or Stolen Items
If at any time, while on this trip to Zurich, Switzerland 2024 to the end of this trip to Zurich, Switzerland 2024, you either lose something of any value or something of any value of yours is stolen I (Michael Baker, Wishing You Were Here Travel or Travel143) will not be held financially, emotionally or legally liable for any financial loss incurred by this act including but not limited to any Hotel costs, insurance costs, transportation costs (Flights and Airport Transfers) or optional excursions.
No Show
If for any reason, you are unable to go on this trip to Zurich, Switzerland, including refusing to go on this trip to Zurich, Switzerland, for any reason, on the above date(s), I (Michael Baker, Wishing You Were Here Travel or Travel143) will not be held financially, emotionally or legally liable for any loss incurred by this act including but not limited to any Hotel costs, insurance costs, transportation costs (Flights and Airport Transfers) or optional excursions. And you will not be entitled to any kind of compensation either now or in the future towards any Hotel stays, airline tickets, Airport Transfers, or optional side trip tours.
Passports
Everyone going on this trip is required to have a valid passport with at least six months of time remaining on their passport at the time of our return (October 10, 2024).
If you do not have a valid passport, you will be required to request one at least five months before our departure from the hotel which is October 10, 2024. Failure to do so will result in cancelation of your spot on this trip and all monies paid, and any monies paid towards the optional side trips will not be returned to you! There will be no exceptions!!!
Optional Side Trips
All optional side trips for the Zurich, Switzerland 2024 trip are Non-Refundable and Non-Changeable. All optional side trips for the Zurich, Switzerland 2024 trip are transferable but only to those in our group that will be attending the Zurich, Switzerland trip October 1 – 10, 2024 and must be approved by me first. Furthermore, if for any reason you cannot attend any of the optional side trip(s) that you have already paid for, either in part or in full, no monies will be refunded to you and cannot be used or saved for a future date or trip. The final payment for each optional side trip will be due no later than September 1, 2024.
If you ask me to sign you up for an optional side trip(s), but have not paid, all monies for that and or those optional side trip(s) will still be your responsibility to pay. You will have 24 hours to change your mind after booking any of the Optional Side Trips. After that 24-hour period, all monies due for each optional side trip will then become your responsibility to pay by the due date.
All optional side trips for the Zurich, Switzerland 2024 trip will be operating come rain or shine. If for any reason the planned itinerary for any of our optional side trips must change or be canceled, for any reason, I (Michael Baker, Wishing You Were Here Travel or Travel143) will not be held financially, emotionally, or legally liable for any loss incurred by this act including but not limited to any Hotel costs, insurance costs, transportation costs (Flights and Airport Transfers) or optional excursions. And you will not be entitled to any kind of compensation either now or in the future towards any Hotel stays, airline tickets, airport transfers, optional side trip tours or insurance costs. There will be no exceptions!!!
Right to Refuse
I have the right to refuse anyone from going on this trip to Zurich, Switzerland for October 1 -10, 2024.
Phone Number/Email
When filling out this form, you will be asked for your phone number(s) and email address. If your phone number changes or your email address changes before October 1, 2024, please let me know. It is important that you keep these items current. For example, if we have a flight/trip change/cancellation and I cannot contact you, because you have changed your email address/and or your phone number, the consequences fall back on you! It will be your responsibility to keep your contact information current with me.
Inappropriate Behavior
If at any time, during our trip, you display inappropriate behavior, you will not be welcomed back on any future trips! Behaviors that are inappropriate, concerning or threatening include, but not limited to the following:
- Angry, aggressive communications (verbal or written)
- Unwanted attention
- Written material (emails or letters) that suggest a person may be unstable or have mental health issues.
- A statement about self-harm or suicide
- Sexual harassment (unwelcome sexual conduct of any kind)
- A notable change in a person’s behavior that is cause for concern.
- Stalking (repeated attempts to impose unwanted communication or contact)
- An uttered threat to harm another or damage property
- Pornography use that contravenes and/or affects others.
- Bullying (repeated, unreasonable conduct)
- Any act of physical violence, property damage, or production of a weapon
- Violent critical incident in the airport, Hotel or on a side trip.
Payment Schedule/Late Fee(s)
The following dates are dates that your payment is due. Please make a note of these dates or photocopy this form to keep you on schedule. If you would like to pay more than the scheduled amount, at any time before it is due, feel free, otherwise, please adhere to the payment schedule.
If your payment is late by one month, you will be charged a $50 late payment fee. Every month your payment is late up to the date that your final payment is due; you will be charged a $50 late payment fee!
Once the final payment date comes and goes, and you still have an outstanding balance, and you have not contacted me and made special arrangements with me, your trip will be canceled! And you will not be entitled to a refund of any kind!
For example, if your payment is late by two months, you will be charged an additional $100. Those late fees are Non-Refundable period and will not be applied towards the cost of your trip!
If you sign-up for this trip, after December 1, 2023, I can work with you so you can get caught up with the payment schedule so your final payment will still be paid on time. Just let me know if you need extra time.
Just a side note: Just because our trip isn’t until October 2024 doesn’t mean that you have until October 2024 to pay for it! If that is your plan, please do not sign up for this trip!
Here is the monthly payment schedule for both Double/Twin Rooms and Single Rooms:
| Double/Twin Rooms | Single Rooms | |
| December 1, 2023 | $375 Non-Refundable, Non-Changeable, non-Transferable Deposit | $375 Non-Refundable, Non-Changeable, non-Transferable Deposit |
| January 1, 2024 | $255 | $350 |
| February 1 | $255 | $350 |
| March 1 | $255 | $350 |
| April 1 | $255 | $350 |
| May 1 | $255 | $350 |
| June 1 | $255 | $350 |
| July 1 | $255 | $350 |
| August 1 | $255 | $350 |
| September 1 | $75 | $45 |
Please send me a clear, clean photo copy of your passport picture page.
Michael Baker
1449 Moore Circle
Corona, CA 92882
Tel. 714-414-2102
Email: mbaker2102@gmail.com
I hope to hear from you!
Sincerely,
Michael Baker