Puglia, Italy/ Morningstar See Ski Savor
Logistics and Details
April 9-19
from $2,795
How to get on board 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.
We highly recommend you protect your trip a Trip Insurance policy. It protects your trip in case of accident or illness that prevents you going, as well as on-trip incidents such as lost luggage, trip delay, and most importantly medical coverage and evacuation. It is truly requisite to overseas travel.
Air details
LEAVE USA April 9, 2023 The nearest major airport to Bari is Rome FCO. Of course, you can route your air thru other cities, as you chose. But no matter, you MUST arrive into Bari, Italy on April 10, 2024 for your first hotel night of the tour. If you would like to arrive a day or two earlier to shake off the jet lag and recharge, we can arrange extra hotel nights at either our 4-star Excelsior Hotel or our 5-star luxury Bari hotel, upon request. You fly out of Bari any time on April 19, 2024. The LAST HOTEL NIGHT of the tour is April 18, 2024 in Bari.
NOTE: If you are flying into Rome, you can book 55 minute flights from FCO to Bari airport. CAVEAT/ WARNING: Make sure to get a flight that is non-stop! Otherwise, what should take an hour can take five hours. Plan carefully and accordingly. Further, there is a 3.5 hour train ride from Rome to Bari as well. Organinzing all your air to/from Bari is each participant’s responsibility. Please: pay attention to all the details and make sure your flights are on correct dates and that your flights mesh with each other.
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 increase in the final payment amount due.
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.
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: +$39per person 2 unused rooms: $69per person 3 unused rooms:$89 per person
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 roommate 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 Pitti and the Cervarolo 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.
www.iluoghidipitti.com
www.masseriacervarolo.it
Night 1 and Night 9 (first and last nights) / Bari
Included hotel is 4-star Excelsior. It is an excellent property located near the pedestrian shopping district and a 15 minute walk to old town harbor. Single upgrade for both nights total is $159
Upgrade: 5-star hotel Ih Nazionali This is a superb property located in the coolest part of Bari: the old harbor town. All rooms are SEA VIEW SUPERIOR ROOMS. BOTH nights is an additional upgrade of $244per person. Single occupancy sea view room Nazionali is $464 for both nights.
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: $109 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: $187 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: $239 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: $229 per person upgrade double occupancy above base price for entire 3 night stay at Pitti.
Single occupancy Double Standard: $369 above base price per person for entire 3 night stay at Pitti.
Jr suites / 3 available $289 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 $329 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 $359 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: November 28, 2023
Second deposit of 700 due December 15, 2023
Final payment: January 20, 2024
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. Use our email address as the locator for our Zelle account at U.S. Bank.
Check: Make out to Morningstar 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 friends. Our prices are based on payment by check or Zelle. 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.
[email protected] (520) 405-5508
www.morningstarseeskisavortours.com