Student+Safety

= Student Safety = Student safety is essential. In an effort to ensure student travelers are safe, they are required to abide by the EF rules and guidelines detailed below.

When students are enrolled on the tour, they agree to EF's Rules of the Road, as well as any additional rules or guidelines established by the school and/or group leader. As a group leader, I will go over these rules with students and parents to make sure that they understand what is expected of them while on tour.
 * All scheduled activities are obligatory. A traveler unable to attend due to physical ailment must inform his or her group leader, who should notify the EF Tour Director.


 * If students wish to visit friends or relatives in a destination country, the group leader must be informed before the tour begins. Upon request, EF will provide a special form to be completed by parents, giving authorization for such visits. The form will be given to the EF Tour Director upon arrival.


 * Visitors or group members of the opposite sex are not permitted in students' rooms. The group leader will establish a curfew. Students are expected to respect the nightly curfew for their own safety and security. The group leader will be conducting room checks each night.


 * Smoking is not allowed on buses, during meals, in hotel rooms or in any other enclosed space.


 * Hitchhiking and the driving or renting of any motor vehicle are strictly forbidden for all travelers.


 * The consumption of hard liquor and alcohol is strictly forbidden. Failure to comply could result n the student traveler being sent home at his own expense.


 * Shoplifting. possession of illegal drugs and all other illegal activities will not be tolerated and are punishable by immediate dismissal from the tour. All costs to return home are at the traveler's own expense. Should the authorities be involved, travelers will be subject to the laws of the country they are visiting.


 * Travelers are required to pay for any phone calls or incidental personal expenses incurred at hotels. These must be paid the evening before departure at each hotel.


 * Compensation for damage done to hotel rooms or to buses is the responsibility of the travelers. Travelers not conforming to any of these regulations risk disciplinary action and possible dismissal from the tour, returning home at their own expense.