PRICE CHANGES

Posted prices of our tours are best estimates based on information available at the time. Depending on the country, we either base our prices on a complex calculation of anticipated lodging, meal, transport, guide, and entrance fee costs or rely on a price quote from a land agent who covers those costs along with their profit margins. In the latter case, we do not ask our agents for a quote until we have clients for a tour. Instead, we make an inflation adjustment from prior year costs as a best estimate. Hence, when estimating our costs, unanticipated price increases for transportation, lodging, or meals may affect the actual price of a tour. We sometimes absorb some of such increases and sometimes must pass then along. For this reason, our published prices are estimates, which we believe should be close to actual pricing of our tours. Nevertheless, due to our low margins, we reserve the right to adjust our final prices to reflect unanticipated cost increases. The price does become fixed once we provide an actual tour price and receive deposit from our clients provided there is not a prolonged delay in conducting the tour that is beyond our control.