This entry is to remind every one that I need to know who would really like to join "Around the Block 2010" so that I can start making arrangements accordingly...."So... here's how I have laid it out:
by October 31st:
$50 non-refundable deposit saves you a place on the trip with your choice of trip section, moto, accommodations, priority for spots for non-riders in the support pickup, etc. If you pull out later, your non-refundable deposit has already gone to set things up and will benefit your friends on the trip... and they all want to say: "Thanx!" .
by December 30th:
- a partial payment. This payment will allow me to assure the moto and acomodations for you by putting down a deposit.
by Feb 28th:
- a partial payment. This payment will allow me to purchase the flights at the best possible price as this is "high season" for tourism to Peru.
by April 30th:
- a partial payment. This will allow me to pay in full the motos and make sure of the support vehicle and driver.
when you arrive in Peru:
- whatever is left from the total. This mostly goes to gas and lodging, so is not needed until you arrive on your portion of the trip.
I'm trying to make it cut-rate and easy payments because I know that probably you, like me, do not have this $$ in a savings account. Look again at the costs (link) and you can see how low is the everything-included (except food, and that is VERY cheap) package for a full 16, 15, or 18 days! The Dec 31st payment CAN be refundable if another person joins in and takes your place/moto. But once I buy the plane tickets (Feb 28th)... THAT I can't get back (or change the name). These are the risks when you go cut-rate....
If you have a "child" between 16 and 22 (or even older), BRING them on this trip! It will be geared to the father-son, mother-son, father-daughter, and even mother-daughter. We will be reading and discussing the "Wild at Heart" (boys) and "Captivating" (girls) as our devos on the trip and the time you will spend together (and in the company of your best friends of your youth) will be unforgetable! "ATB 2007" changed my sons life, and I could not have fathomed the change beforehand...This was really started by John Hocking taking his 17 yr old son Benji on a long moto ride thru Peru and Brazil back in 1988 (?). When my son was "coming of age", I spoke to John about doing something similar and he said: "Do it! I don't care if you can't afford it, or if you think you don't have time... Do it! Morgage everything you have, quit your job or close your business if necessary, ..but Do it! You will NEVER have this moment back again and your sons life depends on it..."
Sounds a bit like John Eldredge in his "Wild at Heart" books... Thinking about it... what else is more important..?
So.... let me know. Go out on a limb. Join us. Toby
