FAQ
These FAQs are designed to help answer the “most frequently asked questions” before you register for the tour and during the early stages of trip preparation. The FAQs are NOT designed to answer all the questions that you may have about the trip.
Real Asia also provides a detailed “Trip Survival Guide” for the purpose of fully preparing you for your trip. Our Survival Guide addresses additional issues that you may encounter during the trip, such as internet, clothing, safety, etc. The survival guide will be provided once you have registered for any of our tours.
What's included
Travel and Logistics
Real Asia aims to let teachers focus on their students and the learning experience. We can help you every step of the way, including:
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Booking flights
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Hotel reservations
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Domestic transport
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Local guide
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Tips for guides/drivers
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Meal arrangements
What Students Get
Beyond logistics, we craft hands-on, all-encompassing experiential education trips, including:
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Workshops and activities
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Tours and excursions
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School visits
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All meals and snacks
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Lifetime memories + more
Travelers Insurance
We strongly recommend that you purchase a travel insurance policy.
We recommend Allianz Travel Insurance.
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Who can go?
Minimum Trip Size
We recommend no less than 12 participants for an international trip, especially for cost purposes. While there is technically no maximum group size, the group must have an adequate number of chaperones to travel.
Typical Participant Ages
While a group can vary in demographics, we often see and recommend that international trips consist of 5th grade students and older, including collegiate and MBA groups. For younger groups, we have many domestic and virtual options to introduce them to Asia.
Faculty/Chaperones
Trip chaperones are required, and we highly recommend that the chaperones are teachers/faculty from your school/organization for the best learning experience. Best part: faculty costs are covered! Our standard is 2 chaperones for every 12 participants.
Visa
Visas for Individuals
If you are traveling as an individual, or you cannot submit the visa application to us as part of a group, please contact our visa agent by visiting their website, and process your visa directly with them.
Visas for Groups
If you want to process your visa as part of a Real Asia group, we will provide the visa application form and instructions for you via email.
Payment & Refund
Refund/Change/
Cancellation Policy
Upon approval of the itinerary, a guarantee of payment is required in order to confirm reservations. Reservations will not be confirmed without this guarantee. Any suggested itinerary changes after reservations have been confirmed will incur a minimum of a $50 amendment fee, plus any penalties assessed by the suppliers of your travel arrangements. Cancellations after reservations have been confirmed will incur a minimum 30% fee, plus any penalties assessed by the suppliers of your travel arrangements. Upon confirmation, a minimum 30% deposit will be required and is NON-REFUNDABLE. If reservations are confirmed within 45 days of your trip departure, full payment is required. Once reservations are paid in full, the entire package is NON-REFUNDABLE. For reservations made within 6 weeks of travel dates, additional late booking fees may apply.
PAYMENT:
We accept personal checks, bank checks, and money orders only, unless stated otherwise.