FYI

 
 

TRIP INSURANCE

Your trip insurance from Faith Ventures is INCLUDED in the cost of your trip. 

You will receive your trip insurance cards in the coming week.  They will come by email so if you don’t see them by next week, check your spam folder.

You should print this card and carry it with you on the trip. 

You have the BASIC PLAN which provides the following protections:  

-- Emergency Evacuation  $50,000

-- Illness Medical Expense. $25,000

-- Accident Medical Expense  $25,000

-- Security Evacuation $100,000

-- Repatriation of Remains $25,000

-- Accidental Death $15,000

-- Missed Connection $500

-- Trip Delay $100

-- Baggage Loss $500

-- Baggage Delay $50

(There are other benefits as well which you can read about HERE)

There is also a PLUS plan and an ANNUAL plan which you could upgrade to on your own.  (An Annual Plan would be for someone who travels internationally multiple times throughout the year.) You will need to have the number on your current card to upgrade, and  to do so you would call Faith Ventures directly at (888) 674-4074.

Cancellation Insurance

Your trip payment covers travel insurance (above) but no cancellation insurance.  As you can imagine, our payments have already been sent to the travel company to pay hotels, entry fees, etc.

If something unforeseen would happen that you could not make the trip, there is no "insurance" unless you purchase it yourself.  Fortunately, Faith Ventures provides this service at a very reasonable price. (I just checked and it was $175 for me.)

To purchase, you would go to this LINK.  Enter your Policy Number (which you should have already received from Carla -- check your spam folder!) and then enter the details of your trip. Very easy!

USING YOUR PHONE

As you know, I will be providing your a personal tour book for our trip in PDF Format.  You can load this on your phone or tablet and use it daily to read about the places we are visiting (it will contain LOTS of other information too!).

But what about using your phone as a phone, web browser, email reader, etc?  You have several options:

  1. If you don’t want to spend money for a service, you can just use the wifi that will be available in our hotels (and at many shops, restaurants, etc.).

  2. If you want to always have your phone online, you can contact your provider (Verizon, AT&T, etc) and ask to add the international plan.  This typically costs about $10 per day and works surprisingly well.  It is the simplest — and MOST expensive— of all the options.

  3. If your device is capable of using an ESIM, I would suggest this option and there are many companies that provide this for as little as $10 or $20 for the entire trip.  My preference would be SAILY (https://saily.com) and you can learn more about them from this VIDEO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrjikMH5BFk

  4. One other option is an actual physical SIM card that can be purchased when you arrive in Turkey.  I used to use these and although they are inexpensive, the come with a bit more hassle.

Also, if you don’t have it already, I would download the app WHATSAPP and use it while in Turkey for text and calls.

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Tue, Apr 21, 2026

Travel

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Wed, Apr 22, 2026

Arrive Paris

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Thu, Apr 23, 2026

Louvre, Eiffel, Arch de Triumph

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Fri, Apr 24, 2026

Montmartre, St. Chappelle, Notre Dame

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Sat, Apr 25, 2026

Versailles

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Sun, Apr 26, 2026

Free Day

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Mon, Apr 27, 2026

Travel to Brugge

3h 30m

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Tue, Apr 28, 2026

Brugge

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Wed, Apr 29, 2026

Travel to Normandy-Dunkirk, Calais, Rouen

5h 30m

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Thu, Apr 30, 2026

Normandy

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Fri, May 1, 2026

Normandy

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Sat, May 2, 2026

Mont St. Michelle, Back to Paris

4h 30m

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Sun, May 3, 2026

Fly home