1. The traveller’s passport, visas and any departure or entry taxes unless stated otherwise on the particular tour itinerary inclusions.
2. The traveller’s prescribed or other medication.
3. The travellers clothing and personal items suitable for the location and activities of the tour.
4. Spending money.
5. GO Schoolies endeavours to maintain its advertised price but reserves the right to increase this price without notice at any time up to and including the day of departure of any tour in the event of exchange rate fluctuations, increases in fuel costs, airport charges, airfares or increases in ground operator services fees.
6. Each traveller is responsible for emergency evacuation expenses.
7. Additional travel insurance coverage for cancel for any reason etc, is up to the traveller to obtain if they wish.

1. An initial non-refundable deposit of $295.00.
2. Payment options are available quarterly, monthly or fortnightly, as per your nominated selection and as outlined on your invoice.
3. Go Schoolies will automatically deduct your instalment payments on their due dates directly from your Visa or Mastercard debit or credit card.
4. In the event that insufficient funds are available for your instalment, a processing fee of $50.00 will be added to your current instalment.
5. Payment in full, including airline/airport and government taxes, together with any requested additional insurance cover or processing fees must be paid 3 months prior to your travel departure date. This final amount due will be advised 4 months prior to your travel departure date.
6. Any processing fees are non-refundable in case of your cancellation from the tour and do not form any part of any refunds due.

1. For cancellation more than 12 months prior to the tour final payment due date, the cancellation fee is $500.00.
2. For cancellation between 12 months and 9 months prior to the tour final payment due date, the cancellation fee is 20% of the tour cost.
3. For cancellation between 9 months and 3 months prior to the tour final payment due date, the cancellation fee is 40% of the tour cost.
4. For cancellation between 3 months prior to the final payment due date and 1 month after the final payment due date, the cancellation fee is 60% of the tour cost.
5. For cancellation 2 months or less from the date of travel, the cancellation fee is 100% of the tour cost.
6. Should you cancel from the tour, up until final payment time (3 months before departure) you have the option to find a new traveller to take your place, not a previous referral. In this case you will not be charged a cancellation fee.
7. All cancellations must be advised in writing to GO Schoolies.
8. Refunds will take 4 to 8 weeks to be processed.

At any time, any additional cancellation costs imposed by any airlines, hotels or tour companies for the cancellation of tickets or accommodation shall be paid by the traveller and shall in addition be deducted from the remaining balance of the price paid by the traveller.

1. All medical information relating to allergies, existing medical condition(s) or any other like information that should be disclosed to GO Schoolies relevant to the traveller and to the tour must be disclosed in the Traveller Information Profile.
2. Failure to disclose any of the medical information requested in the Traveller Information Profile to GO Schoolies could result in the traveller being treated as cancelled from the tour at any time either before departure or during the tour.
3. GO Schoolies shall not be responsible for any medical, dental, hospital, ambulance, pharmaceutical or other treatment expenses incurred by the traveller whilst on the tour and the traveller indemnifies GO Schoolies regarding any such expenses incurred.

1. Insurance cover for any existing medical conditions is also mandatory and must be disclosed to the insurer directly from the traveller as directed by GO Schoolies.
2. GO Schoolies offers a Comprehensive Travel Insurance policy as part of the tour package. The offered insurance provides coverage from 2 months prior to departure.
3. Should the traveller wish to have coverage in place earlier than 2 months of the policy offered by GO Schoolies, then they must insure with an alternate travel insurer.
4. Complete details of the Travel Insurance offered by GO Schoolies, including the company and their insurance Terms and Conditions and product disclosure statement together with coverage amounts provided to, will be provided as a link on your welcome letter.
5. Comprehensive Travel Insurance can be obtained from an insurance provider of your choice. As well as additional insurance coverage or benefits. A copy of your Certificate of Insurance is required by GO Schoolies prior to travel should you decide to obtain insurance from another Travel Insurance provider.
6. The traveller’s baggage and personal property throughout the tour is at the “owner’s risk”. GO Schoolies shall not be responsible or liable for the loss or damage to any of the traveller’s baggage or personal property.

1. where there are cancellations, treat all of the travellers of that tour as having cancelled his/her participation in that tour; and,
2. where those travellers wish to and are eligible to participate in another of GO Schoolies tour(s), do its best to arrange another GO Schoolies tour suitable to the traveller.

1. Travel deviations during the tour itself are not permitted.
2. The traveller must leave Australia with the tour group that the traveller is touring with. However, a change on the set return date of the tour group may, at the absolute and sole discretion of GO Schoolies, be arranged but only where the following applies;
   1. The traveller requests this change in writing to GO Schoolies no less than 2 months before the tour departure date.
   2. An appropriate booking can be made by GO Schoolies with the airlines within the cost of the tour as all travellers must remain part of the GO Schoolies group booking.
   3. GO Schoolies will not allow, under any circumstances, travellers to make their own airline arrangements.
   4. All changes are subject to airline space availability in the same class as the group booking.
   5. Any additional airline charges to deviate from the group booking will be passed on to the traveller.
   6. A service fee of $250.00 shall be charged to the traveller for this deviation in the tour.
   7. In the event that a traveller needs to return home, either for disciplinary reasons or personal reason, e.g. the death or illness of an immediate family member, the GO Schoolies Squad Leader will be responsible for coordinating the delivery of the minor. However, should this conflict with the GO Schoolies Squad Leader’s duty of the care to the rest of the group, alternative arrangements will need to be made by the parents of the traveller.
   8. The traveller may travel as an unaccompanied minor on the airline provided that the airline provides full unaccompanied minor service. This service must include delivery of the minor by the GO Schoolies Squad Leader to the airline staff and on arrival the airline staff deliver in person the minor to the responsible adult allocated to collect the minor. Fees are applicable for this service.
   9. In all cases, a legal waiver must be signed by both parents, holding GO Schoolies harmless for all private travel both pre and post tour. GO Schoolies has no control over the safety of the traveller whilst they are travelling in a private capacity. GO Schoolies strongly recommends that the school holds a similar waiver.
   10. All deviations must have full travel insurance coverage during the deviation time period.
   11. GO Schoolies will also assess the potential insurance risks associated with the deviation.
   12. The GO Schoolies Squad Leader must agree to any special arrangements made to take legal charge of the traveller for any variation. In the event that the tour leaders feel that their duty of care or legal liability may be compromised, the variation will not be allowed.

Notwithstanding the above, the Director of GO Schoolies will have the final decision to allow or deny the variation based on the legal risk it poses in relation to the safety of the traveller and GO Schoolies’ duty of care to the traveller.

1. In the country in which your tour is undertaken, standards of accommodation, transport, health care, hygiene, safety, personal security and service provision may not be as high as those standards in Australia.
2. The additional dangers and risks associated with the tour which the traveller may encounter are difficult and hostile terrain, extremes of weather (including sudden and unexpected changes), political instability, remoteness from usual medical services that you are used to, communication issues (both verbal and technical) and evacuation problems in the event of serious illness or injury.
3. During the tour, the traveller must be aware of the risks and dangers associated with various activities in which the traveller may, at his/her own discretion, participate. Activities such as swimming, snorkelling, diving, boating, surfing, sailing, water skiing, motor scooters, auto rentals and night activities, and any other sporting event or physical exertion, bear certain risks of personal and bodily injury and other risk of loss. The traveller’s participation in such activities is entirely voluntary, and if the traveller decides to participate in any of these activities, it is done so at the traveller’s own risk. GO Schoolies shall not be liable for any damage, loss or injury that may result from the traveller’s participation in any of these activities. The traveller should make certain that any provider of these services furnishes you with equipment that is well maintained. The traveller must carefully inspect items used.
4. The traveller has submitted their booking for the tour after giving due consideration of the above and to relevant travel information including, any relevant information or advice given by the Australian government and the government of the country in which the tour is conducted.
5. The traveller accepts the inherent dangers and the potential risks associated with the proposed tour with the accompanying risk of illness, injury, death and property loss damage.

1. The traveller agrees to comply with the law including all legislation, immigration, customs and foreign exchange regulations of the countries to and through which the tour shall pass.
2. The traveller agrees to comply at all times with GO Schoolies Code of Conduct which form part of these Terms and Conditions.
3. GO Schoolies reserves the right to cancel a traveller’s tour prior to the commencement of the tour, if in GO Schoolies opinion, the traveller’s behaviour prior to the commencement of the tour places the tour in jeopardy or is a risk to other travellers. The Cancellation clause of these Terms and Conditions will then apply.
4. The traveller agrees that he/she will abide by the decisions of the GO Schoolies Squad Leader or Leaders engaged by GO Schoolies whilst a tour is in progress.
5. GO Schoolies reserves the right to withdraw any traveller at any time at its sole discretion and the GO Schoolies Squad Leader may, at any time require any traveller to leave the tour in circumstances where GO Schoolies determines the continued presence of the traveller prejudices the tour’s good order or discipline whether involving a contravention of the law of any country to or through which a tour passes or otherwise. In such circumstances, the traveller will be treated as having cancelled his/her participation in the tour.
6. The traveller and their parents/guardians agree that they will abide by the GO Schoolies rule that they will at no time consume alcohol or use drugs of any sort whilst participating in the GO Schoolies tour.
7. GO Schoolies, its agents and or the GO Schoolies Squad Leader having control or supervision of a traveller, reserves the right to return the traveller to Australia if in the opinion of GO Schoolies this is warranted and after discussions with the traveller are non-productive.
8. In the event that the traveller is removed from the tour and returned to Australia for breach of the above sub-paragraphs, then any additional expenses incurred by GO Schoolies to return the traveller home are at the travellers/parent or guardians expense and the they in turn will reimburse GO Schoolies if that expense has been paid by GO Schoolies.

1. The traveller and the parent or legal guardian of the traveller will at all material times indemnify and keep GO Schoolies indemnified, its employees and its GO Schoolies Squad Leaders against all liabilities incurred by the traveller and or his/her parent or legal guardian as a result of any of the following:
   1. the failure to ensure the traveller is in good health at the start of the tour.
   2. the failure to have all necessary documentation available at the start of the tour.
   3. any actions by the traveller whereby GO Schoolies is sued or held liable for that traveller’s actions for restitution, compensation or damages.
2. any actions by the traveller whereby GO Schoolies is sued or held liable for that traveller’s actions for restitution, compensation or damages.
3. Applications will only be accepted if the Terms and Conditions and Code of Conduct are signed and agreed to by both the Applicant and his/her parents or legal guardians.

1. This agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws in force in Victoria for the time being and the parties hereby submit to exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria, and
2. This agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws in force in Victoria for the time being and the parties hereby submit to exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria, and