DEPOSITS & PAYMENTS - DROPPING & REFUNDS

DEPOSITS $100 CASH/CHECK

OR 

By Credit/Debit Card $100 + FEES

PAY VIA PayPal

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Pay to:

Cairn Stone Tours

Mail to:

Cairn Stone Tours payments

c/o Tim Calhoun

437 Dune Ridges,

St. Joseph, MI 49085 

[Pay by card is offered

for your convenience]

TRAINING PARTNERS

$100 Cash or Check

$100 plus processing fees

by Credit Card/PayPal 

[$45 AFTER JULY 1]

2022 TRAINING TEAMS;

 Grand Canyon XII

(no training fee) and

Training Partners.  

$100 annual fee

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PAY FEE ONLINE NOW

  w Card or PayPal

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TEST HIKE Guest Fee $30

 No charge for Grand Canyon trekkers or training partners.  

The link below is provided for your convenience.  It is necessary to include the service fee with your payment.  (Please ignore the word "donation," it's a technical issue with PayPal buttons.)

Usually by March Coach Gunn will have a trip description and final cost available.  You have 2 weeks to commit or drop.  (After two weeks there is a sliding scale for refunds - SEE REFUND POLICY)

COMMIT:  PAY in full or payments. 

DROP:  1) Submit the Drop Form (within two weeks for full refund).

REFUNDS:  1) All payments or 

2) Transfer payments (to another tour).  Indicate on the Drop Form.

 DEPOSIT:  Is not refunded.  It becomes your Training Partner fee.  

 (Exception: The deposit can be refunded if you have not attended any training hikes this year. ) 

USE THE DROP FORM

TO INITIATE 

THE REFUND PROCESS.

1) REGISTER ONLINE

2) PAY $100 DEPOSIT

NOTE: Date deposit is received

sets your seniority date.

When a trip opens (description and price is announced) you will have two weeks to opt in or out.  Everyone on the trip candidate list will be informed by email.  

TRIP ASSIGNMENTS:  Earliest seniority dates will have first choice of travel dates (if more than one tour) and are assigned first. 

After all tours are filled everyone left go on the waitlist to fill vacancies by seniority date.

How did we get to this sign-up sight unseen situation?

From 2004 up to the 2010 Scotland trip, hiking tours were promoted in the usual manner.  Coach Gunn would research the best hikes and places of interest, make a number of scouting trips, and finalize the bidding process to make a trip description and set a price.  

At 4 or 5 information meetings he presented a slideshow, gave a live trip description and answered questions.  After the meeting those interested would sign up on a paper form and make a deposit or go home to think about it.   

In 2009 the first information meeting for Scotland the trip overfilled and many were on a waiting list.  After that no Cairn Stone alumni or anyone who knew a Cairn Stone alumnus, would wait for an information meeting.  

As soon as Coach Gunn mentions a new destination in a lecture, we get deposits, even 2 years in advance.