DEPOSITS & PAYMENTS - DROPPING & REFUNDS

TEST HIKE Guest Fee $30

 No charge for Pacific Northwest trekkers or 2023 Training Partners.  

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

TRAINING PARTNERS

$100 Cash or Check

$100 plus processing fees

by Credit Card/PayPal 

[$45 AFTER JULY 1]

2023 TRAINING TEAMS;

1) Pacific Northwest III

(deposit is training fee)

2) Training Partners.  

$100 annual fee

.

PAY FEE ONLINE NOW

  w Card or PayPal

You must check box to 

Cover Fees 

List all names this fee will cover

TO DROP FROM A TRIP

1) Submit a Drop Form.

Refund amount will be calculated.

 DEPOSIT:  *Is not refunded.  It becomes your Training Partner fee.  Payments beyond the deposit may be refundable.

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

PAYMENT REFUNDS:

1) Refund amount is calculated according to the Drop Form date.

OR you may

2) Apply as credit toward another tour.  Indicate which tour on the Drop Form.  REFUND POLICY

TRIP CANCELATION INSURANCE

USE THE DROP FORM

TO OFFICIALLY START

THE REFUND PROCESS.

PAY DEPOSITS w CHECK OR 

By Credit/Debit Card $100 (+ FEES)

Use button below & 

You must check box to

Cover Fees and then select the hiking tour this deposit is for.

MAIL A CHECK

Payable to:

Cairn Stone Tours

Mail to:

Cairn Stone Tours payments

c/o Tim Calhoun

437 Dune Ridges,

St. Joseph, MI 49085 

PAY TRIP BALANCE w CHECK OR 

By Credit/Debit Card (+ FEES)

Use button below & 

You must check box to

Cover Fees.  NOTE: Amount is after deposit deducted.

MAIL A CHECK

Payable to:

Cairn Stone Tours

Mail to:

Cairn Stone Tours payments

c/o Tim Calhoun

437 Dune Ridges,

St. Joseph, MI 49085 

1) REGISTER ONLINE

to get on candidates list

2) PAY $100 DEPOSIT

NOTE: Date of deposit determines your place in line.

When a trip opens only the candidates list will be informed.  

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

After a tour is filled anyone unassigned go on the waitlist to fill vacancies as they occur.

After the waitlist is exhausted we will advertise available spots on a trip.

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.