DEPOSITS & PAYMENTS - DROPPING & REFUNDS

TRAVEL TEAM

DROP OFF CHECK or *CASH

(*in an envelope clearly marked).  Hand to Coach Gunn or put in the Jog Pot at a hike.  

DEPOSIT/TRIP PAYMENTS

By Credit Card (+ 3% processing fee).   CALL IT IN M-F, 9-3:

269-262-0516 (ask for Jan) 

MAIL CHECKS

Andrews Tax & Accounting, 

18 N. 4th Street, Niles, MI 49120 

 PAY DEPOSITS ONLINE NOW

w Card or PayPal

Use button below & 

you must check box to 

Include Processing Fees

List names of deposit 

for spouse or hike partner 

TRAINING PARTNERS

$100 Cash or Check

$100 plus processing fees

by Credit Card/PayPal 

2022 TRAINING TEAMS;

 Grand Canyon XII

training fee is waived

and

Training Partners.  

$100 annual fee

.

PAY FEE ONLINE NOW

  w Card or PayPal

Use button below &  you must check box to 

Include Processing Fees 

List names if paying

for additional hikers

1) REGISTER ONLINE

2) PAY $100 DEPOSIT

NOTE: Date deposit is received

sets your seniority date.

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

The first Grand Canyon hiking tour in 2004 included the hike training to prepare a core group to day hike across Grand Canyon.  About 40% took on this marathon-like challenge.  In 2005 some wanted to continue with the hike training but not going on the trip.  The Training Partner team was created and a $100 fee established.

As the interest has grown it has been rookies (newcomers) as well as Cairn Stone alumni interested in continued hike training even when not traveling with us.

It's a training program and Coach Gunn is interested in those who will commit to the program.  Casual hikers who drop in once in a while for a hike create complications and safety concerns.  

Everyone must join a hiking team each year to participate in the biweekly hikes.  

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.