Kyoto Accommodation Tax

Starting from 1 October 2018, the City of Kyoto will start charging an accommodation tax. This applies to guests staying at all types of accommodations located in the city of Kyoto and ranges from 200 to 1000 yen per person per night, depending on the accommodation fee. 

Great seeing you at the Science Leaders Conference

Thank you to all the teachers who visited our stand at the Science Leaders Conference Victoria last Friday 27th July at Quantum Victoria. We had a great time presenting our experiential STEM programs and highlighting our recent partnership with ASTA, the Australian Science Teachers Association. 

It was lovely to meet many current clients of G.E.T as well as new ones. If you have any tour requests or enquiries, please contact us and one of our dedicated account managers will assist with your enquiry.

Experience French Language Classes at CREIPAC

In a stunning location in the heart of the South Pacific, CREIPAC has been offering French language lessons since 1992 and is Noumea's leading language school. CREIPAC offer group lessons in small classes for all ages and language levels and their lessons are tailored to your students’ needs. 

Watch the video about CREIPAC which students from Brighton Grammar School participated in while on a recent tour organised by G.E.T Educational Tours.

Lilla Community Camp Site - NT tours

If your school is planning a tour to Central Australia, check out what it is like for students at the Lilla Community Camp Site, an aboriginal outstation community located in the Watarrka National Park.

We have a range of Northern Territory tours to choose from which can be tailored to suit your curriculum requirements and include various sites and attractions such as Uluru, Kata Tjuta National Park and Kings Canyon.

International Tourist Tax - Japan

Effective from Monday, 7th January 2019, passengers travelling out of Japan will pay a 1,000 yen departure tax to expand and enhance the country’s tourist infrastructure. Travellers meeting certain conditions, such as “children under the age of 2” and “those leaving Japan on or after January 7, 2019, using an air ticket issued before January 7, 2019,” are exempt.

IMPORTANT SECURITY UPDATE - International Travellers

From June 30 2018, passengers departing from Australian international airports must presented all powders separately for inspection at the international security checkpoint. This includes everything from cosmetics – such as powdered foundation, blush and other similar items – through to baby formula, ground or powdered coffee, sugar, spices and more.

Further restrictions apply to ‘inorganic powders’, which the Australian Government defines as “a powder not consisting of, or derived from, living matter”, like salt, sand, talcum powder, powdered deodorant, foot powder, detergents and cleaning products. These products will need to be carried in a container no larger than 350 millilitres or 350 grams.

G.E.T are proud sponsors of Story Dogs

Story Dogs is a growing not-for-profit organisation who provide individual reading sessions to school students with the aid of a sponsored dog. Nationally, Story Dogs is growing at 45% and should deliver around 72,000 reading sessions and reach more than 2,000 children each week. 

G.E.T Educational Tours have been proud sponsors of Story Dogs since 2016 and after seeing the wonderful work and improvement they have had on children literacy skills, encourage more people and organisations to become a sponsor or donate to this worthy charity.

EXCLUSIVE TEACHER OFFER!

Book your 2019 tour and receive your complimentary Global SIM card

G.E.T Educational Tours is pleased to announce an exclusive Global SIM card offer for teachers who book and deposit 2019 International tours by 21-09-2018*.

Valued at $189 you will receive:

•  UP TO 3GB DATA PACK - DESTINATION SPECIFIC (Value $105)
•  $50 CREDIT (For phone calls etc.)
• 30 DAY WIFI PASS (Value $15)
• Global SIM Card (Value $19)

Want to know more about PACER?

The Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER) provides financial assistance for students in Years 4 -12 across Australia to travel to Canberra on a civics and citizenship excursion. Students will get to experience democracy in action when they visit Parliament House and learn about our nations heroes at The Australian War Memorial and gain a greater understanding about our nation’s history and democracy whilst visiting Old Parliament House. Find out more about PACER and read their frequently asked questions.

Greetings from the JLTAV Conference

On the 20th – 21st April, our dedicated Victorian account managers, Emmily Goodman and Leanne Schiavello, attended the Japanese Language Teachers Association of Victoria conference in Melbourne. They had a great time speaking to Japanese teachers and show casing our range of Japanese language tours. Don’t forget to book your Japan tour early for 2019 bookings as the Rugby World Cup is being held in Japan 2019 and availability during September school holidays will be limited. We also have a limited number of airline seats available from Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney - Ask us for more information!