If you will be leaving South Africa right after ACRE 18, we recommend that you book your return flight for Saturday, October 13th. (It would be difficult to make a Friday evening flight on the last day of the conference.) Most speakers spend Friday evening at the Town Lodge in Pretoria
To keep your options open and get the best rates, we recommend that you book your flights as early as possible!
For information on booking flights through the US travel agency that handles the largest amount of South African Air travel (and other airlines going to South Africa), contact Sandra Campbell at Premier Tours. Her phone number is 800.545.1910, ext. 428; her e-mail is sandrac@premiertours.com.
Travel Notes: Make sure your passport is current and that you have sufficient visa pages left to cover your travel (two per country to be visited). Please note that the final pages in some passports are not visa pages and cannot be used for visa stamps.
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Before visiting South Africa, you may need to get vaccinations and medications for vaccine-preventable diseases and other diseases you might be at risk for. (Note: Your doctor or health-care provider should determine exactly what you will need, depending on factors such as your health and immunization history, areas of the country you will be visiting, and planned activities.)