TRIP COST
TRIP COST
Making donations.
Youthlinc is a 501c3 non profit organization. All donations to Youthlinc are tax deductible. Each program has a trip cost that is dependent upon location. The cost is broken down into monthly increments and can be made by fundraising, donations by others, or donations to yourself.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
INCLUDED
- Domestic Airfare
- International Airfare
- Accomodations
- Food and Water
- Travel Clinic Fee
- Emergency Insurance
- Program Fees
NOT INCLUDED
- Passport Fee
- Immunizations
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Souvenirs
- Covid Testing
DEPOSIT
The $500 non refundable deposit secures yout spot. The first $500 that enters your Youthlinc account, is counted as your deposit.
LATE FEES
Late fees are $25 per month that account is not current. It takes a lot of time to track down payments. Please pay on time.
TAX DEDUCTIBLE
Youthlinc is a 501c3, which makes all donations (in-kind or monetary) tax deductible. For more questions, contact office@youthlinc.org.
By December 1, a $500 non-refundable and non-transferable deposit is due from each participant. This deposit holds your spot on that team. Participants who do not make this deposit will be dropped from the program. An applicant from the waiting list will be invited to participate on the team.
If a participant drops from the program after any deposits, payments, or non-renegotiable contracts are made to coordinators or agencies facilitating our international service experience, including airlines, those deposits or payments are also not refundable. If a participant drops from the program 45 days or less from departure, all payments are non-refundable.
Youthlinc reserves the right to cancel or postpone service trips, and change international service sites, at its sole discretion when it deems it necessary or advisable due to local conditions or world events. In the event of any such change, $500 deposits remain non-refundable. Youthlinc may also be required to forfeit nonrefundable payments for airfare and hotel deposits. Any such forfeiture will be charged against participant payments on an equitable basis, as determined by Youthlinc. In such cases, a participant who wishes to serve on an alternate or postponed service trip, or a service trip to an international service site that has been changed, would be required to make up the shortfall.
In addition, as described above, amounts transferred to subsequent service trips will be reduced by an allocable portion of any forfeiture of deposits or payments that result from participant or Youthlinc initiated cancellations, postponements, or changes in response to the world events or local conditions.
Personal donations made which are matched by corporate giving programs are not eligible for a refund up to the amount that was matched by the company. No unrestricted or general charitable donations are refundable under any circumstances.
Any allowable refund must be requested by participants by June 1. No refunds will be issued until two weeks before departure. Any donations toward a participant’s international experience received after these deadlines will not be refundable and will be allocated to project funds or sponsorships for the current or following Service Year program. Youthlinc makes every effort to contact participants about their refunds. Any allowable refund that is not collected by a participant after August 31 of any calendar year will be allocated to project funds or sponsorships. After August 31, our Year-End, a participant can no longer collect an unclaimed refund.
DONATION SCHEDULE
After the deposit is made in December, the remaining trip cost is broken up into monthly payments. a sample donation schedule is:
Peru Trip Cost: $3800
My account needs to be current on the dates below:
December 1: $500
January 1: $1160
February 1: $1820
March 1: $2480
April 1: $3140
May 1: $3800
All donations and payments will be made through your Peer to Peer fundraising page. To set up your fundraising page click here: https://www.youthlinc.org/team-manuals/peer-to-peer-fundraising/