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Terms & Conditions
What is included?
- Volunteer or Internship placement
- Accommodation of your choice
- Personal airport welcome and transport to your placement location
- Free regular Spanish language immersion classes throughout your placement
- Free Wi-Fi and use of washing machine
- Placement introduction, supervision, regular briefings and meetings
- Certificates, student credit and written references
- Full support and 24/7 backup from local staff
- Information about adventure package tours
What is NOT included?
- Airfare to the Dominican Republic
- Meals (except with Host Family Home stay)
- Personal expenses or pocket money
- Travel/medical insurance
- Expenses incurred in preparing for the trip
Payment Procedure
You send us the application form. Once you receive the written confirmation, your volunteer placement is being held.
The written confirmation includes a financial schedule which sets out the details of the calculated minimum donation.
A 50% deposit is required to fully secure your placement if there are more than 120 days left before the start of your placement.
If less than 120 days are left, the total donation should be settled as soon as you receive the financial schedule.
Cancellation
Alterations can be made to your placement, accommodation or arrival/departure date, provided we receive your request in writing before the placement start date. In the event of cancellation, Aldeas de Paz will retain a portion or the entirety of the calculated volunteer donation, depending on the number of days before the placement start date that you cancel.
Cancellation Policy
Until 120 days prior to start date: Aldeas de Paz retains 50% of the total donation
90-120 days prior to start date: Aldeas de Paz retains 75% of the total donation
less than 90 days prior to start date or cancellation during placement: Aldeas de Paz retains the total volunteer donation.
Our special Flex-Option: In case of travel restrictions, canceled or postponed flights, causa de fuerza mayor or early departure because of health, family related or any other reasons, we do not refund. Instead your volunteer or intern placement can be postponed, resumed or completed any time within one year following the original starting date of the placement.
The reason for limited refunds is clearly based on our need to maintain a good working relationship with our providers & beneficiaries. The less time left before the placement is due to start, the more difficulty we have in recruiting a replacement for you. We may decide to make a financial contribution to the relevant program or hire a paid replacement professional to ensure the projected work will be done. We practice flexibility, but when it comes to finances we are not as flexible because donations are committed as soon as they are made available!
