LOUISIANA MUSIC TOUR 2025
BOOKING INFORMATION & CONDITIONS

PAYMENT OF TOUR: Non refundable deposit of $500 per person to hold your place on the tour.

Early Bird tour price is based on receiving deposit by January 31, 2025. Tour price increases February 1, 2025. Balance for the tour is due no later than March 1, 2024. Balances paid after this date will be subject to a $100 late fee per person.

ARRIVAL: For the Full Tour, our first official event will be dinner on Wednesday, April 23 at 6PM. We depart for the Cajun trip Monday morning at 9AM, April 28 from the lobby of the Royal Sonesta Hotel. If you are coming on the “Cajun Only” portion of the trip, you must meet us by this time or you will be responsible for arranging your own transportation to Eunice and joining the tour there. No refund can be made for any activities you may have missed.

FULL LOUISIANA TOUR INCLUDES: The Full Tour is from April 23- May 1, 2025, ending after hotel check out May 1. It includes 6 nights hotel in New Orleans French Quarter, 2 nights hotel in the Cajun Country, Welcome Dinner with appetizers & full bar in New Orleans plus all transportation, events and all meals in the Cajun Country (except lunch Tuesday, April 29).

CAJUN COUNTRY ONLY TOUR: The Cajun Only Tour includes 2 nights accommodation in the Cajun Country and all food and events in the Cajun Country (except lunch on Tuesday April 29).

SHARING A ROOM: If you are traveling by yourself and wish to share a twin room, we will be happy to try to arrange a suitable roommate for you. This is usually not a problem and can actually add to your enjoyment of the trip. Although it rarely happens, if a roommate is not available, you will be required to pay the single supplement of $1199 for the Full Tour or $200 for the Cajun Only Tour.

JAZZ FEST TICKETS:  There are so many ticket options  that we do not  include Festival tickets in our tour package, which saves you money and gives  you the freedom to design  your own Festival experience. Jazz Fest never sells out so if you want to be totally spontaneous you can always buy tickets at the gate (for a slightly higher price).  

MEDICAL CONDITIONS & FOOD RESTRICTIONS: Festival Tours International accepts people in good health who are capable of attending the activities we plan. (This includes walking in the countryside on uneven ground, crawfishing in unknown waters and stepping onto a boat for our swamp trip). It is helpful to us to be aware of your health conditions or allergies, although we cannot take responsibility for them. Whenever possible, we will ask for vegetarian meals if requested. Please be aware that in certain circumstances, such as the BBQ and the crawfish boil on the Cajun trip, there are no alternatives available and you will need to provide alternate food yourself. (We will stop at a store in Eunice so you can supplement if you wish).

CANCELLATION POLICY: ALL CANCELLATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED IN WRITING BY THE DEADLINE.

There is a $500 cancellation fee before March 1, 2025.

100% of the tour price will be nonrefundable as of March 2, 2025. We highly recommend you purchase Travel Insurance (not sold by us) that might cover unforeseen circumstances. There can be no partial refund for unused rooms, tickets, etc.

Prices are based on a minimum of 25 people traveling. Although this rarely happens, the tour price is subject to an increase if numbers fall short of this minimum.

PUBLIC HEALTH: COMMUNICABLE OR INFECTIONS DISEASES We will follow any local guidelines in place at the time of the tour. Tour members agree, understand and acknowledge that an inherent risk of exposure to communicable and infectious diseases such as, for example Covid 19 and any strains, variants or mutations thereof, exists in any public places where people are present. Tour members voluntarily assume all risks and related expenses by such exposure and that your participation in the tour is entirely voluntary.

In the unlikely event the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is cancelled we will refund your tour money, less $150 processing fee. If you choose to have a credit for next year’s Louisiana Tour we will put the full amount of your trip towards the 2026 Louisiana tour.

TRAVEL INSURANCE/MEDICAL INSURANCE: We strongly advise you to protect yourself with Travel Insurance, available from any travel agency. Festival Tours does not provide this service. Medical insurance which covers travel to and within Louisiana is suggested.

RESPONSIBILITY: The Agent, Tour Operators, Nancy Covey, Festival Tours LLC and their representatives give notice that all arrangements for transportation, restaurants and hotel accommodations, etc. are made by them upon the express condition that they shall not be liable for any injury, loss, damage, accident, delay or irregularity that may be occasioned either by reason of defect in any vehicle or through the acts or default of any company or persons engaged in conveying or serving the passenger.

The Agent and its representatives, Nancy Covey, and Festival Tours LLC accept no responsibility for losses or additional expenses due to delays or changes in service which may be caused by Force Majeure, illness, weather, strikes, declared or undeclared war, quarantine or other causes. Such losses or expenses must be borne by the passenger. The right is reserved to amend or revise the routes or schedules listed in the itineraries or to cancel any portion or all of the tour.

CAJUN COUNTRY TOUR: Inherent to enjoying the Cajun trip (included in the Louisiana Full Tour) , there are certain health and safety risks. This is part of the enjoyment and excitement of this type of adventure travel. We will be visiting private homes, traveling on busses, privately owned boats and by other means of transportation. We may come into contact with local wildlife, including alligators. We will be eating home-cooked foods and will get a chance to go dancing, crawfishing and swimming in unknown waters with unknown creatures or insects.

By providing your Louisiana Tour payment for the Louisiana Music Tour or the Cajun Tour you acknowledge that you are voluntarily participating in these activities and agree to take full responsibility for your participation. You are aware of the potential hazards and agree not to sue, make claim or hold responsible Nancy Covey, Festival Tours LLC or any of the people we meet or visit in Louisiana should illness, food poisoning , injury, death, property loss or damage occur regardless of whether this occurs from the negligence of Nancy Covey, Festival Tours, its agents or people we meet.