Trip Policies and Cancellations

  • Once you have traveled with Art World Excursions, you have the option of joining Club AWE. Club AWE members receive complimentary wine and flowers in their guest room, priority booking on all future tours, and are a will receive a 5% savings on tours booked within two calendar years.

  • Tours often fill months in advance, and our maximum group size is much smaller than most tour operators. For immediate confirmation of your trip, call our office directly at 833-656-0727, and we will charge your initial deposit to your credit card. Upon receipt of your deposit, we will email your confirmation letter and details to help you prepare for your trip.

  • At the time of reservation, a $1,000 USD deposit is required.

    The balance is due 30 days prior to departure.

    Payments may be made on our website or over the phone by credit or debit card. Prices are in US dollars, and all payments must be made in US dollars. Prices may be subject to change prior to confirming a reservation. Once a trip is confirmed with the deposit paid, the price is guaranteed.

  • Art World Excursions does not believe in Single Supplements. We cater to the solo traveler. With Art World Excursions, the price is the price, and it guarantees you your own private room.

  • If you need to cancel your trip, you should call Art World Excursions or your travel agent immediately, and then send notification in writing by email or mail. Certain fees will apply calculated as of the date Art World Excursions receives written notice of cancellation.

  • Your deposit is non-refundable.

    Prior to 60 days before departure - 100% of the trip price

    60 to 31 days before departure - 50% of the trip price

    30-0 days prior to departure - 100% of the trip price

  • In the rare event that Art World Excursions must cancel a tour, all trip members will be notified a minimum of 60 days before the trip departs and will receive a full refund of payments made to Art World Excursions including your deposit. Art World Excursions reserves the right to cancel any tour for any reason, including insufficient tour enrollment. Art World Excursions is not responsible for expenses incurred by guests in preparing for a cancelled tour, including, but not limited to, nonrefundable airline tickets, visa fees, inoculations, etc. We encourage you to contact our office prior to purchasing your airline tickets to check the status of your tour.

  • We strongly recommend purchasing Trip Cancellation and Interruption Insurance. This can help prevent needless loss in case of serious illness, accident, or death of the traveler, traveler’s immediate family, or traveling companion.

  • Your tour will begin and end at the hotel specified in your itinerary...

    PhD-level Art Historians with decades of experience for art history tours, and world-class artistic anatomy and figure drawing instruction with author and educator Rey Bustos for figure drawing retreats in Florence.

    Meaningful insights that illuminate the art and artists we discuss in a way that will make the art more personally yours – you will not look at the art or artist, or indeed the cities we visit – in the same way again.

    Small-group size ensures personal care, inclusion, and the facilitation of making new friends.

    Exclusive access to special guests, often curators at the world’s most prestigious museums. These special guests will join us for a private talk, drinks and dinner. With such an intimate group, your ideas can be shared and your questions heard and discussed. Our contacts will become yours.

    • 4- and 5-star accommodations during your tour

    • Breakfast daily in your hotel

    • Welcome tea/drinks with your art historian guide and fellow guests

    • Farewell dinner with the tour’s special guest (including food, wine and other beverages, and gratuities).

    • Admission to all museums and activities

    • Private car and driver transport for day trips outside of tour-city.

    • Gratuities for meals, porters, and hotel service

    Each trip varies slightly, so speak with our travel experts or ask for a detailed itinerary that includes the specifics. Travel to and from tour meeting/departure points, pre- and post-tour accommodations and meals, optional activities, optional gratuities for your guide(s), and personal items are not included.