We are putting together our 4th World Youth Day (WYD) pilgrimage tour to Europe for next summer. WYD takes place in Europe usually every 6
years. In 2023 it will be August 1-6. Our past trips have been 17, 15 and 14 nights in Europe.
WYD is for 14-30 years olds, although their website mentions they will be a bit flexible if you are a year or two on either side of that age.
WYD 1993 Denver ages were 13-35, so we possibly might accept 13 year olds. We use the Seattle Archdiocese standard of 1 chaperone for every 6 kids under 18.
If you know of anybody who is interested in going, please pass this on to them.
Estimated Land Only price on any of the three itineraries for 16 nights = $2,700 – 2,800 based upon 30 people. Price includes ground transportation, Lodging (Lisbon is sleeping on school or church floors), WYD fees, all breakfasts and dinners plus WYD lunches), Unlike other Tour Operators, we offer a sliding price scale to help make it affordable for more pilgrims. The estimated Land Only price with 50 people = $2,300 – 2,400. Extra nights over 16 could be as little as $100 if they are in the beginning or ending city. Airfare from Seattle is an additional approximately $1,400-1,700.
If a potential pilgrim can’t raise enough money for the whole tour, but wants to go to WYD, it could be possible to piggy-back on our trip. Depending upon if they need a chaperone or not and whether they come with us to Fatima it would approximately $500-1,000 plus airfare.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GOING
We have developed three itineraries which all include Lisbon WYD 6 nights, Fatima area 1 night, Avila area 1 night, Lourdes 2 nights and either begin or end in:
- Rome (minimum 16 nights) – Rome 3 nights, Florence 2 nights, Nimes 1 night – if 1-2 more nights can add Santiago de Compostela or nights in Italy
- Paris (minimum 15 nights) – Paris 3 nights, Macon area 1 night, Nimes 1 night – if 1-2 more nights can add Santiago de Compostela, Madrid area or France
- Barcelona (min. 14 nights)/ Toulouse (min.12 nights) – same itinerary but without Barcelona 2 nights – Madrid 2 nights, Santiago 1 night, Zaragoza 1 night
Looking for feedback between the three itinerary choices. So far it is leaning to include Italy.
- Wbat are your number 1 and 2 choices?
- How many nights would you like to spend in Europe?
- Would you like to begin or end in Lisbon? Dates are listed below.
Seattle departure dates will be somewhere between:
1) July 21-25, ending in Lisbon with return dates between August 8-10
2) July 30-31, starting in Lisbon with return dates somewhere between August 13-19.
A $200 deposit holds your spot. This is fully refundable up to 5 months prior to departure.
Our payment policy is very flexible to enable kids to have a chance to fund-raise the money. After the deposit, the next scheduled payment will be $300 in January to cover the WYD fees. This is non-refundable, but if we find someone to take the cancelled person’s place, we refund the $300.
A potential pilgrim can cancel up to 91 days prior to departure and only lose up to $500 (if we can’t find someone else to use the WYD fee).
Send an e-mail to info@PariettiTours.com or give us a call if you are interested and/or you need more information.
God Bless,
Paul