Welcome to Now Journey! Our small group and private adventures blend immersive sightseeing with ample leisure time for the perfect experience.As your trip approaches, you'll receive helpful emails, including your Final Logistics Itinerary no later than 20 days before departure. Our team is always available—feel free to call, email, or chat with us. Below, you'll find key details to help you prepare.Your Now Journey Trip Specialist is here for you—reach out anytime! Thank you from all of us at Now Journey!
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Review this entire page to find several helpful resources in planning for your Journey! |
1. TRIP INSURANCE: GET A QUOTE AND PURCHASE:
We highly recommend you protect yourself with Trip Cancellation and Interruption Travel Insurance. Here are two companies that provide insurance: TRAVEL GUARD & ALLIANZ — Please review carefully.
Travel Guard Travel Insurance Quote: Click Here or the logo below to get a quote:
also try:
Allianz Travel Insurance Quote: Use the form below
2. Airfare Quote:
We recommend Sue — one of our Travel Advisors who is a Speclalist on booking airfare. Click HERE to Email Sue to request a quote. Please allow up to 5 business days for Sue to respond to you.
Sue Szarletta
sue.szarletta@stovrofftaylortravel.com
3. ALERT:Meet Travel & Entry Requirements: Your Responsibility
Meeting Travel and Entry Requirements are the responsibility of the Now Journey Guest: Make note of ANY entry requirements for the countries you are traveling through and/or visiting as your destination(s). It is YOUR responsibility to ensure you have met all entry requirements. This includes the new European Union requirement commencing in 2024 - Click here for the ETIAS (similar to a Visa that all US Citizens must comply with in 2024): Click Here.
4. HOW TO ACCESS YOUR BOOKING ON THE WETRAVEL PLATFORM
Once you are booked, to go back into your booking on the WeTravel Platform to make payments, upload your Passports via the secure transfer, add your flight information, or update your profile information, Go to nowjourney.wetravel.com - MAKE SURE:
- use the email you used when you booked (do not "use google to sign in")
- It will require you to enter, create or reset your password
- Once signed in, click on MY TRIPS at the top
- On the left hand side under various options, look for "Trips I joined" (will have a number in parentheses) and click there
- Your booking should pull up
- Click on MANAGE BOOKING and you will be able to make payments, see your booking, add options and update your information!
5. LUGGAGE INFORMATION
Before we continue, with the various flight disruptions we've been seeing, it might pay you to consider our Luggage Forward Service:
LUGGAGE FORWARD
6. ENROLL IN STEP
Check out the USA's STEP Program, Click Here:
7. HEALTH ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
COVID 19 REQUIREMENTS ARE DETERMINED BY THE DESTINATION(S) YOU ARE TRAVELING TO: IT IS GUEST'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE YOU MEET ALL TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO COVID RESTRICTIONS.
8. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
• What is the "new ETIAS requirement from Europe (commencing in 2025)?
The European Union is requiring a new visa-like form to be completed commencing in 2025 and it is the Now Journey Guest's responsibility to complete all forms required by the destination countries. ETIAS (similar to a Visa that all US Citizens must comply with in 2025): Click Here.
Deluxe package includes a full, hot daily breakfast (table service or buffet), 5 of the 9 dinners and 4+ to 5 Star hotel properties featuring large, air-conditioned guestrooms with ensuite bathrooms. Classic package includes a daily breakfast, Venice Welcome Dinner (guests may upgrade to the total 5 dinners included for $390 per person), and 3 to 4 Star hotel properties featuring air-conditioned guestrooms with ensuite bathrooms.
See detailed description about Deluxe and Classic here
How active are Now Journey Tours?
Our pace for sightseeing is leisurely with ample opportunity to stop and even opt out should a guest desire to do so. We walk about 45 to 90 minutes per day on our sightseeing tours on average.
What amount of leisure time is there on a Now Journey Tour?
Yes, Journey features a Slow Travel concept on most of our trips with most sightseeing occurring in the mornings and the afternoons at leisure.
How many guests are on a Now Journey Tour?
Our tours feature an average of 8 to 12 guests with a maximum of 16 guests — unlike most tour companies which feature an average of 35 to 44 guests!
What is the average NowJourney guest like? What kind of people travel on a Now Journey tour?
Now Journey's trips are designed to engage people of all ages and backgrounds, but the 'average' Now Journey guest is not average at all: they enjoy interesting excursions, learning about history and culture, and above all enjoy having fun while on tour. Experiencing foreign lands bring with it a host of amazing and sometimes challenging experiences, so a great attitude is essential for the Now Journey guest and the Modern Traveler!