Basic Flight Information for Flights to Peru
Rustic Pathways has a national contract with Continental Airlines for its group flights from the USA and Canada to Peru. We require all students originating within North America to travel on our escorted group flights to ensure the safety of our students and the efficient operation of our programs. We have weekly escorted Continental flights every Tuesday during the summer from Houston, Texas directly to Lima, Peru (LIM). Rustic Pathways students come from every corner of the USA, and you may begin your trip in any USA or Canadian city serviced by Continental Airlines. The cost of your plane ticket is based on the state from which you depart. Please see the chart (above) and find the state where your home airport is located. The price shown is the airline ticket cost from your home airport to Houston, and then onto Lima, Peru. The price shown is for round-trip travel for both your domestic flights and your international flights, and does not include taxes and surcharges imposed by the airlines or the governments which are billed separately.
Canadian Students
Canadian students have the option of beginning their trip with Rustic Pathways from their home airport in Canada (Continental Airlines operates flights from Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Halifax and Quebec – although the number of flights and the timing of those flights may create serious connection issues) or making their own way to any US city served by Continental Airlines and beginning their trip there. Students who book their own flights are subject to restrictions on what time they can arrive into Lima, Peru, and what time they can depart Lima, Peru. Students booking their flights outside of the established time frames will incur a minimum of $120 transportation fee each way. If you are a Canadian student and have questions about your options, please email us at peru@rusticpathways.com.
International Students (students not from the USA or Canada)
In most cases, international students are asked to make their own flight arrangements to our Gateway City which is Houston, Texas (IAH), or to make their own flight arrangements directly to Lima, Peru (LIM). Students who book their own flights are subject to restrictions on what time they can arrive into Lima, and what time they can depart Lima. Students booking their flights outside of the established time frames will incur a minimum of $120 transportation fee each way. If you do not live in the USA or Canada and have questions about this option, please email us at peru@rusticpathways.com.
Check your Luggage from your home airport directly to Lima, Peru When you check in for your first scheduled flight, you will be able to check your luggage all the way to your final destination in Lima, Peru (LIM). You do not need to pick up your luggage when you change planes.
Meet your flight leader at Houston Airport and be escorted to Peru!
You will fly from your designated departure airport to Houston (IAH). When you arrive at Houston you will meet your flight leader and stay with them all the way to Lima. Every group flight from Houston to Peru, and every group flight from Peru back to Houston has a Rustic Pathways Flight Leader escorting the students on the flight. Flights from your home city to Houston are not escorted.
Beginning Your Trip In One City And Returning To A Different City
Some students want to begin their trip in one city, and then return to a different city at the end of their Peru trip. We are able to arrange this in almost all cases as long as you are beginning your trip in one airport served by Continental Airlines, and returning to another airport serviced by Continental Airlines. When you do this, the airfare is 50% of the airfare listed above for your departure airport, plus 50% of the airfare listed above for your returning airport. If you would like to leave from one airport and return from another airport, please indicate this on your application form. If you have questions, please contact us at peru@rusticpathways.com.
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