Your tour deposit is 100 percent refundable until August 24, 2026.

If you book the tour less than 60 days before its departure date, the entire tour cost becomes non-refundable after 7 days. Once the deposit refund date has passed, your deposit will not be refunded under any circumstance.

All payments become nonrefundable on your final payment due date (60 days before departure, August 24, 2026): We may provide you a refund of your final tour payment if you cancel your reservation or if your tour is interrupted due to a Refundable Event, as outlined below. If you cancel your reservation for a Refundable Event 31–60 days before the first day of the tour, your refund will be equal to 100 percent of your original tour price minus your deposit. If you cancel your reservation for a Refundable Event 1–30 days before the first day of the tour, your refund will be equal to 50 percent of your original tour price minus your deposit. If you must leave your tour and not return to it after it has begun (Tour Interruption) for a Refundable Event, a pro-rated refund of $200 per day may be issued. To request a refund, you must follow the Refund Request Process listed below. This is not insurance and is not intended as a substitute for comprehensive travel and health insurance.

If the tour you have reserved is canceled by Justin D Ward, the entire amount you have paid to Justin D Ward for the applicable tour will be refunded to you within 14 days after the tour's cancellation.

Once this occurs, Justin D Ward will have no other obligations to tour members on cancelled trips including any additional costs or fees related to the issuance and/or cancellation of airline tickets or other travel reservations not made by Justin D Ward.

To reserve a seat on this tour you must agree to these Tour Conditions and provide us with a deposit of $500 per person. This deposit is fully refundable until August 24, 2026.

We accept, Paypal, Venmo, MasterCard, Visa, and American Express for all tour deposits.

For final balance payments, we also accept personal checks or bank drafts/wires in US dollars drawn on a US or Canadian bank.

Your final tour payment is due at least 60 days prior to the start of the tour, meaning by August 24, 2026, in one payment.

Missing the August 24, 2026 final payment deadline may result in your being removed from the tour. If you sign up for a tour less than 60 days before its departure, the entire tour price must be paid, and is nonrefundable after 7 days.

Included in the tour price: sightseeing tours by Chef Justin Ward, and local guides when appropriate, including admissions to sights seen as a group; meals as specified; accommodations each night; all transportation from Day 1 at the designated hotel of the tour until the return to the designated hotel at end of Day 8, except for any personal travel during free time or at any moment when not with the group; all restaurant, local guide, and driver tips; meals all restaurants listed in tour description or equivalents. Not included are alcoholic beverages and hotel incidentals such as laundry, room service, etc.

France, and especially Paris is full of surprises (occasional strikes, for example), and we need to be flexible enough to take advantage of whatever comes along (good or bad!) so that you will have the best possible tour. Uncompleted portions of the tour itinerary are not cause for refund.

If a payment is returned unpaid for any reason (in other words, if your check “bounces"), we will assess a $35 returned-item fee per occurrence. The fee(s) will be added to the applicable tour balance and must be paid in full prior to your tour departure.

Justin D Ward may provide you a refund as described above if one of the following refundable medical or family emergency events requires you to cancel your reservation or interrupts your tour. A Refundable Event must first occur less than 60 days prior to your tour's start date or while on tour. It is Justin D Ward's sole discretion to determine if your situation is a Refundable Event. For these purposes, your traveling partner is considered to be someone who shares the same accommodations with you and a family member to be your spouse, child (including an adopted child or stepchild), or blood relative in the first degree.

1. You, your travel partner, or a family member dies or suffers an unexpected and disabling injury or illness requiring hospitalization or urgent medical care prior to joining or during the tour.

2. You, your travel partner, or family member suffers a certifiable personal disaster (such as your home floods or burns down, or you are a victim of a serious crime) necessitating a change in travel plans.

3. You or your spouse are called into active military service or have leave revoked.

4. Loss of employment.

Refund request process: If you need to cancel your tour you must notify Justin D Ward immediately in writing, sent via email to chefjustinward@gmail.com.

Cancellations become effective on the date received by Justin D Ward.

If you wish to request a refund for a Refundable Event and you have comprehensive travel insurance, you must first file a claim with your insurance provider before requesting a refund from Justin D Ward. Justin D Ward will only process your request for a refund after you have filed a claim with your insurance provider and can demonstrate the final insurance payment or settlement. Any refund paid by Justin D Ward for a Refundable Event will be reduced by the amount you receive from your travel insurance.

You also must provide the following documentation along with your cancellation notice: For an unexpected illness or injury, we require you to provide a letter from your attending physician, on the physician's letterhead, verifying the specific reason and date of the onset of the condition given for advice against traveling; in the event of a death, we require a death certificate or obituary; due to a crime, flood, fire, or accident, you must provide a copy of a pertinent police, fire department, or investigative report; for unexpected loss of your job, we require a letter signed by your employer specifying the date of termination, on the company's letterhead (including contact information).

To travel on a tour, all tour members are required to review and accept a General Release and Waiver Agreement and a Health and Safety Pledge prior to the beginning of a tour. Omitting important information, or altering any of these agreements, will render it invalid, and could result in expulsion from a tour at your own expense.

While Justin D Ward will do his very best to help everyone on the Paris 2026 Culinary Tour to have a great trip, it could happen that someone participating in a tour can misbehave or do things that are incompatible with the safety, comfort, or convenience of other members of the tour. In those circumstances Justin D Ward has the exclusive right and discretion to expel someone (even you) from the tour at any time.

This tour will be physically active, our hotels are centrally located but may provide fewer American-style amenities.

On this tour, you assume certain obligations and responsibilities to Justin D Ward and your fellow tour members, including, but not limited to, the following:

Carry or roll your own luggage for up to 15 minutes over uneven pavement and in the case of elevator failure, be able to carry your own luggage to your accommodations.

Be comfortable on your feet with brisk two-hour walking tours, climbing stairs, hopping on and off public transportation, plus standing and walking for up to four hours in cooking classes and city visits, in all weather conditions.

After orientation and transportation lessons, be able to navigate towns and cities on your own.

Tour members requiring help must be accompanied by an able companion who can be entirely responsible for providing the assistance. (If you have concerns about the physical demands of our tours, please reach out to Justin Ward at chefjustinward@gmail.com)

Follow all safety precautions and health directives set by Justin D Ward, or by local officials, for example: isolating if you are showing symptoms of any contagious illness, being seen by a health professional or being tested for contagious illnesses at your own expense as a condition of continuing on the tour. The possible precautions and directives required are not limited to the examples included here.

No smoking or vaping is allowed on the bus, in the hotel, or where other tour members are present.