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Pricing and Payment
Policies
If you are on a tour individually, you can pay using our sliding scale. See below.
Group tour prices vary but generally cost about $200 for up to 12 people or $350 for a three
hour tour of up to 24 people.
Cash is great. Credit card payments are accepted only through PayPal.
Pre-payment is
not necessary for a reservation. Just contact us and let us know how to
reach you.
Our individual prices are
sliding scale:
If you earn very
little
→ $10
If you're
finally living comfortably
→ $15 plus tip, as deserved
If you live a
settled lifestyle
→ $20 plus tip
If donating
to progressive educational purposes makes you feel good
→ $25 plus tip
If you're proud
to be good at making money
→ $40 plus large tip, whether deserved or not!
Custom tours are priced depending on what you want.
Sometimes we use public transit during the tour. Your guide will let you know in advance so you can bring a Muni pass or $2 cash (or coin).
The idea behind our
sliding scale:
We don't like turning people
away for lack of funds, though sometimes we have to turn people away
for scheduling reasons.
As you'll see on your tour, your support sustains our unusual programs
connecting people with the urban and natural context. Our tours are
presented as community activism and education. We provide tours
regardless of your financial resources. And we always aim to provide a
living wage for our guides.
We encourage haggling and negotiation if you have the stomach for it.
Ideally, we'd spend an
hour or more talking with each of you about priorities in life,
financial resources, generosity, and so on, the way Movement
for a New Society used to determine pricing for their
workshops, way back in the idealism age. But that approach takes a lot
of patience—and patience doesn't grow on trees (unlike
impatiens, as you'll see on your tour).
We provide these think walks for reasons that have little to do with
money, and of course you'll appreciate our tours for more than their
low cost.
Accepted forms of payment
We accept:
• Cash (U.S. Dollars or Euros)
• PayPal to account listed under email: doajig@ekit.com (green button
below) Accepted: Canadian Dollars, Euros, Pounds Sterling, Yen and U.S.
Dollars.
• Credit card if paid in advance through Paypal
• Check if approved by your guide or cleared through your bank prior to
the tour, same for eChecks through PayPal.
• Barter if approved by your guide or pre-arranged
• Travelor's check if artfully countersigned in guide's presence
Click this button if you wish
to pay right now using credit card, eCheck or PayPal (if you have no
PayPal account, you can pay with your credit card by setting up a
PayPal account, quickly, securely and easily through this green button
PayPal link)
Refunds
Since it's a sliding scale, and is merely a donation to Thinkwalks educational efforts, refunds are always freely given as requested. We ask only that you give us honest details as to why you are requesting the refund so we can improve our services in every way possible.
We give refunds in cash in
person when possible, if payment was in cash. All other refunds will be
made only to your PayPal account immediately, or by check within 30
days, if you provide a mailing address.
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