Guatemala Program Fees

Registration Fee

A non-refundable registration fee of USD 349 must accompany your application. We guarantee you placement in your first two choices and your first two countries and will refund your registration fee if are unable to provide you placement as indicated.

Combining Guatemala Programs

In addition to taking a program separately, you can combine programs such as Guatemala volunteer or internship placement with either of the adventure programs, the Guatemala Spanish Language Study Abroad or the Survival Spanish Program. Additionally, those taking the Spanish Study abroad program can take volunteer placement for free or take the internships for a surcharge of USD 100 only. For those combining volunteer placement with adventure programs, volunteer placement starts in week 2 of the simply adventureÃ‚Â program and week 3 for the Best of GuatemalaÃ‚Â program.

The cost of our various programs, on top of the registration fee, is provided below.

Program/Week	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Volunteer	364	484	604	724	844	964	1084	1204	1374	1494	1614	1734
Internship	464	584	704	824	944	1064	1184	1304	1474	1594	1714	1834
Spanish Study	569	689	809	929	1099	1269	1449	1629	1809	1999	2179	2369
Simply Adventure	559	859	989	1099	1219	1339	1459	1579	1699	1819	1939	2059
Best of Guatemala	NA	1839	2049	2219	2339	2459	2579	2699	2869	2989	3109	3229
Survival Spanish	100	200

Notices:
Making Payment: For information about how to make a payment, please click here.
Spanish Language Requirements: Except for the reforestation project, Group health care placement and 2-3 week adventure program participants who do not require basic Spanish, all other Guatemala program participants must sign up for two weeks of Free Basic Spanish. Ideally volunteers take Spanish classes in the during half of the day and volunteer during the other half.
Health Care Projects: Health care internships are only open to students with at least one year of program core coursework.

Combining Adventure Programs: Those wishing to combine adventure programs with internships need to add USD 100 to the quoted adventure program fees. Those wishing to combine Spanish Study Abroad with Adventure should email us.

What Fees and Costs Cover

Logistics: communication, program information, finding and organizing projects, Guatemala office expense (utilities, salaries, maintenance, office rent), coordination, and donation to projects, project supervision.
Food and Accommodation: Including 3 meals per day during studies and project work, vegetarian meals with prior arrangement.
Spanish Study Abroad Program: For paid up participants, 5 hours of classes per day 5 days a week with 30 minutes break; teachers, free library services; food and accommodation as indicated above.
Guatemala Adventure Tours: Logistics as outlined above; transport, in-country flights and meals provision varies according to indicated schedule for each adventure option; accommodation in hotels as indicated; gate fees to covered events and sites where clearly indicated in the sample schedule.
Insurance: Comprehensive Travel and Health Insurance.

Costs Not Covered

Travel: International travel to Guatemala; pickup and drop off at the airport (you will get assistance in arranging airport pickup and transport to Xela); international and local airport departure fees (USD 36); In-country travel (outside what is indicated in the adventure tours), visa fees, transport to and from work daily if any (almost all projects are within walking distance of home); during the tours , accommodation and meals not clearly specified in the sample schedules.
Other Meals: not included in the sample schedules including special diets; drinks; bottled water, refreshments.
Miscellaneous Expenses: personal expenses such as toiletries, leisure, gifts, and costs associated with private or optional travel/events.

The above lists of what is covered and what is not covered are not comprehensive, please refer to the terms of service for a more comprehensive outline and contact us if you have any questions.

Important Additional Costs
Transport to Xela from Guatemala City: Cost is about USD 7.00 for one-way bus ride.
Meals During Adventure Tours: Some most meals are covered ( see specific Adventure program schedules), otherwise cost of meals is around USD 10 for a meal and USD 5 for a snack.

Airport Pickup: This is only covered for Best of Guatemala program. Other participants should budget for USD 30 for airport pickup, dinner and breakfast on your arrival in Guatemala city.