YPAS Flight Information - updated

Hello dear Members of the YPAS Tour, now that ticketing is finally final, not only did Delta raise your taxes and fuel surcharges (we will absorb the increase however as another token of our appreciation for your return business and trust in Incantato Tours), but also changed the schedule yet once more. Those of you who chose the air-land package will be flying the friendly skies on the long-hauls with Delta Airlines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, on the 2011 YPAS Performance Cruise on the Danube. For more information on your on-board experience, please visit the Delta Airlines and KLM websites. The Incantato Tours team wishes you a safe and relaxing flight.

UPDATED Departure for Europe:

Saturday, April 2, 2011

DELTA AIR LINES flight DL402, leave CINCINNATI CVG at 7:10PM

Arrive in ATLANTA ATL at 8:45PM

KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES flight KL622, leave ATLANTA ATL at 10:40PM

Arrive in AMSTERDAM AMS at 1:05PM on Sunday, April 3, 2011

KLM flight KL1977, leave AMSTERDAM AMS at 2:35PM

Arrive in BUDAPEST BUD at 4:35PM

UPDATED Return to USA:

Monday, April 11, 2011

DELTA AIR LINES flight DL211, leave PRAGUE PRG at 11:55AM

Arrive in NEW YORK JFK at 3:05PM

DELTA AIR LINES flight DL2013, leave NEW YORK JFK at 5:10PM

Arrive in CINCINNATI CVG at 7:41PM

Finale highlight concert at Schweiklberg Abbey on Saturday, April 9, at 7 pm

Beautiful Schweiklberg Abbey in Vilshofen, Germany, will be the finale concert venue of the 2011 Incantato Performance Tour Cruise for the YPAS travelers on Saturday, April 9, at 7 pm. The abbey was founded in 1905 by Cölestin Meier and five other monks. The church - where the performance will take place - has two significant onion domes which are around 167 feet high. There are eight dials, six of them show the current time, the other ones show the altitude of the sun and the moon. The church was dedicated to the holy trinity in 1925.

Exciting exchange in Bratislava on Tuesday, April 5: YPAS and the Evangelic Lutheran Lyceum

On Tuesday, April 5, there is a special event on the itinerary for the YPAS travelers: an exchange and recital with the Evangelic Lutheran Lyceum (Evanjelické lyceum) in Bratislava, Slovakia. The school was instituted in 1606 shortly after the establishment of the first Lutheran congregation in Bratislava. It was modeled on the German secondary school and flourished until 1672, when Hapsburg Emperor Leopold authorized the takeover of the school by the Jesuits as part of the Counter-Reformation. The school reopened again in 1681 and grew in prominence as well as enrollment into the early 20th century. In 1923 the school was taken over by the new national government of Czechoslovakia and transformed into the State German Secondary School. In 1944, even this form of the school was abolished and the school remained closed until September 1991, when it was re-established by the Slovak Lutheran Church in cooperation with the national Office of Education. Speakers at the opening service on 2 September, 1991 included General Bishop Uhorskai of the Slovak Lutheran Church as well as Alexander Dubchek, President of the Czechoslovak National Assembly. Today’s Evangelical Lyceum consists of two units with a total enrollment of around 840 students. For more information (in Slovak) and pictures, please see the official website of the Evangelic Lutheran Lyceum.

Incantato Restaurant: Michal in Prague - Farewell Dinner on Sunday, April 10

On Sunday, April 10 the YPAS travelers spend their last night in Europe and will enjoy a special farewell dinner in Prague: at Restaurant Michal. The restaurant is situated in one of the oldest parts of historical Prague on the right bank of the River Vltava, only a few steps away from the stone arches of Charles Bridge. The building in which the fully air-conditioned restaurant is situated was reconstructed in Art Nouveau style in the second half of the 19th century, but from its interior it is clear that its roots go back as far as the Early Gothic period. Their typical menu includes both typical Czech dishes and international cuisine.

What is PayPal and how does it work?

Incantato Tours is transitioning to the use of PayPal to receive tour payments. The following information gives a brief description of PayPal and detailed instructions on how to make your payments. We hope that you will find this method more efficient and significantly safer than sending payments through standard mail, and we thank you for your patience and cooperation during this transition process. For more information about PayPal, please visit www.paypal.com.

PayPal is the faster, safer way to pay and get paid online. The service allows members to send money without sharing financial information, with the flexibility to pay using their account balances, bank accounts, credit cards or promotional financing. With more than 87 million active accounts in 190 markets and 24 currencies around the world, PayPal enables global ecommerce. PayPal is an eBay company and is made up of three leading online payment services: the PayPal global payment service, the Payflow Gateway and Bill Me Later. The company's open payment platform, PayPal X, allows developers to build innovative payment applications on multiple platforms and devices.

Paypal is surprisingly simple to use. Anyone with an email account can successfully conduct business with PayPal. Once you have accessed the website (http://www.paypal.com), first choose the “Send Money” option located at the top of the screen. You will be prompted to fill in the recipient’s email address (info@incantatotours.com), your own email address, and the dollar amount of your payment. Be sure to also indicate, using the tabbed options on the “Send Money” screen, that this payment is for the purchase of services. Continue then to the following screen where you will choose your preferred method of payment (credit, debit, PayPal account, etc.), and fill in the appropriate information. Within moments of completion, Incantato Tours will receive a confirmation email stating that your payment has been added directly to our business PayPal account. Please note that although the money is transferred instantly, it may take up to three business days to appear on your personal financial statements. There are no additional fees when sending money via PayPal.

Austria's Best Video Collection: An American in Austria

To inspire the visitors, the website www.austria.info has created a number of videos to introduce the major Austrian cities, giving insider tips and must-do activities - all presented by Mariessa, host of "Getting Around". Join her and explore Salzburg, Bregenz, Innsbruck and Vienna by clicking on the following link http://www.austria.info/us/austria-videos.

Haydn Organ at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna

On Wednesday, April 6, the Youth Performing Arts School Touring Concert Choir of Louisville will have a highlight performance at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna. For this performance the group will sing to the music played by the Haydn organ. For more information about the other organs of the cathedral, please click here.

The Haydn organ was installed back in 2009 and provides a special highlight for the Joseph Haydn Year 2009 at St. Stephen’s. Joseph Haydn and his brothers received a comprehensive education at the Cathedral and gathered almost 10 years’ musical experience while serving as members of the Cathedral Choir. The new instrument has been named the Haydn Organ in honour of their contribution. The instrument was blessed by Archbishop Cardinal Christoph Schönborn on Saturday, 24 October 2009. The inauguration ceremony marked the official opening of the 2009 St. Stephen’s Organ Festival, which was held under the patronage of Cardinal Schönborn and Vienna Mayor Michael Häupl.