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Travel Information
AIRLINE ASSISTANCE
UNACCOMPANIED MINOR We recommend that you check with your airline prior to departure regarding unaccompanied minor fees and requirements. Please be available by phone on the day your camper is flying.
We will meet campers at both Colorado Springs Airport and Denver International Airport. Colorado Springs is a smaller, more convenient airport and only 45 miles from camp. However, several low cost carriers have direct flights from many cities to Denver and it may be more cost effective and convenient for you to schedule your child’s flight into this larger airport that is about 100 miles from camp.
At both airports our team of staff will meet campers at their gates, help collect their luggage and transport them to camp. Please ask your camper to look for a Sanborn staff member as he or she departs the airplane. Our staff members wear easily identifiable, bright orange shirts that say “Sanborn Western Camps” on the front. It is very important that we have an accurate e-mail address for one or more parents or guardians.
If you have questions or are having difficulty arranging appropriate flights, or if your submitted travel plans
change within two weeks of your child’s arrival or departure at camp,
please call or email Jenny Peck at (719) 748-3341 or jenny@sanbornwesterncamps.com.
Please arrange flights into Colorado Springs or Denver that arrive be-
tween 8:00 AM and 2:00 PM on
Opening Day. This allows campers to arrive at camp before dinner and begin to connect with their living units. Flights on Closing Day should depart between 8:00 AM and 2:00 PM.
International campers from Europe and Asia are encouraged to fly to camp one day before Opening Day. We will meet them at the airport, transport them to camp, and give them an opportunity to get a good night’s sleep before welcoming their cabin and tentmates on Opening Day.
If your child is flying, we will e-mail you by 8 p.m. MST on Opening Day to let you know he/she has arrived safely at camp and to provide the name of his/her living unit.
TRAVEL PLANS
To submit your child’s travel information login to our online community and then follow our step-by-step guide (p. 16). We need this information at least two weeks before your child’s travel date. If you are flying into/
out of Colorado with your child and
DO NOT intend to drive them to camp, please call Jenny Peck at 719-748-3341 to determine where you will meet camp staff at the airport.
Each camper’s travel documents will be collected by staff members upon arrival at camp. Please talk with your child about turning in his/ her paper travel documents upon arrival at camp because we may need baggage claim checks or other flight/airline information.
MONEY AT THE AIRPORT
For travel home, we will make sure that each camper has some money for needs in the airport (this may be money brought to camp or from his/ her camper account). We will return cell phones to those campers who brought them so they can be charged and ready for the trip.
BOARDING PASSES Please do not download your child’s boarding
passes for his/her return flight. We will take care of these at the airport. Be aware that airlines will not allow an unaccompanied minor to fly on the last flight of the day. We recommend that the Unaccompanied Minor Fee be paid roundtrip at your originating airport to assure a speedy return check-in for your child. Please send us a copy of your receipt for the return flight, as airline computers sometimes can’t access this information.
When arranging unaccompanied minor travel with the airline, please list one of the following camp representatives as the person designated to pick your camper up at their final destination:
Denver:
Taylor Indrebo 2000 Old Stage Road Florissant, CO 80816 303-656-1963
Colorado Springs:
Carly Liebich 2000 Old Stage Road Florissant, CO 80816 208-863-7897
On departure, if your child is being picked up by someone other than a parent, we will need this person’s name, address and phone number.
SANBORN WESTERN CAMPS FOR GIRLS
NAME ADDRESS CITY, STATE, ZIP PHONE 2000 OLD STAGE ROAD PO BOX 167 FLORISSANT, CO 80816 719.748.3341 info@sanbornwesterncamps.com
NAME ADDRESS CITY, STATE, ZIP SANBORN WESTERN CAMPS FOR BOYS
PHONE
2000 OLD STAGE ROAD PO BOX 167 FLORISSANT, CO 80816 719.748.3341 info@sanbornwesterncamps.com
AIRLINE BAGGAGE
Please use the tags provided by camp for all baggage checked or carried on the plane. Our experience is that baggage with camp tags is more easily identifiable at the airports. Please check with your airline for current baggage policies and fees.
GROUND TRANSPORTATION TO CAMP
The charge for the trip from Colorado Springs airport ($55.00 each way) or Denver airport ($75.00 each way) will be made to the camper’s spending account.
LUGGAGE AND SHIPPING
With the additional costs for luggage carried by airlines, it may be more convenient for you to ship your child’s belongings to camp ahead of time. We are considered a “business” and receive FedEX and UPS on a regular basis.
Sanborn Western Camps
Camper Name High Trails or Big Spring 2000 Old Stage Road
Florissant, CO 80816
Phone: 719-748-3341
We carefully break down, label and store your camper’s shipping boxes. If the boxes are damaged or unusable for return shipping, you will be charged for new boxes.
We will insure shipped items for $900 unless you request a higher amount. We also ship lost and found items with camper’s name back to the camper as soon as possible by the best available method. Shipping fees and insurance will be charged to the camper account and billed at the end of the summer.
HOW TO REACH CAMP BY CAR
From Colorado Springs take US Highway 24 west through Florissant (34 miles). Turn left at the top of the hill onto County Road 46, less than one mile west of Florissant. (The “Wagon Tongue/Slater Creek” directional sign indicates the turn). Follow County Road 46 for about 2.5 miles to the camp road. Bear left at our signs and proceed on our road for two more miles to the main entrance marked by flags and a covered wagon. Follow the signs to the right for Big Spring Ranch and to the left for High Trails Ranch.
SHIPPING RECOMMENDATIONS
• Ship luggage at least 10 days before camp begins to assure timely arrival. Camp receives no weekend deliveries. • Please try to keep box weight to 50 pounds or less to avoid additional shipping charges and to make it easier for camp staff to transport your child’s luggage to their assigned tent or cabin. • Trunks and duffle bags should be in a cardboard box to minimize damage and avoid additional charges. Check with the shipper to confirm any restrictions or extra fees that can be avoided by a simple change in the way these items are packaged. • No packing peanuts, please.
SHIPPED LUGGAGE RETURN
Unless we are notified, we will send your child’s luggage back at the end of camp (1-2 days plus shipping time) and will make every effort to use the same carrier that you used to send these items. Please be aware that
these charges can be significant. Please note that many GPS systems provide inaccurate directions to Sanborn. If your GPS routes you to “Calle de la Lluvia” off of County Road 1, do NOT take that route as you will end up in an area with no cell phone service, at a locked gate, and no camp.
If you have questions, please call camp prior to leaving Florissant: 719-748-3341.
Visit our Camp InTouch Online Community to submit your child’s travel information. Please follow our step-by-step guide below. THIS FORM IS REQUIRED FOR EVERY CAMPER AT CAMP.
1. Go to the Sanborn homepage: www.sanbornwesterncamps.com 2. Click on the “Login” link in the upper right hand corner of the homepage. 3. For returning camp families, please login using your email address and password that are currently on file (If you have forgotten your password, click the “retrieve/set password” link). 4. For new camp families, click the “retrieve/set password” link. By entering your email address, you are allowed to access our online community and set your password for future use. 5. Once you have logged in, click on the “Forms & Documents” link. 6. Click the Transportation Form link. 7. Choose the mode of travel to indicate how your child will be traveling TO and FROM* Sanborn. *If you are flying with your child, renting a car and driving him/her to camp, please enter “CAR” as your mode of travel “TO CAMP”. If your child requires transportation to camp from the airport, please enter “PLANE” as the mode of travel “TO CAMP” If you have specific questions, please contact Jenny Peck at jenny@sanbornwesterncamps.com 8. Enter in all travel information (Car, Plane, Bus) TO and FROM Sanborn for your child and click the “SAVE” button. 9. Click Submit. 10. Please assign your child’s Baggage (UPS, FEDEX, Airline Checked, Coming in Car.) TO and FROM Sanborn. 11. Click Submit. 12. A popup window will appear confirming the receipt of your child’s transportation plans. 13. If your child’s travel information changes, you can edit the information by revisiting the Transportation Form found in Step 6 until the Due Date. After that, you must call camp and provide changes directly to our Travel Coordinator, Jenny Peck. 14. If you have any questions or concerns please give us a call at 719-748-3341.
Mouse over either the car or plane to pull up the travel form for that specific means of travel.
Your child’s arrival and departure dates should match the session dates, unless other arrangements have been made with the camp travel coordinator. Important arrival and departure information is highlighted in blue and contained at the top of each drop down menu. Click “Submit” when you have entered and SAVED complete travel information for BOTH the “To Camp” and “From Camp” drop down forms.
