Details for Post Giro in the Netherlands:
Updated 12Jun08
Depending on where you are some options may be easier or cheaper.
1) You can send the deposit/payment to Netherlands (normally free transfer from within EU)
2) Send it to the USA ( no 10% early payment discount as the US$ seems to continue to drop)
Some notes:
- When making transfer tell that all the cost of the transfer are for the sender. If fees are subtracted at my side I'll ask you to reimburse me.
- The EU 250 deposit is non-refundable. The maximum number of people that can come is 10 the minimum 6
- In case you pay in US$ the balance to be paid will be calculated according the current exchange rate of the EU in India. Last year 10% of the money was lost as the $ went down and on top the costs in India went up by 10% so we had a hard time balancing the accounts.
- If you choose to bring the balance in cash please bring US$s or EUs. Most of the time I buy Rupees in advance so if you do bring Traveller Checks, you'd have to cash them for Rupees and exchange them back to buy US/EU notes, you may lose about 5% in exchange costs.
- If you don't want to carry that much money in cash just transfer it to my account and make sure it reaches before the end of November. This is actually what most people have done in the last years: just make one transfer and pay in full. And... if you pay before 30th September in my account in the Netherlands there is a 10% early payment discount on the deposit/payment made
- Telegraphic transfer can cost a bit so check with me if there are others in your area joining and you can all transfer at once. As said most just pay for the whole amount. Again all the transfer cost are for the sender.
- No tour has been cancelled after deposits were made, but just to be complete I add that if such case occurs full refund, minus bank fees, is given. I.e. what ever is received , including deposit, will be send back. This means that I am not keeping anything but that what you receive may have transfer costs deducted twice.
Name : Kees Boekhoven
Address: Beverodelaan 50,
6952 JK Dieren, The
Netherlands
Account: 5298102
Routing numbers: (That's really all they need to get it to the right place)
BIC : PSTBN L21
IBAN : NL63PSTB0005298102
Bank address:
ING Bank Amsterdam
Foreign Operations
Po Box 1800
1000 BV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Name: Kees Boekhoven
Address : 3157 CO RD 1670, Willow Springs, MO 65793-8225, USA
Phone : 417 469 4713
Account : 0310503101
Routing#: 081506837 (also called ABA in some countries)
Bank : First National Bank
Address : 925 E. Main Street,Willow Springs, MO 65793,
phone : +1 (417) 469 2343