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Customized Group Tour Form
Please fill out this form if you are interested in booking a custom tour of Olana. These tours are provided by The Olana Partnership and guided by knowledgeable senior staff. A meet and greet with The Olana Partnership President is included whenever possible. Availability of Custom Tours is limited, particularly during August and October, so please plan ahead. Once we receive your completed form, a staff member will contact you directly to finalize plans. Thank you.
Group Leader Name
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Tour Organizer Name (if different)
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Email
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Enter Email
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Once we receive your request, we will email you to follow up, so please make sure you enter your address accurately. If you don't receive a follow up email shortly after submitting this form, that usually means it's in your spam folder or you didn't enter your email address correctly. Thank you.
Phone
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Preferably, a cell phone that the group leader will have with them the day of the tour.
Group Name
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This name will be used to hold your tour and in correspondence.
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Custom Tour of Olana’s Historic Landscape and Main House with the Sharp Gallery
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Please note that a private reception can be organized with this tour for an additional charge:* All guests require a ticket for entry. A lift can provide access to the main floor; please note this when confirming your booking and request assistance at the Visitor Center at the time of ticket purchase. There is no lift access to the second floor. No backpacks, large bags, or strollers please.
This combined tour provides participants with Frederic Church’s complete, holistic vision of Olana – America’s most intact and important artist-designed environment. It begins with a walking tour of Ridge Road and the South Approach Road that includes spectacular views and highlights of the artist-designed landscape and its integral viewshed. In the house, senior staff lead participants through the both the public rooms and the private quarters above and provide an introduction to the special exhibition in The Evelyn and Maurice Sharp Gallery. The combined tour requires a minimum of 2.5 hours on site. The guided walk is approximately one mile in length and one hour in duration. Comfortable walking shoes are necessary. For larger groups, headsets are available for the landscape tour. For the Main House tour, groups of more than 12 will be split up, and please note that there are several flights of stairs. Cost: Tuesday-Friday, $50 per person; minimum donation of $500 or 10 people. Saturday-Monday, $100 per person; minimum donation $1,000 or 10 people. Each additional person over 10 will be charged the per person rate. The fair market value of each tour is $125.
Number of Guests
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Please provide the total number who will be taking the tour including leaders, drivers, and infants. If you're booking for a group where you have yet to confirm everyone, please provide the largest possible number you hope to bring.
Please enter a value between
2
and
104
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Preferred Date
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Alternate Date
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In case, your preferred date isn't available, please pick an alternate.
Preferred Time
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Our best tour times are 12:00 pm, and 2 pm, but we can book at other times. When scheduling, please keep in mind that we ask you to arrive 30 minutes before your tour time to purchase tickets and to see the 24 minute introductory film.
12:00 p.m. tour with 11:30 a.m. arrival
2:00 p.m. tour with 1:30 p.m. arrival
Possible Number of Persons with Accessibility Issues
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If you have persons requiring the use of our lift to access the main floor of the house, please provide the total number. The lift holds one person at a time, so we need to allow 3-5 minutes of lead time before the tour for each person requiring use of the lift.
Possible Number of persons with a service dog--as defined by the ADA.
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Please note that while we welcome service dogs as defined by the ADA, no emotional support animals of any kind are allowed.
How may we assist those with accessible needs?
Mode of Travel
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Car
Bus
Bicycle
Please note, parking is limited. Carpooling is recommended. We have limited parking for motor coaches. If you are coming by bus, we will provide very specific instructions for the driver.
Will the group include (check all that apply).
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Adults
Seniors
Children
This provides us with a better idea of how to tailor the tour to your group.
Please let us know if your group has any special interests?
Comments and/or questions
Primary Language:
Please check the primary language of the group if other than English and let us know if you'll be bringing interpreters, if needed. The tour will be provided in English.
Will you be bringing your own interpreter(s)?
Spanish
Chinese
French
German
Japanese
other
What language does your group speak?
Please read and check the following to show you accept this policy.
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Please arrive 30 minutes before your tour to purchase your tickets in the Museum Shop (Cash, charge, or checks made payable to “OPRHP - Olana SHS”). A single group payment is required to receive the group rate. Accomodating late arrivals is at the discretion of the site staff. Arriving after the start time for your tour may forfeit your reservation.
Please read and check the following to show you accept this policy.
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Once your tour is confirmed, your group total may not increase without prior site staff approval. We schedule guides based on this total, so it's quite important.
Phone
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
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