2024 Trip Details

Members and parents, please review the following details together. The itinerary below may vary by school and is subject to change at any time. Connexpedition staff will keep you updated via email if there are any changes.

Trip Itinerary

Program Check-In & Traveling (June 25-30)

  • Tuesday, June 25th at 9:00pm – Meet us at the San Francisco International Airport. Regardless of the airline you are traveling, please meet next to the EVA Air check-in counters (aisles 5 and 6) to receive instructions before check-in.

    • If you are traveling with us there and back and will only have the hiking backpack as your luggage, we will need your help to check in some boxes of materials as your second check-in item.

  • Thursday, June 27th

    • 6:00am - Participants will arrive at or before 6:30am. We will have charter bus transportation from the airport to the Taipei Hero House 臺北國軍英雄館. Our Taiwan staff will meet everyone at the airport.

      • We will update you all ASAP via email and here about the UA flight situation as soon as we get a headcount of the number of people on that flight.

    • 8:00am - Commuters and those flying in that morning will all meet at the Taipei Hero House lobby. We will have bus transportation from the Taipei Hero House to the separate schools on Sunday.

    • 9:00am - Orientation & settling into rooms.

  • Friday, June 28th - Saturday, June 29th - Members will prepare for classes and explore New Taipei City and Taipei City.

  • Sunday, June 30th - Members will travel to their assigned schools by charter bus.

Week 1 of English Lessons (July 1-5)

  • Classes (M-F) from 9:00am - 4:30pm

  • Continued preparation in the afternoon and evening.

Weekend 1 (July 6-7)

  • Saturday, July 6th

    • 8:00am - 8:50am - Parent visitation hours at individual schools. Members clean & get ready to leave for the weekend trip.

    • 9:30am - Shuttles will pick teams up to explore New Taipei City and Taipei City. NTPC has prepared a “glam-ping” overnight itinerary for our members. More information will be given at training and at the parent final meeting.

  • Sunday, July 7th - Members will return to their individual schools. Teams may choose to continue exploring New Taipei City & Taipei City.

    • Parent’s tea time: Some Pinglin tea related products or discounts will be provided to all of our member's parents in Pinglin on Sunday and we encourage parent’s to explore the city with family. More details will be given as soon as possible.

Week 2 of English Lessons (July 8-11)

  • Classes (M-Th) from 9:00am - 4:30pm

  • Continued preparation in the afternoon and evening.

New Taipei City BBnA Conference (Friday, July 12)

  • All students and volunteers gather to present and review the outcomes of the program

Final Day (Saturday, July 13)

  • Morning: Clean & pack up

  • 10:00am - Teams will go on a day trip around New Taipei City and Taipei. Members and staff will have a closing celebration dinner before checkout.

  • 7:00pm - Meet at Banqiao Station for checkout.

    • Members remaining in Taiwan will need to be picked up by parents or family members at Banqiao Station.

    • Participants returning to the US will have arranged transportation and supervision to the airport.

    • If a member needs to check out early or has other circumstances, please let us know ASAP.

Insurance

Previously, we requested that you purchase your own travel insurance for the trip. After some discussion, we figured that it would be more efficient and cheaper to purchase this insurance for all the members in Taiwan. You no longer need to purchase insurance for the trip, however, keep in mind that this insurance will only cover the duration of the service trip. If you wish to stay in Taiwan longer, please plan accordingly.

7/14 NTPC Festival

The New Taipei City Government's Festival Marketplace will be held on July 14 (13:00-19:00) at Fuzhong MRT Station. If applicant’s family members or friends join the Festival Marketplace on July 14, they will receive coupons for the Marketplace and other activities around the “𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐍𝐨.𝟏”.

This is a blurb from their gracious invitation to us:

New Taipei City has the largest population of all of Taiwan’s cities and is a place of rich ethnic diversity. It also possesses a great abundance of cultural assets and creative artistic talent as well as unique cultural characteristics. We embrace the spirit of innovation and are committed to the promotion of artistic development, the preservation and activation of cultural assets, community building, and other positive cultural endeavors.

In 2021-2023, the program of “Youth Culture Ambassador of New Taipei City” pays special attention to the progress of our youth participants in the cultural events to ensure they can work together through self-exploration, discover personal and cultural identities, and practice teamwork and leadership to become the future leaders of our diverse world.

The vision of the Intercultural Event in New Taipei City is to create an intercommunicate environment in which “Youth Culture Ambassador of New Taipei City”, young citizens and foreigners participate cultural events and all share in cultural achievements, and to make New Taipei City a lively and loveable city.