Airport Reception
If you have sent in your flight details to CISabroad and are arriving by 12:00 PM on August 25, you will be met at the Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO) airport on arrival and you’ll take a direct transfer to the hotel. Please note that assistance with your arrival from the airport is included in your program fees if you are arriving in the designated time window. We will be sending detailed instructions in the coming weeks. Many of you will be arriving to Rome from a different European country, so you may have already gone through European Union customs. You should be able to leave the baggage area and meet Alessandro & the FUA staff in the designated arrivals area.
If you are not participating in the Cultural Introduction to Italy traveling week, and are thus arriving into Florence (FLR) at a later date instead, you’ll receive your arrival instructions separately.
Airport pickup is included in the CISabroad program fee, but we cannot guarantee airport pickup for anyone that arrives outside of the designated arrival times. To help us make sure we meet you at the airport, make sure you fill out the travel information link in your portal if you have not done so already.
CISabroad Emergency Contact On-site
****Have this contact information on you at ALL times when you travel.****
If your bags may decide to take a later flight, don’t panic. If the airline loses your luggage you must file a report with the airline while you are still in the baggage area. It is much more difficult to file this report once you’ve left the baggage claim area. The information you will need to provide on that form is this:
Your Name
c/o FUA Corso Tintori 21
50122 Firenze, Italia
If your flight is delayed, please make sure to call the CISabroad Emergency phone so that we can inform our onsite team of your delay. We will do everything we can to pick you up from the airport, even if your flight is delayed, but if we cannot meet you there, we will provide you with detailed information on how to take transportation to the hotel so you can meet up with the group.
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A Pre-Arrival sheet will be provided to you, 1-2 weeks before you arrive onsite. This will contain more detailed information on your arrival as well as specific phone numbers and contact information if there are any issues with your flight or airport pickup. Please print the Pre-Arrival Instructions & Emergency Contact Card provided via email, as well as the FUA important contact numbers.
For extra information on airports around the world, including maps and estimated arrival times, check out the website, Flightstats.com.
Program Departure
When you depart at the end of your program, you will be responsible for your own transportation back to the airport. Students usually share taxis back to the airport together to be cost effective!