The easiest way to book a camp is via our homepage. On each camps page you will find the button “book online”. A booking is binding for us as soon as we receive it.

Please note that if you fill in only one booking for multiple participants, you will receive only one invoice for all of them. 

We will send you a confirmation of enrollment along with the payment dates and our bank details. The first payment in the amount of 10% is due within two weeks. The final payment of the remaining balance is due 3 weeks before the start of camp. During the online booking process you can chose if you want to pay by bank transfer or by credit card. The payment must be made free of charges for the recipient. 

Please note that if you fill in only one booking for multiple participants, you will receive only one invoice for all of them. 

We send our travel documents either via snail mail or e-mail approx. two weeks prior to the start of camp. There you will find the emergency card, a list of potential additional offers (note: additional offers vary by camp), a packing list, the address of the guesthouse, etc. Please contact us if you do not receive them. 

The information you put in your child's emergency card is intended for camp counsellors. This data will certainly be treated as confidential. Please fill out this form in its entirety and make sure your child brings it to camp. Please inform us of any allergies (such as food allergies), medical conditions and necessary prescriptions at the time of the booking! Please note that our camp counsellors will only administer medications to your child that are indicated on the emergency card (name, dose). Our counsellors are prohibited from administering any other kind of medication to your child!

The ya! adventure guest house will gladly honour special food requests (vegetarian diet, pork-free diet, and the like). In case of food allergies we kindly ask you to note this on the emergency card. Please inform us of any such requests also at the time of booking. 

Please consult your doctor about necessary vaccinations and be sure to list them on your emergency card.

Clothing
You will receive a list of what to pack along with your travel documents. We recommend athletic wear, rain gear, solid footwear, slippers, long trousers and a warm jumper for all camps. Please lable all of your child's clothing.

Towels and linens
Please pack hand towels for daily use as well as a beach towel for your child (and remember to label them); the ya! adventure guest house will provide bed linen.

You have the option of booking a few extra highlights for your child; such extra activities are not included in the camp program, like rafting, high rope course, Geocaching, etc. Additional offers are organized by professional and licensed sports and outdoor partners, and make for an all-round successful experience. We figure out which programs to offer (although whether or not an activity can be offered depends on a certain minimum number of participants). Note: Additional offers vary by camp. Please check off any additional offer on this list and confirm it with your signature. Please give this list to your child to be handed in at camp: it also doubles as your declaration of consent. Please also make sure your child brings the exact payment amount to camp.

We recommend that all Austrian citizens bring along at least one copy of their passport or ID. Citizens of the Schengen area will need their original passport or ID card. Children from all other countries in the world must bring along their original passport. Please inquire as to entry requirements and visa requirements specific to your home country prior to booking.

Children and adolescents are supervised by young austria's team of camp counsellors. Our camp counsellors are mostly students in the fields of physical education, education, psychology, as well as prospective or current teachers. ya! camp counsellors and directors attend several days worth of training seminars and are thoroughly prepared for their employment at our summer camps. They are required to pass courses on first aid, legal aspects, program planning and organisation in order to be able to work with us. They undergo a background check which must of course, reveal the absence of any criminal record! Supervising and chaperoning our under-aged participants is our highest priority! 

ln case of an emergency, you can reach young austria 24/7 while summer camp is in session! This phone number will be included in your travel documents, which you will receive in plenty of time before the start of the trip! Please only use this phone number in case of an emergency so as to not unnecessarily tie up the line! 

Mobile phones are an essential element of our young guests’ life. They want to use regularly their social media, the camera, etc. Of course we do not want to limit our guests during their vacation. But in case of abusive use or if it is helpful for the daily routine, the counsellors can collect the mobile phones and hand it out during certain phone times. Please note that it is up to each camp director to execute this measure.

Please leave laptops, Gameboys, Playstations and other devices at home! Naturally, dangerous objects such as (pocket) knives are prohibited!

The best time is between 18:30 and 19:30, after dinner. Please be aware of how frequent phone calls can bring on homesickness, especially in younger participants.

We recommend allotting approx. € 20,– per week: participants use their packet money to buy souvenirs, post cards, ice cream, additional beverages, etc.

Our team of counsellors holds onto packet money and important documents for participants. Please be sure to put any important documents in the appropriate envelopes. You will receive specific envelopes along with your travel documents. In the event that you do not receive your travel documents in the post, please use a regular envelope with your child's name written on it. Participants will be given portions of their packet money at specific times. Participants are responsible for any personal items not placed in the care of our team of counsellors. We also recommend labelling any valuables.

Our team of camp counsellors will allocate the rooms: girls and boys are assigned separate rooms. Also they will try to have a good mixture of different nationalities and they will put kids with more or less the same age together in a room. You are welcome to make a room request at the time of booking.

Please make sure you pack plenty of clothes and hand towels for your child to bring to camp. lf your child stays for 3 weeks or more we offer a washing service.

We have learned from experience that generally visits from parents and relatives can lead to stronger cases of homesickness in some of our participants. If you will need to pick your child up from camp for an important appointment, we ask that you will make an arrangement with the ya! office in Salzburg ahead of time. Additionally, we will require a written legitimation from parents/relatives/friends!

Alcohol and tobacco products are strictly forbidden to all participants.
The camp area is to be left only with the camp director's permission and only at certain times and in small groups. 
Rooms are to be kept tidy and clean.
Camp participants are to treat each other with respect.
There is to be no violence or indecent behaviour toward other people at camp.
Participants are to follow the instructions of the care team at all times!  

Please inform your child of this prior to his or her stay.

Our camp counsellors and directors are not liable for any disorderly, prohibited conduct on the part of individual camp participants. ln the case of such an event, neither camp counsellors, directors nor young austria will assume liability. A participant may be expelled if he or she has a contagious or otherwise serious illness or handicap upon arrival that was kept from us and that would stop him or her from taking part in daily activities; this also applies to indecent behaviour, criminal offences or any other behaviour for which our counsellors cannot be held responsible (also see 'Camp Rules'). ln the event of expulsion, parents/legal guardians will be responsible for the costs of picking up their child and will have to make their own pick up arrangements. We cannot reimburse travel fees.