Registration Costs

The cost of registration will cover only part of the cost of the event's programming. The remaining part of the program costs will be covered by support from other sources.

For participants who are 18 years old or younger, there is a symbolic participation cost - 10 EUR. For senior citizens (more than 60 years old) that is a discount of 10 EUR.

Explanations:

A: All countries except those listed under B and C;
B: The 10 new member countries of the EU (who joined the EU in 2004)
C: Romania and Bulgaria, ex-socialist European countries, all countries in Asia (except Israel, Japan, and South Korea), Africa, and Latin America.

Note 1: You must pay an additional 10 EUR if you register on-site.
Note 2: If you contribute to the event's programming, it is possible to receive a discount, and depending on the contribution, it is even possible to register free of charge. Please write about your planned contribution in the registration form and we will contact you about that.

Meal Costs

You can choose from three different kinds of meals for the same price: with meat, vegetarian, vegan. You can change your meal preference at any time until the first day of the event. Please inform the organizers in advance if you have any special needs or requirements.

Note: Meals will begin with supper on the 2nd and will end with lunch on the 10th of July.

Lodging Costs

Note: There are a total of 8 nights (from Friday night through Saturday morning). It is possible to participate for a shorter period; in this case, please give us your arrival and departure dates on the registration form.

Letter of Invitation

If you need to receive a letter of invitation to acquire a visa for Slovakia, that costs € 35. (Except for visitors from Russia, Ukraine, and China. For those countries, the letters of invitation cost only 3 EUR.) For people from Russia and Ukraine, there is also a good chance of receiving a free visa.

Note: Invitation letters must be approved by the police department; we must pay them a fee for this service. We can only send invitation letters for the event until June 1st, 2010. If you need a visa, please register before that time. To receive an invitation letter, please fill out the required fields in the registration form. In addition, please e-mail a scanned copy of your valid passport (the page with the photo and dates of validity) to the address .
Our consulate will request that individual embassies give a free visa to SES attendees - that means that you might not have to pay extra for the visa in the consulate itself, but there is no guarantee of that. The visas will hopefully be dealt with faster than usual.

Excursions

All excursions will be paid for separately. It will be possible to sign up until the end of June. (If you sign up for excursions after June 30th, we will not be able to guarantee a spot for you.)

Half-day to:

• Trenčín city and castle (€ 10);
• Beckov castle ruins and Čachtický hrad (€ 10).

All-day to:

• Bratislava - castle, old city, Devín castle ruins, Danubiana Gallery (€ 25).

Additional services free of charge

During SES, you will be able to use many services free of charge. For the whole week, the following resources (and others) will be at your disposal:

• wireless internet connection in the dormitory;
• computer lab with computers;
• TV room with projector;
• table tennis;
• billiards;
• exercise/workout room
• board games;
• coffee and tea buffet.