REGISTRATION PACKAGES

WYD08 is pleased to release the registration package pricing details for World Youth Day Sydney 2008.

In developing our pricing packages much work has been undertaken to explore the possibility of relieving the financial burden on pilgrims, particularly those from developing nations.

WYD08 has developed three separate pricing packages:

• Package A
• Package B
• Package C

applicable to your country for that package using the information in Table 2 below.

TABLE 1: REGISTRATION PACKAGE INCLUSIONS
	Package A	Package B	Package C
Duration	Full week Mon 14 - Sun 20 July (inclusive)	Full week Mon 14 - Sun 20 July (inclusive)	Weekend only Sat 19 - Sun 20 July (inclusive)
Accommodation included	School or Church halls or Homestay	None	None
Meals	7 Breakfast 6 Lunch 5 Evening	1 Breakfast 5 Lunch 5 Evening	1 Breakfast 1 Lunch 1 Evening
Transport	Included	Included	Included
Health cover	Included	Included	Included
Cost of Visas	Included	Included	Included

Note: Health cover is for emergency medical treatment and repatriation to home country. It will cover the package period plus the three days immediately before and after the package period provided that the travel from/to the home country is direct to/from Sydney.

Country classifications

The pricing structure ensures that pilgrims from more affluent nations, including Australian pilgrims, share in a reasonable part of the costs of WYD08 and support pilgrims from less affluent nations.

Package prices have been based on the relative gross national income per capita of each country, as determined by the World Bank (a United Nations specialised agency). So the way your country has been classified by the World Bank will determine the price you will pay for the registration package you select.

Country classifications have been created based on information published by the World Bank in its - World Bank list of economies (July 2006). You can see the UN/World Bank source list of countries with their classifications here .

What if my country is not listed in the Country Classifications?

Not every country has been listed in the list of country classifications. If your country does not appear, please contact us for confirmation of the pricing which applies to your country at feedback@wyd2008.org

What price will I pay for the package I select?

The price for each package is set out in Table 2 below.

Packages will be offered in Australian dollars and will need to be paid in Australian dollars. Use this currency converter to check prices in your own currency.

TABLE 2: REGISTRATION PACKAGE PRICING
Country Classifications	Package Sydney 2008 in Australian dollars
	Package A* prices	Package B prices	Package C prices
Group 1 countries (high and upper middle income)	$395	$335	$175
Group 2 countries (lower middle income, except Oceania)	$245	$225	$150
Group 3 countries (low income, except Oceania)	$140	$130	$100
Group 4 countries (lower middle and low income Oceania countries)	$50	$50	$50
*Includes one additional night's accommodation when compared to Cologne

These prices do not include airfares or other costs of transportation to and from Australia.

What principles have been applied when developing the pricing packages?

In developing our pricing packages the following principles have been applied:

• A higher contribution* will be made by pilgrims from the higher income nations
• There will be significant price reductions* for pilgrims from low income countries
• We have attempted to ensure that pilgrims from lower middle income countries contribute no more than they were asked to contribute in 2005
• Visas for registered WYD08 pilgrims will be free of Government charges to all registered WYD08 pilgrims and there will be no visa quota applied to any country

* when compared with pricing for WYD 2005, Cologne

These guidelines and the overall package structure was considered and endorsed by the Pontifical Council for the Laity in October 2006.

The Solidarity Fund

• Pilgrims will again be encouraged to contribute to the Solidarity Fund. The entire amount of the Solidarity Fund collected from the Australian and New Zealand pilgrims will be applied to reduce the contribution requested of pilgrims from middle and low income countries in Oceania. We hope this will encourage and assist as many people as possible from Oceania to attend the first World Youth Day ever held in this region.
• The Pontifical Council for the Laity in Rome (PCL) will again be administering the Solidarity Fund contributions received from all other pilgrims. The fund contributions are used to subsidise the travel expenses of young people from other continents coming from countries undergoing economic or political difficulties. Request for financial aid will be considered if they are presented to the PCL by bishops' conferences or dioceses with the bishops' signature, or by international movements, associations and communities with the international president's signature.

When can I register?

Registrations are now open. For more information click here .

For more information, see the Information Memorandum provided by the Pontifical Council for the Laity .