The first time you meet the group you’ll find out important information and meet your fellow travellers, so we strongly encourage you to be there. If you can’t make it, just let the Contiki reservations team know in advance and make sure you know all the necessary departure details in time for the beginning of the trip.
Your Trip Manager will also send you a Welcome email, where they’ll share all the key info. You can reply to that email if you run into delays.