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                                                                       EXHIBIT 5

                               September 17, 2003


Ambassadors Group, Inc.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Building
110 S. Ferrall Street
Spokane, Washington 99202

         Re:   Common Stock of Ambassadors Group, Inc.

         We have acted as counsel to Ambassadors Group, Inc., a Delaware
Corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation and filing with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, of the Company's registration statement on Form S-3 (the
"Registration Statement"), relating to the registration for resale of 1,200,000
shares of the Company's Common Stock, $.01 value per share (the "Common
Shares").

         In arriving at the opinions expressed below, we have reviewed the
Registration Statement and the Exhibits thereto. In addition, we have reviewed
the originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of
all such corporate records of the Company and such other instruments and other
certificates of public officials, officers and representatives of the Company
and such other persons, and we have made such investigations of law, as we have
deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinions expressed below. In rendering the
opinions expressed below, we have assumed that the signatures on all documents
that we have reviewed are genuine and that the Common Shares will conform in all
material respects to the description thereof set forth in the Registration
Statement.

         Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Common Shares
issued have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part
of the Company and were validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.

         The foregoing opinions are limited to the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware.

         We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption "Legal
Matters" in the Registration Statement and in the Prospectus included therein.

                                  Very truly yours,


                                  /s/ RICHMAN, MANN, CHIZEVER, PHILLIPS & DUBOFF
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