These terms and conditions were last updated on 23 February 2022. These conditions apply to all bookings and transactions made after this date.

Booking Info Page Update

 

Pricing shown for each tour is the minimum cost anticipated and may be subject to higher pricing if you are traveling in a higher tourist season. Our tours are intended to provide clients with a starting point to plan their trip. We specialize in working with our clients to customize the tours to their needs and desires. This can include adjusting the route, using different overnight stopping locations, adding extra nights, including train tickets, and suggesting optional activities to include in the tour.

 

With the continuation of the Covid 19 pandemic you MUST have a trip cancellation insurance policy OR fully accept that any deposit and final payments already made may be non-refundable.

 

When I start reserving rooms and booking taxis and luggage transfer for your tour I will have a contract with them to provide the service for you.

PRIVACY INFORMATION. We may share your name with our service providers to fulfill orders you place with us and to provide the services you request. We will use your name and our email and postal address when booking accommodation and services. We NEVER share your email or postal address with our service providers.

CANCELLATION or TRANSFER of BOOKING by XPLORE BRITAIN: We have never cancelled any pre-booked holiday with us. In the unlikely event that we have to make changes to a holiday, we will always provide the new service at an equal or greater value, and inform you of the change as quickly as we are able.

CANCELLATION or TRANSFER of BOOKING by a CLIENT

We strongly recommend that at the time of booking, you take out holiday insurance. The policy should cover the possibility of you having to cancel or change the dates of your trip with Xplore Britain.

REVIEW YOUR TRIP CANCELLATION POLICY AT THE TIME OF MAKING THE ORIGINAL BOOKING. You must purchase this policy yourself and its value should include your complete holiday payments before, during and after your holiday with Xplore Britain. We will presume that if you select not to take out trip cancellation insurance then you accept that you may be considerably out-of-pocket if you do cancel the Xplore Britain trip at a later stage.

Our independent inn to inn tours are quite complicated and time consuming to put together (and cancel if required). Each accommodation along the route will charge us the first nights bed & breakfast rate, whether you turn up or not. Any additional nights booked with them may only be refunded if they can re-let the rooms. When we have sent the complete tour package to you, all payments have been made and all of our booking services that you have requested have been provided. There is no refund payable by us after the tour package distribution date.

Any cancellation or change of existing booking must be made in writing and is effective from the date received at our office.

All your payments to Xplore Britain up to the start of the tour are used to pay deposits and final payments at all the places you stay at, for services required along the route and for our own services and overhead initiating your booking request. 

Any refund will always be made in Pounds Sterling either by a sterling cheque or by PayPal. Please be aware that in both cases if you transfer the payment into another currency account, your bank or PayPal will charge fees for this service.

View Travel and Medical Insurance options

As cycling holidays are active holidays you must be able to cycle the distances, or be able to arrange alternate transport modes yourself while on route should a change in your cycling ability occur.  Please ensure you have reviewed your travel and medical insurance to ensure you are adequately covered.

Booking a Holiday

The balance of your holiday must reach us 2 months before the start of the holiday; otherwise we cannot guarantee to hold your booking. Where a booking is made less than 2 months before the start day of the tour, the full amount is payable at the time of booking.

Payment for our tours is done through PayPal. You may also be able to pay by personal cheque made payable to "Xplore Britain". The cheque must be in Pounds Sterling. If you would like to pay by bank transfer we will provide the account information.  Please note; unless we have received full payment in sufficient time to verify the funds, your tour is NOT confirmed.

Package Tour Regulations: In accordance with "The Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992 Act" all monetary payments made to us for your holiday are held in a Clients Trust Account. This money is not available to Xplore Britain until the completion of your holiday, your cancellation or your written authorisation before the tour completion date.

Upon receipt of your booking we will reply with confirmation and the trip information sheet, usually within 7 days.

We strongly suggest taking out travel insurance at the time of booking. To be valid this must usually be made within 14 days of sending the deposit.

Booking a holiday from Overseas

We accept direct bookings from overseas, or from a Travel Agent. We require all payments to be settled in UK pounds sterling.  Due to currency fluctuations that can occur between the booking time and the receipt of final payment, we are no longer able to offer payments in alternate currencies.