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ABOUT OUR FLIGHTS
ARE FLIGHTS INCLUDED? All the tours featured in this brochure include a flight from London to the destination and back.The guide-prices shown are based on group flights as described below. Where alternative flights are used, for whatever reason, the selling price of the tour may vary from that published. `Land Only' dates and prices are available on request for all the tours. Land Only tours start at the joining point overseas and do not include any connecting flights from or back to London. If you are planning to book `Land Only' please note that we recommend that you only purchase flights (or train/bus tickets) that are totally flexible and refundable. Due to the nature of adventure holidays, days of operation and itineraries can change. It is important that all customers are able to amend their connecting travel arrangements should the need arise. Also, in the event of a tour being cancelled (for whatever reason), it is important that customers are able to get refunds if they no longer wish to use the flight, bus or train. GROUP FLIGHTS A group flight is one where we hold a block (allocation) of seats with a given airline for a specific tour departure date. All Explore group flights depart from London. Please see the table (right). for details of the planned group flights for each tour. DOES THE WHOLE GROUP TRAVEL ON THE GROUP FLIGHT? Not necessarily.There are a number of reasons that you could end up on different flights such as: · Own arrangements some passengers may well book `Land Only' and arrange their own flights from the UK.Those coming from outside the UK will generally make their own way to the tour joining point. · Regional airports you may choose to fly directly from UK airports outside the London area. · Seat allocation issues airlines are increasingly unwilling to offer tour operators such as Explore full allocations (blocks) of seats on flights. Where there is a limited allocation on the group flight we may have to source alternatives for some customers. · Late bookings any flight seats held within a group allocation which are not sold by a given date (usually 4 to 7 weeks prior to departure) have to be given back (released) to the airline at that stage.Thus group flights are rarely available after this `release' date. BOOK EARLY By booking early you maximise your chances of getting on the group flight, which reduces the chance of having to pay a flight supplement or other additional costs. ALTERNATIVE (NON-GROUP) FLIGHTS If you would like to travel from a London airport, but we are no longer holding an allocation of seats on the group flight, our Customer Sales team will search for alternatives. It may be that we can still book you onto the group flight on an adhoc basis, or we may have to look at an alternative airline, date or time. If you would like to travel from an airport outside of the London area, see below. FLIGHTS FROM REGIONAL AIRPORTS Explore can offer 2 alternatives for those wishing to fly from a non-London airport. We can arrange domestic flights from many regional airports to connect with international flights booked by Explore from London.These are competitively priced and are generally booked through the airline being used for your international flight.This means the flights are fully flexible so if the international flight changes, your regional flight will also be changed at no extra cost. It also usually allows you to check your luggage in at your local airport for the whole journey. In some cases Explore can offer international flights departing from airports across the UK. Often this will involve paying a flight supplement, although sometimes our arrangement with the airline means that the price is the same as or very similar to flying from London. Please call our Customer Sales team and ask them to look into the best option for you. It is important to book any domestic regional flights with us at the time of
Explore Group International Flights
Airline SAS SAS Finnair Finnair Finnair SAS Icelandair SAS LOT Polish Sky Europe Bulgaria Air Tarom Finnair Air Portugal British Airways Royal Jordanian Airlines Egyptair Afriqiyah Royal Air Maroc Royal Air Maroc Air Algerie Afriqiyah Kenya Airways Kenya Airways Jet Airways Air Canada
Tour Code & Name WL Lapland Ice Adventure AWS Snowmobile Adventure AWF Wilderness Weekend ADL Dogsled Adventure AFN Snow Castle & Icebreaker Cruise ANO Killer Whale Weekend IA Icelandic Escapades AWG Inside the Polar Circle PW Polish Winter Adventure AST Tatras & Slovak Paradise BG Snow-Shoeing in Bulgaria BU Transylvanian Backwaters AFB Brown Bear Weekend AAZ Azores Whale Search AAA Armenian Adventure RR Rose Red City AWE Cairo to Karnak ALY Leptis Magna Weekend SH Saharan Escape ATA Toubkal Ascent AAL Algiers & Ancient kingdoms AWA Voodoo Villages MW Maasai Mara Wild Weekend GG Gorilla Getaway ATT Tiger, Tiger... ACH Polar Bear Encounter
booking your Explore tour. Please be aware that many of our special fares are not available within 6 weeks of travel. Due to the number of flight schedule changes that now occur, Explore does not book domestic flights that are non-refundable or non-transferable. You may find cheaper connecting flights available, but we would recommend ensuring that they are fully flexible and refundable before you go ahead and book. FLIGHT SUPPLEMENTS Where an alternative (non-group) international flight is booked, any difference in price between the flight booked and that of the group flight will be passed on to the customer in the form of a flight supplement.This is one reason that the prices in this brochure should be regarded as guide-prices only. FUEL SURCHARGES Airlines generally pass any aviation fuel price increases on to their customers, as and when they occur, in the form of fuel
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surcharges.This they do either directly or through tour operators. Due to the volume and magnitude of these surcharges, Explore has now been forced to pass on any fuel surcharges directly to customers. You will be informed of any surcharges in place at the time of booking or you can check the latest tour selling prices and fuel surcharges on our website at www.explore.co.uk Where fuel surcharges are imposed by the airline after you have booked your holiday, these will again be passed on along with any other government taxes or dues relating to embarkation, disembarkation or security. However, as per our booking conditions, an amount equal to the first 2% of the total invoiced holiday cost (excluding insurance and amendment fees) will be absorbed by Explore (see `Booking Conditions' on p50-51).This calculation will be shown clearly on the Final Invoice.
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book online: www.explore.co.uk
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