The Spirit of Lincolnshire We Are Delighted to Present to You Our 2019 Holiday Brochure, Hopefully Our Varied Itineraries Will Suit Everyone
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DOOR TO DOOR HOLIDAYS / COACH HOLIDAYS & SHORT BREAKS 2019 The Spirit of Lincolnshire We are delighted to present to you our 2019 holiday brochure, hopefully our varied itineraries will suit everyone. We take great pride in our holidays, from choosing the best hotels with the best food and facilities to organising the days out and attractions to suit all tastes and ages. Next year, Hunt’s will have been in business for 90 years! Some This year we welcome our Business Development and Marketing of the original customers still travel with us on a regular basis. Manager Lindsay, who is working hard to ensure our trips and holidays Our coaches are comfortable and clean and are maintained to a are advertised on social media sites and in papers around the region. very high standard. You may have already travelled on our latest You may spot Lindsay on local market stalls, fetes and shows. If you coach, fully loaded with a luxury interior, rear kitchen, great leg wish to join our email newsletter mailing list please don’t hesitate to room and much more space for your comfort. This hopefully will contact the office. be used as our main holiday coach for 2019 and beyond. Every holiday we present to you in this brochure has been carefully We always aim to deliver a high standard of service to our researched, planned and in a lot of cases been checked by us too. passengers and this begins from the moment you book your We have tried to offer a wide variety of places, whilst still offering the holiday with our team in the office or online at www.hunts- old favourites, and don’t forget that the prices you see include the coaches.co.uk to the moment we drop you off safely at home after excursions listed too. We are also fully bonded, as any coach company your holiday. Some passengers prefer to use our large free car providing package holidays has to be by law, so you know your money park and meet the coach in Alford before their holiday, home pick is 100% safe with us. up or not, we want your holiday to start as soon as you meet us! We look forward to welcoming you on board and providing happy memories that will last forever. Michael & Joe Hunt & all the Hunts team 0202 01507 463000 [email protected] 463000 [email protected] www.hunts-coaches.co.uk www.hunts-coaches.co.uk TRAVEL WITH AN AWARD-WINNING TEAM, EAST LINDSEY’S INDEPENDENT RETAILER OF THE YEAR 2018. “The Hunts Coaches team are delighted to be the Independent Retailer of the Year 2018. As an East Lindsey Business to be recognised for our achievements of putting customers first and providing diversity and variety to the high street is just wonderful. After nearly 90 years of providing transport services, employment opportunities and supporting the local community, our family business successes are because of the people, teamwork, integrity and willingness to innovate of everyone involved.” Joe Hunt, Director Hunts Coaches Here at Hunts Coaches we are always striving to go that extra mile and contribute to the wider community. Over the last year we have supported many good causes. This includes Leicester Children’s Holiday Centre (Mablethorpe); ‘’Hunts Coaches of Alford have been providing us with transport for over 50 yrs. Every week during the summer months we have coaches to convey groups of children to and from Leicester. Hunts are a reliable, friendly and flexible company who understand the needs of their customers. The drivers are flexible, polite and accommodating putting the needs of the traveller first. Hunts have supported Leicester Children’s Holiday Centre in numerous ways, from raffles to free coach journeys. They have been invaluable in supporting us in our work.’’ Shaun O’Donnell, Chairman Leicester Children’ Holiday Centre (Mablethorpe). Hunts Coaches also sponsored the Louth Town Under 13’s Football Club’s new strip and supported the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Alford in their fundraising efforts towards a new sports hall. TRAVEL OFFICE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS Your holiday experience begins when you contact our travel office Upon receipt of your deposit you will be issued with confirmation where our friendly and experienced office staff are able to guide you of your booking, or, if you have booked online your documents through the booking process and deal with any queries you may will be emailed to you. Please check these documents carefully have. Alternatively our online booking service is quick and easy for and inform the office straight away if you think anything needs you to negotiate and gives the added luxury of paying safely online. amending. Once you have paid your balance you will receive 2-3 WEST STREET | ALFORD | LINCOLNSHIRE | LN13 9DG your luggage labels, and approximately 5 days before departure TEL: 01507 463000 you will be notified of your departure time by telephone. Certain EMAIL: [email protected] documents such as entry tickets will be issued to you by the driver WWW.HUNTS-COACHES.CO.UK on tour. WE ARE OPEN MONDAY TO FRIDAY 9.00AM - 5PM SATURDAY 9.00AM - 1.00PM LUGGAGE We would ask that on all holidays you only try to bring one RESERVED COACH SEATING medium sized suitcase (max weight 15kg/33lb) per person plus one piece of hand luggage. On holidays with an overnight hotel a When you make a booking you will be allocated seat numbers on small overnight bag is also recommended. All of our tours which the coach which will remain yours throughout the duration of your include more than one overnight stay will include porterage unless holiday. Requests for specific seat numbers can be made but as otherwise stated. bookings are made on a first come first served basis we recommend you book early to avoid disappointment. On page 5 you will find the seating plans for our various coaches, use this to help choose HOTEL ACCOMMODATION your seats. Coaches will be allocated nearer the time and you will be contacted as soon as possible to confirm changes should your Accommodation featured in this brochure varies from luxurious 4* allocated seats be affected. establishments to homely family run hotels. We make every effort to ensure that all accommodation is of an acceptable standard and you are allocated precisely the kind of room you have requested. 01507 463000 [email protected] www.hunts-coaches.co.uk 03 HOTEL RATING DOOR TO DOOR TRANSPORT SERVICE Our hotel ratings are based on a variety of information from tourist Your holiday quite literally begins at your doorstep (within the board grading, annual appraisals and feedback from customers shown area) with our door to door service using our mini buses and drivers. Hotels are rated from 2* for standard good quality and local taxis. Transport from your home to our depot is included accommodation to 4* for those offering more comfort and a wider on all our brochure tours, except for one night tours where we range of facilities. will offer a selection of departure points. As we appreciate that Lincolnshire is a rural county we understand that some passengers ROOM TYPE rely on this service and would be unable to travel without it. However we also appreciate that some passengers who have their When booking for two people sharing a room you should either own transport do not like taking a less direct route to our depot. request a double bed or twin beds. Single rooms are always in We are happy for passengers to leave their own cars in our free car high demand and early booking is recommended. Holidays which park for the duration of their tour. offer single rooms without a supplement are limited. Once these rooms have been used and we request additional rooms over our allocation then a supplement may apply on a tour which originally states no single room supplement, you will be advised on this upon booking. Single rooms which do not incur a supplement tend to be a smaller room with a single bed as opposed to a IMMINGHAM GRIMSBY double room used for sole occupancy. Some hotels will charge SCUNTHORPE CLEETHORPES a supplement for a genuine single room and although we do not agree with this practice, it is beyond our control. GAINSBOROUGH LOUTH ALFORD MEALS LINCOLN HORNCASTLE Almost all of our tours are booked on a half board basis, including SKEGNESS WOODHALL SPA breakfast and evening meal daily unless otherwise stated. These meals may be table served, served from a carvery, offered in a buffet style or pre ordered. Set menus are usually provided on BOSTON continental and some British holidays. Please remember when GRANTHAM travelling abroad that the food served and the way that it is served SPALDING will be different from the way we are used to. For example breakfast on the continent usually comprises of rolls, butter, preserves and STAMFORD coffee. This is all part of the continental experience. If you have any special requirements regarding diets and allergies please ensure you mention this on booking so we can advise the hotel. SEATBELTS DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE AVAILABLE IN THIS AREAS In line with legislation seatbelts must be worn at all times when PICK UP FROM THE NEAREST COLLECTION POINT OR FROM travelling on the coach. Seatbelt extensions are available if THE ALFORD DEPOT required and must be ordered when making your booking. 24 HOURS EMERGENCY CONTACT In case of emergency either prior to collection or during your tours you can contact us on our usual office number 01507-463000 where you will be diverted to an out of hours mobile.