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Quality Door to Door Holidays & Short Breaks in Britain & Europe 2012 44 NEW TOURS FOR 2012 Book with confidence • Financial security • Coach Holidays • Door to Door Service Value for money • City Breaks • Local family owned company • Cruising Holidays Personal, friendly service • Coach Holidays • Sightseeing and Scenery • Holidays by Air Quality Door to Door Holidays & Short Breaks in Britain & Europe 2012 www.andrews-of-tideswell.co.uk INTRODUCTION & LOYALTY SCHEME DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE ON ALL HOLIDAYS (SEE BACK PAGE) Welcome to Holidays 2012 Whether you’re looking for sightseeing, scenery, seaside or cities (or just a well-earned break!), we offer a fantastic selection of tours. Inside our latest brochure you’ll find some wonderful coach holidays and short breaks both in the UK and Europe together with ‘No Fly’ cruises and holidays by air. On behalf of all Andrew’s Booking Staff and Driver/Couriers we wish you all a very happy holiday in 2012! promote ‘No Fly’ Cruising on the Marco Polo and are available if you prefer to meet at a central point. offering three wonderful cruises – a brief description (see back page for details) of our cruises can be found on pages 54 and 55 – VALUE FOR MONEY please contact us for more detailed information. We Please remember that many of the items that are offer a small selection of holidays by air. If you have often provided at an extra cost with other tour any suggestions, however small, in ways that we can operators are included in our holiday price. Our improve our service, or can suggest destinations you tour prices are clearly laid out – most include free would like us to include in future programmes please excursions and half board. Many tours include call in or telephone to discuss them with us. entrance fees (in some cases over £ 60.00 in value) YOUR COMFORT, SAFETY AND FINANCIAL SECURITY The ‘Entrances included’ symbol denotes these These are of the greatest importance to us. Over tours. When comparing prices please remember that the last two years we have invested over a million these items may only be available at a significant ABOUT US pounds in brand new touring vehicles. Our coaches extra cost with some other tour operators. For We’re a long-established (80 years), well organised are regularly serviced and kept in tip-top condition by example, many European flight packages do not family-owned and run company offering a personal, our own skilled engineering team. Equipped with air include any excursions whilst you are in resort which caring and friendly service to all customers. We have conditioning, reclining seats, onboard toilet and hot/ can add a very large sum to the final cost of your a huge range of product knowledge at our fingertips. cold drinks servery, they will convey you in comfort holiday. Best of all you don’t have to pay to take your Your holiday will be escorted by one or more of our and style. Our careful and experienced drivers are luggage, to pre-book your seat or to pay by credit team of friendly, expert drivers and coach travel waiting to welcome you on board! YOUR MONEY IS card! Add to this the savings and convenience of our will be on one of our own carefully maintained, SAFE WITH ANDREW’S. All monies paid to us are ‘Door-to-Door’ service and you can see why we think comfortable vehicles. protected by HCC Passenger Protection Insurance an Andrew’s tour offers you such unbeatable value! ABOUT OUR HOLIDAYS DOOR TO DOOR PICK UP SERVICE ON ALL HOLIDAYS EASY TO BOOK With destinations throughout the UK and Europe, Our free ‘Door to Door’ service makes the perfect If you have any queries or wish to make a booking covering everything from city breaks to scenic tours, start (and finish) to a stress-free holiday and, as we please do not hesitate to contact us either by seaside holidays to shopping, we aim to make sure are a local company, there will never be an instance telephone (01298 871222) or by calling in at our travel we can offer a holiday to suit everyone! We provide where you have to travel many miles (and many offices. Join us for a coffee and we will be delighted different types of accommodation from small, hours) to reach your touring coach! On our tours your to show you our vehicles and facilities. Our travel comfortable, family-owned hotels to 4 star luxury – holiday really does start from the moment you leave offices are situated at our business premises at all are carefully chosen to offer our customers good your door. See back page for details of the designated the junction of the A623 and the B6049 just outside service and excellent value. We are again delighted to areas for our door to door service. Discounts Tideswell. ANDREW’S UNLIMITED LOYALTY BONUS SCHEME WHY CHOOSE AN ANDREW’S HOLIDAY? After thirteen years, as a reward to our many loyal customers who take more • An excellent choice of holidays, short breaks and weekend breaks than one holiday a year with us, we are pleased to continue our Loyalty Bonus • Door to Door service on all holidays for pick-ups in our designated zone (see Scheme. This scheme gives you substantial savings in return for your continued back page for details) loyalty to Andrew’s of Tideswell and applies to all departures between January • Reductions available for central pick-up points 2012 and December 2012. • Feeder service operated to minimise time spent on coach Our Loyalty Scheme operates as follows: • Free parking at our garage should you wish to leave your car whilst on holiday On your 2nd holiday booking you will • (Cars parked at owner’s risk) receive £5.00 off per person • Reserved seat on our Executive Coach fitted with lap belts, reclining seats On your 3rd holiday booking you will W.C., hot & cold drinks and air conditioning receive £10.00 off per person • Free well-planned free excursions on most holidays (see holiday pages for On your 4th holiday booking you will details) receive £15.00 off per person • Entrance fees to attractions included on many holidays On your 5th holiday booking you will • Services of trained, caring and friendly booking staff and drivers / couriers. receive £20.00 off per person • Financial security - all monies paid to us are protected by HCC Passenger PLUS £ 20.00 off every subsequent Protection Insurance holiday booking • Help the environment – coach travel is the greenest form of travel for short haul holidays and it’s better to have 50 people travelling together on one HOW TO CLAIM YOUR LOYALTY BONUS: - vehicle than all in separate cars! Simply book your holiday direct with Andrew’s of • Safety – coaches are seven times safer per mile than a car Tideswell Ltd for a 2012 holiday. Please note that • Your enjoyment – no airport queues, stressful driving etc. – just sit back, enjoy the scheme only applies to holidays departing the view and the friendly atmosphere on board whilst someone else does all between January and December 2012. When you the work! book your holiday claim your loyalty bonus by informing us on your booking form the booking references of other holidays booked. We will then deduct the • Value for money – our customers appreciate the financial advantages offered appropriate amount from your final invoice for each holiday you take. The offer by group purchasing for hotel accommodation and tourist attractions and our applies to all Andrew’s 2012 holidays except group bookings where bonus or clear, inclusive pricing means you will not be faced with hidden costs or taxes free places have been given. Each holiday must be booked by the same named • Professional, personal, friendly service from a local family company with 80 person and is not transferable. If you or we cancel any holiday the discounts will years experience be re-calculated accordingly. At no time will cash be returned as part of a bonus. • If you still need convincing, ask one of our 1000’s of happy existing customers 2 www.andrews-of-tideswell.co.uk DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE ON ALL HOLIDAYS (SEE BACK PAGE) HOW TO BOOK/TRAVEL INSURANCE Office opening hours: Monday - Friday: 9.00am - 5.30pm. Saturday and How to Book… Sunday: CLOSED Enquiries and reservations should be made at our office at: We are pleased to receive telephone reservations that are normally held for 7 days. Andrew’s of Tideswell Ltd. Anchor Garage. Receipt of booking form, relevant deposit and insurance (if required) will confirm your booking. PAYMENT CAN BE MADE BY CASH, CHEQUE, SWITCH OR CREDIT TIDESWELL, Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 8RB CARD. YYou will receive an invoice within 21 days of receipt of your booking form, Telephone: 01298 871222 Fax: 01298 872412 showing the date that your balance is due, which confirms your booking. You will receive your itinerary, luggage labels and pick up times approximately 10 days E-mail: [email protected] before you are due to travel. Bookings can also be made at selected Travel Agents Web: www.andrews-of-tideswell.co.uk - please ring for details if required. CHILDREN’S REDUCTIONS - Children’s reductions are available on most PASSPORTS - If you are a British citizen travelling outside the United of our holidays, providing the child shares a room with two full fare-paying Kingdom or to Jersey you must have a full UK passport valid for a minimum Customer passengers. Please enquire for details at our office. of three months after your scheduled date of return. NEXT OF KIN - We require a next of kin contact for all single travellers so we MINIMUM NUMBERS - We require a minimum number of passengers to book Information can contact them should it be necessary.
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