Welcome to 2018 Your First Choice for British & European Coach Holidays Reservations Hotline 01237 451282 Welcome to We are pleased to present you with our new exciting and extended holiday brochure for 2018, offering new destinations and excursions which we are sure will delight you all. Our aim of our holiday 2018 brochure is to satisfy your needs whether you are looking for a weekend away or an annual holiday, a budget getaway or a hotel that offers five star luxury, a local break or a long haul holiday. For 2018 we will be introducing a new executive coach, this will have 48 seats with extra leg room to provide you with extra comfort which our clients have been accustomed to. We thank you for your support and hope you enjoy perusing our brochure and travelling with a local coach company with hands on management, friendly, helpful and consciousness drivers. Your holiday experience will start when you call our office and speak to one of our dedicated and helpful office staff. Call us today 01237 451282 About us on-board toilet and hot/cold drinks, they will holiday will be sent out within ten days of We are a long-established family-owned and transport you in comfort and style. Our careful receiving your booking form, this is also your run company offering a personal, caring and and experienced drivers are, we think, the best invoice and states when the final balance is friendly service to all our customers. We have a you can ask for. All holiday monies are kept in a due. Please note that we do not send out huge range of product knowledge at our client call account, which is protected until you reminders for final balances. Luggage labels, fingertips. Your holiday experience will start return from your holiday. your travel ticket and timings will be posted to with speaking to one of our friendly and you about twelve days before departure. Why Book a Hemmings Holiday helpful office staff and will be driven by one of • An excellent choice of holidays and short Office Hours and Contact Information our friendly expert drivers and travel will be on breaks, British and European. Monday – Friday 0900 –1700 a carefully maintained and comfortable • Free parking at our garage should you wish Saturday 0900 – 1230 executive coach with extra leg room. to leave your car whilst on holiday (cars are Hemmings Coaches, Powlers Piece Garage, About our holidays parked at owner’s risk). East Putford, Holsworthy, Devon EX22 7XW With destinations throughout the UK and • Reserved seating on your tour coach fitted Europe, covering everything from city breaks with lap belts, reclining seats, W.C., hot and Telephone: 01237 451282 to scenic tours, seaside holidays to shopping, cold drinks and air-conditioning. Fax: 01237 451920 we aim to make sure we can offer a holiday to • Well-planned excursions (see holiday pages email: [email protected] suit everyone! We try to offer tours to suit all for details, entrance fees are sometimes extra). website: www.hemmingscoaches.co.uk budgets and provide different types of How to Book Luggage Size accommodation from small, comfortable, To make a booking on a tour, please phone our A medium sized suitcase – 20kg excluding family-owned hotels to four star luxury – all office to check availability, we will reserve your Jersey (any extra luggage will be at the driver’s are carefully chosen to offer our customers seat and discuss any requirements you may discretion). Carriage of any mobility aids must good service and excellent value. have. Once we have reserved your seats these be requested through the office, please see Your comfort, safety and financial are held for a period of seven days, after this terms and conditions. security time if no deposit is received your seats may be We hope that you enjoy looking at our These are of the greatest importance to us and released. To secure your booking we require a brochure and we look forward to having the likewise to you. Our customer feedback proves signed booking form and a deposit amount of pleasure of your company soon. that our coaches are some of the most £50 per person plus holiday insurance (if comfortable around and we keep them required). Booking forms are located in the Ken and Linda Hemmings regularly serviced and they are kept in a great centre of this brochure. Payments can be made condition by our own team. Equipped with air by cash, cheque, debit or credit card (surcharge conditioning, reclining seats with lap belts, to credit cards). Written confirmation of your 2 Hemmings Holidays Reservations Hotline: 01237 451282 DATE DAYS HOLIDAY PAGE INDEX – HEMMINGS TOURS 19 5 Norfolk & Thursford Spectacular** 88 19 5 North Wales & Barmouth, Pwllheli ** 88 23 3 Bath Christmas Markets & Longleat Festival of Light 89 DATE DAYS HOLIDAY PAGE DATE DAYS HOLIDAY PAGE 26 5 Great Yarmouth & Thursford Spectacular** 89 26 5 Lake District & Yorkshire** 90 30 3 Chatsworth House & Manchester Christmas Markets 90 DECEMBER 2017 15 3 BBC Gardeners World Live & Good Food Show 43 DECEMBER 23 5 Christmas on the Isle of Wight 4 17 7 Bognor Regis, Southsea & Worthing 44 3 5 Great Yarmouth & Thursford Spectacular** 91 30 4 New Year in Llanberis & Snowdonia National Park 4 20 8 Royal Highland Show, Cairngorms & Dundee 44 3 5 Rhonda Valley, Mumbles & Swansea** 91 JANUARY 2018 21 5 Woburn Abbey Garden Show & Riverside Lunch Cruise 46 7 4 Great Yarmouth & Thursford Spectacular** 92 12 16 All Inclusive Winter sun in Spain’s Costa Brava – Lloret De Mar 5 23 10 Fairytales of Copenhagen & Denmark 45 7 4 German Christmas Markets & Valkenburg 92 17 2 Lamma Show, Peterborough 5 25 5 Yorkshire Railway Journeys 46 10 5 Christmas Cruising & Markets 93 20 2 Cirque Du Soleil at the Royal Albert Hall 6 29 4 Boats & Trains of Beautiful Worcestershire & Gloucestershire 47 15 2 Christmas Carols at the Royal Albert Hall 93 26 3 Beat the Winter Blues- Bournemouth Budget Break 6 JULY 22 7 Christmas in the Scottish Highlands, 29 5 Blackpool, the Lakes & Botany Bay 7 1 6 Kent’s Glorious Coast – Margate & Cliftonville 47 Cairngorms & Aviemore 94 29 5 Mill Rythe Holiday Village, Hayling Island, Dance Break 7 2 5 Summer By the Sea in Skegness 48 23 5 Christmas on the Isle of Wight 94 FEBRUARY 7 2 Hampton Court Flower Show & Kew Gardens 48 3 8 An Austrian Winters’ Tale on a Winter Train 8 8 9 Switzerland with the Italian Lakes & the William Tell Train 49 3 2 Weekend in Cardiff 9 8 8 Scottish Highlands Lochs & Railway Adventure 50 5 5 Isle of Wight 9 9 7 Isle of Wight 50 OUR DEPARTURE POINTS 8 5 Lovely Lochs of Scotland with the Glasgow Tattoo 10 16 9 Isles of Arran, Mull & Iona 51 12 5 Pretty Paignton, Torquay & Tea Dance 10 16 5 Chester, North Wales & the Canal in the Sky 52 DEVON 16 4 Tasteful Tenby, Pretty Pembrokeshire & the Royal Mint 11 18 5 Marvellous Moselle Valley & Koblenz 52 19 5 Singles in Bournemouth 11 18 7 Isle of Man – Britain’s Treasure Island 53 AXMINSTER: The Square 19 5 Lake District and Yorkshires’ Wintery Scenes 12 23 5 Beautiful Bournemouth, Botanical Gardens BARNSTAPLE: Railway Station 24 3 Cotswolds Bargain Break 12 & Vintage Cruising 53 24 2 Oxford Spires, Wiltshire’s Stars of the Screen 27 5 Harrogate & Yorkshire Dales with the Settle Railway 54 BICKINGTON: Opposite the Garage & Lacock Abbey’s Snowdrops 13 27 3 Somerset Highlights, Bath, Cheddar and Shoes 54 BIDEFORD: The Kingsley Statue 26 5 Regency Brighton & the South Downs 13 30 5 Splendour of the Lake District 55 BRAUNTON: Opposite the George Hotel MARCH 30 6 The Welsh Coast – Barmouth 55 BUDLEIGH SALTERTON: Public Hall 2 4 Ken’s Cornish Treat 14 AUGUST 3 8 Lake Garda, Snowflakes & the Crystal Lakes 14 1 9 The Outer Hebrides- A Passage Through Time 56 CULLOMPTON: Services J28, M5 5 5 Mystery Break 15 5 8 Following the Tracks of the Spectacular Glacier DAWLISH: Piermont Place 5 5 Rhonda Valley, Mumbles & Swansea 15 & Bernina Express 57 EXETER: Moto Services M5, coach parking area 11 5 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg & the Mosel 16 5 6 English Lakes & the Scottish Borders – Edinburgh Tattoo 58 EXMOUTH: Opposite the Savoy Cinema 12 5 Harrogate, York & Scenic Yorkshire Dales 16 10 3 Mystery Weekend 58 16 3 Dianes’ Bingo Break in Weston-Super-Mare 17 10 11 Poland – Colditz, Krakow, Auschwitz FREMINGTON: Bus stop at The New Inn 16 4 Historic Rhyl, Roman Chester & River Dee 17 & the Tatra Mountains 59 HOLSWORTHY: Bus Stop opposite the church 19 5 Bargain Break in Scarborough – Sandy Bays, Hills & Dales 18 12 7 Jersey – The Tranquil Island 60 HONITON: Three Tuns, High Street 19 5 South Coast & Eastbourne 18 13 5 Glory in England’s Captivating Lake District ILFRACOMBE: War Memorial 23 3 Make Time for Tea in Greenwich with – Boat, Train, Beer & Views 60 Ideal Home Exhibition 19 13 5 Scenic Shropshire & Victorian Farm 61 IVYBRIDGE: Outside the Town Hall 25 5 Charming Cheshire & Derbyshire Dales 19 16 5 Royal Windsor, Hampton Court Palace & RHS Wisley 61 J27/M5: Services by Petrol Station 25 5 All Inclusive in Southern Ireland 20 19 7 Northumbria’s Rugged Coast & Countryside KNOWSTONE: Picnic Area 30 4 Eggcellent Break in the Derbyshire Dales 20 – Catherine Cookson’s Country 62 NEWTON ABBOT: Opposite the Railway Station APRIL 20 5 Lincolnshire – The Wolds & Sherwood Forest 62 2 5 Beautiful Bournemouth, Boscombe & Brockenhurst 21 24 4 The Beauty of the Cotswolds 63 OKEHAMPTON: Bus stop by Thomas Cook 2 5 Boats & Trains of Cumbria 21 26 6 Yorkshire’s Finest Villages, Trains & Canals 63 PAIGNTON: Garfield Road by the multi storey 6 4 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