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  • 2022

Travel Alerts

This page is where you’ll find all the latest travel advice so please check for any updates that might relate to your upcoming tours with us.

Last updated 16 June 2021 – still current as of 21 June 2021

IMPORTANT NOTE – TOURS DEPARTING BEFORE 19 JULY 2021: In light of the announcement by the UK Government of the delay in lifting restrictions, we are in the process of assessing whether or not your tour can go ahead. We will contact you with the details as soon as possible. Your patience in awaiting our call is very much appreciated.

 

A message from the CEO, Jackie Willis

To all our valued customers

The UK government’s ‘roadmap’ details key dates in the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. We can already look forward to travel around the UK in the very near future, and we expect to hear of more and more countries ‘reopening’ to UK visitors with every government update. We already have our first list of ‘green’ countries, and we expect the majority of European nations to join this list in a couple of weeks’ time. The rapid progress in vaccinations is giving many of us the confidence to travel as soon as possible and, if you choose an Andante Travels tour, you’ll have the extra confidence of knowing that our industry-leading 11-point COVID action plan will stay in place throughout 2021. Rest assured that if a COVID test is still a requirement in order to return to the UK, we will arrange this for you on tour. And we are here to help advise on the UK Government’s ‘traffic light’ system, pre-tour testing/certification and any applicable quarantine guidelines.

We are making plans to operate UK tours from 19 July 2021 and even before if can be done safely and legally within current restrictions. We will be guided by UK Government advice on overseas tours, but intend to start operating as soon as it is permitted to do so. Whilst it may still become necessary to cancel a tour departing after this date as a result of (1) subsequent changes to the UK Government advice or local restrictions in the destination, (2) our suppliers are not in a position to put our COVID action plan in place, or (3) voluntary transfers result in unviable guest numbers on the tour, we anticipate an extensive programme of tours in summer, autumn and winter 2021. If your tour is cancelled for one of these three reasons, we are committed to providing the most convenient alternative arrangements, matching prices where possible.

Good health and happy travels from all of us here at Andante.

Jackie Willis CEO,
Specialist Journeys

If you booked on a tour due to depart in 2021

  • We are very much looking forward to welcoming you on tour.
  • If it does become necessary to cancel your tour, there will be no charge to transfer to new travel dates and we will match the price where possible. Alternatively, you may choose to transfer to any other 2021 or 2022 tour (with no admin fee to pay). Any difference in price would be payable.
  • If you wish to transfer to a different tour before we contact you, there is no charge to do so up to 56 days prior to departure. Within 56 days, an admin fee of £100 per person applies.
  • If you wish to cancel now, normal booking conditions apply.
  • If your tour is viable and we contact you to collect your holiday balance, this balance would still be payable, and not to do so would result in the cancellation of your booking and retention of your deposit (if within 56 days). Please note: there is no risk in paying your balance – your holiday booking/monies will be fully protected as part of our ATOL/ABTOT accreditation.
  • We reserve the right to cancel your tour within 12 weeks if the number of late customer cancellations or transfers make the tour commercially unviable.

  • We are very much looking forward to welcoming you on tour, subject to the addition of your chosen destination to the UK Government’s ‘green’ travel list.
  • If it does become necessary to cancel your tour, there will be no charge to transfer to new travel dates and we will match the price where possible. Alternatively, you may choose to transfer to any other 2021 or 2022 tour (with no admin fee to pay). Any difference in price would be payable.
  • If you wish to transfer to a different tour before we contact you, there is no charge to do so up to 56 days prior to departure. Within 56 days, an admin fee of £100 per person applies.
  • If you wish to cancel now, normal booking conditions apply.
  • If your tour is viable and we contact you to collect your holiday balance, this balance would still be payable, and not to do so would result in the cancellation of your booking and retention of your deposit (if within 56 days). Please note: there is no risk in paying your balance – your holiday booking/monies will be fully protected as part of our ATOL/ABTOT accreditation.
  • We reserve the right to cancel your tour within 12 weeks if the number of late customer cancellations or transfers make the tour commercially unviable.

If you are booked on a tour due to depart in 2022

  • We are very much looking forward to welcoming you on tour.
  • Should any of the three key criteria mentioned in the CEO’s message above make your tour unviable we will contact you as quickly as we can.
  • If you wish to transfer to any other tour now, there will be an administrative charge of £50 per person to do so.
  • If you wish to cancel now, normal booking conditions apply.
  • We reserve the right to cancel your tour within 12 weeks if the number of late customer cancellations or transfers make the tour commercially unviable.

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