Travel options & Insurance

Flights

Flights in Europe are rapidly changing, with many new economic services, the so called “no frills” airlines adding seemingly daily to their list of destinations. In order to assist you in finding the best flights for your holiday we keep tabs on the ever-changing schedules and can advise you on the best flights for your holiday.

Once your flights are booked, we shall make all the arrangements for hire-cars or onward coach travel.  If you have any queries at all on flights to Europe and beyond please just call for all the information you require.

Hire cars

We use a number of reliable suppliers (mainly AVIS and EUROPCAR) to ensure that you receive the best possible vehicles and service when renting a car for your holiday. Our hire-cars include unlimited mileage, collision damage waiver (CDW) insurance and third party insurance (TP), although there are excesses on these policies, more below.

We shall arrange for one of their vast fleet of up-to-date cars, to be ready and waiting for you when you touch-down. Vehicles are available at all possible arrival points and range in size from a Renault Clio for one or two, up to a mini-bus for nine. You may pick your car up at one airport and leave it at another, or even have it delivered to your hotel. When you book your holiday we shall be able to discuss the appropriate vehicle type and costs with you.

HIRE CAR INSURANCE

Inclusive car hire insurances do carry large excess amounts that you will be liable for in the case of an accident or theft of the vehicle (in the region of €1,000.00 for CDW and €2,000.00 for TP).  If you would like to reduce these excesses to zero you can purchase "super insurance" when you collect your car which will cost around €20.00 per day; alternatively you can purchase an annual policy from Insurance 4 Car Hire for around £50.00 which will cover all your trips for a full year - we think it's much better value!

Just click on the link below for full details on how to purchase this excellent value cover.

For a low, annual premium, Insurance4carhire.com provides excess insurance protecting the customer against excess charges whenever they rent a car.

Channel Crossings

There are many ways to cross the Channel to France and Ireland, we know about them all and can recommened and arrange whichever route you would prefer.  Our brochure supplement provides full information and sailing schedules for the most popular routes, plus we can tell you all about the others that might make your journey even more pleasurable.

Getting to France Dover-Calais Fast loading ferries complete with Club Class and Langans Brasseries. Folkestone-Calais The fast train under the Channel - Club Class also available. Portsmouth-St. Malo • Portsmouth-Caen • Plymouth-Roscoff Overnight/day crossings to Brittany. Club Class available. Fast catamarans. Duty Free goods still available. Poole-St. Malo via the Channel Islands • Poole-Cherbourg Waterloo or Ashford to Paris, Lille or Calais. The quickest way from central London to Lille or Paris.

Getting to Ireland Holyhead-Dublin • Fishguard-Rosslare • Stranraer-Larne High speed catamarans and cruise ferries - Club Class available. Getting to Belgium Folkestone-Calais The fast train under the Channel - Club Class also available. The quickest way from central London to Brussels. We shall arrange taxi or hire cars for you on arrival if you so wish. Hull-Zeebrugge Overnight ferries from northern England to Belgium.

pERSONAL Travel Insurance & vEHICLE BREAKDOWN

We do not automaticaly include travel insurance, as more and more people choose to take annual travel insurance.  We do however have policies arranged with Golf Cover Insurance (a long established broker) for both Personal and Vehicle Breakdown insurance.
For specimen policies please click on either of the links below. Personal Travel Insurance Policy European Vehicle Breakdown Policy