Essential Europe Grand Tour

Tour Highlights – of Europe

London – Guided city tour, Madame Tussauds & London Eye
Paris – City tour, Eiffel Tower (2nd level), Montmartre & Perfume Museum
Belgium – Brussels orientation & Atomium photo stop
Netherlands – Keukenhof (till 10 May) / Amsterdam city tour & Dam Square
Germany – Cologne Cathedral, Rhine River Cruise & Heidelberg tour
Switzerland – Mt. Titlis, Lucerne & optional Jungfraujoch with Interlaken
Italy – Venice (St. Mark’s Square by private boat), Florence walking tour, Rome city tour
Vatican City & Pisa – St. Peter’s Basilica & the Leaning Tower of Pisa

IMPORTANT NOTES

What Your Tour Price Includes

• Sightseeing and accommodation as per the above-mentioned itinerary.

• All transfers and extensive excursions with entrance fees (as specified in the itinerary) by a deluxe air-conditioned coach.

• Services of a professional, friendly and multilingual Tour Manager or a local Representative. (Subject to minimum 15 customers).

What Your Tour Price Does Not Include

• Air tickets required to participate in this tour.

• Visa charges, Insurance, Airport & Port taxes.

• Tipping is expected from anyone providing your service e.g., Coach Driver, Local Guides, Hotel & Restaurant staff etc. It is mandatory to tip a nominal amount of EUR 3 per person/per day. For the entire duration of this tour, which is 8 Days, the total Tips amount is EUR 24 per person to be paid to the Tour Manager on Day 01 of the tour.

• No porterage included.
• Any expenses of a personal nature such as porterage, laundry expenses, wines, mineral water, food and drink not in the regular menu provided by us, minibar, telephone calls, etc.
• Meals other than that are mentioned in your itinerary.
• Cost of excursions, city sightseeing, entrance fees and local guides availed of by the passengers, other than that mentioned in your itinerary.
• Airport transfers, Cost of Suggested / Optional Excursions..

Visa Requirements

• You must be in possession of a Multiple Entry Schengen visa. The cost of visa is not included in your package tour price. It would be best to check with nearest consulates or embassy or your  travel agent for visa information. Please ensure that your travel documents are ready in time before your tour date..

Ticketing Requirements

• For this tour you would require confirmed air tickets to arrive into Zurich and depart from Amsterdam. It would be advisable to check with your sales officer or local travel agent for ticketing.

Joining Direct Clients

• Main Sector air tickets to reach the first overnight city and last departure city is not included in the Joining Direct package price.

• Arrival and Departure Transfers are not included in the package price.

• The Tour Manager shall meet the clients directly at the hotel.

Hotels

• All hotels will be either around the airport area or on the outskirts.

• The hotel room size in Europe would be up to 16 – 18 sq. mts.

• Most hotels in Europe have only Twin beds. The double bed will be Queen size and not King size.

• As a 3rd person in a triple room, most hotels use rollaway beds and room size may be the same as the double room.

• For Child with bed: At times hotel don’t have enough roll away beds, in that case they might give a double and a separate single room.

• A person 11.99 years and below is considered a child and 12 years and above, an adult.

• Hotel rooms may not be air conditioned / air cooled nor will fans be provided. Air conditioning / cooling in hotels are set as per European weather conditions.

• Functioning of Air cooling / Air conditioning in hotels is subject to official declaration of summer by the local authority.

• During heat wave in Europe air conditioning of the hotels and coaches may cease to function as they are not built for such high temperatures.

• Most hotels in Europe do not provide tea kettles in the rooms.

• Due to international events and trade fairs all throughout Europe such as the Air Show, music festivals, ice skating championships etc., you may have to stay in hotels further away from the city.

• In Switzerland the stay may be split in two hotels.

• Any damage caused to the hotel rooms / Coach during your stay shall be payable by the passengers.

• We also reserve the right to substitute a hotel of similar class if it is deemed advisable or necessary.

• In certain cities hotels have not started the buffet breakfasts yet and if the same does not change by the time the tours begin, we will either provide breakfast or the groups will be taken to an Indian / local restaurant for breakfast.

Coaches

• Most of your journey in Europe is by coach and hence you are requested to keep the coach clean.

• Due to hygienic reasons, it is not permitted to use toilets on the coach. However, the tour manager will make comfort stops during long drives.

• Eating & drinking is not permitted on the coach.

• One check-in bag and one handbag per person only, due to limited boot space on the coach.

• In major European cities, there are parking restrictions for coaches, and it may not be possible to stop at all the places during the city tour. Tour Manager will try his/her best to stop coach wherever possible for a photo stop.

• Coaches are non-wheelchair compliant. There are steps to board / alight from the coach.

• Due to private coaches being forbidden inside most of the European cities, asper EU norms to preserve them and to avoid getting them polluted and overcrowded, most of your sightseeing will be done by local buses and on foot.

Meals

• Meals are pre–set and a–la carte is not possible.

• On certain days, a packed lunch will be provided.

Sightseeing

• On certain departures, we may sometimes amend / reverse the itinerary. However, all the services / inclusions will remain the same.

• Generally, you will have to walk to sightseeing places, amusement parks and the airports sometimes for a long distance; however, the same will be timely instructed by the Tour Manager. It is advisable to carry a good pair of comfortable sports shoes. The tour manager and the driver will do their best to get you as close to the monuments as possible.

General

• On some occasions you may have to join another group in case the group does not have adequate members.

• A local representative or a driver may only be there to assist you during your initial part of the tour.

• Arrival and Departure flights should be booked according to the group flight timings. In case there is any sightseeing involved on the first or last day of the itinerary to avoid missing any of the services. Please check with your sales officer for the group flight timings.

• Security alerts and random closures might affect the itinerary.

• Please take extra care of your personal belongings while on the tour, every country you travel to is prone to thefts and bag snatching. TCIL will not be liable for any loss of belongings / baggage.

• Disabled clients should carry their own wheelchair and should be accompanied by a qualified companion who is able to provide assistance to the disabled client.

• TCIL shall not accept any liability or responsibility for any damages, loss, baggage loss, theft, injury, accident, death, breakdown or irregularity, which may occur in carrying out the tour arrangement, weather conditions, strikes, war, quarantine and any other cause whatsoever and all such loss or expense must be borne by the passengers. Insurance policies must be carried while on tour.

• The management reserves the right to claim any additional expenses incurred due to delays or changes in schedules of train, airplane, bus, ship or other services.

• The Tour Manager and the company reserves the right to amend the itinerary, alter, vary or withdraw any particular departure, excursion advertised. For the convenience of our passengers, we will sometimes amend the itinerary. However, all the services will remain the same.

• There are no refunds for any services i.e., meals, sightseeing etc. not utilized on your tour.

• All optional activities will have to be booked and paid to the Tour Manager on Day 01 of the tour. Payments to be made by cash in EURO only. (Credit or Debit cards not accepted).

• Optional tours are booked & paid on 100% non-refundable & non cancellation policy.

• The images used in this brochure are for representation purposes only.

• Please refer to the Booking Form for detailed “Terms and Conditions”.