General Conditions
Change over time is on Thursday; La Colle :10.00hrs
for departure and 21.00hrs arrivals.
The tour starts and ends at Marseille Airport. Please
organise your flight to arrive on the Thursday afternoon pickup
will be organised to your arrival times. Please note that only
the earlier time of 15.00 allows for the Marseille shoot with
any other passengers being pickup afterwards and then taken to
La Colle. (Arrival aprox 21.00 hrs) the above times allow 20-30
mins transit time from the aircraft.
FROM LONDON EUROPEAN HUB
Gatwick Easyjet arrives at : 15.00, Stanstead, Ryan Air
:19.30, Gatwick British Airways : 19.20 (All times subject to
changes by the airline)
Booking
Email us for availability for each holiday and we will
complete all bookings electronically.
Upon receipt of your Email, we will hold the reservation requested ,
unless already booked. We will also send you a
confirmation of "booking option"
form with our request for the 35% deposit.
In the event that we have not received
your the deposit within 10 days
of us issuing to you the "booking option" form, we will cancel your
reservation.
Once we have received and cleared your
deposit, we will issue you with a fully
confirmed reservation, plus local information.
Three months (12 weeks) prior to your visit you will be expected
to have paid the balance of your account.
Accommodation, food and
beverages
Your accommodation will be clean on arrival, this is a
full service tour. All meals and drinks are provided at La Colle
breakfast, lunch and dinner. This
commences from snacks provided on arrival followed by Aperitif/Dinner
at La Colle on the Thursday evening and ends at breakfast on the
Thursday of departure.
Note: food and beverages are not allowed to be taken through
to departure lounges at Marseille airport on the departure day,
there is however a snack point in the departure area and you
will need to have funds to pay for this.
Alcoholic beverages "a go go" are supplied in the
evenings and a small amount is made available for lunchtimes (to
avoid any photographic problems). Your hoist has the right to
refuse the supply of alcohol in the event that he/she believes
that you risk endangering your health or the well being of any
other tour member or staff.
Transportation and travel
The transportation vehicle is supplied. The cost of petrol,
tolls and other taxes are covered by the tour. The tour driver
is a qualified driver and has a clean driving licence. No
alcoholic beverages are to be offered to him while he is in
command of the vehicle.
Equipment and personal possessions
Your equipment or personal possessions are at all times your
personal responsibility and should be covered by your own travel
or equipment insurance. No responsibility will be accepted at
any time for the loss or damage to this equipment or personal
possessions by tour operators staff or personnel or any member
connected to the tour.
Health, safety and personal
security
Health, safety and personal security is your own personnel responsibility. You
are strongly advised to have full travel insurance and medical insurance
while on this tour. No responsibility will be accepted by the tour operators staff or personnel or any member
connected to the tour.
Weather
Changes to global climate patterns have made seasonal changes
to the weather unpredictable the tour operators can not be held responsible
to any changes in weather conditions during the tour which might
affect the photographic shooting conditions.
Changes in location
conditions
Although every effect has been made to keep up with local
changes the tour operators can not be held responsible for
changes in the vista of an area which might effect the visual scene.
Disputes and Jurisdiction
Any disputes will be settled in the French courts.
Cancellation
If you cancel your reservation after paying the 35% deposit up to the 12th week prior to your
booked date, the deposit will be paid in full
minus a £250 administrative charge. No
refund will be made on cancellations under the 12th week. If you are at all unsure about your
plans but still wish to reserve your booking, we
recommend that you take out a holiday insurance
cover which will protect your deposit on
cancellation.
Access track to La Colle Main House and La
Colle Galileo; Low slung cars ( i.e.
sports cars) and caravans are not recommended to
be taken up to the hamlet. Normal cars ( ours are VW Bora
& a Vitara ) regularly use
the tracks throughout the year. (For
further information on this track click here)
Bon Voyage !! And we look forward to
having the pleasure of seeing you
Rod Cook
Deposit
payments:
We have introduced PayPal and it's major
credit card services for deposit payments outside Europe: This
service
not only saves you money in transfer costs but also saves time
and effort as average transfer fees from outside Europe run
between 30-40$ per transfer.
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2023 by Rod Cook.
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