b'It is often the case that carriers will be unable to carry passengers who have enteredcompensation, refund the cost of your flight and/or provide you with accommodation or passed their 24th week of pregnancy by the end of their cruise. Women who reachand/ or refreshments under EC Regulation No 261/2004 - the Denied Boarding their 23rd week of pregnancy at the end of the cruise may also be required to provideRegulations 2004. Where applicable, you must pursue the airline for the compensation or evidence of fitness to travel. Carriers reserve the right to refuse passage if they are notother payment due to you. All sums you receive or are entitled to receive from the airline satisfied that the passenger will be safe during the course of the cruise. Pregnant womenconcerned by virtue of these Regulations represent the full amount of your entitlement to are therefore strongly recommended to seek medical advice prior to travel, at any stagecompensation or any other payment arising from such cancellation, delay, downgrading of their pregnancy. Passengers who require the use of a wheelchair must provide theiror denied boarding. This includes any disappointment, distress, inconvenience or own standard size wheelchair for the duration of the cruise. Carriers often provide aeffect on any other arrangements. The fact a delay may entitle you to cancel your flight limited number of wheelchairs which are strictly available for emergency use only. Thedoes not automatically entitle you to cancel any other arrangements even where those carrier may require such passengers to be accompanied by a travelling companion whoarrangements have been made in conjunction with your flight. We have no liability is fit and able to assist them, where it is reasonably deemed by the carrier that this isto make any payment to you in relation to the Denied Boarding Regulations as your strictly necessary. entitlement to any compensation or other payment (as dealt with above) is covered by the airlines obligations under the Denied Boarding Regulations. If, for any reason, we make 19. Excursions, Activities and Brochure/Website Information any payment to you or a third party which the airline is responsible for in accordance with The information contained in our brochure and on our website is correct to the best ofthe Denied Boarding Regulations, you must, when requested, assign to us the rights our knowledge at the time of the brochure going to print or at the time of publicationyou have or had to claim the payment in question from the airline. If the airline does not on our website. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the brochure andcomply with these rules you should complain to the Civil Aviation Authority at prices at the time of printing or publication, regrettably errors do occasionally occur. Youwww.caa.co.uk/passengers. Please note, your rights under clause 9 (Changes and must therefore ensure you check all details of your chosen holiday (including the price)Cancellations by Us) and clause 12 (Our Liability to You) of these booking conditions with us at the time of booking. are not affected by the above Denied Boarding Regulations except that we are entitled to argue that the amount you receive or are entitled to receive from the airline is sufficient to We may provide you with information (in our brochure, on our website and/or when youmeet any compensation obligation we may have to you as your tour operator as a result are on holiday) about activities and excursions which are available in the area you areof any such cancellation, delay, downgrading or denied boarding.visiting but cannot be pre-booked with us or otherwise purchased via ourselves. We have no involvement in any such activities or excursions which are not run, supervised,22. Rail Journeys and Reservationscontrolled, inspected or endorsed in any way by us. They are provided by local operatorsWe request rail reservations many months in advance but occasionally there are or other third parties who are entirely independent of us. They do not form any part ofinsufficient First Class seats available. In these situations we will book Standard Class your contract with us even where we or your Tour Manager (if on an escorted holiday)seats and refund the difference to you. Although we do our best to follow the routes suggest particular operators/other third parties and/or assist you in booking suchnoted on the itinerary there might be occasions when activities or excursions in any way. We cannot accept any liability on any basis in relationa different routing and/or departure time is necessary due to timetable variations or seat to such activities or excursions and the acceptance of liability contained in clause 12(1) ofavailability. our booking conditions will not apply to them. We do not however exclude liability for the negligence of ourselves or our employees resulting in your death or personal injury.Regardless of any information given by us in good faith, operational changes may be made by a rail supplier/operator at any point and without notice, and we cannot be We cannot guarantee accuracy at all times of information given in relation to suchresponsible for these. Increasingly, trains are 100% non-smoking, and reservations are activities or excursions or about the area(s) you are visiting generally (except whererequested in non-smoking accommodation, although at busy times we may be allocated this concerns the services which will form part of your contract) or that any particularsome smoking seats.excursion or activity which does not form part of our contract will take place as these services are not under our control. If you feel that any of the activities or excursionsWe cannot make specific requests for smoking seats. Prices quoted in this brochure mentioned in our brochure or on our website which are not part of our contract are vitaland on our website are based on special fares negotiated with our rail partners for group to the enjoyment of your holiday, write to us immediately and we will tell you the latesttravel. Should you wish to travel on any Eurostar or other rail service, other than those known situation.included as part of your holiday, a rail variation charge of 25 per person per service plus any additional cost will apply. Any change involving sleeper services will be quoted on an If we become aware of any material alterations to destination/area information and/orindividual basis.such outside activities or excursions which can be reasonably expected to affect your decision to book a holiday with us, we will pass on this information at the time of booking. Tickets for Eurostar train services are issued subject to the conditions set out in Eurostar International Limiteds conditions of carriage and/or the conditions of carriage of the 20. Flights carrier in question, copies of which are available from travel agents appointed by Eurostar In accordance with EU Directive (EC) No 2111/2005, we are required to bring yourInternational Limited or supplied on request.attention the existence of a Community List which contains details of air carriers that are subject to an operating ban within the EU Community. The Community List is available23. Your Financial Protectionfor inspection at http://ec.europa.eu/transport/air-ban/list_en.htm. We are also requiredThe Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 require us to to advise you of the carrier(s) or, if the carrier(s) is not known, the likely carrier(s) that willprovide security for the monies that you pay for the package holidays booked from this operate your flight(s) at the time of booking. Where we are only able to inform you ofbrochure or our website and for your repatriation in the event of our insolvency. We the likely carrier(s) at the time of booking, we will inform you of the identity of the actualprovide this security by way of an ATOL (ATOL number 3278) administered by the Civil carrier(s) as soon as we become aware of this. Any change to the operating carrier(s)Aviation Authority of CAA House, 45-59 Kingsway, London WC2B 6TE for packages and/or flight routings (including indirect routings) after your booking has been confirmedwhich include a flight and a bond held by ABTOT (ABTOT number 5386) for packages will be notified to you as soon as possible. We are not always in a position at the time ofthat do not include a flight. You can contact ABTOT at www.abtot.com or ABTOT booking to confirm flight routings and/or flight timings. Where flight routings and/or flightLimited, 117 Houndsditch, London EC3A 7BT.timings are given at the time of booking or detailed on your confirmation letter/invoice these are for guidance only and are subject to alteration and confirmation. The latestWhen you buy an ATOL protected flight or flight inclusive holiday from us, you will timings will be shown on your itinerary which will be dispatched to you approximatelyreceive an ATOL Certificate*. This lists what is financially protected, where you can get 10 days prior to departure. You must accordingly check your tickets very carefullyinformation on what this means immediately on receipt to ensure you have the correct flight times. It is possible that flightfor you and who to contact if things go wrong. We, or the suppliers identified on your times may be changed even after tickets have been dispatched.ATOL Certificate, will provide you with the services listed on the ATOL Certificate (or a suitable alternative). In some cases, where neither we nor the supplier are able to do so We will contact you as soon as possible if this occurs. Any change in the identity of thefor reasons of insolvency, an alternative ATOL holder may provide you with the services carrier(s), flight timings, routings (including a change from direct to indirect routings) and/ you have bought or a suitable alternative (at no extra cost to you). You agree to accept or aircraft type (if given) will not entitle you to cancel or change to other arrangementsthat in those circumstances the alternative ATOL holder will perform those obligations without paying our normal charges except where specified in these conditions.and you agree to pay any money outstanding to be paid by you under your contract to Regardless of any information given in good faith, operational changes may be madethat alternative ATOL holder. However, you also agree that in some cases it will not be by an airline at any point and we cannot be responsible for these. If the carrier(s) withpossible to appoint an alternative ATOL holder, in which case you will be entitled to make whom you have a confirmed reservation becomes subject to an operating ban as abovea claim under the ATOL scheme (or your credit card issuer where applicable). If we, or as a result of which we/the carrier(s) are unable to offer you a suitable alternative thethe suppliers identified on your ATOL certificate, are unable to provide the services listed provisions of clause 9 (Changes and Cancellations by Us) will apply. Prices quoted in this(or a suitable alternative, through an alternative ATOL holder or otherwise) for reasons brochure and on our website are based on special airfares offered to us by the airlinesof insolvency, the Trustees of the Air Travel Trust may make a payment to (or confer a for group travel. These represent a reduction on the normal IATA fares which entitlebenefit on) you under the ATOL scheme. You agree that in return for such a payment passengers to privileges and flexibility that our clients do not normally require as part ofor benefit, you assign absolutely to those Trustees any claims which you have or may the holiday. Should you wish to book our holiday using a flight other than that shown inhave arising out of or relating to the non-provision of the services, including any claim the brochure/on our website, a flight variation charge from 50 per person will apply inagainst us, the travel agent or your credit card issuer where applicable. You also agree addition to the difference in cost between our special fare and the normal IATA fare for thethat any such claims may be re-assigned to another body, if that other body has paid flight(s) required. Tickets at our special fare are valid only on the airline and dates shownsums you have claimed under the ATOL scheme. *The flights and flight inclusive holidays and do not automatically entitle passengers to switch to another carrier in case of a flightwe arrange are ATOL protected providing they are made available in the UK. For further cancellation, delay or technical problems with the aircraft or the reservation. Please noteinformation visit the ATOL website at www.atol.org.uk.that most airlines now operate 100% non-smoking services.If your holiday does not include flights, ABTOT will financially protect your holiday by 21. Denied Boarding Regulations ensuring you receive a refund or, if your arrangements include return travel to the UK If you or any member of your party misses your flight or other transport arrangement,(other than flights), you are returned to the UK in the event that your holiday cannot be it is cancelled or you are subject to a delay of over 3 hours for any reason, you mustprovided as a result of our insolvency. Please go to our website www.greatrail.com for contact us and the airline or other transport supplier concerned immediately. If yourfurther information relating to ABTOTs scheme of financial protection.flight is cancelled or delayed, your flight ticket is downgraded or boarding is denied by your airline, depending on the circumstances, the airline may be required to pay youIf you book arrangements other than an ATOL protected flight or package holiday from 130 BOOKING CONDITIONS'