Terms and Conditions

Accuracy

Financial protection

"www.cruise.co.uk" is a trading name of Victoria Travel Service Ltd (VTS) who are members of the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA), membership numbers 78024 and V4689. They are holders of an air Tour Operators License (number 3385) and are members of IATA and the Guild of Professional Cruise Agents. This means that all your monies are fully secured and guaranteed so you can book with confidence. This protection only extends to customers who are resident in the UK. Please visit www.abta.com for more information.

Making your booking

It is important to understand that your actual contract is with the cruise operators (ATOL/PSA licence Holder) and their terms and conditions apply to your booking. It is understood that you have familiarised yourself and accept relevant terms and conditions of the applicable operator at the time of confirming your cruise booking.

When you make a booking you will need to complete a booking form and forward a deposit as required by the cruise line chosen. We must receive the balance 70 days prior to departure (and for a minority of cruise lines the balance can be due 90 to 150 days before departure). If, however, your booking is made less than 10 weeks before departure the full payment will be due immediately. There is no charge for any payment by debit card. Deposit payments by credit card do not incur any charges. Balance payments or any other payments by credit card will incur a 2% service charge.

 Holiday Insurance   

It is a condition of every Cruise Line that, at the time of booking, passengers must have adequate travel insurance. This cover must be equivalent to or no less than that offered by the Cruise Line's policy.


Passport and Visa Requirements 

Before you leave, make sure that:

• you have filled in details of your next of kin on the last page of your passport
• you have noted down your passport number and its date of issue and have put these details in a safe place, separate from your passport
• you have made a photocopy of your passport details page (usually inside the back cover) and left it with a friend
• you take one other form of photo ID with you
• any children who are travelling on your passport will still be under 16 by the end of your journey (if not, they will need their own passport - a child passport if they are under 16 at the start of their travels and an adult one if they will be 16 before they set out).

Travelling in Britain

The UK Passport Service is unable to advise customers as to when and where a British passport is required, as this is not a matter over which we or the British Government have any control. If you are travelling within Britain, we advise you check the requirements for the carrier that you are travelling with.

When does your passport run out?

Some countries will not let you enter if your passport has less than six months left to run. The rules vary by country. For example, South African immigration officials turn back people with fewer than two blank pages left in their passport.

If your passport is in its last year or is nearly full, you should check the rules of the country you plan to visit before booking any travel. You can ask your travel agent or contact the UK embassy or consulate of the country concerned..
For more information please visit www.ukpa.gov.uk

Visa information 

If you plan to visit a country outside British territories you may need a visa.

To find out whether you need a visa to visit a particular country, you should check with your travel agent or contact the UK consulate or embassy of the country in question. You can get consulate and embassy telephone numbers from Directory Enquiries.

Visas for passport holders who are not British citizens

Your nationality is noted on your passport. If it says one of the following, you may need a visa to visit countries where British citizens do not usually require one:

• British Overseas Territories Citizen
• British dependent territories citizen
• British national overseas
• British overseas citizen
• British protected person
• British subject

Again, we recommend that you ask your travel agent or contact the consulate or embassy of the country you plan to visit.

Foreign & Commonwealth Office Travel Advice
The Foreign & Commonwealth produces up-to-date travel information to help British travellers make informed decisions about travelling abroad.  Please visit www.fco.gov.uk/knowbeforeyougo


General Health Information for Travellers 

Introduction

The remit of NaTHNaC is to protect the health of British travellers. That is why we strongly encourage travellers to discuss their travel plans with their GP, practice nurse or private travel clinic. It is during this discussion that hazards specific to your destination can be identified, and advice on avoiding them can be given.

Why do I need to go for pre travel health advice?

A pre travel consultation does not just involve injections. In fact the majority of hazards faced by travellers abroad are not prevented by vaccines. The pre travel consultation will identify these hazards and provide you with the opportunity to discuss how these risks can be reduced. Examples include:

• Traveller's Diarrhoea
• Food and Water Hygiene
• Insect bite avoidance
• Traveller's thrombosis (DVT)
• Travel Insurance

The benefits of a pre travel consultation are:

• Up to date verbal and written advice on a range of travel health issues
• Information about recent disease outbreaks
• Travel health vaccinations, malaria tablets and other medications

Which travellers should go for a pre travel consultation?

Anyone planning a trip outside of Western Europe, the States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, should discuss their travel plans with a health professional. Generally the risk of infectious disease is greater in resource poor countries; however certain advice will be applicable to all travellers regardless of their destination. For example travellers to Mediterranean resorts should still protect themselves against insect bites, the damaging rays of the sun, and avoid risky behaviour.

There are certain travellers in whom a pre travel consultation is particularly important, these include:

• Babies and young children
• The elderly
• Pregnant or breastfeeding women
• Those with pre-existing medical conditions

Travel advice for these individuals should be specifically tailored to their needs.

How long before I travel should I seek advice?

As a general rule, 6-8 weeks prior to travel will give ample time for all necessary vaccines to be completed.

For those planning longer trips into remote areas, courses of vaccines may be recommended which can take several weeks to complete.

It is still worth seeking health advice even at the last minute, as there are some vaccines that can be given at short notice, it is always worth taking malaria tablets for last minute travel, and travellers will benefit from the preventative advice.

For more advice, please contact your GP, practice nurse or travel health clinic.

£100 off all published discounts offer Terms and Conditions

Terms and conditions: £100 discount is extra and can be used in addition to other cruise.co.uk published discounts but not cruise.co.uk Newspaper offers. Applies to NEW bookings for 2008 cruises made between the 1st April and 31st May 2007 and the cruise must be worth £1500 or over. This offer is non-combinable with any other non published offers or Price Matches or News Paper Promotions. Published discounts are those displayed on cruise.co.uk or in the cruise line brochure.