Deposit and balance
A deposit of £250 per person is required to confirm your booking.
The balance for your holiday is due eight weeks before arrival.
Please note our cancellation conditions set out below. (We recommend that you take out normal holiday insurance, including cancellation insurance.)
How to make your payment
We ask you to make your payment by direct bank transfer and we will give you our bank details for you to make this transaction.
If you are paying from outside the UK you might like to use Transferwise. In our regular transactions within Europe, to the USA and Australia, this company has transferred our money efficiently and speedily, and we have enjoyed excellent exchange rates and paid very low fees. Our guests say: ““Wow! What a great way to send money inexpensively.” “I’m amazed and impressed with how speedy it all happened.” “Totally impressed!” Just ask us for the link.
If you prefer to pay by credit card via PayPal, we can send you an invoice, with a link for you to make a secure payment. You will find, however, that your exchange rate is less favourable (you will spend more in your own currency for the same amount in GBP) and, in addition, we charge an extra 3.5% on your payment as a contribution to the card transaction fees incurred at our end.
Cancellations
The deposit is non-returnable, unless you cancel within 14 days of the booking.
If the course has to be postponed because of official restrictions due to disease, terrorism or on armed conflicts, the deposit may be transferred to a course with the same tutor at a later date, or to another tutor of your choice.
If you have to cancel four to eight weeks before departure, a charge of 40% of the total price is payable; at two to four weeks, 60%; at one to two weeks, 80%; at less than one week, 90%. Once the course has started, 100% is payable.
We reserve the right to cancel any course at two months’ notice and, where possible, provide you with an alternative.