Visiting: Istambul, Kusadasi, Marmaris, Antalya, Capadocia, Konya, Pamukale
Departures weekly every Friday
ITINERARY: Flight to Istanbul, night on board.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Arrival. Transfer to the hotel.Welcome to Europe!!!. Upon arriving at the airport we will be waiting to transfer you to your hotel. You can enjoy free time until your tour starts. Please, check the informative posters placed at the hotel reception area which have all the information about your upcoming services such as meeting place, time and the guide’s name.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Sighseeing tour. Cable car to Pierre Loti viewpoint. Topkapi Palace .Night transfer to Taksim.A sightseeing tour of the city. We find ourselves in a city built in two continents. On our tour, we will include a cable car ride up to the Pierre Loti viewpoint and we will lenter the Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent (the largest in Istanbul). We will see the walls, the Golden Horn, the fishing district, and we will admire the exterior of Hagia Sofia. After the visit, we will offer tickets and a visit to the Top Kapi Palace, which was the administrative centre of the Ottoman Empire, with its magnificent courtyards and its pavilions. At the end of the afternoon we will provide a transfer to the Taksim neighbourhood, the most commercialised and lively area of the city. There will be time to dine in one of its many restaurants, and you can also take the old tram that crosses the area or go to see the nearby Galata Tower.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Boat trip on the Bosphorus.Today we include a boat trip on the Bosphorus that will last about two hours. We will undertake the trip on a boat exclusively for Europamundo travellers. The Bosphorus is a strait that connects the Black Sea with the Sea of ??Marmara, which separates Istanbul into two parts: the European part and the Asian one. We will enjoy seeing the liveliness of the strait with its multitude of boats. We will pass under the two bridges that unite Europe and Asia and we will admire the palaces of the sultans, the typical wooden houses and the Ottoman villas. Free time
.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Ferry over the Marmara. Ephesus. Dinner included. We left early from Istanbul. We crosed by fast ferry (variable schedules according to seasons and months) the Sea of Marmara, after about two hours of crossing, we arrived at the port of BANDIRMA (or Yalova according to schedules). We continued route through the interior of Turkey. At the beginning of the afternoon we arrive at EPHESUS, the best preserved ancient city of Asia Minor; 2000 years ago it had a quarter of a million inhabitants. We know Saint John´s Basilica, after it, the house of the Virgin Mary and the archaeological site (tickets included). We then continue to KUSADASI, a popular coastal town with a lot of atmosphere, commercial life and a small castle. Dinner and accommodation.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Views over the Aegean. Beautiful Bodrum. Dinner included. We leave for Bodrum, a very beautiful fortified city of Greek origin. You can visit its castle, stroll through its streets full of life and tourism or go around its sports marina. After lunch, we go on our way to MARMARIS, another very beautiful coastal tourist enclave with its castle, its marina and its fountains. Dinner and accommodation.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Contrasts of landscapes. Boat trip. Dinner included. We leave for DALYAN, an incredible place by a navigable river. We include a two- hour boat trip to see LYCIA’S ROYAL TOMBS, and still on the boat, we go on to a large lake where we stop at the thermal springs. If you want, you can bathe in the warm waters or have a mud bath! Time for lunch in one of the numerous restaurants in DAYLAN by the river. Continuation to ANTALYA, we will make a brief visit to this coastal city of more than a million inhabitants, the door of Adrian, the Ottoman district and its great waterfall that falls straight into the sea. Dinner and accommodation
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Contrast of the Anatolian region between the coast and the high mountains . Dinner included. We leave Antalya for ASPENDOS, we visit the Roman theatre which many believe to be the best preserved in the world. After this in SIDE we can admire the Greek temple of Apollo by the sea. Time to stroll around the port and through its streets full of life. Amidst impressive countryside we cross the Taurus Mountains, their peaks of over 3,500 metres in height are snow- covered for a large part of the year. A stop in KARAMAN where we visit TARTAN EVI, an ancient Ottoman mansion. Continuation to the region of Cappadocia. NIGDE, dinner and accommodation. Note: Sometimes the Tartan Evi may be closed, in which case the visit would be replaced by another to a mansion of similar characteristics in Cappadocia.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: landscapes with spectacular shapes. Picturesque towns. Dinner included. A full day in the fantastic region of CAPPADOCIA, with its lunar landscapes, its churches and troglodyte villages. We start by visiting GUMUSLER, an incredible seventh century underground monastery with maybe the best Byzantine frescoes in Turkey. In KAYMAKLI we will see theunderground city that could house 30,000 people. We will visit the natural fortress of UCHISAR.After lunch, we will see the GOREME Valley with its open-air museum and its churches dug out of the rocks, entrance included. Hotel in AVANOS. Dinner included.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Ihlara Valley, Caravanserai, Konya. Dinner included. At the far end of Cappadocia, we will visit the IHLARA Valley; known for the freshness of its waters, its churches and villages excavated in the rock. Then we continue our route, with a stop in an old CARAVANSERAI from the 13th Century before arriving in KONYA where we visit the Mausoleum of Mevlana. Here we will learn about the sect of the Dervishes (entrance included). Dinner included. At night, we suggest that you attend the dance performance of the whirling dervishes in the cultural centre.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Fantastic Cotton Castle at the end of the day. Dinner included. We take a scenic road between the lakes, and get to know EGRIDIR, a beautiful town next to a large lake, with its walls and mosques. There’s time to have lunch. We then continue to PAMUKKALE-Hierapolis, whose calcareous waters have created the Cotton Castle (entrance included). Dinner included.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Ephesus. Dinner included. We leave for EPHESUS, the best preserved ancient city of Asia Minor; 2000 years ago it had a quarter of a million inhabitants. We see the house of the Virgin Mary, the Basilica of Saint John and the impressive ruins of Ephesus (entrance included). We then go on to KUSADASI, a popular coastal town with a lot of atmosphere, commercial life and a small castle. Dinner included.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT: Interior of Anatolia. Hanging bridges crossing the Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorus Strait. We leave for the city with the fourth largest population in Turkey: IZMIR. We see the church of Saint Polycarp, the oldest in the city, which reminds us of the importance of this area in early Christianity (entrance included). We then return to inland Turkey. Stop en route for lunch before reaching BURSA, the fourth largest city in Turkey, whose historic centre has been declared UNESCO World Heritage, with its traditional commercial districts, mosques, religious schools, public baths … The green mosque stands out. Arrival in ISTANBUL at the end of the day. Accomodation 1 extra night in Istanbul.
After breakfast trasfer to the airport.
DETAILS:
The price does NOT include visas, additional taxes at the border and/or airports, excess baggage (some airlines allow less than 23Kg per suitcase) gratuity to the guide & driver. Also NOT included are tips and drinks at restaurants (even if tour included the meal), meals outside of the ones mentioned, porter service, travel insurance, optional excursions, or anything that is not mentioned in writing. Check-in time to hotels worldwide is between 2:00pm-4:00pm and based on how quickly they can clean & sanitize rooms for the next guest. If the flight arrives early, you can leave your bags at the concierge and go for a walk or eat, while the rooms are ready.
When a passenger decides NOT to use nights in planned hotels, NOT participate in any excursion or DO NOT take any meals included in the program during the course of the tour, there will be NO refund.
Price is per person, in a double room, subject to availability. Viatur Travel System, Inc and/or the Tour Operator reserve the right to change the sequence of the program and/or planned hotels. There are many factors that can cause the order of the itinerary to change, without prior notice or that some services are replaced by others or totally eliminated. The tour Operator and ourselves will always try to provide equal value or better for any unexpected change. Providing satisfaction and quality of the tour has always been our main objective and that has characterized VIATUR since 1995.
$500 pp of initial DEPOSIT is required to book the Land Tour + the cost of the air ticket (if not included in price). In cases where the package does not include airfare, it must be booked and purchased within 24 hours of making your airfare reservation. Sometimes the airlines make price changes beyond anyone's control, they do not allow us to assign seats in advance and they charge for transporting bags, food, blankets, headphones, etc. In case you decide not to buy the air ticket through Viatur, there will be an additional administrative fee of $ 50 per passenger for processing your information. IMPORTANT: Please note that our collection of scheduled GROUPS that include airfare in the price have separate conditions of payment. It is a package deal that includes everything needed to accomplish your trip. A deposit of $500 will be required to initiate reservation; a second deposit of $1000 will be required 30 days after reservation date and a final payment will be due 90 days before departure. If the reservation is made within the 90 days, full payment will be due. NOTE: In same cases the payments may be requested sooner to avoid an increase in price or taxes. The increase in gas, energy and inflation have caused airfare, hotels, tour buses, transfers etc to increase. We accept Discover, Visa, Mastercard, American Express and PayPal for the initial deposit of your reservation ($500 pp). It is the policy of our company that given the nature of our services, the balance is settled with cash, cashier's check, bank deposit or bank wire in the name of our company VIATUR TRAVEL SYSTEM, INC. However, as a customer convenience and alternate form of payment, you can settle the balance with your credit card or PayPal, but in that case there will be an additional convenience charge. With our LAY-AWAY PLAN: You can make monthly payments, without any additional fee for tours that have a departure date of 10 to 13 months into the future.
Please look at our LAY-AWAY PLAN information, under the ENGLISH tab - TERMS & CONDITIONS.
ATTENTION: All tours have LIMITED SPACE & RESERVATION DEADLINE, the price may increase a minimum of $250 p.p.
There are several pricing options. If you wish, we can offer you land services only or with airfare included. We can also provide price with airfare from another city or country, for any questions, please contact us at 1-888-284-2887 or info@viatur.com If you choose to obtain your own airfare, there will be an administrative fee of $50 pp DO NOT FORGET TO BUY TRAVEL INSURANCE at the time of making your reservation to cover Pre-Existing Conditions (diabetes, high blood pressure etc). This insurance will give you peace of mind when traveling and protection against severe cancellation penalties. In addition, it will cover medical expenses, theft or loss of luggage including if airline's fault. Please call your travel advisor at 1-888-2-VIATUR (1-888-284-2887) for more information or by E-mail: info@viatur.com FINAL PAYMENT IS DUE 60 DAYS BEFORE DEPARTURE. FAILURE TO PAY ON TIME, MAY CAUSE A $50 SURCHARGE or LOSS OF RESERVATION AND DEPOSIT. All reservations are subject to cancelation penalties, depending on when we receive written notification of your cancellation. Air tickets generate penalties for any change and are NOT refundable and are NOT transferable to another person, nor can the flight itinerary be changed. These penalties, established by the airlines are NOT negotiable, nor are they within our control. Please read the General Conditions in detail enclosed in your documents and/or on our website www.ViaturTravel.com.
IMPORTANT: Please note that our collection of scheduled GROUPS that include airfare in the price have separate conditions of payment. It is a package deal that includes everything needed to accomplish your trip. A deposit of $500 will be required to initiate reservation; a second deposit of $1000 will be required 30 days after reservation date and a final payment will be due 90 days before departure. If the reservation is made within the 90 days, full payment will be due. NOTE: In same cases the payments may be requested sooner to avoid an increase in price or taxes. The increase in gas, energy and inflation have caused airfare, hotels, tour buses, transfers etc to increase.
Check-In at hotels is worldwide between 2:00 pm-4:00pm, your understanding is requested, in case your flight arrives very early and you have to wait for your room to be ready. You are recommended to leave your luggage with the Hotel Concierge and go to eat or walk while the room is ready. Do not leave anything valuable, since neither the hotel nor Viatur are responsible for any loss. Check-out is normally between 11:00 am-12:00pm
THE PASSENGER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING TRAVEL DOCUMENTATION NEEDED. THE PASSPORT MUST BE VALID FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS, AFTER RETURN DATE AND THE NAME ON THE AIRLINE TICKET MUST BE IDENTICAL TO THE PASSPORT. DO NOT FORGET TO VERIFY THE VISA AND /OR VACCINES REQUIREMENT FOR THE COUNTRIES YOU ARE VISITING, EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY BE ONLY PASSING-THROUGH THAT COUNTRY'S AIRPORT. TRAVEL IMMIGRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRY, DEPEND ON YOUR NATIONALITY. VIATUR DOES NOT PROCESS VISAS, WE CAN ONLY GIVE YOU SOME BASIC GUIDANCE OF THE PROCESS.
BEFORE ISSUING AIRLINE TICKETS FOR RESERVATION: VIATUR WILL REQUIRE a LEGIBLE & COMPLETE COPY OF THE 1ST PAGE OF YOUR PASSPORT (including picture and signature). We will also need a fully filled-out SIGNED Reservation Form,
Reserve as soon as possible and we will try to get you a (same gender) Room-Share travel partner (applicable to most tours) and therefore, you will save the high cost of the "Individual Supplement" (extra cost for having a room to yourself). Contact us at 1-888-284-2887 or by email at info@viatur.com, to inform us of your interest in a Room-Share travel partner. Make your $500 deposit, as soon as possible, to have a better chance of finding a roommate. Be aware that his option has pros and cons. The "pros", If it all goes well, you will save money and hopefully have a pleasant and courteous travel partner, who might even become a friend or travel partner for other trips. The "con" is that after finding you a roommate, that person might turn out to be someone, not as pleasant (you can share a room, without having to socialize during the day). The most worrisome case "con" is that person may decide to cancel the trip for personal reasons or decide to travel with someone else known to him/her at last minute and is no longer be available to share the room. In that uncommon scenario, you will be responsible for paying the Individual Supplement, but you will be able to have the room to yourself. If you cancel, we will refund you as much as possible, but this depends on when does is the cancellation processed (within 60 days of departure date, it gets more complicated). Also, if airline tickets have been issued, the airline will not refund any money and the tickets are non-transferable. This situation happens rarely, but it's always a possibility, so its always best to consider the scenario of that extra expense. We will make the Single Supplement, as affordable as possible, but it's based on what the Tour Operator charges, how long is the tour and the destination, because some countries are far more expensive than others.
Visiting: Istambul, Kusadasi, Marmaris, Antalya, Capadocia, Konya, Pamukale
Departures weekly every Friday
ITINERARY: Flight to Istanbul, night on board.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Arrival. Transfer to the hotel.Welcome to Europe!!!. Upon arriving at the airport we will be waiting to transfer you to your hotel. You can enjoy free time until your tour starts. Please, check the informative posters placed at the hotel reception area which have all the information about your upcoming services such as meeting place, time and the guide’s name.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Sighseeing tour. Cable car to Pierre Loti viewpoint. Topkapi Palace .Night transfer to Taksim.A sightseeing tour of the city. We find ourselves in a city built in two continents. On our tour, we will include a cable car ride up to the Pierre Loti viewpoint and we will lenter the Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent (the largest in Istanbul). We will see the walls, the Golden Horn, the fishing district, and we will admire the exterior of Hagia Sofia. After the visit, we will offer tickets and a visit to the Top Kapi Palace, which was the administrative centre of the Ottoman Empire, with its magnificent courtyards and its pavilions. At the end of the afternoon we will provide a transfer to the Taksim neighbourhood, the most commercialised and lively area of the city. There will be time to dine in one of its many restaurants, and you can also take the old tram that crosses the area or go to see the nearby Galata Tower.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Boat trip on the Bosphorus.Today we include a boat trip on the Bosphorus that will last about two hours. We will undertake the trip on a boat exclusively for Europamundo travellers. The Bosphorus is a strait that connects the Black Sea with the Sea of ??Marmara, which separates Istanbul into two parts: the European part and the Asian one. We will enjoy seeing the liveliness of the strait with its multitude of boats. We will pass under the two bridges that unite Europe and Asia and we will admire the palaces of the sultans, the typical wooden houses and the Ottoman villas. Free time
.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Ferry over the Marmara. Ephesus. Dinner included. We left early from Istanbul. We crosed by fast ferry (variable schedules according to seasons and months) the Sea of Marmara, after about two hours of crossing, we arrived at the port of BANDIRMA (or Yalova according to schedules). We continued route through the interior of Turkey. At the beginning of the afternoon we arrive at EPHESUS, the best preserved ancient city of Asia Minor; 2000 years ago it had a quarter of a million inhabitants. We know Saint John´s Basilica, after it, the house of the Virgin Mary and the archaeological site (tickets included). We then continue to KUSADASI, a popular coastal town with a lot of atmosphere, commercial life and a small castle. Dinner and accommodation.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Views over the Aegean. Beautiful Bodrum. Dinner included. We leave for Bodrum, a very beautiful fortified city of Greek origin. You can visit its castle, stroll through its streets full of life and tourism or go around its sports marina. After lunch, we go on our way to MARMARIS, another very beautiful coastal tourist enclave with its castle, its marina and its fountains. Dinner and accommodation.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Contrasts of landscapes. Boat trip. Dinner included. We leave for DALYAN, an incredible place by a navigable river. We include a two- hour boat trip to see LYCIA’S ROYAL TOMBS, and still on the boat, we go on to a large lake where we stop at the thermal springs. If you want, you can bathe in the warm waters or have a mud bath! Time for lunch in one of the numerous restaurants in DAYLAN by the river. Continuation to ANTALYA, we will make a brief visit to this coastal city of more than a million inhabitants, the door of Adrian, the Ottoman district and its great waterfall that falls straight into the sea. Dinner and accommodation
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Contrast of the Anatolian region between the coast and the high mountains . Dinner included. We leave Antalya for ASPENDOS, we visit the Roman theatre which many believe to be the best preserved in the world. After this in SIDE we can admire the Greek temple of Apollo by the sea. Time to stroll around the port and through its streets full of life. Amidst impressive countryside we cross the Taurus Mountains, their peaks of over 3,500 metres in height are snow- covered for a large part of the year. A stop in KARAMAN where we visit TARTAN EVI, an ancient Ottoman mansion. Continuation to the region of Cappadocia. NIGDE, dinner and accommodation. Note: Sometimes the Tartan Evi may be closed, in which case the visit would be replaced by another to a mansion of similar characteristics in Cappadocia.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: landscapes with spectacular shapes. Picturesque towns. Dinner included. A full day in the fantastic region of CAPPADOCIA, with its lunar landscapes, its churches and troglodyte villages. We start by visiting GUMUSLER, an incredible seventh century underground monastery with maybe the best Byzantine frescoes in Turkey. In KAYMAKLI we will see theunderground city that could house 30,000 people. We will visit the natural fortress of UCHISAR.After lunch, we will see the GOREME Valley with its open-air museum and its churches dug out of the rocks, entrance included. Hotel in AVANOS. Dinner included.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Ihlara Valley, Caravanserai, Konya. Dinner included. At the far end of Cappadocia, we will visit the IHLARA Valley; known for the freshness of its waters, its churches and villages excavated in the rock. Then we continue our route, with a stop in an old CARAVANSERAI from the 13th Century before arriving in KONYA where we visit the Mausoleum of Mevlana. Here we will learn about the sect of the Dervishes (entrance included). Dinner included. At night, we suggest that you attend the dance performance of the whirling dervishes in the cultural centre.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Fantastic Cotton Castle at the end of the day. Dinner included. We take a scenic road between the lakes, and get to know EGRIDIR, a beautiful town next to a large lake, with its walls and mosques. There’s time to have lunch. We then continue to PAMUKKALE-Hierapolis, whose calcareous waters have created the Cotton Castle (entrance included). Dinner included.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Ephesus. Dinner included. We leave for EPHESUS, the best preserved ancient city of Asia Minor; 2000 years ago it had a quarter of a million inhabitants. We see the house of the Virgin Mary, the Basilica of Saint John and the impressive ruins of Ephesus (entrance included). We then go on to KUSADASI, a popular coastal town with a lot of atmosphere, commercial life and a small castle. Dinner included.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT: Interior of Anatolia. Hanging bridges crossing the Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorus Strait. We leave for the city with the fourth largest population in Turkey: IZMIR. We see the church of Saint Polycarp, the oldest in the city, which reminds us of the importance of this area in early Christianity (entrance included). We then return to inland Turkey. Stop en route for lunch before reaching BURSA, the fourth largest city in Turkey, whose historic centre has been declared UNESCO World Heritage, with its traditional commercial districts, mosques, religious schools, public baths … The green mosque stands out. Arrival in ISTANBUL at the end of the day. Accomodation 1 extra night in Istanbul.
After breakfast trasfer to the airport.
DETAILS:
The price does NOT include visas, additional taxes at the border and/or airports, excess baggage (some airlines allow less than 23Kg per suitcase) gratuity to the guide & driver. Also NOT included are tips and drinks at restaurants (even if tour included the meal), meals outside of the ones mentioned, porter service, travel insurance, optional excursions, or anything that is not mentioned in writing. Check-in time to hotels worldwide is between 2:00pm-4:00pm and based on how quickly they can clean & sanitize rooms for the next guest. If the flight arrives early, you can leave your bags at the concierge and go for a walk or eat, while the rooms are ready.
When a passenger decides NOT to use nights in planned hotels, NOT participate in any excursion or DO NOT take any meals included in the program during the course of the tour, there will be NO refund.
Price is per person, in a double room, subject to availability. Viatur Travel System, Inc and/or the Tour Operator reserve the right to change the sequence of the program and/or planned hotels. There are many factors that can cause the order of the itinerary to change, without prior notice or that some services are replaced by others or totally eliminated. The tour Operator and ourselves will always try to provide equal value or better for any unexpected change. Providing satisfaction and quality of the tour has always been our main objective and that has characterized VIATUR since 1995.
$500 pp of initial DEPOSIT is required to book the Land Tour + the cost of the air ticket (if not included in price). In cases where the package does not include airfare, it must be booked and purchased within 24 hours of making your airfare reservation. Sometimes the airlines make price changes beyond anyone's control, they do not allow us to assign seats in advance and they charge for transporting bags, food, blankets, headphones, etc. In case you decide not to buy the air ticket through Viatur, there will be an additional administrative fee of $ 50 per passenger for processing your information. IMPORTANT: Please note that our collection of scheduled GROUPS that include airfare in the price have separate conditions of payment. It is a package deal that includes everything needed to accomplish your trip. A deposit of $500 will be required to initiate reservation; a second deposit of $1000 will be required 30 days after reservation date and a final payment will be due 90 days before departure. If the reservation is made within the 90 days, full payment will be due. NOTE: In same cases the payments may be requested sooner to avoid an increase in price or taxes. The increase in gas, energy and inflation have caused airfare, hotels, tour buses, transfers etc to increase. We accept Discover, Visa, Mastercard, American Express and PayPal for the initial deposit of your reservation ($500 pp). It is the policy of our company that given the nature of our services, the balance is settled with cash, cashier's check, bank deposit or bank wire in the name of our company VIATUR TRAVEL SYSTEM, INC. However, as a customer convenience and alternate form of payment, you can settle the balance with your credit card or PayPal, but in that case there will be an additional convenience charge. With our LAY-AWAY PLAN: You can make monthly payments, without any additional fee for tours that have a departure date of 10 to 13 months into the future.
Please look at our LAY-AWAY PLAN information, under the ENGLISH tab - TERMS & CONDITIONS.
ATTENTION: All tours have LIMITED SPACE & RESERVATION DEADLINE, the price may increase a minimum of $250 p.p.
Reserve as soon as possible and we will try to get you a (same gender) Room-Share travel partner (applicable to most tours) and therefore, you will save the high cost of the "Individual Supplement" (extra cost for having a room to yourself). Contact us at 1-888-284-2887 or by email at info@viatur.com, to inform us of your interest in a Room-Share travel partner. Make your $500 deposit, as soon as possible, to have a better chance of finding a roommate. Be aware that his option has pros and cons. The "pros", If it all goes well, you will save money and hopefully have a pleasant and courteous travel partner, who might even become a friend or travel partner for other trips. The "con" is that after finding you a roommate, that person might turn out to be someone, not as pleasant (you can share a room, without having to socialize during the day). The most worrisome case "con" is that person may decide to cancel the trip for personal reasons or decide to travel with someone else known to him/her at last minute and is no longer be available to share the room. In that uncommon scenario, you will be responsible for paying the Individual Supplement, but you will be able to have the room to yourself. If you cancel, we will refund you as much as possible, but this depends on when does is the cancellation processed (within 60 days of departure date, it gets more complicated). Also, if airline tickets have been issued, the airline will not refund any money and the tickets are non-transferable. This situation happens rarely, but it's always a possibility, so its always best to consider the scenario of that extra expense. We will make the Single Supplement, as affordable as possible, but it's based on what the Tour Operator charges, how long is the tour and the destination, because some countries are far more expensive than others.
There are several pricing options. If you wish, we can offer you land services only or with airfare included. We can also provide price with airfare from another city or country, for any questions, please contact us at 1-888-284-2887 or info@viatur.com If you choose to obtain your own airfare, there will be an administrative fee of $50 pp DO NOT FORGET TO BUY TRAVEL INSURANCE at the time of making your reservation to cover Pre-Existing Conditions (diabetes, high blood pressure etc). This insurance will give you peace of mind when traveling and protection against severe cancellation penalties. In addition, it will cover medical expenses, theft or loss of luggage including if airline's fault. Please call your travel advisor at 1-888-2-VIATUR (1-888-284-2887) for more information or by E-mail: info@viatur.com FINAL PAYMENT IS DUE 60 DAYS BEFORE DEPARTURE. FAILURE TO PAY ON TIME, MAY CAUSE A $50 SURCHARGE or LOSS OF RESERVATION AND DEPOSIT. All reservations are subject to cancelation penalties, depending on when we receive written notification of your cancellation. Air tickets generate penalties for any change and are NOT refundable and are NOT transferable to another person, nor can the flight itinerary be changed. These penalties, established by the airlines are NOT negotiable, nor are they within our control. Please read the General Conditions in detail enclosed in your documents and/or on our website www.ViaturTravel.com.
IMPORTANT: Please note that our collection of scheduled GROUPS that include airfare in the price have separate conditions of payment. It is a package deal that includes everything needed to accomplish your trip. A deposit of $500 will be required to initiate reservation; a second deposit of $1000 will be required 30 days after reservation date and a final payment will be due 90 days before departure. If the reservation is made within the 90 days, full payment will be due. NOTE: In same cases the payments may be requested sooner to avoid an increase in price or taxes. The increase in gas, energy and inflation have caused airfare, hotels, tour buses, transfers etc to increase.
Check-In at hotels is worldwide between 2:00 pm-4:00pm, your understanding is requested, in case your flight arrives very early and you have to wait for your room to be ready. You are recommended to leave your luggage with the Hotel Concierge and go to eat or walk while the room is ready. Do not leave anything valuable, since neither the hotel nor Viatur are responsible for any loss. Check-out is normally between 11:00 am-12:00pm
THE PASSENGER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING TRAVEL DOCUMENTATION NEEDED. THE PASSPORT MUST BE VALID FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS, AFTER RETURN DATE AND THE NAME ON THE AIRLINE TICKET MUST BE IDENTICAL TO THE PASSPORT. DO NOT FORGET TO VERIFY THE VISA AND /OR VACCINES REQUIREMENT FOR THE COUNTRIES YOU ARE VISITING, EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY BE ONLY PASSING-THROUGH THAT COUNTRY'S AIRPORT. TRAVEL IMMIGRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRY, DEPEND ON YOUR NATIONALITY. VIATUR DOES NOT PROCESS VISAS, WE CAN ONLY GIVE YOU SOME BASIC GUIDANCE OF THE PROCESS.
BEFORE ISSUING AIRLINE TICKETS FOR RESERVATION: VIATUR WILL REQUIRE a LEGIBLE & COMPLETE COPY OF THE 1ST PAGE OF YOUR PASSPORT (including picture and signature). We will also need a fully filled-out SIGNED Reservation Form,