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Family Adventure Co adds ‘comfort’ option on breaks
Juliet Dennis
juliet.dennis@
travelweekly.co.uk
Land Rovers that convert into two-storey ‘homes’ with hot running water are being offered by The Family Adventure Company on three of its safari holidays.
The new ‘comfort’ options are
available on itineraries in 2016 in Tanzania, north India and Vietnam. Product and brand manager Tim Winkworth said the move to offer a higher level of accommodation was to appeal to a broader customer base. “We have not had a comfort level
until now,” he said. “Before, accommodation was not seen as a big part of the trip.” The comfort options include
four nights in a Land Rover suite in the Saadani National Park as part of a 10-day Tanzania Family Safari. The Land Rovers convert into
two-storey homes, with elevated bedrooms, solar electricity, hot water and a bath, and can be put up and dismantled quickly. “It’s a level of accommodation and service you’d expect in a South African lodge,” added Winkworth,
Balkan Holidays touts cheaper prices for Bulgaria and Croatia
Balkan Holidays has reduced prices to Bulgaria and Croatia on selected trips by about £20 per booking for next summer. The reduction is a result of
more-favourable exchange rates with the euro, a saving the operator says it is passing on
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“Before, the accommodation was not seen as a big part of the trip”
who hopes to offer more comfort levels for 2017. The Family Adventure Company,
part of the Intrepid Travel group, has also added four trips, in Croatia, Italy, Turkey and the US. The new itineraries are a seven-
day Italian Lakes Family Holiday, 15-day Western USA Family
Holiday, eight-day Turkey Family Holiday in Fethiye, and eight-day Croatia Family Holiday. The operator has previously run other itineraries in the western US, Croatia and Turkey. The seven-day Italian Lakes trip,
the operator’s first in the region, is priced from £1,309 per adult and £1,178 per child, and includes the chance to explore Lake Garda, ride a funicular to the top of Monte Baldo, make pizza, see the ruins of a Roman villa and tour Verona. A ‘couple’ of itineraries have
been dropped, including Tunisia, which is subject to a Foreign &
Commonwealth Office travel ‘ban’.
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directly to its customers. Special offers for the season include savings of up to £434 per couple. The operator is offering
seven-night breaks to Sunny Beach, Bulgaria, from £259, in its 2016 second-edition summer brochure to Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia and Montenegro. Sales and marketing manager
Chris Rand said: “Seven-night breaks to Bulgaria contine to offer the best value.”
ZAMBIA: Explore Beyond itinerary Other offers in the new
programme include early-booking discounts and free child places, and deposits from £49. New accommodation for
2016 ranges from self-catering to all-inclusive, including the three-star Hotel Briz in Golden Sands, Bulgaria; five-star Hotel Helena Sands in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria; and four-star hotels Valamar Club Tamaris & Laguna
Albatross, in Porec, Croatia.
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‘Explore Beyond’ with operator’s new range of in-depth tours
Escorted tours operator Explore has introduced a collection of in-depth ‘Explore Beyond’ trips, including some ‘recce’ tours on which it will invite former customers to test an itinerary before it is finalised. The nine-strong range includes
wildlife adventure Wild Zambia, a North American National Parks and Eclipse tour, and a Family Harbin Winter Ice Festival in China, and is set to grow with two tours added each month from December. Managing director Ashley Toft said: “We have designed these trips to really push the boundaries, and to allow our more adventurous customers to get off the beaten track. In some cases, we will be asking our loyal customers to join us on ‘recce’ trips to get them involved right from the start.” The operator has also more
than doubled its cycling and walking programme, with new destinations including Belgium, the Netherlands and Mexico.
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