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Firms pledge ‘no Brexit surcharge’
Juliet Dennis
juliet.dennis@
travelweekly.co.uk
Operators and hoteliers have issued guarantees to reassure the trade that prices will not be affected by Brexit, despite the slump in the value of sterling.
Trafalgar has launched a ‘no
surcharge guarantee’ for its 2016 and 2017 US and Canada holidays, while Viceroy Resort’s Sugar Beach in Saint Lucia in the Caribbean has introduced a ‘Brexit Basher’ guarantee for British travellers to combat exchange rate fluctuations. Explore has frozen the price of land-only trips until August and has pledged not to add a surcharge
US AND CANADA 2017: Trafalgar has a ‘no surcharge guarantee’
once trips have been booked. Trafalgar said its rates had been set in advance of the referendum, after which the pound’s value
“We’ve hedged our prices robustly to negate surcharging post-Brexit”
slumped by 10% against the dollar. Chief executive Gavin Tollman
said: “We have made robust hedging arrangements to avoid surcharging post-Brexit, and we want to reassure the trade and public that Trafalgar is committed to delivering the same value we always have.” The operator has urged agents to
focus on the added extras included in its prices, such as transport and gourmet dining experiences, and is
sending out new deals to agents in a Weekly Specials campaign. Its 2017 US trips lead in at £1,595 for a seven-day Best of the Canyonlands tour. Sugar Beach’s Brexit Basher
frozen exchange rate is in place for new bookings made before August 31 to help combat currency changes. The guarantee keeps prices at a pre-referendum rate of $1.45 to the pound, and covers all food and drinks, spa treatments, water sports and other resort- based activities. It is valid for bookings made between August 1
and January 4, 2017.
trafalgar.com/uk explore.co.uk viceroyhotelsandresorts.com
28 July 2016
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