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Pierre & Vacances


adds villas in Corsica Self-catering accommodation provider Pierre & Vacances has three new properties in Corsica: Vesna Rossa, Les Villas de Porto-Vecchio and Les Terrasses d’Arsella. Prices start at £595 in total for four people sharing a one-bedroom apartment at Les Villas de Porto-Vecchio. British Airways offers return Heathrow flights to Corsica from £116. pierreetvacances.co.uk


G Adventures unveils Book Your Bubble range of 80 tours


G Adventures has unveiled a Book Your Bubble Collection for customers travelling with friends and family. The 80 private group tours


feature Active, Marine, Classic and 18-to-Thirtysomethings travel styles, and offer more flexible booking conditions and incentives such as discounted tours for trip organisers, which can be shared between the group. Tours in the Book Your Bubble


Collection include an 18-to- Thirtysomethings Northern Thailand: Hilltribes & Villages trip; a Classic Highlights of Portugal trip; and a Sailing Croatia: Split to Dubrovnik tour. An eight-day Inca Discovery


trip from Lima to Cusco costs from £919. gadventures.com


Inca ruins, Peru Tailor Made Rail offers free upgrade


to first class on Austria and Alps trips Tailor Made Rail has extended its free first-class upgrade offer to a further two holidays from its European collection. The 10-day Austrian Explorer trip costs £1,299 and includes travel from London by rail and a return flight from Vienna. The 12-day Spine of the Alps by Rail tour costs from £1,399 and includes travel to and from London by rail. tailormaderail.com


18 13 AUGUST 2020 Best Served Scandinavia revives


offer of full refunds on deposits Specialist operator Best Served Scandinavia has brought back its refundable deposit guarantee on several of its most popular itineraries. First launched earlier this year, the offer gives clients the option to cancel or change a holiday until the date the balance is due. It is applicable on selected new bookings made by August 31, 2020. best-served.co.uk


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The Travel Corporation brands offer private tours for groups


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The Travel Corporation’s escorted touring brands have launched private trips for groups of 12 or more to travel in their own ‘bubbles’. Autumn, winter and spring itineraries are available


across Europe and the Americas with Trafalgar, Insight Vacations and Costsaver. Groups will have a dedicated travel director and


driver, and exclusive use of a luxury coach. Trips include Insight Vacations’ Amazing Spain and


Portugal journey, from £1,995. It features a lesson at a private dance school along with the chance to watch a flamenco performance. Trafalgar’s nine-day Scandinavian Northern Lights


costs from £2,581 and offers the chance to join a Sami reindeer herder family for a traditional meal. Insight Vacations’ Americas offering includes the


seven-day Enchanting Canyonlands tour, from £2,145. Across the brands, surcharges apply depending on the size of the private group: 30% above the brochure


5%Discount on tours until the spring for bookings made by August 27


price for groups of 12-15, 20% for groups of 16-19 and 10% for groups of 20-25. Groups of 26-plus customers pay the brochure price. There is a discount of 5% on autumn, winter and


spring bookings paid in full by August 27. Rachel Coffey, sales and business development


director for the touring brands, said: “We know that people want to travel but some are still understandably apprehensive, so we are now offering the opportunity to travel as part of a private group. “We can provide peace of mind for guests through a


combination of our expertise and meticulous planning, our unmissable itineraries, our enhanced hygiene and our physical distancing protocols.” trafalgar.com insightvacations.com costsavertour.com


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