Group Holidays
Are you a group of friends, family members or a social group looking to get away together? It’s a wonderful feeling knowing that you're going somewhere special and it’s even better when you're travelling with a group of like-minded people to experience somewhere or something you're all passionate about. However, there can be so much stress involved for whoever draws the short straw to be group organiser. Well, arranging a group holiday has never been easier, as Leger Holidays are here to make it happen!
Group escorted holidays are our speciality and with over 50 years of experience in the travel industry between our small and dedicated team of group travel organisers, you are bound to end up with the perfect private group tour. You can immerse yourself in one of our existing coach holiday or air itineraries, anything from a great value short break to a Grand Explorer adventure, or you can simply use our itineraries as a starting point from which we’ll create a tailor-made itinerary to suit your group’s needs. Choose your destination, departure date, duration and budget and we’ll do the rest for you.
Enquire NowOur Service & the Benefits of Leger Group Holidays
If a tailor-made group holiday is what you have in mind, and there are 20 or more of you looking for a coach tour, then we can offer you up to four free places! Plus, you’ll benefit from the following...
- Specially arranged coach joining points: You choose where you’d like your private group tour to start from, making things more convenient for you and your group.
- Choice of coach travel: You can choose to travel by comfortable Executive coach, or we give you the option to upgrade to luxury coach travel with our exclusive Luxuria and Silver Service coaches (subject to availability).
- Specialist Battlefield Guide: Choose a Battlefield tour and benefit from the services of one of our knowledgeable guides, who will help to tailor your group tour to fit your requirements.
- Leaflets and posters: We’ll create and print some leaflets and posters for you to help promote your group holiday.
- Free places: Up to four free places so you can spread the saving amongst your group or simply take individuals for free! Please note, groups wishing to travel by air, cruise or Eurostar will be looked at on an individual basis.
- Personalised holiday itineraries:Fully designed to suit your group, from the destination and duration to the departure date, it’s all down to you.
For your peace of mind
- On all escorted coach tours, your experienced coach crew, and Operations Team will ensure the smooth running of your tour.
- All vehicles are fitted with seat belts, washroom, servery, TV and air conditioning.
- Our ABTA and ATOL membership provides financial security for all monies paid to us and repatriation to the UK.
- We can provide information on a single trip insurance policy
First Steps
For general information and advice, you can contact us by phone or email:
Telephone: 01709 787 403
Email: groups@leger.co.uk
Or simply click on the contact form or group enquiry form on this website Once we have received your enquiry, we will produce a no obligation offer for you to discuss with your group. This will outline cost, accommodation information, itinerary options and deposit required.
We will call to confirm receipt of the offer and contact you to gauge feedback and discuss any changes or additional requirements.
Don't forget, we can create promotional material to encourage interest in your tour, just give us a call to discuss your requirements.
What happens next?
Once you have sufficient interest to proceed with your tour, contact us and we will reserve rooms with your chosen hotel(s) while you collect deposits from your group.
You will receive a Letter of Intention of Confirmation to complete and return to us, along with any deposit payments being made by cheque and a list of travellers' names and the rooms you require. For your convenience, payment can also be made by BACS transfer, or over the phone by debit card or credit card.
Your booking pack will contain Passenger Information forms which can be returned once you have collated names and next of kin details (download your copy), plus passport and insurance information. For any travellers wishing to take out insurance with Leger Holidays, we will require payment to cover both the deposit and the insurance premium when you return your Passenger Information forms.
For tours which contain a flight element, we require full passport details and deposit at the time of booking. It's important to make sure that all information submitted is correct, as some airlines may charge to amend names or spellings once the information has been submitted.
"We had a wonderful trip to the battlefields - our thanks go to Amy and Louise for all your help in organising everything behind the scenes."
Catherine
"Can I just say how much I enjoyed the battlefields trip. I have been on many tours with a variety of operators but this one is the top of my list."
Mr Foster
Deposits
Deposits are as follows:-
- £100pp for coach and river cruises breaks up to 5 days
- £150pp for coach breaks of 6 - 11 days, European Eurostar
- £250pp for coach breaks of 12/+ days, river cruises of 6 days or more and sea cruises
- £150pp for air holidays (excluding Vietnam)
- £75pp for Disneyland Paris by Coach
- £140pp for Disneyland Paris by Eurostar
- £150pp for Disneyland Paris by Air
Balance dates are as follows:-
Once confirmed, we will send you an invoice showing the cost breakdown and balance date.
- Coach breaks and river cruises - 42 days before departure
- European Air and Eurostar breaks - 60 days before departure
- Sea cruises - 70 days before departure
- Worldwide Air - 105 days before departure
We will keep in contact to remind you of your balance date, to advise of any missing traveller information and to reconfirm final details.
We would really appreciate feedback from you and your group, and will be in touch on your return.
Sample Itineraries
Looking for some inspiration for your next holiday? Or, are you just after a great deal? Here are our recommended European and Worldwide escorted tours that we think you’ll just love.
Israel and the Highlights of the Holyland
Marvel at natural wonders and explore cities almost older than time itself.
Brussels, Valkenburg and Lille Christmas markets
The perfect blend of capital city, underground market and traditional stalls – a little something for everyone.
Monaco Grand Prix - subject to availability
Soak up the atmosphere of a thrilling Formula One Grand Prix Break with Leger Holidays and get closer to the action with other motor racing fans.
Tips
- First time organisers: use our existing coach holiday or air itineraries and amend to suit your group.
- Budget: we’ll arrange a group holiday quotation to suit your budget.
- Promotion: let us do some of the hard work by providing you with free leaflets and posters, along with our knowledge and advice, which will help you to promote your group tour.
- Rooms: consider room arrangements in initial discussions with your group.
- Seating: consider where the people in your group will sit when travelling by coach. We can provide you with a seating plan or you can download them here: Executive coach, Silver Service coach, Luxuria coach, or call to request a copy.
- Special requests : we are happy to accommodate special requests, such as dietary needs or mobility issues etc, simply inform your Leger group advisor.
- People in reserve: having people on standby should others cancel means avoiding cancellation charges.
- Booking deadline: set a deadline for final bookings for your group holiday, which will prompt people to reply.
- Deposits: request a deposit from group members as early as possible to ensure you have the money in time for payment.
- Record: keep a record of all payments made towards your group tour so you know who has paid and how much. We can provide you with a document to use, or download here.
- Confirmations: be sure to check the booking confirmation we send you to make sure we have everything correct, alternatively call your Leger group advisor to go through the details.
- Final balance: ask for final balance payments a couple of weeks before they are due to ensure you have the money in time.
Group Tour Quote
For general information and advice, you can contact us by phone (01709 787 403) or email (groups@leger.co.uk). Or simply use the group enquiry form below and once we have received your enquiry, we will produce a no obligation offer for you to discuss with your group. This will outline cost, accommodation information, itinerary options and deposit required.
