How To Book tours of England, tours of Ireland, tours of Scotland

Making a booking on a Back-Roads Touring Co. Ltd tour is extremely easy.
If you're not a travel agent, please contact us at our London office to see if we have an accredited Back-Roads Touring Co. Ltd agent in your area. If you're a travel agent booking on behalf of a client, please follow the instructions below.

Firstly, send us an e-mail info@backroadstouring.co.uk or fax 00 44 20 8566 5457 to check if the tour date you want is available. It's always helpful to give a second choice of date or tour at this stage in case your first choice is full.

We'll respond and, if there is availability, give you a 7-day option. You then confirm that you want the tour by completing the booking form included here. We then send you a pro-forma invoice and banking details.

The booking is confirmed once we've received an initial payment. A non-refundable deposit is required and the balance of payment must be made at least 60 days prior to the tour departure. The deposit required is £100 per person per tour for tours 3-4 days and £250 per person for tours longer than 4 days. See How to Pay

Final invoice will be sent 60 days prior to departure to request final payment. If booking is made less 60 days prior departure then we will send you the final invoice only and the pro-forma/deposit invoice will not be issued.

Acknowledgement of payment is sent by e-mail.

We are unable to book the airline portion of the tour (that must be booked locally) and we strongly recommend that an insurance policy is purchased for cover in the event of the traveller having to cancel for any reason once payment has been made for the tour.

Please read our Booking Conditions carefully before submitting
the booking form.

To see what is included/excluded in your tour price see Tour Inclusions.

We are happy to accept MasterCard/Visa but do not accept other cards. Please note, however, that there is a 3.5% surcharge to your tour price charged if you use the credit card facility. You should also note that the exchange rate will be determined by your credit card company on the day of transaction and it may not exactly accord with the rate shown on the currency converter on our web site.

If you request any alterations to your travel arrangements once we have confirmed a reservation, Back-Roads Touring Co. Ltd UK will not charge an amendment fee in securing alternative arrangements on your behalf. However, it is no guarantee that your requested changes will be available and that any charges levied to Back-Roads Touring Co. Ltd UK from our agents/suppliers for the previously booked services will be passed on to you. Should you wish to cancel your tour, you must notify your Back-Roads Touring Co. Ltd representative in writing. Such notice can only be deemed to have been given on acknowledgement and receipt of this letter. If notification of your cancellation is received more than 60 days prior to the date of your first service, then you will lose only your deposit. For cancellation notification within 60 days of initial service, charges are as follows:

Days before initial service	Cancellation fee
On or before 60 days	your deposit
31 to 59 days	50% of total cost
30 to 1 day	100% of total cost
Day of departure & after	no refunds