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BOOKING CONDITIONS AND GUIDELINES (6 NIGHTS/7DAYS)

  • A deposit of €. 300 per person, per trip will reserve for you the dates of your tour. The deposit is payable by bank draft. We will hold your draft info while we proceed to make the reservations for your tour. If, by chance, we are unable to make suitable reservations, we will return uncharged without penalty. In any case, you should hear from us within 5 business days regarding the status of your reservations. Full payment of the balance is due 60 days before the first day of the tour and is payable by bank draft VISA/Mastercard. Note that because of occasional difficulty processing non-US credit cards, we may request non-US clients to settle by bank transfer.


  • If you find it necessary to cancel your booking, you may transfer the reservation to another suitable person, following acceptance by us. If this is not possible, then cancellation of your booking will become effective upon receipt by us of your written notification and the following charges will apply:


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    60 days or more
    before tour start date

    a €. 100 administration fee, as well as any applicable hotel cancellation fees in excess of this amount

    from 59 to 30 days

    loss of the €. 300 per person booking deposit, as well as any applicable hotel cancellation fees in excess of this amount

    from 29 to 10 days

    50% of the total trip price, plus any applicable hotel cancellation fees

    less than 10 days

    no refund

  • If you find it necessary to switch from one trip to another, we will do our best to accommodate your changes. This becomes more difficult, though, the closer we are to the trip date, so we reserve the right to re-price the tour to cover hotel cancellation charges and other administrative costs.


  • Running a tour is a complex process, with many decisions made "behind the scenes" in order to maintain a high quality of service. In light of this, we reserve the right to alter our suggested itineraries when required by circumstances such as, but not confined to, closing days of museums and restaurants, flooded trails, strikes, disruptions of service by one of our service providers, client nap schedules, etc. If such a change becomes necessary, we will make every effort to provide substitutions in kind to thereby maintain the same quality of itinerary originally stipulated in our materials. If we find it necessary for any reason to cancel a tour prior to departure, then the refund of all monies received will constitute a full settlement. If a client fails to make payment, then we reserve the right to cancel that booking without any obligation to refund or make alternative arrangements. We also reserve the right to decline to retain any client on a trip whose conduct or state of health is detrimental to the enjoyment of the other clients or disruptive of the guides' ability to provide service, and we shall be under no liability to reimburse the disruptive client for any costs incurred by such a client or by other clients as a result of our action.


  • On fully guided trips, your guide will be available for a minimum of 8 hours each day. You are welcome to select our alternate itineraries, though we ask that guides be free after 8 PM, unless they are accompanying your party to dinner. Also, our guides usually do not stay at the same accommodations as you, unless you specifically request this. We do this in order to be able to maintain competitive pricing for our very small group tours. Since the accommodations we use can be expensive, we feel it is better to have our guides stay in nearby, less expensive accommodations or at home in order to pass this savings along to you. If you prefer otherwise, please let us know, and we will accommodate your request, while surcharging any extra costs to the price of your tour.


  • For each of our tours, we typically provide a driver and vehicle for initial pick up and final drop off of clients and luggage, as well as for transportation of clients and luggage during the tour. Usually, pick up and drop off will be in a major city near the tour area, though we are glad to consider requests to pick up/drop off your party at points more convenient to you. Your tour vehicle will be driven only by our authorized guides and drivers.


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  • Please note that persons with medical or physical problems (bad knees, etc.) that could in any way impact upon their participation in the tour or impact upon others' participation must make these conditions known to us before departure. This is especially important if you are joining an open group tour. By notifying us, we will be able to plan the daily activities accordingly. Failure to notify us could result in your exclusion from full participation in tour activities based on your guide's discretion.


  • We cannot give partial refunds for unused hotel rooms, meals, or any other goods included in the price of the trip. Trip prices are quoted as a package; credits are not given for services not used during a trip. If you wish to book only a portion of a tour, we are happy to price the tour accordingly.


  • Tour prices are per person, based on two persons sharing a room. If you request a single room, a single supplement is usually added to the regular tour prices. In regards to included meals, it should be understood that breakfasts in Europe are often not "American style". However, wherever possible we use accommodations that offer buffet-style breakfasts.


  • WALKING WITH THE GODS reserves the right to take photographs during tours and of clients and to use those photographs in our promotional materials without compensation or advanced notice. For our testimonials page, we either request a photo from the participants themselves, or else request permission for the use of one of our photos. If you find you don't like a particular use of a photograph of you in our materials, please notify us. In the case of electronic media (our website), we will remove it immediately. In the case of printed material, we will not include it in future printings.


  • After booking you will receive an invoice, full daily itinerary with hotel and guide contact information, rendezvous instructions, insurance information.

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