Booking Conditions

Your contract is with Titan Travel, a trading name of Acromas Holidays Ltd. We set out below an explanation of the conditions that apply when you book a holiday with us. It is important that you read these conditions together with the holiday information, cruise information and holiday insurance pages, as they not only define our obligations to you but also impose some important commitments upon you.

1. Your holiday contract
When you make a booking you guarantee that you have the authority to accept and do accept on behalf of your party the terms of these booking conditions. A contract will exist as soon as we issue our confirmation invoice. Once you have received your confirmation invoice, it is your responsibility to check that the information and booking details, including the spelling of all passenger names, as stated on your invoice are correct. We reserve the right to refuse to accept and/or not proceed with any booking at any time at our sole discretion. All contracts between Acromas Holidays Limited and its clients are made on the terms of these booking conditions which are governed by English Law and both parties shall submit to the jurisdiction of English Courts at all times unless the holiday was booked in Scotland or Northern Ireland.

2. Your financial protection
Titan Travel is a trading name of Acromas Holidays Ltd, which is a member of ABTA with membership number Y274X. ABTA and ABTA members help holidaymakers to get the most from their travel and assist them when things do not go according to plan. Acromas is obliged to maintain a high standard of service to you by ABTA’s Code of Conduct. For further information about ABTA, the Code of Conduct and the arbitration scheme available to you if you have a complaint, contact ABTA, 30 Park Street, London SE1 9EQ. Tel 020 3117 0500 or visit abta.com

Acromas Holidays Ltd also holds an Air Travel Organiser’s Licence issued by the Civil Aviation Authority (ATOL number 0308). All the flights and flight-inclusive holidays [on our website] [we offer - as appropriate] are financially protected by the ATOL scheme. When you pay you will be supplied with an ATOL Certificate. This lists the flight, accommodation, car hire and/or other services that are financially protected, where you can get information on what this means for you and who to contact if things go wrong. Please ask for it and check to ensure that everything you booked is listed on it. For more information about financial protection and the ATOL Certificate go to www.atol.org.uk/ATOLCertificate. We, or the suppliers identified on your ATOL Certificate, will provide you with the services listed on the ATOL Certificate (or a suitable alternative). In some cases, where either we nor the supplier are able to do so for reasons of insolvency, an alternative ATOL holder may provide you with the services you have bought or a suitable alternative (at no extra cost to you). You agree to accept that in those circumstances the alternative ATOL holder will perform those obligations and you agree to pay any money outstanding to be paid by you under your contract to that alternative ATOL holder. However, you also agree that in some cases it will not be possible to appoint an alternative ATOL holder, in which case you will be entitled to make a claim under the ATOL scheme (or your credit card issuer where applicable).

Holiday organisers are required by law to state arrangements for the repatriation of customers in the event of insolvency. In the unlikely event of Acromas becoming insolvent the CAA/ABTA will ensure that you are not stranded abroad and you would be refunded any money that you have already paid us. Items not purchased directly through Acromas Holidays will not be protected under the Acromas ABTA or ATOL licences. Acromas Holidays Ltd is also licensed by the Irish Commission for Aviation Regulation (Licence No. T. A. 0598) to carry on business in the Republic of Ireland as a travel agent.

3. Our guarantee on price
We guarantee that the price of your holiday will not be subject to any surcharges once a contract exists between us. This means that you are fully protected, no matter what happens to the price of fuel or variations in the exchange rate for currency. Once a contract exists between us, then the cost of your holiday cannot be increased. Holiday prices can be influenced by taxes such as air passenger duty, aircraft insurance, security, fuel and other associated costs. Our prices are affected by these, as well as exchange rates, suppliers’ costs and economic trends. The prices shown are based on current charges and costs but they may go up or down; we reserve the right to alter the price of any holiday in our brochures or introduce supplements, and will notify you of the current price prior to any booking - please call us or visit our website for the most up-to-date prices. The price of your holiday as shown on your confirmation invoice will not be increased unless you amend your booking. Titan have a price promise guarantee which applies to tour prices only (excluding any selected loyalty rewards we might offer to past travellers from time to time) and does not include airline upgrades, holiday additions, extended stays, regional connecting flights and selected special offer products.

4. Paying for your holiday
When you make your booking you must pay the deposit amount per person of £195, or as specified by the website or your sales consultant. The balance of the price of your travel arrangements must be paid at least 64 days before your departure date, or as advised at the time of booking and stated on our confirmation invoice. If the deposit and/or balance is not paid in time, we reserve the right to cancel your travel arrangements. If the balance is not paid in time, we shall retain your deposit. All monies you pay to the travel agent are held by them on your behalf until we issue our confirmation invoice. After this the travel agent holds the monies on our behalf.

In line with most major operators we make a charge for balances paid by credit cards as this reflects the charges levied on us by card companies (the charge is currently 2% - our sales consultant or website booking engine will confirm the rate and amount when taking payment). No charge will be levied on deposits made by credit card.

5. The package travel, package holidays and package tours regulations 1992 ('the regulations')
(a) The Regulations impose various legal requirements on us in relation to packages. Any travel arrangement you book with us in the UK before your departure we will accept as being a package. These conditions are designed to reflect the Regulations.
(b) The Regulations particularly impose constraints on the extent to which we can change or cancel your package and impose consequences for any change or cancellation by us. They also require us to accept certain liabilities should something go wrong with your package. In the conditions dealing with changes or cancellations by us and with our liability should something go wrong with your package, we only detail those areas where we are given discretion by the Regulations. You must accordingly read these conditions in conjunction with the Regulations, a copy of which can be obtained from any branch of The Stationery Office.
(c) Excursions or other tours that you may choose to book or pay for through an independent third party are NOT packages and are not governed by the Regulations. Therefore, unless you suffer personal injury or death caused by our negligence we do not accept any liability for any loss or damage you may suffer from any excursion booked through a third party. Any arrangements, including those for excursions, travel and accommodation made prior to or while you are actually on holiday and which are not made through us are those for which we do not have any responsibility or liability.

6. If you change your booking
Once a contract exists between us, you may wish to change your travel arrangements. For example, your chosen dates of travel, accommodation etc. and we will do our utmost to make these changes but it may not always be possible. Any request for changes to be made must be from the person who made the booking or your travel agent. You will be asked to pay an administration charge of £30 per booking and any further cost we may incur in making this alteration. You should be aware that these costs could increase the closer to the departure date that changes are made and you should therefore contact us as soon as possible.
Notes:
(i) Certain travel arrangements (e.g. Apex tickets) cannot be changed after a reservation has been made and any alteration request will incur a 100% cancellation charge of that element of your travel arrangements.
(ii) Transfers to the airport, seaport or any other place of departure within the UK, where included in the price of your holiday, are a free-of-charge service.

7. If you cancel your holiday
You, or any member of your party, may cancel your travel arrangements at any time. Verbal notification from the person who made the booking or your travel agent on your behalf must be made and the cancellation will be effective from the date it is received at our offices. Since we incur costs in cancelling your travel arrangements, you will have to pay the applicable cancellation charges up to the maximum shown in the table below, or as advised by your sales consultant. It should be noted that any additional deposit paid for confirmation of a holiday addition, flight upgrade, or certain tailor-made packages will be included in the scale of cancellation charges detailed at the foot of the following page, or as advised by your sales consultant. Should cancellation occur more than 64 days from departure, the cancellation charge will, therefore, be loss of deposit plus this additional payment.
Notes:
(i) If the reason for your cancellation is covered under the terms of your insurance policy, you may be able to reclaim these charges.
(ii) If one person sharing a twin/double or triple room or cabin should cancel, the remaining participants would then be required to pay the relevant single supplement or forfeit the triple reduction.

8. If we change or cancel your holiday
It is unlikely that we will have to make any changes to your travel arrangements, but we do plan the arrangements many months in advance. Occasionally, we may have to make changes and we reserve the right to do so at any time. Most of these changes will be minor, and we will advise you or your travel agent of them at the earliest possible date. Routings and itineraries can be affected by adverse weather, road closures or other reasons and may be varied accordingly. Cruise lines may make alterations to itineraries at any time over which we have no control. We shall endeavour to advise you of these changes as soon as we are aware of them.
We also reserve the right in any circumstances to cancel your travel arrangements. For example, if the minimum number of clients required to operate a tour is not reached, then we may cancel it. We will not cancel your travel arrangements less than 64 days before your departure date, except for reasons of force majeure or failure by you to pay the final balance. If we are unable to provide the booked travel arrangements, you can either have a full refund of all monies paid, or accept an offer of alternative comparable travel arrangements, if available (we will refund any price difference if the alternative is of lower value). If it is necessary to cancel your travel arrangements, we will pay you compensation as set out on the table below.
The compensation does not exclude you from claiming more if you are entitled to do so. Please note that we do not have any responsibility or liability for any consequential loss you may incur from arrangements you have made with any other party or parties. Please note that carriers such as airlines may be subject to change. Such a change is deemed to be a minor change. Other examples of minor changes include alteration of your outward/return flights by less than 12 hours, changes to aircraft type, change of accommodation to another of the same standard, closing of hotel facilities for improvement or emptying a swimming pool for cleaning if alternative facilities are available nearby.
If we make a major change to your holiday, we will inform you or your travel agent as soon as reasonably possible if there is time before your departure. You will have the choice of either accepting the change of arrangements, accepting an offer of alternative travel arrangements which shall be of equal or superior quality, if available, or cancelling your booked holiday and receiving a full refund of all monies paid plus compensation. In all cases, except where the major change arises due to reasons of force majeure, we will also pay compensation as detailed in the table on the next page or as advised by your sales consultant.
Major Change - This means that there has been a significant change of resort, a change of accommodation to that of a lower category, a change of flight time of more than 12 hours, changes to itineraries, a change to destination airport and a change of departure airport (except between London airports). Please note that these are examples only and there may be other changes which are considered major.
Force majeure - This means that we will not pay you compensation if we have to cancel or change your travel arrangements in any way due to unusual and unforeseeable circumstances beyond our control the consequences of which could not have been avoided even if all due care had been exercised which includes: war, threat of war, riots, civil strife, terrorist activity, industrial disputes, natural or nuclear disasters, fire, low or high water levels, adverse weather conditions including hurricanes, epidemics, health risks, unavoidable technical problems with transport, closed or congested airports.

9. If you have a complaint
If you have a problem or cause for dissatisfaction, please inform the relevant supplier, for example the hotel, the cruise line, the transportation company and our tour manager or local representative (if applicable). This allows us the opportunity to put things right on the spot. If you remain dissatisfied you must contact our UK Duty Officer on +44 1293 450 499 in order that we are allowed the opportunity to find a reasonable solution. It is therefore a condition of this contract that you communicate any problem to the supplier of the services in question AND to our representative WHILST IN THE RESORT and you must confirm your complaint in writing to the persons set out above. If your complaint is not resolved locally, please follow this up within 28 days of your return home by writing to our Customer Services Department giving your booking reference and all other relevant information, keeping your letter concise and to the point. This will assist us to quickly identify your concerns and speed up our respone to you. If you fail to follow this simple procedure we will have been deprived of the opportunity to investigate and rectify your complaint and this may affect your rights under this contract.

10. What happens to complaints
We are proud of our high reputation for customer satisfaction and strive to reach amicable settlement of the small number of complaints we receive. It is unlikely that you will have a complaint that cannot be settled amicably between us. However, disputes to do with this contract that cannot be settled amicably may, if you wish, be referred to arbitration under a special scheme arranged by ABTA but administered independently. The scheme (details of which are available upon request or obtained from the ABTA website (www.abta.com) provides for a simple and inexpensive method of arbitration on documents alone with restricted liability on you in respect of costs. The scheme does not apply to claims for any amount greater than £5,000 per person and £25,000 per booking. Also it does not apply to claims that relate to physical injury or illness or their consequences. The scheme can however deal with compensation claims which include an element of minor injury or illness subject to a limit of £1,000 on the amount the arbitrator can award per person in respect of this element. If you choose to proceed to arbitration under this scheme, you must send a written notice of your decision to ABTA within 12 months after your scheduled date of return.

11. Our liability to you
(i) We accept responsibility for ensuring that the travel arrangements that you book with us are supplied as described in this brochure. If any part of these travel arrangements is not provided as promised, we will pay you appropriate compensation if this has affected your enjoyment of your travel arrangements. Except for our liability referred to in paragraph  (ii) below, our liability in all cases shall be limited to a maximum of twice the cost of your holiday.
(ii) We accept responsibility for death, injury or illness caused by the negligent acts and/or omissions of our employees or agents, or suppliers and subcontractors, whilst acting within the scope of, or in the course of their employment, in the provision of your travel arrangements. We will accordingly pay you such damages as might have been awarded in such circumstances under English Law or the law you have chosen under paragraph 1 above, except where such failure (referred to in paragraph 11(i)) or death, injury or illness (referred to in paragraph 11(ii)), is not our fault or of that of our suppliers because:-
a) such failure is attributable to you or a member of your party;
b) such failure is attributable to a third party unconnected to the services provided to you; or
c) such failure is due to:-
i) unusual and unforeseeable circumstances beyond the control of the party by whom this exception is pleaded, consequences of which could not have been avoided even if all due care had been exercised; or
ii) an event which the other party to the contract or the supplier of services, even with all due care, could not foresee or forestall.

(iii) In respect of travel by air, sea and rail and the provision of accommodation, our liability will be limited in accordance with and/or in an identical manner to
a) the contractual terms of the companies that provide the transportation for your travel arrangements. These terms are incorporated into this contract; and
b) any relevant international convention, for example the Montreal Convention in respect of travel by air, the Athens Convention in respect of travel by sea the Berne Convention in respect of travel by rail and the Paris Convention in respect of the provision of accommodation, which limit the amount of compensation that you can claim for death, injury, delay to passengers and loss, damage and delay to luggage. We are to be regarded as having all benefit of any limitation of compensation contained in these or any conventions. Copies of the transport companies’ contractual terms, or the international conventions can be obtained on request.

(iv) Under EU law you have rights in some circumstances to refunds and/or compensation from your airline in cases of denied boarding, cancellation or delay to flights. Full details of these rights will be publicised at EU airports and will also be available from airlines. However reimbursement in such cases is the responsibility of the airline and will not automatically entitle you to a refund of your holiday cost from us. Your right to a refund and/or compensation from us is set out in clause 8. If your airline does not comply with these rules you should complain to the Air Transport Users’ Council on 020 7240 6061 www.caa.co.uk

(v) If we make a payment to you in respect of death, injury or illness then you are expected to transfer to us the rights you have to take action against a supplier, employee or any other person. This is so that we can claim back from the supplier or employee any of the payments we have made to you. If we recover from the supplier or employee more than the amount we have paid to you we will pay the additional amount to you.

(vi) If you, or any member of your party, suffer death, illness or injury whilst overseas arising out of an activity which does not form part of your package travel arrangements, we shall at our discretion, offer advice, guidance and assistance. Where legal action is contemplated and you want our assistance, you must obtain our written consent prior to commencement of proceedings. Our consent will be given subject to you undertaking to assign any costs and benefits received under any relevant insurance policy to ourselves. We limit the cost of our assistance to you or to any one booking to £5,000.

Note: This clause does not apply to any separate contracts that you may enter into for excursions or activities whilst on holiday.

12. Your responsibilities
(i) Your specific passport and visa requirements, and other immigration requirements are your responsibility and you should confirm these with the relevant Embassies and/or Consulates. We do not accept any responsibility if you cannot travel because you have not complied with any passport, visa or immigration requirements.
(ii) You are responsible for ensuring that any existing medical conditions or disabilities which may require assistance are declared to us before you book your holiday for you and your party or, if newly diagnosed, immediately after diagnosis but no later than 48 hours before departure.  This is essential for all bookings.  For travel by sea or inland waterways a risk assessment may need to be carried out to confirm if your carriage is possible prior to your departure.  If you do not inform us of such a condition we will not be liable if an airline or cruise line refuses to accept you or any member of your party as a passenger. 
(iii) You must be responsible for the behaviour of yourself and your party. We reserve reasonable discretion to refuse your booking or to remove you or a member of your party from any tour or holiday, if your demeanour or behaviour, or that of a member of your party, is disruptive, dangerous or annoying to other people. No refund or payment of any costs incurred by you will be made by us under these circumstances.
(iiii) You are responsible for the carriage and care of your luggage throughout your holiday except for such times as it may be in the hands of an airline; where in such circumstances the airlines specific terms and conditions relating to the carriage of baggage will apply. Please ensure that your luggage is loaded on to all transport and be careful to take the correct luggage with you when you leave any mode of transport.

(iiii) Mobility and assistance
Cruise ships have a limited number of cabins adapted for use by those with restricted mobility and are limited as to the number of disabled passengers or passengers with reduced mobility that they can carry.  Cruise lines reserve the right to refuse the carriage of any person if carrying such a passenger would breach applicable safety requirements or law.  Cruise lines also reserve the right to refuse carriage if the design of the vessel and / or the port infrastructure and equipment would make carriage unsafe or not operationally feasible.  Cruise lines reserve the right to require that a disabled passenger or a passenger of reduced mobility is accompanied by another fare paying person capable of providing assistance to ensure compliance with any applicable safety requirement or law or if the design of the vessel and/or the port infrastructure and equipment means that a disabled passenger or person of reduced mobility cannot be carried in a safe or operationally feasible manner without the assistance of another person.  Please note that personal daily care cannot be provided by any member of the ship’s staff.

13. Insurance
You must be suitably insured either through us or with another insurer offering at least equivalent cover before you travel. We will add the cost of our insurance to your invoice unless you provide details of your insurer. You accept full responsibility for ensuring that all members of the named party comply with the terms and conditions of the travel insurance policy purchased. Should you while on holiday choose to take part in any activity (e.g. hang gliding, hot air ballooning, white-water rafting, etc.) which can be deemed as being of a hazardous nature, it is essential to ensure that cover is provided under the terms of your travel insurance. The organisers of some adventure activities that you may choose to take part in whilst on holiday may request you to sign a waiver of their liability for risks involved. We must draw your attention to the fact that by signing such a document you may well lose any rights to claim for damages in respect of death, injury, or loss of or damage to property even if negligence on the part of the activity organiser is proven to have occurred.

Tour managers and local representatives are instructed not to act as agents in booking any alternative activities other than those approved by us. Any assistance they may offer at your request does not imply they have acted as an agent or that these activities have been approved and are offered for sale by the company.

14. Data protection act
In order to process your booking and to ensure that your travel arrangements run smoothly and meet your requirements, we need to use the information you  provide such as name, address, passport details, any special needs/dietary requirements etc. We take full responsibility for ensuring that proper security measures are in place to protect your information. However, we must pass the information on to the relevant suppliers of your arrangements such as airlines, hotels, transport companies, etc. This information may also be provided to public authorities by our suppliers for customs/immigration purposes or as required by law. Where such information is required, if we do not receive this in time, your booking may have to be cancelled or an administration fee may be levied by the supplier and we reserve the right to pass this cost on to you. Additionally, where your holiday is outside the European Economic Area (EEA), controls on data protection may not be as strong as the legal requirements in this country. We will not, however, pass any information on to any person not responsible for part of your travel arrangements. This applies to any sensitive information that you give us such as details of disabilities, or dietary/religious requirements. If we cannot pass this information to the relevant suppliers, whether in the EEA or not, we cannot process your booking. In making your booking, you consent to this information being passed on to the relevant persons.

15. Advanced Registrations
You are able to secure your position on your desired holiday before the general release date with a non-refundable deposit of £50 per person. As soon as we are able to finalise your holiday plans we would contact you to provide all the necessary details and collect any additional deposit. Should you decide against travelling on this holiday, our cancellation policy would apply. If the confirmed departure date is more than 3 days from your requested pre-registration departure date, or the price is more than 5% higher than the previous year, you may either transfer to another tour or we will refund your pre-registration deposit in full.

Note: We are committed to the on-going training of our staff and this may involve the recording of telephone conversations.

16. Offers, discounts and prices

• All prices & offers are subject to availability at time of purchase.
• Titan reserves the right to amend or adjust the discount level at any time.
• Offers supersede any other previously advertised discounts.
• Offers are not combinable with any other discount.
• Offers many not be available if booked through a third party.

17. Cancellation Charges
Period before departure within which notice of cancellation or major change is received by us or notified to you: