Price transparency is paramount when dealing with large sums of members money in relation to what could be a once in a lifetime trip for say a choir, a football or rugby club, a school or college, women's institute or a bowls club etc.

The ongoing argument still arises from members when faced with final costings of a trip which has probably been planned for two years, ' I can get it cheaper down the road' or ' I saw one on teletext half that price'. In other words there is no guarantee that members are getting the most value for money option, even in a competitive tendering situation.

We at Burgess World Travel recognise this problem and have developed what we believe is the perfect solution, we refer to it as TMF (Travel Management Fee). This solution provides complete transparency of all costs coupled with top professionals in the planning and management of each element of the tour. In our own words 'from conception to completion'.

The cost of TMF depends upon many factors such as numbers traveling, destination, complexity of tour and whether our personnel is required on the tour or conference etc.

For guidelines lets take a group of 120 mixed choristers touring a region of Canada for a period of two weeks on a door to door scenario. The order of percentage would be 5% on the NET agreed prices. The actual percentage would be determined in the very early stages of enquiry and prior to any commitment to cost by the organisation. Remember we deal in NET prices and professional travel management - No Hidden Cost - No Hidden Profit: only complete transparency.

Burgess World Travel is a long established Welsh based company with many years experience of specialist and group travel. The company is a global partner with American Express Travel Services providing travel assistance and currency exchange in over 130 countries and 1700 offices worldwide - we call it Worldwide Customer Care. Burgess World Travel is not only a member of ABTA (The Association of British Travel Agents) and holds appropriate bonding but also holds its own Air Tour Operations License (ATOL) issued by the Civil Aviation Authority, an essential license and bonding when dealing with many instances of group and specialist travel. Finally the company holds a license with IATA (International Air Transport Association) affording the company to issue travel tickets upon demand of world airlines. In summary the above level of bonding provides the ultimate financial assurance to any group or organisation contemplating or planning a tour or conference in the UK or throughout the world.

Operating independently under license from American Express

The air holidays shown are ATOL Protected by the Civil Aviation Authority. The flight bookings we make are also ATOL Protected,except when tickets for scheduled flights are sent to you within 24 hours of payment being accepted.
ATOL Protection extends primarily to customers who book and pay in the United Kingdom.
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