Making
reservations
Reservations
can be made by calling our office during regular business
hours or requested through our website www.perkiomentours.com.
The following information is necessary to process your
reservation: name(s) of person(s) traveling, address,
home telephone number, number of people traveling and
desired boarding location. Please note: Reservations
made on any tour within 30 days of departure are to
be paid in full at the time of reservation.
Deposits
Multi-Day Motorcoach Tours: a $100 per
person deposit within two weeks of booking will confirm
your reservation.
Air Tours and Cruises: typically, a
$500 per person deposit within two weeks of booking
will confirm your reservation. Some Air Tours and Cruises
vary in their requirements.
One-Day Tours: a per person deposit
within two weeks of booking will confirm your reservation.
The amount varies by tour. One-Day tours involving a
ticket (sporting events, Broadway shows, concerts, etc.)
are to be paid in full within 14 days of reservation.
Payment
Multi-Day Motorcoach Tours: Final payment
for motorcoach tours is due at least forty-five days
prior to departure. Air & Cruise tours may vary
in their requirements.
One-Day Tours: One-Day tours are to
be paid in full at least 30 days prior to departure.
One-Day tours involving a ticket (sporting events, Broadway
shows, concerts, etc.) are to be paid in full within
14 days of reservation.
Air Tours and Cruises: payment terms
for air tours and cruises may vary. Please inquire while
making your reservation.
Cancellation
Perkiomen recommends that you consider purchasing optional tour protection or trip cancellation and interruption insurance for all tours. Ask a reservationist for details.
Cancellation made 31 or more days prior to departure: Refunds will be given for legitimate reasons unless portions have been prepaid to hotels and attractions and they refuse to refund. Money held for these reasons can not be transferred to another tour. Air and cruise terms and conditions vary – ask for details.
Cancellations made 30 or less days prior to departure: a 10% cancellation fee plus any non-refundable vendor payments will be held. This fee and/or any amount held for these reasons can not be transferred to another tour. Air and cruise terms and conditions vary – ask for details.
Tours involving non-refundable tickets: In most cases, tickets purchased in advance for concerts, sporting events, shows, etc are not refundable to Perkiomen. For notice given 31 days or more prior to departure, Perkiomen will do everything possible to issue a full refund. The ticket portion of the tour price may be held until the ticket is resold. Within 30 days of departure, there is not refund or transfer unless the cancelled seat(s) is resold. Money held for these reasons can not be transferred to another tour.
On all tours: No refund will be issued for “no shows” on the day of departure.
Protect your tour payment: Perkiomen recommends that you consider purchasing tour protection or trip cancellation and interruption insurance for all tours.
Baggage Restrictions
All Tours: Each traveler is allowed
one carry-on bag that will easily fit into the overhead
compartment of the motorcoach. The average motorcoach
compartment size is 8” high x 19” wide x
15” deep.
Tours of 10 days or less: One checked
bag per person is allowed.
Tours of 11 days or more: One additional
checked bag is permitted if you are traveling without
a partner. Parties of two who are rooming together throughout
the tour are asked to limit themselves to one additional
bag between them.
Note: All checked bags must weigh no
more than 45 pounds each.
Baggage
Responsibility
Although every effort is made to handle
passenger luggage as carefully as possible, we cannot
be responsible, assume liability or accept claims for
loss or damage to luggage due to breakage, theft, or
fair wear and tear through hotel and group carrier handling.
It is important for your own self-interest to make certain
you have adequate insurance to cover these eventualities.
Check with our office for low cost insurance to cover
all risks.
Seating
In order for all passengers to enjoy
the motorcoach equally, assigned seating and seat rotation
will be practiced on our multi-day tours. Your driver
or escort will explain the procedure to you on the first
day of the tour. To be fair, there will be no exceptions
to this rule. Please note: Travelers who have signed
up as singles or the third person in a triple room may
be expected to share a seat on the coach with others.
In this case, you are asked to switch from aisle to
window with each rotation.
Single
Travelers Who Wish To Share A Twin/Double Room
Those individuals who desire to share
a twin room with another tour member must advise us
at the time of booking and will be booked on a “single
- share if possible” basis. The single rate will
be charged initially. If, prior to the day of departure,
we have another person to “share”, the difference
between the per person single and the twin rate will
be refunded two weeks after the end of the tour. “Shares”
cannot be guaranteed.
Smoking
Or Drinking Of Alcohol
Smoking and drinking of alcohol is prohibited
while aboard the motorcoach on all Perkiomen Tours.
Smoking and/or Non-Smoking rooms are normally available
at the hotels used on our tours, however, this cannot
be guaranteed. Please inquire about this with your reservationist
if this is desired.
Included
In Your Tour
Transportation, meals that are listed,
included touring as specified in the itinerary, plus
included admissions with associated taxes & gratuities.
In addition, quality lodging and baggage handling are
also included on multi-day tours. Gratuities to drivers
and escorts are not included. If you wish, such appreciation
should be extended on an individual basis and not as
a group.
Rates
Multi-Day Motorcoach Tours, Air Tours
and Cruises: All rates are quoted per person and are
based on double occupancy. Single, triple, quad and
family rates are often available upon request. Because
of the fluctuation in currencies, prices to foreign
countries are subject to change. Cruises: All known
customs, government, immigration, departure, etc. fees
and taxes are included in the listed prices. Cruise
lines do reserve the right to pass along changes or
increases, etc. including fuel surcharges as deemed
necessary and without prior notification. If this should
occur, it may result in additional charges to each traveler.
Air Tours: All known taxes and fees have been included
in the listed prices. Airlines do reserve the right
to pass along changes or increases, etc. including fuel
surcharges as deemed necessary and without prior notification.
If this should occur, it may result in additional charges
to each traveler.
One-Day Motorcoach Tours: All rates
are listed as adult per person. Senior adult and child
pricing is often available. A small group / family discount
is available for groups of 10 or more. Please ask a
reservationist for details.
Please Note: Perkiomen is not responsible
to honor prices listed incorrectly due to design or
printing errors.
International
Travel - Proof Of Citizenship
Whether you already have a motorcoach tour, cruise or air tour booked or are still thinking about where you’d like to go, please keep the following important information in mind. The U.S. Department of State announced an extension of the proposed implementation timeline for the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. When enacted, travelers to and from a foreign country (including the Caribbean, Bermuda, Panama, Mexico and Canada) must have a valid passport or other secure, accepted document* to enter or re-enter the U.S. The revised proposed timeline is as follows:
- January 8, 2007 – valid passport or other accepted document* required for all air travel to or from the U.S.
- January 1, 2008 – valid passport or other accepted document* required for all travel to or from the U.S. (air, sea or land)
Although the requirement to possess a valid passport for sea and land border crossings has been extended to January 2, 2008, the government can accelerate this date based on meeting certain criteria.
Travelers without required documentation will be denied boarding and no refund will be issued. Perkiomen must and will strictly enforce this requirement in compliance with the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative.
To help ensure your positive travel experience with Perkiomen Tours, we encourage you to make sure that you are prepared to meet these pending passport requirements.
*The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has not yet made a final determination as to which forms of documentation may serve as a valid alternative to a passport. For more information, please visit www.travel.state.gov/passport or call the National Passport Information Center toll free at 1-877-487-2778 or TDD/TYY at 1-888-874-7793.
Responsibility
Perkiomen Motorcoach, LLC, Perkiomen
Tours, Perkiomen Tours & Travel (“Perkiomen”)
acts only in the capacity of agent for transportation
companies in all matters relating to transportation,
whether by motorcoach, airplane, steamship, railroad,
boat, or any other means; and agent for travel service
companies and other suppliers in all matters relating
to arrangements for other tour companies, such as hotel
and/or motel accommodations, sightseeing and related
services, entertainment, and other tour features. Perkiomen,
because of its status as an agent and because it maintains
no control over the personal injury, property damage,
or other loss, accident, delay, inconvenience, or irregularity
from whatever cause during a trip, reserves the right
to decline to book or retain a person as a member of
any tour, and to change tour itineraries, pricing and
components whenever Perkiomen deems such change to be
necessary for the betterment of the tour; or to cancel
any tour if circumstances require.
Drivers
and Escorts
Perkiomen reserves the right to make
changes to driver and/or escort assignments as needed
without prior notification to customers.
Independence
We must know in advance if you have
a disability that prevents your independence. If you
are unable to travel independently, a travel companion
that will assume full responsibility for your care and
mobility must accompany you.
Special
Requests
Special requests such as smoking/nonsmoking
rooms, bed sizes, adjoining or adjacent rooms, medically
necessary dietary requirements, etc. must be made at
the time of reservation or no closer than 31 days prior
to departure. Perkiomen will try to honor reasonable
special requests through our vendors. Please note that
some hotels, motels, restaurants and other included
attractions, may not honor special requests.
Motorcoach
Courtesies
• Punctuality throughout each
tour is extremely important when traveling in a group.
• Cooperation with seat rotation and coach disembarkation
is expected. See SEATING section on this page.
• Each passenger must be seated before the coach
can proceed. We request that you always remain seated
during driving for your own personal safety.
• Each of our motorcoaches is equipped with a
lavatory for your comfort while traveling between rest
stops made throughout each tour. Travelers may feel
free to use the coach lavatory when necessary. Please
be sure to keep the lavatory clean for the next user.
• Please be considerate of fellow travelers at
all times.
• Many people are allergic to strong scents/perfumes.
Please make everyone's vacation enjoyable by refraining
from wearing excessive amounts of perfumes or strongly
scented deodorants.
• Please limit the usage of your cell/mobile phone
while on the motorcoach. Frequent use and loud talking
can be very distracting to others around you.
Inspirational
Times / Sunday Observance
Occasionally we may allow for church
attendance on your own when it is possible to do so
based on the tour itinerary. A brief inspirational devotion,
reading, song or time of reflection may be conducted
on the motorcoach. Such activities are encouraged by
the company, are at the discretion of the driver and/or
escort and are not intended to offend anyone in any
way.
Convenient
Departure Points
Multi-Day Motorcoach Tours, Air Tours
and Cruises: Free pick-up service will be provided from
designated general locations in the following communities
for multi-day tours: Easton, Lehigh Valley, Montgomeryville,
Pennsburg and Reading. Please note that the motorcoach
does not pick-up at every one of these locations for
every tour. Various vehicles gather passengers so that
no one is inconvenienced by long motorcoach pick-up
routes. Please inquire at the time of reservation as
to the means of pick-up transportation on your specific
tour. Convenient parking is available at our office
in Pennsburg, and individuals are encouraged to use
this location whenever possible.
One-Day Tours: Perkiomen offers convenient
boarding locations in many Southeastern Pennsylvania
communities. The number of boarding locations are limited
on each tour and do vary from tour to tour. It is not
possible to offer all locations on every tour. Specific
locations can be obtained at the time of reservation
and will also be included on your confirming paperwork.
Please note: parking in any lot with
public access is done so at your own risk. Perkiomen
cannot assume any responsibility for theft, damage,
vandalism, etc. that might occur to vehicles parked
in any lot.
Pre and Post Tour Hotel Stays
For individuals whom must travel long
distances to participate in one of our tours, pre and/or
post tour hotel accommodations are available at a special
rate through Perkiomen. Please ask your reservationist
for details.
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