Terms of Business

Bookings with Desmond Tours are subject to the terms and conditions set out below. Your statutory rights are not affected.

In order to book one of our tours, the customer must pay the specified deposit at the time of placing the booking.
This deposit is non-refundable except in the case of cancellation of the tour by Desmond Tours.
With our new flexible “Book with peace of mind” policy, there is added flexibility to re-book your tour and re-use the deposit.
The full balance of the tour is due 28 days (4 weeks) prior to the start date of the tour.
If the full balance of the tour price is not received within 4 weeks of the start date of the tour, Desmond Tours reserves the right to cancel the booking.

We endeavour to operate all our tours as advertised. However, we reserve the right to modify any tour, for example in the event of the booked driver guide and/or vehicle not being available, we reserve the right to arrange for a substitute driver guide and/or vehicle of the same standard.
A “driver guide” is unless otherwise specified one person and is both your driver and guide.
We undertake not to modify any tour within two weeks of the tour start date unless forced to do so by circumstances beyond reasonable control.
In the event that Desmond Tours has to cancel a tour, the customer shall receive a full refund of the monies paid to us but will not be entitled to any further sum by way of compensation, damages or otherwise arising from said cancellation. This applies no matter when the tour is cancelled.
Force Majeure: Where war or terrorist activities, threatened or actual, civil unrest, industrial action, threatened or actual, weather conditions, pandemic, fire, flood, drought, airport regulations or closures, unforeseen alterations to public transport schedules and rescheduling of aircraft or any other event outside the control either delays or extends the tour or compels a change in prior arrangements, Desmond Tours cannot accept liability for any resulting loss, damage or expense to the customer.

On a general note, due to the ongoing uncertainty around travel, we highly recommend that you take out your own travel insurance.
The customer may cancel up to 28 days before the tour start date. Regarding the booking deposit, you may choose one of the following options:
1. Have your full deposit payment transferred to a future booking (i.e. choose new tour dates free of charge, subject to availability). Any other payments that you may have made up to this point will be refunded to you.
2. Obtain a gift voucher to the value of your deposit payment, which can then be transferred to any other person. Any other payments that you may have made up to this point will be refunded to you.
All participant names on bookings can be changed, so that there is full flexibility on who can join the tour (please note maximum numbers apply due to vehicle capacity).
The full deposit payment that we retain for you must be used within two years of your cancellation date.
Should the customer cancel the tour less than 28 days before their tour start date, refunds do not apply and the booking deposit cannot be re-used.
Where the customer wishes to modify the tour arrangements after Desmond Tours had confirmed the booking, any additional costs that have been incurred by Desmond Tours, will be charged to the customer.

Although we take the greatest care to ensure that everything runs smoothly on your trip, accidents can happen. For this reason, we strongly encourage you to take out adequate insurance cover prior to travel for loss or damage to personal property, personal injury or illness, medical expenses and cancellation expenses. Please note that neither Desmond Tours, its employees nor its agents can accept any liability relating to personal injury or illness, loss or damage to personal equipment, or any other unforeseen events that occur during your tour.
Desmond Tours does not provide child seats. According to EU regulation children under the age of twelve, and shorter than 4’5″ must use a child seat to travel in a vehicle.
Luggage is carried at the owner’s risk throughout the tour unless insured. Hand baggage and personal items such as but not limited to coats, cell phones, umbrellas and cameras are entirely in the care of the participants.
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All offers are subject to availability.