PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT
This trip is organized with a minimum participation requirement of 30 people. If sufficient participation is not achieved, the final cancellation notification date is 20 days before the start of the tour. The tour cancelled due to insufficient participation will be communicated to you through your agency.
VISA
Ordinary Passport - Visa required
Green Passport - Visa required
Service Passport - Visa required
You must have a passport valid for 6 months from the end date of travel and not older than 10 years.
In destinations requiring a visa, the visa application must be made with the documents specified in the “Documents Required for Visa” list that your agency will provide to you for the visa application.
HEALTH
No vaccination requirement is in place for entry into England and Scotland. We do not expect any issue that would threaten your health with the meals taken at the region’s good restaurants and hotels. Nevertheless, when you are not with the group, we recommend that you be careful about food and drink, definitely consume bottled water, avoid ice, milk and dairy products, eat meat and fish products that you are sure are well cooked, and for fruit, eat fruits that can be peeled such as bananas and pineapple.
FLIGHT TIMES
Istanbul - London 4 hr 00 min
Edinburgh - Istanbul 4 hr 15 min
OPTIONAL TOURS & ACTIVITIES
Optional tours and activities are organized by the local agency we work with with a minimum participation requirement of 20 people, and there is no obligation to participate. If the required number is not met, the excursions cannot be carried out, or the prices, content, and vehicles used for optional tours / activities may vary depending on the number of participants. In addition, the days and times of optional tours / activities may be changed by the guide according to the opening/closing status of museums, ruins, or venues at the places to be visited and according to weather conditions.
ACCOMMODATION
During periods such as fairs, congresses, concerts, events, sports tournaments, etc., hotels may be used at distances greater than the stated km.
Triple rooms can be provided depending on hotel availability, and in such rooms the bed offered to the 3rd person may be smaller than standard beds. Triple rooms consist of 1 large bed and 1 extra bed. Since extra beds are foldable or coach beds, participants are deemed to have declared that they accept the possible cramped conditions in the room and the bed type in reservations for the 3rd person and/or children.
Children's discounts are valid for only one (1) child staying with 2 adults and meeting the age group specified in the pricing section.
Breakfasts included in the tour program and taken at the hotel are served in accordance with the breakfast culture of the country you are in and generally with a limited menu called continental breakfast, consisting of butter, jam, bread, tea or coffee, and may be served for groups in a separate lounge allocated to the group.
TIME ZONE
There is a 2-hour difference between Turkey and England.
CLOTHING AND REQUIRED ITEMS
We recommend that you bring T-shirts that can be easily put on and taken off, short- and long-sleeved shirts, cotton trousers, shorts, comfortable walking shoes, a raincoat, a light jacket and a thin sweater for the evenings. In addition, you may also bring a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, earplugs for possible noise, a camera, a video camera and their chargers and spare memory cards.
FOOD CULTURE
English cuisine is very close to European cuisine. Sunday roast, fish&chips, English breakfast, sautéed mushrooms, grilled tomatoes, baked beans are the most famous dishes.
IMPORTANT NOTES
Having a valid passport and/or having obtained a visa (for a destination/passport requiring a visa) does not mean that entry into the country will be permitted. The passport police have the authority not to allow you into the country. The agency is not responsible for this situation; responsibility belongs to the passenger.
The agency is an intermediary institution between the airline and the passenger and is subject to the Hague Protocol dated 28.09.1955. There may be a risk of delay on scheduled and special flights, or the times before the current trip and flight may change. The agency is obliged to inform these changes as soon as possible. Our passengers have purchased the tour knowing and accepting that flight details may change. Children aged 0-2 do not pay airport tax and airport service fees.
The panoramic city tours included in the tour package are tours organized for the general introduction of the cities, lasting at most 2-3 hours, conducted panoramically from the vehicle with guide commentary and not including museum or archaeological site entrances. For panoramic tours, including the other tours specified in the program, if they cannot be carried out on the day and time of the tour due to places not being allowed to be visited or entered by local authorities, or due to closed roads because of any event, and also when the tour becomes impossible due to weather conditions, the agency is not responsible for the inability to carry out the said tours. Some tours may be carried out by public transport or on foot where roads are closed or vehicle access is not permitted, within possibilities.