Important Information
The information provided on the site is intended for customers who access the
site from the UK.
Price Accuracy
Prices quoted throughout this site are subject to change and the services
offered subject to availability.
Star Ratings
The star ratings featured on this site are based on our own experiences and do
not represent any official grading system. Actual standards may vary between
different room types and star ratings are for guidance only.
Foreign Office Travel Advice
For the latest information and advise on international travel please visit
http://www.fco.gov.uk
Health
For information on health requirements and vaccinations please visit
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAdviceForTravellers/fs/en
Passports
For information on UK Passports please visit
http://www.ukpa.gov.uk/
ABTA
Best At Travel Plc is a member of the Association of British Travel Agents.
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Data Protection
bestataustraliaholidays.co.uk is owned and operated by Best At Travel Plc We regard
the privacy of your data as important, and take its security very seriously, so
you can make enquiries and purchase from us with absolute confidence.
DATA PRIVACY
We will respect the privacy of your data that you supply to us in accordance
with our Privacy Policy. We will comply with all applicable data protection
legislation covering it. You agree to keep your data accurate, up to date, and
promptly to send us any new or revised personal data. You further agree that we
may use your personal data in the ways advised in our Privacy Policy. We have
strict security procedures that cover storage and disclosure of your data in
order to prevent unauthorised access to comply with the UK Data Protection Acts
of 1984 and 1998. This means that sometimes we may ask for proof of identity
before we disclose personal information to you. Whilst we have taken all
reasonable steps to ensure that the information you provide will be kept secure
from unauthorised access, the internet is not a secure environment. We can not
guarantee that the information will be secure during transmission to our web
server It is your responsibility to keep your access passwords confidential and
to use any security devices offered by us. Our security measures depend on you
complying with this obligation and we are not responsible for any breach of your
privacy through your failure either to keep the secrecy of your passwords or to
use the other security devices properly. Your calls may be recorded or monitored
for training purposes.
PRIVACY POLICY
We understand and respect the importance of your privacy This Privacy Policy
will explain how we collect and use your personal data and offers you an
opportunity to limit our use of this information The information that we collect
identifies your personal needs and preferences and matches these to products and
services offered assisting us in making any bookings you make from visiting this
site.
Your Consent
By using this website you signify your consent to our collection and use of your
information. Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be posted on this section of
our site so that you are kept informed of how we collect and use your data and
when we may disclose it. In continuing to use this website you signify agreement
to any changes in our Privacy Policy.
Your Booking
In order to make your booking and to ensure that your travel arrangements run
smoothly, and in accordance with your requirements, we need to use the
information that you provide such as name, home address, e-mail address, credit
card number and any special needs/disabilities/dietary/religious requirements or
any medical information etc We take full responsibility for ensuring that proper
security measures are in place to protect your information. We must pass the
information on to the relevant suppliers of your travel arrangements such as
your tour operator, cruise lines, airlines, hotels, transport companies etc. The
information may also be provided to your insurers (if you apply for insurance),
security or credit checking companies, public authorities such as
customs/immigration if required by them, for debt collection purposes, by
internet service providers or as required by law. In addition, where your
holiday is outside the European Economic Area (EEA), controls on data protection
in your destination may not be as strong as the legal requirements in this
country. (If we cannot pass this information to the relevant suppliers, whether
in the EEA or not, we cannot provide your booking. When making a booking, you
consent to this information being passed on to the relevant persons.) Your tour
operator or other principal will usually pass this information onto their
suppliers once we have provided it to them. The tour operator or other
principal's use of your information is subject to their policy, both in respect
of your booking and any future marketing and is their responsibility. Please ask
us or them for a copy of this if you would like to see it. Your data controller
is: Best At Travel Plc trading as BestAttravel.co.uk and
bestataustraliaholidays.co.uk You are entitled to a copy of your information held by
us. If you would like to see this please contact the data controller named
above. A small charge may be made for providing this to you.
Our Marketing
When we collect your information, we will hold it and may use it to inform you
in the future of offers by us and other suppliers. We will collect information
about your tastes and preferences both when you tell us what these are and by
analysis of customer traffic. We use information collected about you to
personalise your visits to this website and recommend cruises, holidays and
other products/services that may be of interest to you, and inform you of
suggestions for your next cruise/holiday or travel arrangement. The Group may
also use the information to help develop the design and layout of the site to
ensure that it is as useful and enjoyable as possible. By registering with us,
or registering data at our call centre, you agree to the use and disclosure of
information by Best At Travel Plc as described. In order to help us maintain and
improve our service to you we may also use 'cookies' to collect information
about your use of the website. Cookies are a feature of web browser software
that allows web servers to temporarily store information within your browser,
which in turn allows us to recognise the computer used to access our sites. Most
browsers automatically accept cookies but you can delete existing cookies from
your browser. You can also edit your browser options to choose not to receive
cookies in future. We may use cookies to keep track of the transaction from one
page to the next. We use third-party application service providers to perform
some tracking functions. These companies may use cookie-based information (not
including your name, address email address or telephone number) about your
visits to this and other web sites in order to measure advertising
effectiveness. We may also collect information about your visit to our website,
based on your browsing (click stream) activities. This information may include
the pages you browse and products and services viewed or booked for example.
This helps us to better manage and develop our offers and to provide you with
better products and services tailored to your individual interests and needs. We
may use this information to measure the entry and exit points of visitors to the
Site and respective numbers of visitors to various pages and sections of the
Site and details of searches performed. We may also use this information to
measure the usage of advertising banners, other click throughs from the Site. We
may disclose information of this nature in aggregate form to third parties but
personal information on individual visitors tracking will not be passed on to
any third party. Users who have subscribed to our e-mail service or visitors
purchasing products on the Site, or registering data with our call centre, who
have not opted out (you may opt out at any time by writing to our Data
Controller, or emailing to ‘privacy@BestAtTravel.co.uk’), will receive
promotional mailings and e-mails from our business or selected third parties.
Your details may be passed to countries outside of the UK and the European
Economic Area in order to process and arrange for the products and services you
request. When you submit your booking or request to us you agree that we may use
and transfer your personal information in this manner. If you have booked a
holiday you will still receive an email or other confirmatory material and
booking data confirming your booking details and even if you have exercised your
right to opt out of further communication as these are necessary to process your
booking.
Our Company Details are:-
Registered Office :-
Best At Travel Plc
1 Conduit Street
London W1R 9TG
Operating Office Address:- Best At Travel Plc
Worldwide House
10-12 Berners Mews
London, W1T 3AP
Company Registration Number. 2842995
VAT Registration No. 645 3274 36
Licenced By:-
ABTA:- No F2078, ATOL:- 3337, IATA
Members of:- PSARA, ADVANTAGE and PATA
USE OF WEBSITE - TERMS AND CONDITIONS
These are the terms and Conditions governing your use of this website:-
A. The Agreement is between You, the user of the website, and Best At Travel
Plc, the owner and provider of the website.
B. You consent to the terms and conditions of this Agreement when you use this
website without any qualification. If you do not agree with any of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement you may not use this website in any way.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
a) You may only use this website for your own personal use. You are not allowed
to copy (other than one copy for personal use only) or use any material on this
website for any commercial purpose, or transmit it, modify it, license or
reproduce it for yourself or other parties to use commercially.
b) If you are a user resident in the United Kingdom or another European Union
country, applicable booking and purchase conditions are those which appear on
relevant product pages. You must read these before confirming your booking.
Residents of other countries must identify themselves as such at the time of
booking and confirm whether the booking will be accepted from their country of
residence and the conditions then applicable to their booking. All bookings and
purchases are also subject to the general information appearing in our website
covering products and conditions. You are advised to print a copy of our
applicable booking conditions and any other relevant information together with
all other relevant details relating to your chosen holiday or travel
arrangements prior to making a booking with us.
c) This website has been produced for use within the United Kingdom. We are an
English Registered Company and by accessing this website you agree that the
courts of England shall deal with any disputes and that English Law shall be the
applicable law.
d) You must be 18 years of age or over and have legal capacity
e) You must accept financial responsibility for all transactions made under your
name or account
f) You must not use this website for fraudulent or false or speculative
transactions or bookings
g) You must not transmit threatening, or defamatory or pornographic or racist or
political or unlawful material
h) Any arrangements made between you and any third party named or referred to on
the website are entirely at your sole risk and responsibility
i) Information. We have tried to ensure that the information on this website is
as accurate as possible. This information has been derived from a number of
sources including brochures of operators we sell as agents. Whilst tour
operators take substantial care trying to ensure the accuracy of their
brochures, some of the services and facilities might be changed or be withdrawn
and of course brochure information itself can vary from one edition of a
brochure to another. Information may also have changed on the site by the time
you come to make a booking so do re-check information and prices at the time of
booking. You should not rely on this website information and it does not
constitute any form of advice or recommendation, and we make no warranties or
promises or representations in regard to accuracy of the information provided.
We will not be liable, to the extent permitted by law, for any loss or damage
whether this be direct or indirect or consequential or other which may arise
from the use of the information or material on this site or any web links
provided from this site or any inability to access or use this site. Your use of
this website confirms that you have not relied on any of this information.
j) Whilst all reasonable care is taken we can not warrant that the site is free
from computer viruses or other harmful items that may cause loss or damage
k) Pricing. We try to ensure that all prices displayed on the website are as
accurate as possible, however it is a matter of regret that errors occur on
occasion and in that event any booking based on such an incorrect price will not
be valid. At the very first opportunity you will be advised of any mistakes and
will then have the option of either accepting a full refund of any money paid or
paying the correct price
l) Booking Conditions and Contract. Our Booking conditions are shown under the
‘Booking Conditions’ tab on the pages of our website. If you are booking through
us and we are acting as your travel agent please ensure that you read the
booking conditions for the relevant individual tour operator/cruise line before
making your booking.
m) Website Links. Our website may contain links to external websites. We provide
these links so that you can obtain further information with ease and quickly. We
are not responsible for the content or terms of these websites.
n) Information regarding EU Directive - Carriers & Community List. We are
required under EU directive (EC) no. 2111/2005, Article 9 to bring to your
attention the Community list' containing details of air carriers subject to an
operating ban within the EU Community. This Community list can be found on the
website of the Department of Transport which is : www.dft.gov.uk and by
following the links from the Aviation page through to the Foreign Airline
Permits via the Aviation part. By browsing this site you acknowledge that this
has been provided for your attention.
o) Carriage of passengers and the baggage of passengers is subject to the
provisions of the Warsaw convention (as amended if applicable) and national
legislation and the carriers conditions of carriage.
p) These terms and conditions do not affect your statutory rights
Credit Card Charges
If you are paying by credit card, a charge of between 1.5% and 2% may be levied
depending on the type of card you use.