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Bespoke Tours cannot be offered on the website with a definitive price structure. Each tour is unique and is individually priced according to number of persons travelling, duration, locations visited, research required and level of service required. Such a tour is first discussed in detail to gather all necessary information, only after this can a price per person be offered. General tours in the minibus of the Western Front are priced on a group of at least 6 persons accommodated in twin/double rooms. A single room occupancy supplement applies. Please remember that all tours are fully inclusive from the point of departure at Dover, Folkestone or Portsmouth. This includes: Accompanied by guide throughout the tour All travelling arrangements from the point of departure 8 seat air conditioned luxury minibus with intercom, video/DVD, fridge. Accommodation in 3 or 4 star hotels in close proximity to the battlefield area All meals and drinks offered with meals Additional snacks and/or drinks offered when travelling in the vehicle Entrance fees to sites and museums on the itinerary Fully researched portfolio of a soldier’s service or unit history (Bespoke tours) Individual information pack containing battlefield notes and trench maps. Research and arrangements to visit family graves and memorials |
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Tour Pricing |
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General Tours with a duration of: 3 days from £500 per person. 4 days from £680 per person. 5 days from £860 per person. Single supplement of £43 per person per night. |
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The photograph above contains a 5 Franc note, soldiers usually received about 10 Francs a week in the field. The railway ticket is from Nottingham to ‘France’ and dated 1917. The letter to soldiers from Field Marshal Lord Kitchener refers to the following, “...You are sure to meet with a welcome and to be trusted; your conduct must justify that welcome and trust. Your duty cannot be done unless your health is sound. So keep constantly on your guard against any excesses. In this experience you may find temptations both in wine and women. You must entirely resist both temptations, and, while treating all women with perfect courtesy, you should avoid any intimacy. Do your duty bravely, Fear God, Honour the King Kitchener, Field Marshal Don’t worry, it is not a policy statement! |
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Extract of a soldier's pay book on a daily rate of 8½d (3.5p) after having 6d deducted to send home. Payment was in French francs |
