Guide a UK Prepare Journey Session with UK rail professional Doug Collins
Looking for help along with your UK rail journey itinerary? Whether or not you’re ranging from scratch or fine-tuning present plans, Doug Collins has you lined.
Along with the whole lot you discover on the web sites (this and our sister website London Journey Planning), our non-public Fb group and our fashionable UK Journey Planning podcast we’re additionally obtainable for personal journey consultations. Doug is offered to help with crafting your good UK rail itinerary or addressing another prepare journey wants you could have, tailor-made to your preferences and necessities.
How can Doug make it easier to?
- Crafting your excellent UK rail itinerary
- Offering perception into the UK Nationwide Rail Community’s geography and routes
- Explaining obtainable Nationwide Rail passes and abroad customer choices
- Providing London journey recommendation and ticketing data
- Highlighting related prepare operators and station particulars
- Suggesting different routes for an enhanced expertise
- Offering suggestions to save cash on particular prepare routes
- Providing an summary of heritage and preservation railways
- Proposing railway itinerary solutions throughout the UK
- Coordinating rail journey with cruise or ferry arrivals and departures
- Offering recommendation and solutions for accessible journey
- Addressing often requested questions
Let Doug Collins information you thru the intricacies of UK rail journey planning for a seamless and unforgettable journey
Doug’s been an enormous assist to me on journeys in 2022 and 2023 – and I’m booked for assistance on my upcoming journey in August this 12 months as properly.
Wes – USA
If you would like a clean, properly deliberate rail itinerary then Doug is your man! He helped me on my first solo journey to the UK and I used to be so grateful for his persistence and assist. I’ll be in contact after I return once more. Thanks
Lisa – USA
What’s included in your session?
Through the UK prepare journey centered session, you’ll obtain:
- 1-on-1 tailor-made professional recommendation about your rail itinerary/plans.
- Solutions, or solutions, to any sensible questions or issues you could have about your journey together with:
- Positive-tuning your itinerary to make sure you benefit from your time travelling by prepare between areas.
- Answering often requested questions – together with tickets/passes/ London Transport/ Apps and so forth
- Present solutions about related excursions, actions and day journeys for locations visited throughout your vacation.
- Supply suggestions and sensible professional recommendation concerning utilizing the UK Rail Community.
- Any accessibility/help points.
- Any present UK rail information pertinent to your itinerary ie public holidays, strikes, line closures and so forth
- We may even e-mail (inside 3 days of our dialogue) the Google sheet with the personalised suggestions and solutions mentioned in the course of the name.
Guide a personal session with a UK rail journey professional
We’re Tracy and Doug Collins, the faces behind the UK Journey Planning web site, London Journey Planning web site, UK Journey Planning Podcast and two Fb teams.
We’re each Brits with in depth data of travelling within the UK.
Doug is a UK prepare journey guru having labored on the UK rail community for over 25 years. He’s additionally the creator of the Information to UK Prepare Journey e book. If you’re planning to journey by prepare Doug is the one to talk to!
Tracy has lived and labored in 7 nations around the globe. Within the UK alone she has lived in London, the Midlands and the North East. She has in depth expertise of journey planning together with organising quite a few visits to and across the UK.
We love serving to guests to the UK plan their journeys and have made some improbable mates everywhere in the world via our consultations.
We stay up for chatting with you and serving to you intend your good UK itinerary.
FAQs concerning the UK Itinerary Session & Evaluate Service
How lengthy ought to I e book for?
We provide a wide range of time choices for itinerary opinions (1 hour, 1.5 hours and a pair of hours) and we might urge you to think about the next when deciding which one to decide on!
- How lengthy are you planning to spend within the UK?
- How ready your itinerary is (we’ve had some very detailed itineraries and likewise some with little or no data – the extra ready you’re, the extra you’ll get out of the session)
- What number of common questions on UK journey you’ve gotten
You possibly can additionally decide to have a 1 hour session initially after which e book one other to comply with up after getting had an opportunity to replicate on any recommendation.
We do typically suggest the next:
- 1 hour for a evaluation of an itinerary as much as 7 days
- 1.5 hours for a evaluation of an itinerary 8 – 14 days
- 2 hours for a evaluation of an itinerary 14 – 25 days
How does the itinerary session and evaluation service work?
Step 1 – Select your session time beneath. Guide the itinerary session & evaluation session to debate your UK itinerary with us at a time that fits you utilizing the calendar beneath.
You may be taken to a funds web page after getting chosen a date and time.
Please notice all costs quoted are in US$
Step 2 – You’ll obtain a affirmation e-mail and Zoom hyperlink for the session.
Step 3 – Please ship us a replica of your draft itinerary or questions no less than 48 hours previous to the session at data@uktravelplanning.com (please put ‘Itinerary Evaluate” within the topic line). It will give us time to organize and in the end save time in the course of the name. This additionally helps cut back potential for a rechargeable seek the advice of overrun.
Step 4 – You’ll obtain a reminder e-mail 24 hours previous to the session.
Step 5 – We meet by way of Zoom and chat via your proposed itinerary.
Step 6 – Inside 3 days we’ll ship out a PDF with any personalised suggestions made in the course of the session.
What shouldn’t be included?
Please notice that whereas we may help organise a personalised itinerary with you, we don’t embrace reserving companies. We aren’t journey brokers and, due to this fact, can’t make any bookings in your behalf.
We are going to, nevertheless, give you any lodging, excursions and companies that we suggest.
Please double-check the dates and data previous to reserving your itinerary. We do our best possible that will help you plan your journey, however we aren’t liable in your trip.
Should you contact us throughout your journey to ask fast questions on your route or any suggestions, we’ll attempt to get again to you as rapidly as attainable, however we are able to’t assure we are able to present recommendation at quick discover.
Phrases & Situations
Fee in your UK Itinerary Evaluate is required in full upfront of the session.
Please notice that we don’t supply refunds.
Within the occasion that we’ve to cancel your reserving because of a private emergency, we’ll give you as a lot discover as attainable and ship you a hyperlink to reschedule our session at a time that fits you.
Alternatively, we are able to give you a full refund.
- Cancellation & Rescheduling Coverage:
Should you can now not attend you’ll be able to cancel the session as much as 24 hours upfront and reschedule to a different date or request a refund.
Should you cancel lower than 24 hours earlier than your session you’ll not be entitled to reschedule or a refund.
Guide your UK Itinerary Planning Session
As journey consultants, we’ll assist organise a personalised UK prepare journey itinerary for you. We don’t, nevertheless, e book in your behalf. You’ll be free to finalise your itinerary and to e book wherever you want. Please double-check the dates and data supplied earlier than reserving your itinerary. Although we’ll do our best possible, we aren’t liable in your trip.