AGM 2024 - HVAR, CROATIA

The administrative details and a disclaimer from Henslow Tours Inc. Everything you need to know about the upcoming bonanza tour.

Nineteen attendees on this 5 days, 4 night piss-up. Friday 6th to Tuesday 10th September. On the beautiful island of Hvar in the Adriatic Sea. Hvar town is the main town on this 42 mile long, 6 mile wide island, centered around a buzzing port with dozens of bars, restaurants and clubs. Our hotel is a 5 minute beach side promenade walk away from the port.

FLIGHTS

DEPART - FRIDAY 6th SEPTEMBER - BRITISH AIRWAYS - TERMINAL 5

BA842 TO SPLIT Departure time 09.45. Arrive Split 13.25

20kg checked baggage included. Plus a standard Cabin Bag

CHECK IN TWO HOURS BEFORE FLIGHT = 07.45.

RETURN - TUESDAY 10th SEPTEMBER - SPLIT

BA843 TO HEATHROW T5 Departure time 19.25. Arrival Heathrow 21.05.

CHECK IN TWO HOURS BEFORE FLIGHT = 17.25.

SPLIT TO HVAR TRANSFER

Collected by private minivan at the airport for a short 5 minute run to the nearby port and board two 10 person Summer Breeze 500HP cabin speedboats complete with beers and toilets for the 50 minute run to the jetty outside our hotel.

HOTEL - AMFORA, HVAR GRAND BEACH RESORT www.suncanihvar.com

BED & BREAKFAST

Pay for your own room at the hotel - Singles 1,076E and Twins 1,120E (560E each)

The rooms are held by my credit card so if you fail to turn up for ANY reason then YOU owe ME the full price of the room. You can cancel (through me) up to 4 days in advance at no charge, but after that no 'spurious' excuses, it's down to you.

SINGLES - GRAHAM, OWEN, HUGH, IAN, GARY, KEITH, LEN. 7 PERS

TWINS - BRIAN/STEVE, ANDY/PHIL R, TONY/JOHN, NICK/RON, PETE/PHIL C/ OLLIE/WAYNE. 12 PERS

PROGRAMME

FRIDAY - Arrive at Hotel at around 15.00. Out on the town.

SATURDAY - Free day to explore the hotel and the town.

SUNDAY - SAILING DAY

10.30 at the dock outside our hotel to meet two 35 foot yachts with skippers. Sail down the coast for swimming at Borce or Zarace beach, sail to Paklinski Island and pull in Palmizana beach for lunch at Bacchus restaurant, table for 19 booked for 2,00pm www.bacchus-palmizana.com , then sail off again to Mlini beach before sailing home for 18.30.

You've all paid £30 deposit, you all owe 80E (£68) in cash on the day (which includes a tip for the skippers). We all voted in and it is now all booked, so if you fail to show on the day due to change of mind/hangover/overslept/death then please don't forget you still owe 80E - and no spurious excuses. The lunch is not included and is not cheap (being on a very nice upmarket island), so if you want to duck out of that then no problem, we can deal with that on the day.

"Spurious Excuse" - Any excuse based on false reasoning, and therefore wrong.

SUNDAY EVENING - In town in the evening

MONDAY - Free day to enjoy, possibly a bit of cycling, maybe over to Carpe Diem in the evening.

TUESDAY - Check out by 11.00 and leave luggage. AGM LUNCH somewhere in town at midday. Return to the hotel dock for collection by our speedboats at 16.00. Airport by 17.30 to check in for flight home. JOB DONE!

HENSLOW TOURS DISCLAIMER AND POLICY ON STAFF SAFETY.

Henslow Tours are proud of their long history of serving their many clients (basically GASS and Mrs Henslow, but that still comes to 23). Our long established family company are famous for organising trips around the globe, often at the last minute, often slightly more dangerous or arduous than maybe the clients expected.

Sometimes the standards are high, sometimes not so high (Pontins being a case in point we agree), but always on the money. As proof, this 4 night stay comes out at £812pp (sharing) as opposed to £844pp for last years stay in Barcelona, but is twice as far away to fly. The hotel is (hopefully) at least a star level up and really well located (a 5 minute walk to town as opposed to a 25 minute train ride). Havr itself is top notch and should be ideal for everyone.

But to achieve this level of holiday at this bargain price, corners need to be cut, commissions shaved, rules broken and risks taken. Tonys Tours and Evans Expeditions (two competing companies who have previously served GASS well) simply phone a travel agent and say "book it Dano", or words to that effect.

Henslow Tours don't.

Henslow Tours book everything direct. Flights direct with BA Group Bookings, the hotel direct with the hotel, the transfers and yachts direct with the boat company. None of your silly ABTA bonding, no agent at the end of a phone to help if things got wrong - none of that shilly shallying bullshit. AND they send a dedicated 'Holiday Rep' with each tour group, a real bonus for our clients!.

CUSTOMER RELATIONS

Our clients matter to us, a bit, but not a lot.

Despite the fact that we send a dedicated holiday rep with each group, basically we operate a take-it-or-leave-it policy on the outcome of the trip. Please note the following conditions of traveling with Henslow Tours:-

1. Our carrier is British Airways: If there is an issue with the flight, any issue, literally anything - fucking take it up with British Airways! Rant at the airport staff, bollock the stewardess, insult the pilot, your choice. Just don't bother your tour representative.

2. The transfer boats are hired from Segorent in Hvar, each boat has a skipper: If there is an issue with the boats, any issue, fucking have a go at the skipper! Not your tour representative who may be drunk.

3. The hotel has a reception desk: If you don't like the room, the food, the pool service: Fucking insult the receptionist, don't come bleating to the Henslow Tours representative, as he frankly doesn't give a shit.

4. The yachts for are locally hired, if you don't like the colour, size, shape, length, width, speed, choice of harbours, restaurant, the weather, etc: Chuck the skipper overboard, but don't under any circumstances bother to relate your whinge to your Henslow Tours representative.

   
   

PROTECTION OF OUR STAFF FROM ABUSE

Henslow Tours operate a strict policy of protecting our Holiday Reps from abuse.

This follows a particularly difficult group who were taken on an excellent tour to Pontins in Lowestoft in 2021, at the height of the pandemic. Since that event we have substantially toughened up our staff protection policy.

YOUR HOLIDAY REPRESENTATIVE on your trip is Mr Brian Henslow. A senior member of our tour company, Brian has a wealth of experience encompassing both great successes and total fuck ups, so we never know what to expect.

In any event the important things to remember are:-

1. It is unusual for the tour agent/organiser to actually be on the tour with you. Normally they are at a nice comfy desk in their travel agency, counting the money and generally not giving a shit. If it goes wrong our competitors just shrug their shoulders and blame the Travel Agent.

2. Henslow Tours send a dedicated representative with each tour. So our Holiday Rep is within easy reach of your irrelevant opinions of how things are going, or not going, as the case may be, 24 flipping hours a day. Just remember the most important factor - he doesn't give a shit either!

3. SO IF IT FUCKS UP - TELL B.A, SEGORENT, THE AMFORA - Not Mr Henslow who, having done all this work, DOES NOT GIVE A FLYING FUCK.

4. He will however, appreciate being heaped with praise at every juncture should things GO WELL!, or frankly even if they are just passably OK. One way of showing your thanks as clients is to ply him with strong liquor.

Just some useful rules for how to get the best from your Henslow Tours Holiday Representative. So remember. Don't complain to him, don't tell him your woes, and if it GOES WELL, give him unrestricted praise and ply him with drink. A tip won't hurt either.