Booking your holiday

Contact us
To discuss your trip or check availability, please fill in the enquiry form on our Contact us page, email us at info@alpineexploratory.com or call us on +44 (0)1729 823 197. Please ask any questions you might have.

Your booking form and deposit
To book your trip, please read our Terms and Conditions (PDF) then fill in our booking form below. If you prefer, you can print our booking form (PDF) and post or fax it to us. We ask for a deposit of £75 per person and you're welcome to pay by credit or debit card (with 2% fee for credit cards), bank transfer or cheque.

Below the booking form we describe what happens next.

Booking form Please fill in this form to book online. Alternatively please print a booking form (PDF) and post or fax it to us. Your holiday Holiday name Self-Guided Walking - Alps Chamonix Mountain Walking (SG) French Alps Multi-Activity (SG) Julian Alps Bohinj Valley (SG) Julian Alps Forest Hut Tour (SG) Julian Alps Hut-to-Hut (SG) Swiss Valais (SG) Tour du Mont Blanc (SG) Tour du Mont Blanc North (SG) Tour du Mont Blanc South (SG) Walker's Haute Route (SG) Walker's Haute Route West (SG) Walker's Haute Route East (SG) Self-Guided Walking - UK Coast to Coast (SG) Coast to Coast East (SG) Coast to Coast West (SG) Great Glen Way (SG) Lake District Explorer (SG) Lake District Traverse (SG) North Lakes Circuit (SG) Pennine Way (SG) Pennine Way North (SG) Pennine Way Central (SG) Pennine Way South (SG) South Lakes Circuit (SG) Tour of the Three Peaks (SG) West Highland Way (SG) Guided Walking - Alps Chamonix Mountain Walking (G) Julian Alps Hut-to-Hut (G) Swiss Valais (G) Tour du Mont Blanc (G) Walker's Haute Route (G) Guided Snowshoeing - Alps Chamonix Snowshoeing (G) Vaudoise Alps Snowshoeing (G) Bespoke, Groups and Guiding Bespoke holidays Group trips Private guiding Arrival date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 January February March April May June July August September October November December 2010   2011 First walking day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 January February March April May June July August September October November December Departure date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 January February March April May June July August September October November December Your party Title Name Age Main contact Mr Mrs Ms Miss Dr Other     Other party member Mr Mrs Ms Miss Dr Other   Other party member Mr Mrs Ms Miss Dr Other   Other party member Mr Mrs Ms Miss Dr Other   Other party member Mr Mrs Ms Miss Dr Other   Please add any more people in the Comments box below. Main contact's details All correspondence will normally be sent to the main contact but please instruct us otherwise if preferred. Address and post/zip code Email address Telephone (Mobile) Telephone (Home) Telephone (Work) Party details Relevant medical conditions (Please tell us in confidence) Party's walking experience (Please give brief details) Vegetarians or special diets? Double/twin/single/triple rooms? Double (1 large bed) Twin (2 single beds) Single (1 bed) Triple (3 single beds) A mixture (please tell us below)       Dogs? None 1 2 More (please tell us below)              Baggage transfer? No thanks / Not available on my trip Yes please Emergency contact Please tell us about a friend or relative who we can contact in the event of emergency during your holiday. Name Contact telephone Relationship to you Payment We ask for a deposit of £75 per person, or the total price if within 8 weeks of your holiday. When we've reserved your schedule and you're happy with it, we'll invite you to pay; this will be by giving you card payment details, by giving you our bank details for a transfer, or by paying in your cheque. Your balance is then due 8 weeks before your holiday. Total price (£) Deposit (£) I'd like to pay by credit or debit card. Please give me instructions. We'll direct you to our card payments page, or arrange a call to take your details over the phone and key them into our machine. For Visa, Mastercard, Amex and JCB we ask to add a 2% card fee. There is no fee for Visa Debit (Delta), Visa Electron, Maestro or Solo.                  I'd like to pay by bank transfer. Please send me Alpine Exploratory's bank details. I'd like to pay by cheque. I'll post a cheque payable to Alpine Exploratory to the address below. Comments Please tell us anything else To help us Where did you first hear about us? Please choose ... thank you                            Magazines Trail TGO Country Walking John Muir Trust Journal Adventure Travel Real Travel Outdoor Enthusiast easyJet In-Flight Aularian Connections Other magazine (please tell us below) Newspapers and books Times or Sunday Times Telegraph or Sunday Telegraph Guardian or Observer Other newspaper The Times Holiday Handbook National Geographic Journeys of a Lifetime Tour du Mont Blanc guidebook Walker's Haute Route guidebook Pennine Way guidebook Other book (please tell us below) Websites Google Bing Yahoo! Go Lakes (Cumbria Tourism) John Muir Trust website FCO's Know Before You Go Cotswold Outdoor Travel Quest National Trails official website West Highland Way official website The Ramblers LDWA (Long Distance Walkers' Association) Dog Friendly Britain Inner Wolf BAIML (International Mountain Leaders) MLTA (Mountain Leader Training Association) Other website (please tell us below) Misc I'm a returning client Leaflet or card Poster Recommendation Email newsletter forwarded by friend I just know about you! Other (please tell us below) Sorry, I can't remember! Our email newsletter Please send me your email newsletter about 4 times a year with news and developments Terms and Conditions I have read and I agree to Alpine Exploratory's Terms and Conditions (PDF).

What happens next

We confirm your booking
We'll confirm receipt of your booking form and send you initial notes on equipment, insurance and other matters to help your early preparatons. Most importantly we now reserve your accommodation. Once we've put together your schedule we email it to you to check; if you're happy then we go ahead, also taking your deposit at this stage.

We encourage you to wait until we have confirmed your schedule before you pay for travel or insurance. For guided trips only, please note that if the group size does not reach the minimum level (as given on the holiday pages) we may cancel the holiday up to 4 weeks before the start.

Your balance and your info pack
Your balance is due 8 weeks before your holiday and we'll send you a reminder by email. Once your balance is paid, and at least 3 weeks before your holiday, we post your pack with all the information about your holiday, including maps and routecards for self-guided holidays. Now all that's left is to enjoy your trip!

Protection of your money

Your payments to us are protected, ensuring that in the very unlikely event that we become insolvent before your holiday is completed you can have a full refund. The Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations (1992) cover holidays in the UK's travel industry and stipulate ways in which companies can give financial protection. Alpine Exploratory pays clients' money into a trust account, where it stays until the holiday is over, at which point we may ask the trustees to transfer the money to us.

Guided and Self-Guided Holidays