To reserve a tour we require a 30% deposit, the balance of your payment is due 30 days prior to the trip start.

For a customized private tour, asking for specific planning work, we require a 30% deposit, as soon as itinerary, inclusions and rates are agreed upon. Half or the deposit (15%) is not refundable.

Open Group Tours. You will be asked a 30% deposit as soon as the minimum number of 5 participants is available.
Please contact us for details on our pricing, single travelers, and cancelation policy.

How to Book
Although we try to make this website as helpful as possible, some info may not be updated; please do not hesitate to contact us and talk about any tour that you may be interested in.
You may book either by downloading the booking form to send to us by fax 0039.0831.093429, email (countryside@hotmail.it ) or call us to check availability and confirm your choice.
We will acknowledge your booking with a confirmation invoice. Your final balance is due no later than 4 weeks before departure. We will send you a receipt after we have received the balance.

Travel agreement

1. Wine Holidays payment conditions
The Traveller shall pay the fee for the Tour at the latest on the date specified by the agreement. If the Traveller does not pay the agreed price according to the Agreement the Organiser has the right to cancel the agreement and retain the Booking fee. The Traveller should pay the fee for the tour according to the following:
Booking more than one month before the beginning of the Tour:
The Booking must be confirmed by the Traveller within five (5) days by paying a Booking Deposit (Booking Fee). The booking fee is specified in the program description for each Tour.
The remainder of the price of the tour (i.e. the full price of the tour, including extras, such as single room supplement) should be paid to and received by Wine Holidays no later than 30 days before the beginning of the Tour.
Booking later than one month before the beginning of the Tour:
The full price of the Tour should be paid to and received by Wine Holidays within four (4) days of booking.
If the traveller does not pay the Booking Fee within the specified time Wine Holidays has the right to consider the booking as annulled and not booked. If the full price of the Tour is not paid within the specified time Wine Holidays has the right to consider the Tour Booking as cancelled and to retain the Booking fee.

2. Wine Holidays cancellation rules
The Traveller has the right to cancel his booking with the following conditions. If the Traveller cancels his booking:
more than 30 days prior to the beginning of the Tour: the Traveller pays a fee equivalent to the Booking Fee

15-30 days prior to the Tour: the Traveller pays 30% of the full price of the Tour

8-14 days prior to the Tour: the Traveller pays 50% of the full price of the Tour

7 days or less prior to the Tour: The Traveller pays the full price of the Tour

3. Partial cancellation
If a traveller makes a partial cancellation (e.g. has booked two places on a tour and cancels one of them) then the Traveller may be subject to a supplemental charge. If a Traveller has booked more than one place on a Tour and then cancels one or more places, but not all, there may be a surcharge applicable for the traveller(s) that is (are) still booked. This supplemental charge may be due to single room supplement or similar elements in a Tour. Wine Holidays does not provide cancellation insurance. A Traveller who wishes to subscribe to a “cancellation insurance” must do so independently.

4. Travellers right to transfer the Agreement
The Traveller may transfer the Agreement to another person who qualifies to participate in the Tour. The Traveller must in a reasonable time before the beginning of the Tour in order to inform Wine Holidays of such a transfer.
If the Agreement is transferred to another person both the original Traveller and the “new” Traveller are jointly responsible to Wine Holidays for payment of the Tour.

5. Wine Holidays Programme changes
The detailed programme for a Tour is sometimes defined later than the publication of the programme on Wine Holidays’ site or in a brochure. The planned visits and other elements of the published programme are to be considered as preliminary.

6. Minimum number of participants on Wine Holidays Tours
In the program description for each Tour the minimum number of Travellers is specified. It is also specified at what date this minimum number of travellers must have registered.
(Note: A typical Wine Holidays Tour has a minimum of 8 participants. The date at which the minimum number of participants must be reached is typically 2 months before the beginning of the Tour. At that date it is decided weather the Tour will take place of not. Such an early date of decision is chosen in order to facilitate for the Traveller to arrange for any connecting travel or other arrangements.)

7. Organiser’s changes after the begging of the Tour
If, after the beginning of the Tour, substantial parts of the services included in the Tour cannot be supplied as planned, the Organiser shall organise appropriate alternative arrangements without any surcharge for the Traveller.
If such a change leads to an inferior service to the Traveller, he may, if reasonable, be eligible for a price reduction or compensation.

8. Instructions by the Organiser
The traveller shall follow instructions given by the Wine Holidays representative for the good conduct of the Tour. The traveller shall follow reasonable code of conduct for the Tour, for transport, hotel etc and behaviour should be such as to not disturb fellow travellers or others. If the Traveller in a significant way deviates from appropriate code of conduct the Organiser may cancel the Agreement.

9. Travel insurance
The Traveller must arrange for his own personal travel insurance independently with a third party for the Tour (theft, health, repatriation, liability, accident, capital, etc). Wine Holidays is not responsible for any costs due to Traveller not having arranged for personal travel insurance.

10. Disputes and jurisdiction
The parties should endeavour to resolve any disputes arising from the Agreement through amiable negotiation. If the parties cannot reach an agreement the matter may be taken to the Public Complaints Commission or to court. The Agreement is governed by Italian laws. Any conflicts not resolved by negotiation between the parties can be taken to for resolution to Italian administration and courts only.

11. Health care
Wine Holidays recommends the Traveller makes sure that he has the European health insurance certificate that can be had from appropriate government health authorities within the European Union, for travellers coming from EU countries. Wine Holidays also recommends that the Traveller considers organising for a third party travel health insurance.

12. Pets
Pets are not allowed on Wine Holidays Tours.

13 Website Conditions
Wine Holidays is a trading name of Poseidon Consortium and its member companies.
We are an Italian registered Company. Our business and the services we offer are governed by the applicable laws of Italy.
For persons who are resident in the European Union, the applicable booking and purchase conditions are those which appear on the relevant product pages and you must read these before confirming your booking or purchase. Residents of other countries must identify themselves as such at the time of booking or purchase and ascertain whether the booking or purchase will be accepted from their country of residence and the conditions applicable to their booking or purchase. All bookings and purchases are also subject to the general information appearing in our current On-line brochure and product descriptions . We recommend you print a copy of our applicable booking conditions and this additional information together with all other relevant details relating to your chosen holiday or travel arrangements prior to making a booking with us.
Cancellation and amendment charges are payable if a booking or other purchase is cancelled or amended after it has been confirmed.
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We shall not be liable for any loss or damage of whatever nature (direct, indirect, consequential or other) which may arise as a result, directly or indirectly, from the use of any of the information or material contained in this Web Site and/or use of or access to any other information or material via web links from this site or any inability to access or use this Web Site. These exclusions of liability apply only to the extent permitted by law and, except for information or material accessed via Web Sites or supplied by an identified Third Party, where consistent with our applicable booking conditions. If any of these exclusions, in whole or part, is found to be unlawful, void or for any other reason unenforceable, that exclusion or part of the exclusion shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other exclusion(s) or part(s) of the exclusion(s) in question.
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