Why choose the Baldwins Travel Group? page 3
Take the perfect trip with an all-inclusive holiday page 5
Join us on our Escorted Touring Holidays page 11
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ALDWINS Travel, established in 1895, is an Award Winning Independent Travel Agency. We pride ourselves on offering the very best customer service, choice of holidays and value for money. We have received many awards over the years and most recently been awarded Travel Agent of the Year for London and the South East for the 6th year running!
Tonbridge We welcome a new Branch Manager to our Tonbridge office. Trevor Ridler joined the team in August, as we say a fond farewell to his predecessor Peter Ruck, who has retired. Trevor brings with him a wealth of knowledge, management expertise, and is a very experienced travel agent as well as a cruise specialist. He also has extensive working knowledge of the UK, Europe, USA, Caribbean and North Africa. In addition, we also welcome Serena Menelaws to the team. Serena joined the Baldwins Travel Group in July. Maidstone Located on Earl Street, just off Fremlin Walk, our Maidstone office is a Kuoni partnership agency. We remain independent and offer our clients a wide choice of operators and holidays and have first-hand experience of the many destinations that Kuoni and other operators offer. Our experienced travel experts are passionate about travel and have been all over the world, exploring incredible destinations. They're ready to tailor make your perfect holiday and offer the personal touch, building a relationship so you can easily call on the same travel expert each time you book a holiday.
Sevenoaks Travel Sevenoaks Travel joined the Baldwins Travel Group in 2005 and is now a thriving office in the heart of Sevenoaks. We welcome Jenny Fahy as a new member to the team. Jenny is running our new Foreign Exchange Bureau, which has recently been installed at the Sevenoaks office. Uckfield Our office in Uckfield is going from strength to strength, and we welcome Tracey Weller and Sue Cook as new additions to the team. Uckfield provide a wide range of travel services including foreign exchange, and like all the locations, is exceeding expectations. Baldwins Travel is now the only high street travel agency in Uckfield!
Tunbridge Wells Our Tunbridge Wells office, located in Grosvenor Road, in addition to a large retail travel agency has a dedicated Business Travel department which services our corporate clients worldwide. We also have a very busy Groups Department who book Trade Mission & Exhibition Groups as well as School Groups, Sports Tours, Golf Groups and Conference & Incentive Travel.
Schools Ski 4 Less Schools Ski 4 Less is part of the Baldwins Travel Group. We offer a bespoke service by catering to a select number of schools per ski season or for your own personal group trip, allowing us to provide a far superior service, when it comes to the planning and running of your ski package and trip. We hope that by looking at our website and the packages we offer, it interests and inspires you to contact us through the contact form, so we can join together and start planning your next trip. Find us at www.schoolsski4less.co.uk
Baldwins Business Travel Management is a member of the Advantage Focus Partnership, which is a large consortium of Independent Travel Agents. Our combined buying power makes us the 4th largest travel management company in the UK. This allows us to offer the full range of fares, rates and services normally associated with the largest travel management companies. Combined with the independent personal service, this makes us unique in the corporate market. In March we welcomed a new Business Travel Consultant, Becci Dawson to the team.
Foreign Exchange Offering the best rates in town, John Charlesworth joined the group in June as Foreign Exchange Manager. The team said a fond farewell to Neil, John’s predecessor, who retired after being with Baldwins for over 10 years. We offer “NO COMMISSION ON CURRENCY”, whether you are buying or selling, and hold a wide range of currency in stock. All five locations offer foreign currency, so please contact your local Baldwins branch for all your foreign exchange needs.
Meet the Travel Specialists at Baldwins Travel, Maidstone Branch
Karen specialises in Australia, Canada, Caribbean, Dubai, Far East and the Greek Islands
Kirsty, Branch Manager, specialises in Peru, Cuba, Far East, Antigua and Sri Lanka
Linda specialises in Australia, USA, Canada and Caribbean Sue specialises in New York, Greece, Turkey, India, Sri Lanka, Canada and Haiti Carol specialises in Florida, New York, Jamaica, Italy and Switzerland Helen specialises in Cuba, Florida, Greece, Portugal, Canaries, Malta and Gozo, Gibraltar and the Balearic Islands
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Cutting the cost of family holidays
LL inclusive holidays are so popular now; knowing you can have what you want when you want, without having to pay out every few minutes, is really appealing to families as well as couples holidaying abroad. All Inclusive holidays are not solely the preserve of exotic long haul destinations; we offer them closer to home on the shores of the Mediterranean too! In destinations such as the Maldives, everything is imported - which pushes prices up. So by booking all-inclusive, it will give you a clearer idea of how
much you will spend. Many hotels include water sports etc. in the allinclusive package, so look in the brochure to see what’s included in the hotel package. Kids can have unlimited drinks and ice cream on an all-inclusive holiday, and many deals also allow children to take part in all entertainment and activities on offer. This dramatically
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cuts the cost of a family holiday. Most all inclusive holidays will include flights, transfers, three meals a day and local drinks from a variety of restaurants. This saves preparing a meal or finding somewhere to eat every night! Although these holidays will provide everything you need, if there is something special that you wish to do during your stay this can also be arranged as well. Each tour operator slightly varies with what is included in their all inclusive range, so our team of specialists at Baldwins Travel can advise you.
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Prices from £2,695 for the 1st passenger and £1,795 for the 2nd passenger
14 14 Day Day Essential Essential Vietnam Vietnam & & Cambodia Cambodia Travelmarvel Travelmarvel Tour Tour Saigon Saigon // Mekong Mekong River River // Phnom Phnom Penh Penh // Angkor Angkor Wat Wat // Siem Siem Reap Reap
* These prices are based on June 11, 25 and July 9, 2014
Your Holiday Price Includes:
• Return Schedule flights from London • Airport transfers, port charges and tipping • Services of a Travelmarvel tour director • A seven night Mekong River Cruise • Total of four nights in Saigon and Siem Reap • 27 meals – 11 Full Breakfasts, 7 Lunches and 9 Dinners • Travelmarvel Insider Experiences • Unique cultural experiences in 10 towns and villages all accompanied by expert local guides • Soft drinks, local beers and spirits throughout the cruise • Complimentary daily bottled water
Insider Experiences
Relax at the central Grand Hotel Saigon Cruise the Mekong River aboard the Rv La Marguerite Unwind at the Sokha Angkor Resort
Other Holiday Highlights include
Visit the Cu Chi Tunnels in Saigon Explore the Floating markets of Cai Be Discover authentic rural Mekong life during a visit to a remote evergreen island Tour Chan Chau by rickshaw Delve into the history of Cambodia in Phnom Penh Receive a Buddhist blessing in oudong Admire the rural Cambodian countryside aboard an ox-cart Explore the iconic Khmer temples of Angkor
Prices are subject to availability, conditions apply, Visa’s may be required but are not included within the tour cost. Supplements for solo travellers are available on application. Cabin upgrades are available. This tour also operates in the reverse which becomes a 15 DAY tour.
For more information or to make a booking, please contact Baldwins Travel – see back page for details
Book before the 30th September and Companion flies free
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How an escorted tour can fulfill your travel dreams
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HOUGH an escorted tour can be defined simply as a pre-designed holiday itinerary accompanied by a tour manager, that definition allows for a million possibilities in destination, method of transport, type of traveller and theme. There are myriad benefits to this type of holiday.
Escorted tours can take you anywhere in the world, and there are some countries so well suited to touring that
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there is simply no better way to experience them - Egypt and Jordan, for example, New Zealand, Vietnam, China and South Africa. As all of the planning has been done on an escorted tour and all the arrangements made by a destination expert, there are no day-to-day worries and you are assured of experiencing the highlights and having enough leisure time to make your own discoveries. Depending on your time, budget and level of interest, you can tour anywhere from a small region to entire countries and even continents. You can travel by comfortable coach, legendary train or romantic cruise ship - in fact, a well thought-out tour might even include a combination of these to offer the most
unforgettable perspective on a destination. Escorted tours are also no longer defined by a particular age group, but rather by a mix of like-minded holidaymakers who share the same travel motivations and passions. The tour provides underlying peace of mind, but also countless opportunities for customers to inspire their own holiday memories and forge long-lasting friendships.
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25/27 Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 2AJ Tel: 01892 511999 E-mail: tw@baldwins-travel.co.uk
157 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BP Tel: 01732 351223 E-mail: tonbridge@baldwins-travel.co.uk
21/23 Earl Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1PL Tel: 01622 762141 E-mail: maidstone@baldwins-travel.co.uk
Sevenoaks Travel- Dorset House, 4/5 Dorset Street, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1LN Tel: 01732 458255 E-mail: info@sevenoakstravel.co.uk
Business Travel- 25/27 Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 2AJ Tel: 01892 515900 E-mail: bt@baldwins-travel.co.uk
45 High Street, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 1AB Tel: 01825 760488 E-mail: uckfield@baldwins-travel.co.uk
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