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Organised group holidays

Dates and locations:

Visit Wales, Lakes, Spain and France on our website.

What's included

Accommodation

3 star Hotel accommodation is available with single ensuite rooms, including dinner and breakfast. Long weekends arrive Friday early afternoon and depart Monday afternoon with walking available on all four days. Standard two night weekends are available departure late Sunday afternoon/evening walking available on three days.

Prices vary with location and dates. Full details available on request.

Walking Programme:

We design walking programmes to suit your standard of fitness and interests and taking account of prevailing conditions. All programmes offer you the best and most appropriate walks available at your chosen venue. To check your ideal walking grade and standard of fitness please click "Who Goes" on the menu bar.

Leadership and organisation

You will have a guide who is an expert qualified mountain leader/ instructor. The leader will be assisted by or will also act as a facilitator to advise and take care of any additional requirements that may arise during the holiday. There will be an optional programme of evening activities. We will advise on travel and organise any transfers or daily transport required.

If you are considering making a booking :

1. Choose your dates and location by referring to our site for dates and graded holidays in Wales, Lake District, Spain, France.
2. Email jim@walkaboutholidays.com to check availability.

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A new service: “Rent a Guide”

If you want a walking holiday in the company of an experienced and qualified leader then you can hire a guide through our "Rent a guide" service.

The advantages of our "rent a guide" service are:

• You can take your holiday on the days and dates that suit you. Our services are available for a single day a weekend, week or longer.
• You can go wherever you fancy. We specialise on Snowdonia, Lake District and Peak District but can provide a guide to go anywhere in the UK or Western Europe (particularly France and Spain).
• If you simply want to take up walking for recreation and fitness may be for the first time we can suggest itineraries appropriate to your interests experience and fitness.
• You may have ambitions to do particular walks and treks or mountains and particular routes you've always wanted to climb. With a guide you can achieve your ambitions.
• You can arrange whatever type of accommodation you prefer. If you want advice or suggestions we can help. If you'd like us to organise accommodation we can do that.

This service is ideal for:

• Individuals who want a solo walking holiday with their own personal guide.
• Couples or small groups of friends who would like the services of a guide to ensure a carefree walking holiday.
• Private groups who'd like a walking holiday or walking event led by qualified leaders.

Qualified experienced leaders.

You will have the services of a guide who is an experienced qualified leader ( with qualifications appropriate to the nature of the walking programme).

The leader will advise and inform on topics relating to your walking holiday and your particular interests. This could include: Fitness, Food drink and diet for walkers, technical matters (equipment, clothing, map reading & route finding, weather forecasts.

Our guides are equally happy to lead easy, moderate or hard walking groups on lowland country walks, coastal walks, mountain walks (including famous adventurous routes such as Crib Goch and Striding Edge ) or tough challenging classic walks and treks. If you wish to include visits to places of interest in the locality these can be incorporated into the programme.

How to organise and book a guided walking holiday using "Rent a guide"

We are offering a personal service providing you with a guide and a programme of walks ideally suited to meet your requirements. The first thing we need is to get to know one another, communicating by phone and email. We will want to know what you want from the holiday. We need to know about your health, fitness and previous experience and anything else about your interest in walking. You will want to be sure that you will be in good hands ( if required we can provide references from existing clients)

We will advise and take care of any additional requirements. We will do our best to ensure that you have a pleasant sociable time and organise evening activities if required.

Once you've briefed us and we have all the relevant information we will send you a proposed itinerary and programme of walks together with a quotation of the cost.

If our proposal and quotation is acceptable we will send you a booking form which you will complete and return to us with a deposit. You will be invoiced for payment in full two months before the commencement day of the programme.

How much will it cost?

We will give you an accurate quotation when we have discussed your requirements and have established what you want. However if in the meantime you budget for the following you will have an idea of the approximate cost:

• Travel: to and from your chosen venue and possibly some short local journeys during the holiday.
• Accommodation: There's a wide choice - Hostel, B&B, Guest house, Hotel from 1star upwards. The cost depends on what you want and how much you are prepared to pay. In Snowdonia an average cost for 3 star hotel single room ensuite accommodation with half board would be approx £60.00 per person per night. In the Lake District it would be on average approx £95.00.
• Walkabout fees: This includes the cost of guides and leaders and our cost for administration. It's not possible to estimate this as it depends on what you want to do and other factors. For instance if you come as a couple or with a group this cost is shared between the number of people booking. If you are travelling solo and want the services of a personal guide on 1:1 basis that will be a factor in preparing the quotation.

For further information or to discuss your requirements please ring or text 07734038266 or email info@walkaboutholidays.com and we will get back to you.