United Vacations USA 2009

Booking Conditions & Holiday Information Before you go Passports and visas All passengers, including children and babies, are required to hold their own valid 10-year British Citizens machine-readable passport. It will no longer be possible for children to travel to the USA on their parent’s passport. Your passport is machine-readable if the white strip at the bottom of the personal data page has 2 lines of print. If your passport does not have a white strip, or the white strip is blank, it is not machine-readable. Please check with the UK Passport Service on 0870 521 0410 or www.passport.gov.uk for further information. The majority of British machine-readable passports holders do not normally require a visa to visit the USA providing they will be in the USA no more than 90 days, hold a return ticket, do not have a criminal record and complete a Visa Waiver Form. Any passengers holding a British passport issued overseas, will be required to obtain a valid US entry visa. All passengers will be required to prove, upon check-in and arrival, that they have accommodation booked in the USA and have the full address of that, including the zip code. We provide this information on your accommodation voucher so do ensure you keep this to hand. Please note that any passengers who are denied entry as a result of incomplete documentation will not be eligible for a refund. We strongly recommend that you contact your travel agent or the US embassy for full details of the conditions of the Visa Waiver and/or entry requirements as exclusions apply. Tel: 09055 444546 (calls are charged at £1.30 per minute) or visit www.usembassy.org.uk Electronic System for Travel Authorisation Scheme As of 12th January 2009, the US will introduce a compulsory online registration under the Electronic System for Travel Authorization scheme, known as ESTA, which contains the same information as the I-94W form previously handed out on board aircraft which a passenger was required to complete and present to US immigration. The ESTA will replace the I-94W and all travellers from Visa Waiver Countries only must apply for Travel Authorisation at least 72 hours in advance of their departure and must also have a machine readable passport. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security DHS operate these additional controls and all travellers will be responsible for supplying and processing this online declaration. The ESTA can be applied for online at https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov. Please note there is no fee for applying for an ESTA on the official website. The Travel Authorisation is not a visa and only pre-screens the traveller and allows him or her to travel to the United States and apply for admission. An approved Traveller Authorisation is not a guaranteed entry, but is a prerequisite to travel to the United States by air or sea. A person from a non-visa waiver country should not attempt to apply for a Travel Authorisation and will require a US entry Visa. As of 12th January 2009 failure to obtain an ESTA could result in a passenger being denied boarding by the airline. The alternative is to hold a valid visa. The ESTA is part of the Visa Waiver Programme and does not replace the need for a visa. The Visit USA website http.//www.visitusa.org.uk/visitors/esta.aspx carries some useful background information on the ESTA. Travel Advice For government advice on your destination, see www.fco.gov.uk/knowbeforeyougo or call the ABTA Information Line on 0901 201 5050 (calls are charged at 50p per minute). Health and Inoculations At the time of going to press UK residents do not require any vaccinations for travel to the USA. Stringent hygiene laws in America ensure that standards are generally high. Flight and Airport Information Seat Requests We will help with seat requests wherever possible at the time of booking but are unable to guarantee any requests for specific seating arrangements and neither can it be guaranteed that all members of the party will be seated together. If you have a specific requirement we suggest contacting your airline direct. All transatlantic flights are now non-smoking. We cannot accept any booking that is conditional upon special requests being met. Special Meal Requests Special meal requests should be requested at the time of booking. The majority of airlines require 48 hours notice for any special meal requests, including children’s and vegetarian meals for those over two years of age. We strongly recommend that you contact the airline direct, however, such requests cannot be guaranteed. In flight catering Complimentary in-flight catering and non-alcoholic beverages are usually provided on transatlantic flights only. The knife and fork symbol on the airline documentation is purely an indication that food will be available, it does not signify that a complimentary meal service will be offered. Check-in The recommended check-in time for all transatlantic flights is 3 hours prior to departure. Although we are able to allocate seats at the time of booking these seating arrangements cannot be guaranteed, particularly for late arrivals at the airport. Infants Infants under the age of 2 years on the date of outbound travel pay from £120 (based on Economy flights) as long as they sit on an adult’s lap. Any charge for a cot in the hotel room and for food are paid by the guest direct to the hotel. Cots can not be guaranteed. Disabled Passengers United vacations welcomes all customers, including those with disabilities and we endeavour to meet individual needs. However, in order to assist fully, upon notification of your disability to us by you or your travel agent at the time of booking, we will forward an ABTA disability check-list for you to complete and return to us. Once we are aware of the disabilities, special requirements and assistance required, we will determine whether we can supply the service required. The holiday will not be confirmed until this has been ascertained. Please note, special facilities can be requested but may not be guaranteed. Currency It can be difficult to exchange sterling in the USA however, most UK cash cards now work in the USA. Before you travel it’s a good idea to obtain some small denomination dollar bills for immediate expenses on arrival, such as freeway tolls and gratuities. We recommend that you carry at least one credit card such as American Express, Visa, Mastercard or Diners Club, as you will normally be asked for an imprint of your card on arrival at any hotel, to cover incidentals. the act(s) and/or omission(s) of the person(s) affected or any member(s) of their party or the act(s) and/or omission(s) of a third party not connected with the provision of your arrangements and which were unforeseeable or unavoidable or 'force majeure' as defined above. (4) Except as specifically set out in these conditions, we will not accept any further or different liability than the Package Travel, Package Tours and Package Holidays Regulations impose. In addition, regardless of any contrary representations made by us, we only promise to use reasonable skill and care as set out above and we do not have any further or different liability to you. It is your responsibility to show that reasonable skill and care has not been used if you wish to make a claim against us. (5) We limit the maximum amount we may have to pay you for any claims you may make against us. The maximum amount we will have to pay you where we are found liable for loss of and/or damage to any luggage or personal possessions (including money) is £75 per person affected unless a lower limitation applies to your claim under this clause or clause. For all other claims which do not involve death or personal injury, the maximum amount we will have to pay you if we are found liable to you on any basis is three times the price (excluding insurance premiums and amendment charges) paid by or on behalf of the person(s) affected in total unless a lower limitation applies to your claim. This maximum amount will only be payable where everything has gone wrong and you have not received any benefit at all from your holiday. (6) Where any claim or part of a claim (including those involving death or personal injury) concerns or is based on any travel arrangements provided by any air, sea, rail or road carrier or any stay in a hotel, the maximum amount of compensation we will have to pay you will be limited. The most we will have to pay you for that claim or that part of a claim if we are found liable to you on any basis is the most the carrier or hotel keeper concerned would have to pay under the international convention or regulation which applies to the travel arrangements or hotel stay in question. When making any payment, we are entitled to deduct any money which you have received or are entitled to receive from the transport provider or hotelier for the complaint or claim in question. In any circumstances in which the carrier is liable to you by virtue of the Denied Boarding Regulation 2004, any liability we may have to you under our contract with you, arising out of the same facts, is limited to the remedies provided under the Regulation as if (for this purpose only) we were a carrier; any sums you receive from the carrier will be deducted from any amount due from ourselves. (7) We will not accept responsibility for services or facilities which do not form part of our agreement or where they are not advertised in our brochure. (8)The services and facilities included in your holiday will be deemed to be provided with reasonable skill and care if they comply with any local regulations which apply, or, if there are no applicable local regulations, if they are reasonable when compared to the local standards in practice. (9) You must tell us and the supplier concerned about your claim or complaint as set out in ‘Complaints and Problems’ above. (10) We do not accept liability for (1) any damage, loss, expense or other sum(s) of any description which, based on the inform http://www.passport.gov.uk http://www.usembassy.org.uk https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov http://www.fco.gov.uk/knowbeforeyougo

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United Vacations USA 2009 Contents Why Book with United Vacations How to Construct your Tailor-Made Holiday Airline Information Multi-centre Air Tours Car Rental and Fly-drives Motorhomes Self-drive Tours Motorcoach Tours Cruises Introduction: California & The West Las Vegas San Francisco Los Angeles & Los Angeles Beaches Anaheim San Diego Palm Springs Rest of California Phoenix & Scottsdale Arizona & Utah Denver & The Rockies Oahu Maui Hawaii-The Big Island Kauai Hawaiian Cruise Introduction: The North East New York Washington, D.C. Boston Chicago New Orleans Memphis Nashville Introduction: Florida Orlando/Disney Florida Beaches Booking Conditions Travel Information & Insurance

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