Reservations and Payment: Blessed Art Thou Tours requires a deposit of $300.00 per person at the time of booking. This deposit is applied to your total trip fee and will be deducted from your final payment which is due 45 days prior to departure. Reservations made within 45 days of departure must be accompanied by payment in full. Payments made by credit card will incur a convenience fee. Any reservations received after the payment deadline (45 days before trip) will incur a late booking fee of $100.00 per person. Pilgrimages are based upon a set number of total pilgrims. Surcharges may be assessed for a smaller group size.
Cancellations: All cancellations must be in writing. The following per person cancellation charges will apply in addition to any penalties and charges incurred by our suppliers: If canceled 61 days or more prior to departure, a $100.00 administrative fee will be charged. If canceled 60-46 days prior to departure, $175.00 will be charged. If canceled 45-15 days prior to departure, $250.00 will be charged. No refunds will be made within 14 days of departure.
Travel Documents: A passport which is valid for 6 months past the date of your return flight home is required of all U. S. citizens. Blessed Art Thou Tours is not responsible for individual visas or passports.
Travel Insurance: We strongly advise that you purchase comprehensive travel insurance for your trip. We recommend Allianz Travel Insurance, https://www.allianztravelinsurance.com/.
Not Included in base price: Passport/visa fees, personal travel insurance, beverages and items not on the regular menu of included meals, excess baggage charges, optional sightseeing, and expenses of a personal nature.
Refunds: Subject to the foregoing Cancellation Terms, upon cancellation of travel related services, all sums paid to Blessed Art Thou Tours for such services will be promptly returned to the passenger, provided the
passenger has not caused such cancellation and is not in violation of any of the terms and conditions previously, clearly and conspicuously disclosed and agreed to by the passenger. This refund provision does not apply where Blessed Art Thou Tours has remitted the payment to another registered seller of travel or a carrier and they default in providing the agreed-upon transportation or service without providing a refund.
In such a situation, Blessed Art Thou Tours agrees to provide passenger with a written statement accompanied by a copy of the bank records establishing the disbursement of the payment, and if disbursed to a seller of travel, proof of their current registration.
Responsibility Clause: Blessed Art Thou Tours and/or their cooperating selling agents and/or their suppliers of services offer these tours for sale only on the express understanding that they themselves do not perform or in any way assume liability for the performance of the individual components, transfers, hotels, flights, car, motorcoaches, etc. of these tours and act only to combine these components into a single unit of sale for the convenience of the general public, and are not responsible therefore, either directly or indirectly, for any loss, accident, or injury which may result from any act, omission, negligence in or responsible for performing or providing these component services. The transportation companies concerned take no responsibility for any act, omission, or event during the time the passengers are not aboard their conveyances. The passenger contract issued by the transportation company shall constitute the sole contract between the transportation company and the passenger. Additional expenses incurred as a result of delay, change of schedules, illness, weather, strikes, hostilities, quarantine, government requisition of hotel space or any other reasons beyond the control of the tour operator or travel agent shall be borne by the passenger. Tour operator reserves the right to substitute hotels of similar category if necessary and to alter itineraries. Your deposit certifies that you agree with the above terms and conditions.