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Silver Service Tours brings you and your friends the best of Sonoma wine country and Napa wine country with our small fleet of beautiful luxury vehicles and a “no jacket required” casual elegance, drawing upon the Sonoma County lifestyle. Locally owned and operated, we are all about authenticity, friendliness, and genuine service. Our unique and elegant all “silver” fleet, and, knowledgeable, professional guides strive to bring you the best of the Sonoma and the Napa wine country.

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PLEASE NOTE:* Back row seats and those directly in front of the servery may not recline. **Front row and central view seats have slightly less legroom and may not have footrests. †At most hotels we will handle one piece of luggage per person (max. 20kg). Call for full details. ††Diners Club, American Express and Electron cards cannot be accepted. ***DVDs may be shown on Silver Service dependent on journey length and at the discretion of your crew. On Luxuria tours and Silver Service tours, for operational reasons, your feeder journey to and from the interchange may be by executive coach. Here you will meet your Luxuria or Silver Service tour coach.

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You’ll be delighted with your Silver Service ‘experience’ right from the moment you meet your tour coach at the port and you’re invited on board. You’ll love the comfort and style, and as your tour progresses, you’ll find yourself totally relaxed and enjoying the many fabulous extras of Silver Service.

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Enjoy your own reserved seat – you can even guarantee front or second row seats for a small supplement, or, if you prefer to sit a bit further back, choose our central view seats. Call for more information.

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The Leger Shearings Group is the UK's largest escorted coach tour operator, offering self-drive breaks, holidays to the UK and Europe, specialist Battlefield Tours, and educational experiences across 4 different brands.

The leading provider of escorted holidays across the UK, Europe and worldwide, by luxury coach, air, rail and cruise.

With over 35 years' experience in escorted touring, Leger Holidays offers great-value, fully escorted tours to the world's most sought-after destinations. From short breaks and worldwide adventures, to river cruises, festive breaks and holidays designed for the single traveller, browse hundreds of carefully planned itineraries, with something to suit every customer's interests.

With Leger, you can sit back and relax; you know you’re in good company.

Shearings offers a fantastic selection of fully escorted coach holidays and flexible self-drive breaks to spectacular destinations across the UK and Europe.

With everything from 4-day breaks to 12-day holidays, Shearings caters to a diverse range of interests and budgets, with hundreds of affordable breaks and inspiring itineraries to choose from. All coach tours offer customers a completely hassle-free experience, with hand-picked hotels, return coach travel from a local joining point and exciting excursions built into the price of each one. For those seeking holidays with more flexibility, choose from 60+ convenient self-drive breaks.

Inspirational journeys of remembrance and discovery with Leger Battlefield Tours.

The leading provider of fully escorted Battlefield Tours in the UK, Leger's collection includes over 80 expertly planned itineraries covering WW1, WW2 and a range of other military campaigns. Devoted to delivering a unique and personal experience, each Battlefield Tour is accompanied by a passionate Specialist Guide whose knowledge and passion ensures your time with us is informative, memorable and rewarding.

The specialist in educational travel and the leading history and battlefield touring company.

With almost 40 years’ experience in operating battlefield and history tours and more than 25 years organising school travel, Holts Tours offers tailor-made educational experiences to take learning outside of the classroom. With carefully designed itineraries to meet the aims of the National Curriculum, each tour is accompanied by a Specialist Battlefield Guide who is there to bring the history to life and help students understand the past.

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With state-of-the-art features such as deluxe armchair-style seating and personal touch-screen TVs with a vast choice of entertainment, travelling by Luxuria makes the journey fly by! Customers also benefit from a range of seating options with extra legroom, more personal space, and plug sockets and USB charging points at every seat – it really is the business class of coaches.

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Travel in true comfort across the UK and Europe...

Silver Service is the social way to travel. With a spacious rear lounge to chat with fellow passengers, customers often make friends for life before they even reach their holiday destination! Deluxe reclining seats, leather headrests and footrests, and more legroom than standard coaches also make for a comfortable, relaxing journey.

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Leger holidays launches new silver service signature collection.

Leger Holidays, well known for its range of European coach holidays, has launched an expanded collection of new UK breaks.

More than 80 tours are featured in the ‘Discover Britain & Ireland 2023 – 25’ stand-alone brochure, spread across three collections: the new Silver Service Signature Collection; Self-Drive & Tour holidays, where customers make their own way to the hotel, with a fully escorted programme of excursions with included coach travel once there; and Self-Drive Hotel Breaks for those who want to be completely independent and explore at their leisure. All tours include full financial protection.

Brand new is the ‘Silver Service Signature Collection’, totalling 26 new tours that all feature hand-picked hotels in stunning locations with excellent facilities; carefully planned itineraries with fully escorted excursions; and travel by Silver Service luxury coach. Leger’s Silver Service coaches have long been featured on Leger’s European tours but will now be spotted on UK roads! These coaches offer added comfort, with reclining seats, personal tables, retractable footrests, and a spacious rear lounge that allows passengers to socialise while travelling. 

The hand-picked hotels in the Silver Service Signature Collection are situated in favourite locations, and customers can enjoy a relaxing stay amidst exceptional surroundings. From clifftop coastal retreats offering breath-taking panoramic views and contemporary properties with stylish touches, to historic inns steeped in character and charm, there’s something for everyone. Customers can expect accommodation specially selected for their first-class facilities, excellent dining options, and the highest standards of service. 

Designed with customers in mind, the expertly planned itineraries are brimming with a remarkable range of excursions and experiences. They can explore destinations such as York, the Lake District, and the Scottish Borders, and enjoy idyllic lake cruises, memorable rail experiences, distillery visits and much more. 

A selection of Warner Hotel Breaks, designed exclusively for adults, can also be found in the Silver Service Signature Collection. 

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Leger Holidays introduces ‘Silver Service’ coaches to UK and Ireland

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A new ‘Silver Service Signature Collection’ of 26 new tours has been introduced by Leger Holidays in a new UK and Ireland brochure for 2023-25.

The new sub-brand features hand-picked hotels with excellent facilities; planned itineraries with fully escorted excursions; and travel by Silver Service luxury coach.  

Leger’s Silver Service coaches have long been featured on European tours but will now operate on UK roads.  

The coaches offer added comfort, with reclining seats, personal tables, retractable footrests, and a spacious rear lounge that allows passengers to socialise while travelling.

A selection of Warner Hotel Breaks, designed exclusively for adults, can also be found in the Silver Service Signature Collection.

The Silver Service Signature Collection holidays lead in at £399 per person.

The brochure also includes self-drive and tour holidays, where customers make their own way to the hotel, with a fully escorted programme of excursions with coach travel included from the destination.

The operator also runs self-drive hotel breaks for those who want to be completely independent and explore at their leisure.  

Head of retail sales Ashley Dellow said: “Although Leger Holidays has always featured some UK tours, the collection has rapidly expanded and now warrants a stand-alone brochure.

“Around a quarter of the tours featured in the brochure are the new Silver Service Signature Collection – everything about this collection is special and customers can expect accommodation selected for first-class facilities, excellent dining options, the highest standards of service and of course travelling in comfort by Silver Service coach.”

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With state-of-the-art travel, including their fleet of Luxuria and Silver Service coaches, Leger can take you to incredible destinations. From European hotspots such as Italy , Spain and Austria to further afield experiences to USA , Japan and India , plus more.

With more than 180 escorted tours there really is something for everyone. From Grand Explorer holidays, taking you to destinations out of the ordinary to shorter European Breaks to the likes of Paris , the Dutch Bulbfield s and the magical Disneyland Paris . From river cruises to leading cruise ships, to Formula 1 Grand Prix packages. Leger Holidays also offer Single Travellers designed holidays, fantastic guided Battlefield Tours and relaxing festive breaks.

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Luxuria - Travel in true comfort and style on Leger's Luxuria coaches across Europe. Stylish on the outside and pure luxury on the inside! It only has three sides per row, offering more personal space, along with soft, wide seats with plenty of legroom and retractable calf rests. There's also your own personal touch-screen TV to enjoy! 

Silver Service  - Enjoy extra legroom, reclining seats plus a rear lounge where you can relax and mingle with fellow passengers. You'll have porterage at all hotels and a satellite  navigation system so you can track the progress of your journey. 

We also offer great-value breaks travelling by our Executive coach, which offers air-conditioning, a drinks machine and an on-board toilet. 

Leger Holidays Popular Tours 

Leger Holidays are a popular choice when it comes to expertly guided Battlefield Tours . Their touring programme offers tours to discover sites from WW1, WW2 and other significant wars. Each tour is guided by a Specialist Battlefield Guide , whose knowledge and passion will truly bring history to life. The Battlefield tours are specially designed by Paul Reed, our Head Battlefield Guide and his team, and our Battlefield Tour range is ever-expanding.

Leger also offer tours to the Oberammergau Passion Play , an event that only takes place every ten years, the next time this play will be performed is 2020! In 1633, Bavaria was hit by the Great Plague and the villagers of Oberammergau vowed that if lives were spared, the village would perform a play of the story of Christ's suffering, dying and resurrection. After this vow, no more lives were taken by the Plague, and after the first play in 1934, the villagers of Oberammergau have performed the play, every ten years. 

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2018 -  Best Medium Coach Holidays Company Gold Award British Travel Awards 2017 -  Best Medium Coach Holidays Company Gold Award British Travel Awards

2016 -  Best Medium Coach Holidays Company Gold Award British Travel Awards

2015 -  Best Medium Coach Holidays Company Silver Award British Travel Awards

2014 -  Best Escorted Tours Coach Holiday Company Bronze Award, British Travel Awards

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Leger will pick you up from your nearest joining point. There are hundreds to choose from throughout England, Scotland and Wales, and each journey has no more than five stops.

 For European Tours, you'll travel to Stop 24 Services near Folkestone in Kent to meet your tour coach, then your holiday begins!

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Leger Holidays breaks ground with first-ever UK brochure

Along with the 80-plus-tour-strong Discover Britain & Ireland 2023-25 brochure, a new Silver Service Signature Collection enhances guest experience. 

Marking the first standalone UK brochure, 'Discover Britain & Ireland' spans Silver Service Signature Collection, Self-Drive & Tour, and Self-Drive Hotel Breaks choices. 

The new collection collates 26 new tours, with hand-picked hotels, carefully-planned itineraries, escorted excursions and travel aboard the Silver Service luxury coach, which has long been a fan-favourite on the operator's European touring option. 

Ashley Dellow, head of retail sales at Leger Shearings Group said: “Although Leger Holidays has always featured some UK tours, the collection has rapidly expanded and now warrants a stand-alone brochure.  

"Around a quarter of the tours featured in the brochure are the new Silver Service Signature Collection - everything about this collection is special and customers can expect accommodation selected for first-class facilities, excellent dining options, the highest standards of service and of course travelling in comfort by Silver Service coach."

The new collection's itineraries start from £399 per person.

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For Leger Holidays, buying the Shearings brand during the COVID-19 pandemic was a risk. But the move has proved transformational for the business. Now, as Leger Shearings Group, the business is on a clear upwards trajectory

January 2020 had been a record January for Leger Holidays. Liam Race, then the company’s Commercial Director, was feeling pleased with progress. Now, as Chief Executive of Leger Shearings Group (LSG), he looks back with a smile on his face.

“At that point we’d never have thought Shearings would have been available for us to buy,” he says.

I’m meeting him, together with Chris Plummer, LSG’s Chief Product Officer, at the company’s offices on the outskirts of Rotherham.

“When the opportunity came along (in May 2020) we thought long and hard about it,” says Liam. “We didn’t know how long the pandemic was going to last, but the potential synergy between the Leger and Shearings brands was clear to see.”

Now, three years on, was the acquisition the right move?

“We’ve been on a fantastic journey,” says Liam. “Those three years have proved very challenging, but as we sit here in 2023 we can see how the acquisition has proved transformational for the business. I think it will be looked back on as one of the deals, if not the deal of the decade within the industry.”

He explains that there were a number of other people interested in the business.

“Our focus was only on Shearings,” he says. “We were never interested in National Holidays or Caledonian.”

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A look at the top line figures give an indication why Liam is upbeat. In 2019 Leger Holidays’ turnover was £34m.

“LSG has made bookings of over that value since the beginning of January and it’s only the end of March,” he says. “Everything being equal, the Group is on target to hit over £90m turnover this year. In terms of passenger growth, in 2019, Leger carried nearly 35,000. This year, across the group, we’re set to carry over five times that number of passengers.”

Those figures reflect other changes to LSG. In September 2022, the company acquired the brand and assets of special interest and touring travel company Arena Travel.

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The LSG portfolio also include Holts Tours and Battlefield Holidays, brands that are important to the wider business, especially with the 80 th anniversary of D-Day on the horizon in June 2024.

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But it is the way that Shearings has provided the impetus for growth that is at the heart of the LSG success story.

“Prior to the pandemic around 95% of Leger’s business was to mainland Europe,” explains Liam. “We had a small UK programme, but it wasn’t scalable. We acquired the Shearings database and brand assets in June 2020. Within four weeks we had a fully transactional website and a 220-page brochure. It was a phenomenal effort from everyone involved. In the first 48 hours after the ‘new’ Shearings product went on sale we took more in bookings than we had paid for the brand!

“After the acquisition we wanted to see how we could make that product feel and fit like it did before. We made a commercial agreement with Bespoke Hotels who had acquired Shearings’ hotel portfolio. We wanted our customers to have the same experience, with the same hotels. Bespoke wanted to fill its hotels and wanted to work with us. It was a perfect match.

“However, the ‘old’ Shearings business model was primarily to just fill hotels, often at a distressed price. There was a hotel arm and a touring arm, with one feeding the other. For us, selling at a really low margin just to fill hotels wasn’t what we needed, or wanted, to do.”

While we looked at that we launched Shearings’ ‘Signature’ programme into the market.

This was a completely different set of hotels, primarily four-star and with character. It’s what I describe as the premiumisation of the hotel offering. It’s sold extremely well.”

One of the key growth areas in the Shearings part of the business is continental European touring.

“We have 40 years of Leger experience in that market,” says Liam. “We’ve been able to draw on that expertise in product delivery and execution. We’re already seeing a lot of growth in the Shearings European product with the overall Shearings business seeing year-on-year growth of over 110%.

“We’re utilising our strengths and skills. This year we’ll sell more European coach holidays with Shearings than the old Shearings did in 2019. We’re on target to do likewise with Leger. Many coach tour operators are staying away from mainland Europe, but for us, we’re seeing growth. We are now undoubtedly the UK’s number one escorted coach tour operator into mainland Europe.”

Luxuria growth

Leger’s unique 2+1-seated Luxuria product launched in 2015.

“By the end of this year we will have 13 Luxuria coaches operated by nine operators,” explains Chris Plummer. “It’s where we’re seeing a lot of our growth. Our strategic plan is that by 2026 we’ll have 20 Luxuria coaches.”

Chris explains that the original concept of Luxuria was based around 31-seat VDL Futura 2 coaches. Today, of the 13 coaches, four are VDL and nine are Scania Irizar i8s or i8 integrals. The Irizars have infotainment seat-back systems supplied by Azimut.

“Luxuria has developed beyond our expectations,” he says. “It’s the business class equivalent of coach travel. We’re seeing people who’ve had a couple of years of not doing a lot, now wanting the finer things in life. Our Luxuria product delivers that.”

Leger’s Silver Service fleet now totals 23 coaches provided by 14 operators. The Shearings liveried fleet comprises 40 coaches provided by 16 operators. In total, LSG works with around 40 operators on a regular basis covering Leger and Shearings tour operations. At peak times there will be around 100 vehicles on the roads operating on LSG work.

“We have a specification for new vehicles – 40 seats and a rear lounge for Silver Service, and 31 seats in a 2+1 configuration for Luxuria,” continues Chris. “The design allows for coaches to be de-specified for Shearings work or when they move away from us. When we acquired Shearings we needed operators of course. We allocated work to our Leger family of operators first but the size of the business meant we had to start looking elsewhere. We go by recommendation, reputation and location although many operators get in touch with us first. We’re always looking for operators with a strong, positive reputation who can deliver reliability and quality drivers.”

Opportunity for investment

One of those operators was Warwickshire-based Ridley’s Coaches. Co-owner Becs Ridley says that it was an opportunity that presented itself.

“Post pandemic, Jordan, my partner, and I were discussing where do we go now,” she explains. “We’d had no previous dealings with LSG. In July 2021 we started with our first Shearings-branded coach. Our passenger score was good and we gained more work. Summer 2022 brought our first Silver Service-liveried coach. Now we have nine vehicles: two Luxuria, two Silver Service and five Shearings.

“LSG is wonderful to work for. The team in the offices are really good. We have faith in them. They pay well and on time. On the back of that we’ve gone out and invested in the new vehicles. We wouldn’t have done that on our own. We hope to continue investment in the future. We have a comfortable, happy relationship that works for both of us.”

Chris explains that the relationship with new operators is a learning curve.

“Some new operators, such as Ridleys, have been really fantastic,” he says. “But like any new relationship it doesn’t always work. We don’t rush to get operators to put coaches into livery. Sometimes the work doesn’t always fit with how an operator works. We understand that. New operators mostly start on Shearings and UK work.

“We believe we’re the best paying tour operator in the industry for this kind of work. During the fuel crisis, as prices soared, we put in place a fuel charge supplement payable to operators. This came in at around £1m.”

The TV advert kicks in

In January, viewers of ITV’s ‘Emmerdale’ will have seen a new TV advert. Starting with the intriguing phrase: “It starts with a perfect pick up!”, over the next 60 seconds the advert delivered a masterclass in highlighting all the benefits and the positive experience of a coach holiday, with Leger of course.

“We spent a fortune on the ad,” says Liam Race. “Almost as much as we paid for Shearings! From 1 January to the end of March some 46 million people have seen it. It’s brought an uplift in our unprompted brand awareness by some 30% and helped raise the profile of the industry too. Our aspiration is to keep pushing that awareness. We’re on a journey of growth. We want our operators, partners and suppliers to come on that journey with us, and the advert has played an important part in that.”

There was another, pleasant surprise for Liam.

“I went on the film shoot,” he says. “I wanted a mix of younger people in the advert so we had some younger actors. I was on the coach when they arrived. Their reaction was along the lines of “Wow, this is amazing.” Many of them hadn’t been on a coach before, outside of school trips. They said they wanted to come back. It’s getting people to see a taste of the product, to see it visually, and to experience it. We know that once people try a coach holiday the repat rates can be phenomenal.”

The way that the traditional Leger Shearings’ demographic of 55+ has adapted to searching online is seen as being something that’s here to stay.

“We recognised that we needed to redesign our website to enrich the booking experience and to make the process easy,” says Liam. “Our new website and platform, launched in June 2020, is all built in house. Many coach tour operators are using a traditional website design. We wanted to present a modern design that’s cutting edge. We now have that design and an industry-leading web platform that really sells the product, as well as making it easy to understand and buy. Conversions are higher.

“We also have a new customer relationship management (CRM) system that means we know more about a customer’s travel history and how satisfied they were with previous trips. We also know what tour you’re likely to want to go on next so we can recommend options. We didn’t have a full CRM system before. The Shearings acquisition gave us the resource to move with this.

Short Sea Crossing

For a business so dependent upon the short-sea crossing from Dover to Calais, the P&O debacle in early 2022 impacted the business massively.

“We were just about beginning to operate on some kind of scale into Europe,” explains Chris. “Our main partners were P&O Ferries and Eurotunnel. But when P&O Ferries stopped operating we talked quickly with DFDS and Irish Ferries. We already had good relationships with them. Both teams were very helpful and listened to what we needed. We were able to fulfil everyone’s holidays although we had to beg, steal and borrow space to get there. But we got every tour away.”

As the summer approached Eurotunnel announced it wouldn’t be accepting any coach business in July and August.

“The majority of our work was with DFDS and Irish Ferries,” says Chris. “Once P&O Ferries started sailing again we began to allocate work to them as well to cover the huge summer volume. Now we’re back working with the three ferry companies and Eurotunnel. We use Stop24 services on the M20 at Folkestone as the interchange point for our continental European tours. We use all three ferry companies and Eurotunnel as needed to ensure our tours are crossing the Channel within the same time window.”

For domestic tours LGS uses four interchanges at Skelton Lake services on the M1 south east of Leeds, Lymm services on the M6 in Cheshire, Cobham services on the M25 in Surrey and Rugby services on the M6 in Warwickshire.

Looking ahead, Chris recognises the challenges.

“Government contracts to house refugees have reduced the number of hotels, and river cruise ships available to us. That has seen some other prices rise. But on a positive note, that has brought us into contact with many new suppliers.”

Final word to Liam.

“Our trajectory is upwards,” he says. “We’ll do over £100m in turnover in 2024. We’re seeing building blocks of growth. During the pandemic people went online more. They’re used to the tech and familiar with online channels. That’s a real game-changer. The pandemic gave us a break to think about how we moved the business forward. Shearings was the enabler. It brought financial opportunities that enabled systems growth and significant improvements in our marketing strategy. We also hired some very talented product people, a move that is proving instrumental in getting the best out of suppliers.

In 2020, when we signed the Shearings paperwork, wondering if we were doing the right thing, none of us could have predicted quite how transformational that move was to be.”

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Coach Holiday Seating: Know the Policy Before You Book

• 24 February 2024

Coach holiday seating is an important part of any holiday.

There is nothing worse than spending a week or more in a seat on the coach with a column running through it so there is little view (yes coaches do have these!).

Coach holiday companies all have different seating policies so it’s important to understand what this is for your holiday to avoid any disappointment or confusion.

With 49 seats on a standard size coach it’s important to know where you will be sitting during your coach holiday!

Read on for everything you need to know and ask about in advance.

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Various companies have different approaches to seating, with many using seat rotation as a way to give as many people a turn in the front seats as possible.

Asking about the coach holiday seating policy might be worthwhile if you are new to this type of travel or you are booking for the first time or with a different coach holiday company.

If a coach holiday company does use seat rotation the group size and when you booked will play a part in whether you get the front seats or not.

If coach holiday companies do operate seat rotation you may be able to request a fixed seat if you suffer from travel sickness. This will not be the front seat and you will probably not get a turn in the front seat if you have a fixed seat.

Seat rotation will generally be 2 rows if both of the front seats are being used by guests. However, some coaches use one of the front seats for the Tour Manager. A front seat may be used by a local guide as well.

Here are some of the coach holiday company seating policies;

Coach Holiday Seating

Titan Coach Holidays

Titan use a system of seat rotation for their tours and this is directed by the Tour Manager.

Riviera Travel

They operate a coach rotation system on most tours.

Newmarket Holidays

They mention being able to request the front seats.

Leger Coach Holidays

Leger holidays allow you to pre-book the front seats.

Executive and Silver Service Coaches

It is only available for bookings of two or four people.

• The cost is £15 per person for tours up to 6 days duration
• £25 per person for tours 7 & 8 days in duration
• £30 per person for tours 9 & 11 days duration
• £35 per person for tours over 12 days.

This applies to European tours.

Luxuria Service

It is only available for bookings of one or two people.

The costs are as above.

Table seats can be booked free of charge.

Second row seats can be booked on all services as follows;

• £8 per person up to 6 days duration
• £15 per person 7 & 8 days duration
• £18 per person 9 & 11 days duration
• £22 per person 12 days or more

You can also request seats when you make your booking i.e. if you wish to book seats in another part of the coach and the seat numbers will be confirmed with your final travel documents which you generally receive 7-10 days before travel.

Given that Leger allow you to pre-book and request seats in advance they don’t operate seat rotation whilst on tour.

Travelsphere

Travelsphere rotate seats on tour. This means that everyone moves seats. The number of seats that you move will depend on the amount of guests on the tour. This ensures that as many people as possible get to enjoy the front seats of the coach.

Grand UK Coach Holidays

Grand UK Holidays allow you to choose your seat at the time of booking from the list of seat numbers on their coach seating plan. As such they do not operate a rotational seating policy.

There is no cost to reserve the seats.

Crusader Holidays

Crusader Holidays offer guests the chance to request particular seats when booking. However, these are not guaranteed and the booking cannot be made conditional on having those particular seats.

Saga Holidays

Saga operate seat rotation on their tours and this is managed by the Tour Manager. A fixed seat can be provided for anyone suffering from travel sickness. They will generally be located towards the front of the coach but won’t generally get a turn in the front seats.

Daish’s Holidays

Daish give early bookers access to the best seats when they book.

Lochs and Glens

Lochs and Glens operate a fixed seating policy. Seats are allocated at the time of booking and guests keep these for the duration of their tour.

Coach Holiday Seating – Conclusion

• It is well worth checking what the seating policy is for the coach holiday company you want to travel with before you book, if it’s likely to impact your holiday experience.
• Don’t make assumptions – double-check!
• If you suffer from travel sickness you may be able to request a fixed seat if your holiday company operates seat rotation. (You might be interested in my post about which seat is best to avoid sickness on a coach holiday )

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Moscow Metro

Introduction of moscow subway system (metro).

Nowadays the Moscow Metro has 12 lines, light subway and monorail. All stations are unique and beautiful in their own way. Unfortunately, in order to visit them all, you need to spend many days. I invite guests to visit the ones that have the greatest cultural and historical interest from my point of view. Among them are the Revolution Square, Arbatskaya, Kievskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line № 3); Kievskaya, Belarusskaya, Novoslobodskaya, Komsomolskaya (the Ring line number 5). Let us dwell a bit on each.

Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line

Subway station "revolution square".

Most recently - in the year 2008-2010 – the Eastern lobby was renovated. Because of the terrorist attacks in the Moscow subway that took place several hours before the planned opening of the East lobby after renovation, the solemn part of the event was canceled.

Subway station Arbatskaya

Subway Arbatskaya is located on the same subway line as the station "Revolution Square." It was founded in 1953. It received the name in honor of the Arbat Street. It has one ground lobby (Western). Initially, the lobby was in a separate building, but the new building of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense started, the lobby appeared to be in its atrium. The old exits were bricked up; a new entrance was built into the building of General Staff of the street Vozdvizhenka. There is a huge frame with a missing portrait in the ground lobby - until mid-1950 there was a portrait of Stalin. According to some reports, it survived, but closed with plaster.

The lobby was restored and partially reconstructed in 2007-2008.

The depth of the station is 41 meters.

Pylons are finished with red marble at the bottom, decorated with bouquets of flowers made from ceramics. The floor is laid out with gray granite. The walls lined with glazed ceramic tiles, white top and black bottom. The station hall is illuminated by massive bronze chandeliers in the form of rings.

Subway station Kievskaya

There are several subway stations "Kievskaya" in Moscow, located on different branches. This name is quite popular. It comes from the capital of Ukraine - one of Russia's nearest neighbors - the city of Kiev. The name is fully consistent with the idea of the subway station. The interior the station devoted to Soviet Ukraine and the reunification of Ukraine and Russia. The station is decorated with a large number of paintings .Twenty four murals depicting workers of Soviet Ukraine are placed on the arch above the pylons. The wall from the side of platform also contains frescos, mainly with images of fantastic plants. Pylons are decorated with light marble and additionally decorated with colorful ceramic cornice. The butt of the station has a large mosaic, depicting festivities to celebrate the 300 anniversary of the reunification of Ukraine and Russia.

Opened in 1953, this subway station for a long time was the final (1953-2003).

The station has one lobby, combined with the station ring line and located in the building of the Kievskaya railway station. The diameter of the central hall station is 9.5 m, the diameter of side one is 8.5 m. The depth of the station is 38 meters.

= Ring Line Subway =

It opened in 1954. The station received its name after the Kiev station, and locked the Ring line. During the construction of the station many projects were proposed, but the victory in the competition won the Kiev architects who made the construction of the station. It is the only station of the Ring Line which is not located in the Central Administrative District of Moscow.

The station has a pylon structure. Eighteen pylons are decorated with mosaic panels of glazes, decorated on the theme of Ukrainian history and friendship between the Ukrainian and Russian peoples, which started in the mid-17 century.

On the front wall of the central hall of the station a large panel with molding in the form of flags and a mosaic portrait of Lenin in the center are located. There are lines of the Soviet national anthem around the portrait, and under the portrait - the words of Lenin. One of the ways out of the station was designed by French architects modeled on the Paris Subway in 2006.

At one of the mosaics – “The Struggle for Soviet power in Ukraine "- modern passengers observe a mobile phone and PDA in the hand of one of the guerrillas, and on his knees - a laptop. In fact, he uses a field telephone, which was really a heavy thing (guerrillas holds it in two hands), and thing that people see a laptop is the lid of a box with a telephone. However, these phones have begun to produce only in the second half of the 20-ies of XX century. We must assume that the mosaic depicts a foreign field telephone transmitter.

Subway station Belorusskaya

The founded of the station was in 1952. It received the name after the Belarusian railway station nearby. The station has two ground-based lobbies. The Western one goes to Tverskaya  Zastava. It is decorated with beautiful carvings. The Eastern one leads to Butyrskiy shaft and Forest Street. The Eastern lobby is known for its majolica panels.

The station Belorusskaya is located at a depth of 42.5 m below ground. The diameter of the central hall is 9.5 meters.

Pylons are faced with light marble. The walls lined with white ceramic tiles, the floor is covered with ceramic tiles, gray, white and red colors. Lamps placed on pylons, in the form of vases made of glass and marble. The theme of decoration is economy and culture of Belarus. Decorative pattern on the floor repeats the theme of traditional Belarusian embroidery. Decorations of the ceiling consist of stucco decorations and 12 mosaic panels depicting the life of the Belarusian people.

Subway station Novoslobodskaya

Built in 1952, Subway station Novoslobodskaya got its name from the eponymous street:  the station is located at the very beginning of it.

Novoslobodskaya is pylon station of deep foundation (its depth is 40 m) with three arches.

Exit to the street is through the ground lobby with column portico, located on Novoslobodskaya Street lined with gray marble. Pylons of the underground station are faced with marble from the Urals. Thirty two spectacularly illuminated stained-glasses, placed inside the pylon and bordered by steel and gilt brass are splendid decoration of the station. A remarkable mosaic "World Peace" is located at the end of the central hall. The picture depicts a happy mother with a baby in her arms; it was the face of Stalin at the picture: the child gave a hand to him. But in times of Khrushchev the face of the former leader of USSR was removed from the panel. The walls are lined with bright marble; floor is covered with white and black granite slabs, placed in a checkerboard pattern.

Subway station Komsomolskaya

The station was built in 1952 and named in honor of the Komsomolskaya Square, which is situated nearby.

This subway station is the station of the deep bedding. Its depth is 37 meters. The station has column and three- arched design. Cast iron decoration is used in the construction, monolithic slab used as a tray for a collapsible finishing. The length of the boarding hall is 190 meters; width of it is 10 meters. There are 68 octagonal columns at station.

The main theme of the interior of the station is the fighting of the Russian people for their independence. The ceiling is decorated with eight station mosaic mural made from glazes and precious stones. Six of them represent the Alexander Nevsky, Dmitry Donskoy, Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky, Alexander Suvorov and Mikhail Kutuzov, the Soviet soldiers and officers at the walls of the Reichstag.

 Two other panels, depicting Stalin ("Victory Parade" and "Presentation of the Guards Banner"), were replaced after the dethronement of Stalin's personality cult in 1963. New panels depict Lenin's speech in front of the Red Guards and the Motherland on the background of the Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower.

The yellow ceiling is decorated with mosaic and moldings. The hall is illuminated by massive chandeliers hanging between the panels; platforms are illuminated with smaller chandeliers. The columns are decorated with marble capitals and trimmed with light marble, as well as the wall station. The floor is laid with pink granite. There is a bust of Lenin at the end of the hall. At the opposite end of the escalator is a large Florentine mosaic of the Order of Victory with red banners on the background. The ground lobby of the station is decorated with bas-reliefs.

In conclusion...

Each of the stations of the Moscow subway is attractive and interesting in its own way. Each has its own long and fascinating history and is beautifully decorated. The Moscow subway is a whole world, which can be talking about for hours. I suggest you short - no more than one hour and a half - and a fascinating journey through the world of the Moscow subway. The pleasure is guaranteed!

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Moscow Metro 2019

Will it be easy to find my way in the Moscow Metro? It is a question many visitors ask themselves before hitting the streets of the Russian capital. As metro is the main means of transport in Moscow – fast, reliable and safe – having some skills in using it will help make your visit more successful and smooth. On top of this, it is the most beautiful metro in the world !

. There are over 220 stations and 15 lines in the Moscow Metro. It is open from 6 am to 1 am. Trains come very frequently: during the rush hour you won't wait for more than 90 seconds! Distances between stations are quite long – 1,5 to 2 or even 3 kilometers. Metro runs inside the city borders only. To get to the airport you will need to take an onground train - Aeroexpress.

RATES AND TICKETS

Paper ticket A fee is fixed and does not depend on how far you go. There are tickets for a number of trips: 1, 2 or 60 trips; or for a number of days: 1, 3 days or a month. Your trips are recorded on a paper ticket. Ifyou buy a ticket for several trips you can share it with your traveling partner passing it from one to the other at the turnstile.

On every station there is cashier and machines (you can switch it to English). Cards and cash are accepted. 1 trip - 55 RUB 2 trips - 110 RUB

Tickets for 60 trips and day passes are available only at the cashier's.

60 rides - 1900 RUB

1 day - 230 RUB 3 days - 438 RUB 30 days - 2170 RUB.

The cheapest way to travel is buying Troyka card . It is a plastic card you can top up for any amount at the machine or at the ticket office. With it every trip costs 38 RUB in the metro and 21 RUB in a bus. You can get the card in any ticket office. Be prepared to leave a deposit of 50 RUB. You can get it back returning the card to the cashier.

SamsungPay, ApplePay and PayPass cards.

One turnstile at every station accept PayPass and payments with phones. It has a sticker with the logos and located next to the security's cabin.

GETTING ORIENTED

At the platfrom you will see one of these signs.

It indicates the line you are at now (line 6), shows the direction train run and the final stations. Numbers below there are of those lines you can change from this line.

In trains, stations are announced in Russian and English. In newer trains there are also visual indication of there you are on the line.

To change lines look for these signs. This one shows the way to line 2.

There are also signs on the platfrom. They will help you to havigate yourself. (To the lines 3 and 5 in this case).