We want you to know
Please read this information carefully. The payment of required deposits or full payments for any program in this brochure or website constitutes consent to the following:
IMPORTANT: Passengers are responsible for ensuring all required travel documents are complete and valid. Failure to comply with destination countries’ requirements may result in being refused entry, fines and return transport at your expense.
Please make sure you are fully aware of all travel documents required and bring proof of completion with you to the airport.
How to make your reservations: Call us at 1 516 248 3496. No one is better qualified to give you expert advice than us.
Deposits and full payment: Your reservation is subject to availability at the time your non-refundable deposit is received. Each program has its own deposit requirements. Your price is guaranteed once your full payment is received by Wise Women Travel Friends unless circumstances beyond our control, such as, but not limited to, increases in taxes, and fuel related charges. For reservations and payments made closer to your departure date, a late fee of $25-50 will apply. We accept checks in USD, drawn on a US bank, Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express.
Escorted Coach Tours: On some tours, where the number of passengers does not exceed our minimum number to allow operation of a private departure, tours may be combined on one coach without affecting the content of the tour. Programs may be operated by our trusted travel partner tour companies and cruiselines.
Baggage: Maximum dimensions of luggage cannot exceed 62 inches per bag. Baggage handling of one suitcase per person is included on motorcoach tours. Baggage is at owner’s risk throughout unless specifically insured. Small articles (coats, umbrellas, etc.) are entirely under the care of the passenger.
Passports and Visas: All passengers must have passports valid for 6 months after their trip. Visas are not required for U.S. and Canadian passport holders for most countries. However, these are subject to change. European airports currently face severe security and border control delays, with waits often stretching to two or four hours. This is caused by the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES), requiring all non-EU travelers to provide fingerprints and facial scans upon arrival and departure.
Other foreign national passengers are advise to check with their consulate for other entry requirements. We also recommend that you make a photocopy of the picture page of your passport and keep it with you, separated from your passport. It will be helpful in the event that you lose your passport while traveling. We strongly recommend that your passport be valid for six months beyond the completion of your trip.
Inclusions: We do reserve the right to substitute sightseeing, meals an other items in itineraries as seasonal and other conditions require.
Membership: Wise Women Travel Friends and our partners reserves the right to accept or reject any person as a tour participant.
Disabled Participants and those with limitations: Any disability requiring special attention should be reported to us at the time the reservation is made. We will make reasonable efforts to accommodate the special needs of disabled tour participants, but we are not responsible in the event it is unable to do so, nor are we responsible for any denial of services by carriers, hotels, restaurants or other independent suppliers. As our coaches are not equipped with wheelchair ramps, all tour members must be able to mount 3 or 4 steps into coach. We regret that we cannot provide individual assistance to a tour member for walking, dining, getting on and off motorcoaches and other transportation vehicles, or other personal needs. Travelers who need such assistance must be accompanied by a qualified companion. Hand controls for car rentals are special equipment and may not be available at all locations. Oxygen: Some airlines do not allow you to travel with your own oxygen canisters. If requested, we can arrange oxygen on board, and at our destinations at added cost. Passengers requiring wheelchairs should bring their own for added comfort, but we can also provide these if needed. Electric scooters are not allowed on our larger coach tours, but may be accepted on our smaller size tours.
When do you receive your documents? No later than two weeks prior to departure, unless requested earlier.
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TOUR MEMBERSHIP: To promote an enriching travel experience, we reserve the right to accept or reject any client and to remove from a tour any person whose conduct is incompatible with the interest of the tour group.
Revisions: Fees ranging from $25-100 will be charged for every revision made, including name changes. These are non-refundable should you eventually cancel. BANK FEES OF UP TO $25 WILL BE CHARGED FOR EACH TIME A CREDIT CARD IS DECLINED. Bank fees apply when a check is unpaid by your bank.
Travel Insurance: We understand that your trip can take a year to prepare for, but only a second to ruin. While you can’t do anything to prevent unforeseen inclement weather, illness, injury, baggage loss or many other unpredictable circumstances either before or during travel, you should definitely consider purchasing travel insurance when traveling with Lynott Tours. As a valued Lynott Tours client, we want to make sure that you cover your travel investment. Therefore, we have partnered with Travel Guard, the leading travel insurance company, to provide a comprehensive travel insurance plan at an affordable cost. Travel insurance is strongly recommended and we suggest that you consider this valuable coverage in addition to your own health insurance policy or other existing insurance policies, should certain other unexpected events arise while traveling. Details will be sent with your trip confirmation and the insurance will be included in your trip package as shown on the trip invoice. You may purchase the protection plan at anytime prior to your final trip payment date but to receive the pre-existing medical condition waiver, you must do so within 7 days of making your initial trip deposit. To decline the travel insurance, you must sign and return the waiver portion of the insurance information provided with your trip confirmation to our office. The cost of the insurance coverage will then be deducted from your trip invoice.
Cancellations-Airfare: Penalties and restrictions are different for each fare type. There is a fee for changing or canceling any airline reservation. Minimum charge is $50. These can run as high as 100%. Please ask for details. TRAVEL INSURANCE
Cancellations-Land Tours: For land and cruise bookings: Each program has its own cancellation conditions. At minimum you will lose your deposit. For cancellations closer to departure, the additional penalties can be up to 100%. If we cancel a tour, we will offer a substitute. If this alternative is not acceptable, our liability is limited to the return of your payments. We cannot assume liability for any fees relating to cancellation of air tickets or other services.. If we cancel a tour, we will offer a substitute. If this alternative is not acceptable, our liability is limited to the return of your payments. We cannot assume liability for any fees relating to cancellation of air tickets or other services.
Tours operated by our partners: If it becomes necessary for any reason to cancel a trip prior to departure, including but not limited to cancellations occasioned by governmental actions or restrictions or the unavailability of travel, our partners will immediately rebook the guest on a future departure date at no additional land cost or provide a voucher for Future Travel Credit. Lynott Tours cannot accept responsibility for any additional costs or fees related to a cancelled tour booking or for any cancellation penalties due to non-refundable airfares. Travelers specifically agree and acknowledge that these are their sole remedies, and specifically agree not to dispute or challenge credit card or debit card charges related to such travel. FUTURE TRAVEL CREDITS: Any Future Travel Credits issued will be in the value of the amount paid for the land portion of the trip. The Future Travel Credit is not redeemable for cash under any circumstances but can be transferred to another person.
Refunds: Unused hotel accommodations, or any other unused service or feature are not refundable nor exchangeable for other accommodations or features unless as a result of extraordinary circumstances. YOU MUST CONTACT OUR OVERSEAS OFFICES WHILE TRAVELING. All claims for refunds must be submitted in writing within 60 days of completion of the tour. If you contest the charges on your credit card, and you are found to be incorrect, you fees charged to us by the bank will be passed along to you. This is at minimum $25 per transaction.
Not Included: Airfare (except where shown), departure, customs, immigration and security taxes, pfc’s, taxes on gas, insurance and other related items, passport fees, visas where required, tips to your tour director and driver, laundry, telephone calls, any other items of a personal nature, meals not specified on itineraries and items not on the table d’hote menu, any future tax increases, sightseeing in the quiet season and any other items not specifically mentioned. Fees charged by your bank for credit card or other transactions are not included.
Special Notice: All rates shown are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise shown and do not include future government taxes or surcharges, or future additional service charges. These rates are based on tariffs and tax rates in effect as of July 23, 2026 and may be subject to change without notice. Each individual tour price includes charges for research, itinerary preparation and planning, currency transfer and booking procedures. In each case, the quoted price represents a complete package price and an itemization of individual component prices will not be rendered under any circumstances. In order to protect your price, we recommend that you pay in full and on time.
Responsibility: Wise Women Travel Friends (hereinafter called the tour operator) is responsible to the tour member for supplying the services and accommodations offered as stated on the website describing the tour purchased by the tour member, but as to all services and accommodations furnished, the tour operator expressly disclaims all responsibility or liability over any matter whatsoever for loss, damage, injury or expense to property or person due to any cause whatsoever occurring during the tour or otherwise. All tickets, vouchers and orders are furnished and issued subject in all respects to the foregoing and to any and all terms and conditions under which the transportation and other services and accommodations provided thereby are offered and/or supplied. The operator and/or their agents can accept no responsibility for losses and accidental expenses due to changes in schedules, sickness, weather, strikes, terrorism, war, quarantine or other causes. All such losses or expenses will be borne by passengers. The right is reserved to decline to accept or return any person as a member of any tour or to cancel or alter the tour. All air carriers and any other transportation companies whose services are featured in these tours are not to be held responsible for any act, omission or event during the time passengers are not on board their conveyance. Airline liability for passenger baggage is limited by their tariffs. The services of any I.A.T.A. carrier may be used in conjunction with these tours.The statements herein and the contract between tour participants and the Operator are made and entered into in Garden City, New York. Any claim which cannot be settled amicably must be litigated in a state court for Nassau County, New York and shall be governed by the laws of New York State.
A Note about Airfare: It is your responsibility to provide us with: Under the Secure Flight program, passengers will be required to provide: · Full name (as it appears on passenger’s identification document) · Date of birth · Gender. We are not responsible if you are denied boarding, appear on the “no fly” list.
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