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Secure The Best Flights For Your Religious Tour
The planning and service from the Casterbridge flights department is simply unequalled in the group travel market.
We always provide scheduled flights for our church tour groups on guaranteed dates. We will inform you of your carrier and flight schedule when you confirm your booking with us (or at 11 months before time of travel). At all times, we strive to provide the best possible routing and flight schedule available. We also endeavor to secure non-stop flights whenever possible.
Simply put, in the course of 30 years of operations, we have established uniquely close partnerships with all the major carriers. Because of our annual business volume, we a Tier One Account with British Airways, Air France, American, Delta, Continental, Virgin Atlantic, Lufthansa, Northwest, United, US Airways, Aer Lingus, Olympic Airlines, and Alitalia.
These relationships allow Casterbridge to afford the highest levels of service and offer the most attractive group rates to our church tour groups.
The Right to Know Your Flight Details
The flight component plays a critical role in the success of any travel experience. With many tour operators, the specific details of your flight dates, routing, and airline remain a veiled and understated tour element.
These operators often reveal the final flight details at a late stage, when travel is imminent and the group cannot express airline preferences or dissatisfaction with circuitous routings and date changes.
Shouldn’t You Know What You Are Purchasing?
Are you being booked onto a charter flight? Does one leg send you in the opposite direction to your final destination? Do you have two transfers, plus a long layover?
These are standard questions you would ask if you were buying a ticket just for yourself, and are more relevant when selecting flights for a group for which you have significant responsibility.
Sadly, many tour operators reserve the right to change your tour dates after time of booking. This is because they do not have your flights reserved and are waiting for last-minute deals. We work directly with all the major airlines (not consolidators) to secure the best flight schedules and fares.
Advance Notice and Certainty on Your Dates and Carrier
At Casterbridge, we are proud of the flights we provide for our church tour groups and we make your flight details available at the earliest possible juncture – usually at the time of booking.
With Casterbridge, we unequivocally guarantee your dates at the time of booking. You will not be subject to the worry or inconvenience of late surprises, inexplicable date changes, or non-airline imposed itinerary adjustments.
Flexibility in the Planning Stages and a Focus on the Best Flights
We put a great emphasis on securing the best routings (non-stop, whenever possible) for our church tour groups. Indeed, if you prefer a certain carrier, we will always do our utmost to oblige.
We never use charter flights, nor book you on circuitous multi-legged routes. At all costs, we avoid transfers between airports, such as between La Guardia and JFK, or Reagan National and Dulles. This means you will arrive at your destination as fresh as possible and travel at a time convenient for your group and your specific itinerary.
SimpliFLY Your Group Travel Experience
The expertise of our Flight Department can significantly minimize unnecessary travel and make your transfers as efficient as possible, without the unnecessary stress and increased cost of tiring, time-consuming journeys.
Our special relationships with leading airlines means we can offer you the very best routings, including to some of the lesser-known gateway cities, which can significantly reduce your journey time when you arrive.
Timely Arrivals
When traveling to England on an Anglican Heritage tour, imagine flying directly into Manchester rather than enduring a lengthy transfer from London. Consider the advantage of a flight directly into Shannon, so your Celtic Spirituality tour can begin that first day in the Cliffs of Moher and The Burren, rather than in the arrivals lounge of Dublin airport.
A timely early morning arrival in Rome for your Catholic Pilgrimage may allow your Casterbridge Tour Manager/Guide to lead you on an excursion to Ostia Antica or the Catacombs along the Via Appia Antica. Upon arriving in Venice or Florence on a direct flight, he or she could take your group on a vaporetto ride under the Rialto Bridge or introduce you to the artists painting scenes of Florence from the Piazzale Michelangelo – all on that first day.
The best flights make the logistics of your church tour group’s fellowship, service, and sightseeing programs that much simpler!
Frequent Flyer Miles
You can even use your frequent flyer miles to purchase flights that coincide with your group’s planned schedule with Casterbridge. Because we make your flight details available to you so early in the process, this is relatively easy to do and can normally be readily accommodated.
With our emphasis on the best routings, advance information, and a guarantee to confirm your tour dates and flight details at the time of booking, our flights service is unequalled in the church travel and biblical pilgrimage industry.
Register to plan a religious travel program with Casterbridge, either online or by calling 01935 810 830. Start planning your religious travel program today!
