To make sure your complete itinerary and travel arrangements are organised efficiently and comprehensively, Hands & Rye offer a broad range of additional services.
Rail travel
• If you prefer or need to travel by train, we can book discounted tickets with Eurostar, Eurotunnel and most European rail companies.
Visa/passport service
• We can process your applications in the most time-efficient
and expedient way possible.
• We can arrange essential travel facilities & documentation such
as invitational supports, UK Visas and work permits, USA visa petitions and
immigration services.
• We can also assist with the processing of visas and passports.
• We have a 24 hour turn-around service for last-minute or urgent passports
or visas.
Group travel
• We aim to handle every aspect of your trip, making your travel schedule
easy and stress free, whatever the size of your team.
• We offer your players one point of contact during your travel arrangements,
ensuring complete continuity.
• We are always happy to discuss your team requirements over the phone,
or to arrange personal appointments, in order to gain full understanding of
your requirements.
• We can offer complete coordination of flights, accommodation and transport
rental, wherever your team is competing.
• If your players have spare time on either side of their event, or on
rest days, we are happy to suggest and arrange excursions or tours.
• We can recommend and reserve meeting rooms and conference facilities.
Airline contacts
• We appreciate that from time to time our clients want
to contact the airline they are flying with directly.
• To save you time and effort, please feel free to use our database
of airline contacts.
• If your airline is not listed here, please contact
the office.
Recommended links
To help you plan, organise and prepare for your trip, we provide the following
recommended links to aid in your arrangements:-
Weather information
• Keep up to date with the latest weather conditions & forecasts at over 5,000 worldwide destinations, with the BBC’s world weather site. You’ll also find skiing reports and interesting, sport-related weather features. http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/worldweather/index.shtml
Tourist offices
• This long-established online guide contains an extensive directory of official tourist information sources. The directory lists accredited agencies which provide free, accurate and unbiased travel information. http://www.towd.com/