1.  This holiday programme is operated by Roy Taber Ltd, of 30A Bingley Road, Saltaire, Shipley, W. Yorkshire, BD18 4RS, trading as Taber Holidays. Taber Holidays is a registered trading name of Roy Taber Ltd. ATOL 1228, ABTA V2005.

2.  All bookings made in respect of hoidays arranged by Taber Holidays must be accompanied by a deposit of £150 per person, £200 for Coastal Voyage holidays in Norway). The balance of the acount must be paid eight weeks before departure (or in full on receipt of invoice if the booking is made from 8 to 3 weeks of departure or upon telephone/fax confirmation of availability if reservation made within 3 weeks of departure). If full payment is not made by those dates Taber Holidays reserves the right to cancel the booking, retain the deposit and make claim for any further losses incurred.

3.  In the event of cancellation of the booking by the client (except under clause 6 or 11 or these conditions), the deposit paid will be retained by Taber Holidays and additional expenses incurred by reason of such cancellation will also be payable according to the following scale of charges. For cancellation received 42-28 days prior to departure 50%; 27 to 14 days 70%; 13 to 8 days 90%; and 7 days or less 100% of the total holiday cost - the above percentages to include the deposit. Notice of cancellation must be given in writing.

4.  A minimum adminstration fee of £25.00 per alteration is payable for any alteration to the original booking made by the client.

5.  The receipt of a deposit does not imply acceptance of the booking. The booking form shall be treated as accepted by Taber Holidays on the date appearing on our written confirmation. All monies paid to your travel agent are held by him on our behalf at all times.

6.  Taber Holidays reserve the right to alter or cancel any holiday up to 8 weeks before departure date. Should an alteration or cancellation become necessary, due to reasons other than force majeure, after the date by which the final balance is due you may then either:

(i) accept the change and a new Confirmation will be forwarded. If the change is to alternative accommodation of a lower standard the difference in price will be refunded to the client,
(ii) choose an alternative holiday from our brochure. If of a lower price the difference to be refunded to the client or, if a higher price, the difference in price to be paid by the client. The levels of compensation detailed below will be paid as a credit towards the new booking,
(iii) withdraw from the booking completely and we will refund all monies paid to us within 10 clear days. In addition to which we will pay the relevant amount of compensation from the following scale;
If you choose item (iii) we will pay compensation of the amount shown in the following scale; 8 weeks before departure £NIL, 7-6 weeks £5 per person, 5-4 weeks £10 per person, 3-2 weeks £15 per person, 2-1 week £20 per person, less than 1 week £25 per person.

7.  Taber Holidays accepts responsibility for acts and/or omissions of their employees, agents and suppliers (whilst acting in the course of their employment) excluding air or sea carriers where liability is limited in accordance with relevant international convention. The Company also accepts responsibility in the event of the services they are contractually bound to provide proving deficient or not of reasonable standard. The Company does not accept responsibility or liability for death, bodily injury or illness caused to the client or any other passenger included on the booking form, unless arising from the negligent act and/or omissions of the Company's employees, agents, suppliers or sub-contractors (whilst acting in the course of their employment) excluding air or sea or other scheduled carriers performing any domestic, internal or international carriage of any kind. Any claims shall be sjbject to English law in respect of any question of liability or quantum, and all proceedings shall be within the exclusive domain of the English Courts.

8.  Taber Holidays does not accept liability for any loss or additonal expense caused by delay or interruption to travel services through weather conditions, civil disturbance, industrial action, strikes, wars, floods or sickness. Such losses or additional expenses are the responsibility of the passenger.

9.  Taber Holidays will take all reasonable steps to give assistance to any client who through misadventure suffers illness, personal injury or death during the period of his or her holiday booking whether or not such misadventure has arisen out of an activity forming part of the holiday arrangement or an excursion arranged through Taber Holidays. Such assistance to be subject to the means available at the time, bearing in mind that most of our clients are travelling individually and independently and limited to £5,000 per Booking Form subject to our reasonable discretion.

10.  Prices are based on an exchange rate of NOK11.2 = £1 (Norway), ISK106 = £1 (Iceland), SEK13 = £1 (Sweden), DKK105 = £1 (Denmark), EUR 1.3 = £1 (Euros) as at September 2005. The price of your travel arrangements is subject to surcharges on the following items; for increases in Government action such as increases in VAT or any other Government imposed increases and currency in relation to adverse exchange rate variations. Even in this casek, we will absorb an amount equivalent to 2% of the price which excludes insurance premium and any amendment charges. Only amounts in excess of this 2% will be surcharges but where a surcharge is payable there will be an administration charge of £1 together with an amount to cover agents' commission. If this means paying more than 10% of the holiday price, you will be entitled to cancel your holiday with a full refund of all money paid except for any premium paid to us for holiday insurance and amendment charges. Should you decide to cancel because of this, you must exercise your right to do so within 14 days from the issue date printed on the invoice.

11.  The client must communicate any perceived failure in the performance of this contract on the spot to the supplier of the particular services/s concerned thus giving the supplier the opportunity to achieve a satisfactory solution. Should this not be possible it is important to register your complaint with the supplier at the time and to Taber Holidays in writing within 28 days of completion of the holiday.

12.  The client signing the booking form shall have implied thereby his or her accptance of the foregoing booking conditions. It shall also be implied that the signatory has the consent and aurhority of all other passengers included on the booking form to effect the bookings on their behalf and, in the event of cancellation or alternation, shall be responsible for any expenses incurred on their behalf.

13.  Any dispute arising out of, or in connection with this contract, which cannot be amicably settle, may (if the client so wishes) be referred to arbitrtration under a special scheme which is arranged by the Association of British Travel Agents, but is administered independently by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. The scheme provides for a simple and inexpensive method of arbitration on documents alone with restricted liability on the client in respect of costs. The scheme does not apply to claims greater than £5,000 per person or £15,000 per booking form and £1,000 per person for a minor illness or accident. If you choose to proceed to arbitration under this scheme, you must send a written notice of your decision to ABTA within 9 months of your scheduled date of return. Details of the scheme will be supplied by the Association of British Travel Agents on request.

14.  The above booking conditions are not intended to affect the statutory rights of clients.