About Your Tour

Stay in excellent hotels in Dublin, Donegal, Galway and Killarney while exploring Monasterboice’s Celtic Crosses, Slieve League Sea Cliffs – the highest in Europe, Museum of Country Life illustrating rural life and Foynes Flying Boat Museum recalling the grand era of air travel.

What's Included?

• Group transfers on arrival and departure
• Sightseeing by luxury coach throughout
• Services of a professional Irish driver/guide
• Superior first class hotels with private bath/shower for 8 nights
• 8 full Irish breakfasts (B)
• 7 dinners (D) including
  - Dinner & show at Kate Kearney’s Cottage
  - Farewell dinner at Clontarf Castle Hotel
  - 5 table d’hote dinners
• Welcome get-together drink#
• Tour of Dublin with a local guide
• Slieve League Sea Cliffs minibus excursion
• Handweaving demonstration with tea & scones at Triona Design
• The Quiet Man” walking tour of Cong
• Visits and admissions to Book of Kells at Trinity College, Monasterboice, Belleek Pottery Factory,W. B. Yeats’ Grave, Museum of Country Life, Connemara Celtic Crystal Factory,Foynes Flying Boat Museum, Muckross Gardens and Blarney Woollen Mills
• Deluxe flight bag, ticket wallet, luggage tags & strap
• All local taxes, hotel service charges & porterage for one suitcase per person.

Hotels Included in Your Tour

Stay at the following (or similar):

• Herbert Park Hotel, Dublin (1 night)
• Mill Park Hotel, Donegal (2 nights)
• Connemara Coast Hotel, Furbo, Galway (2 nights) (Park Inn, Mulranny for May 30 departure; Wyatt Hotel, Westport for Jul 25 departure)
• Killarney Avenue Hotel, Killarney (2 nights)
• Clontarf Castle Hotel, Dublin (1 night)

Itinerary

2009 Dates & Prices. Please note these tours are priced in US dollars regardless of your home currency.

• From March 21, 2009 To March 30, 2009 $1,348
• From March 28, 2009 To April 6, 2009 $1,448
• From April 4, 2009 To April 13, 2009 $1,498
• From April 11, 2009 To April 20, 2009 $1,498
• From April 18, 2009 To April 27, 2009 $1,548
• From April 25, 2009 To May 4, 2009 $1,648
• From May 2, 2009 To May 11, 2009 $1,748
• From May 9, 2009 To May 18, 2009 $1,748
• From May 16, 2009 To May 25, 2009 $1,778
• From May 23, 2009 To June 1, 2009 $1,778
• From May 30, 2009 To June 8, 2009 $1,838
• From June 6, 2009 To June 15, 2009 $1,838
• From June 13, 2009 To June 22, 2009 $1,838
• From June 20, 2009 To June 29, 2009 $1,838
• From June 27, 2009 To July 6, 2009 $1,838
• From July 4, 2009 To July 13, 2009 $1,838
• From July 11, 2009 To July 20, 2009 $1,838
• From July 18, 2009 To July 27, 2009 $1,838
• From July 25, 2009 To August 3, 2009 $1,838
• From August 1, 2009 To August 10, 2009 $1,838
• From August 8, 2009 To August 17, 2009 $1,838
• From August 15, 2009 To August 24, 2009 $1,838
• From August 22, 2009 To August 31, 2009 $1,838
• From August 29, 2009 To September 7, 2009 $1,838
• From September 5, 2009 To September 14, 2009 $1,838
• From September 12, 2009 To September 21, 2009 $1,838
• From September 19, 2009 To September 28, 2009 $1,838
• From September 26, 2009 To October 5, 2009 $1,758
• From October 3, 2009 To October 12, 2009 $1,696
• From October 10, 2009 To October 19, 2009 $1,596
• From October 17, 2009 To October 26, 2009 $1,496
• From October 24, 2009 To November 2, 2009 $1,496
• From October 31, 2009 To November 9, 2009 $1,348
• From November 7, 2009 To November 16, 2009 $1,348

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Travel Insurance

Why purchase travel protection? The CIE Tours Plan…

• Permits you to cancel your trip at any time prior to departure for a covered reason and up to 3 days before your scheduled departure for any reason not otherwise covered.
• Covers direct air flights to and from your scheduled land tour departure and return cities even if the flights are not booked by CIE Tours, provided the flights are within 7 total days of the land tour dates and you cancel or interrupt your trip for a reason covered by the Travel Protection Plan provisions.
• Protects you and your belongings while on your trip.

CIE Tours Trip Cancellation Waiver Benefit*

When you purchase the CIE Tours Travel Protection Plan at time of initial Trip deposit, you also qualify for the CIE Tours Trip Cancellation Waiver. This benefit allows you to cancel your CIE Tours travel arrangements up to 3 days before your scheduled departure for any reason not covered by the Travel Protection Plan. Under this benefit, CIE Tours will refund the amount of your cancellation penalty in CIE Tours travel certificates, with the balance of the refund made in cash or by credit card. CIE Tours Travel Certificates are non-refundable, valid for one year from date of issue (but no later than 15 months from the date your Trip was canceled) and may not be redeemed for cash. The waiver does not cover the single room supplement charge that is applicable if one person cancels from a twin room, which then becomes a single room. CIE Tours requires written notice of cancellation during normal business hours. This benefit covers only those arrangements purchased from CIE Tours. For cancellations for covered reasons, see below.

Trip Cost - Pre-Departure Trip Cancellation

Your own or that of a Traveling Companion or an Immediate Family Member - or for Other Covered Events, as defined, you will be reimbursed up to the Trip cost for cancellation charges imposed on travel arrangements provided by CIE Tours and/or an airline providing direct air flight to and from your scheduled land tour departure and return cities (even if the flights are not booked by CIE Tours), provided the flights are within 7 total days of the land tour dates.

Trip Cost - Post-Departure Trip Interruption

If you must interrupt your Trip after departure due to a covered Injury, Sickness or Death - your own or that of a Traveling Companion or an Immediate Family Member - or for Other Covered Events, as defined, you will be reimbursed for the unused, non-refundable land arrangements and the additional transport costs to return Home or to rejoin your Trip (limited to economy one-way airfare or first class, if original tickets were first class).

Trip Cost – Delayed Arrival

You are reimbursed for the additional transportation expense incurred and/or the unused, non-refundable land arrangements if your arrival on your tour is delayed beyond your scheduled arrival date, because of delay or cancellation by an air carrier due to inclement weather, mechanical breakdown or organized labor strike.

$500 Travel Delay

Provides benefits up to $100 per day for reasonable additional hotel accommodations, meals, telephone calls, and local transportation until travel becomes possible if you are delayed for more than 12 hours due to a covered reason such as common carrier delay; Injury, Sickness or Death of you or your Traveling Companion; quarantine; loss of passport, travel documents or money; natural disaster; or road closure by a government authority due to adverse weather
conditions.

$25,000 Accidental Death & Dismemberment

These benefits are paid if loss occurs within 365 days of a covered Injury which occurs while on a CIE Tours Trip.

$100,000 Medical Expense/Emergency Assistance

Provides reimbursement for reasonable and customary medical expenses incurred within 365 days of a covered sickness which occurs while on your trip and for emergency dental treatment received during your trip; for the costs of emergency transport to home or an appropriate hospital, including escort expense (both, if deemed necessary by the attending physician), for a covered Injury or Sickness which occurs while on your trip; or the cost of homeward carriage if deceased.

$2,000 Baggage and Personal Effects

Coverage for direct physical loss or damage to your Baggage, passport or visas while on your Trip. A $500 maximum limit applies to jewelry; gems; watches; cameras and camera equipment; digital or electronic equipment; and furs - a $250 per article limit applies to all other items.

$250 Baggage Delay

If, while on your Trip, your Baggage is delayed for 24 hours or more, we will reimburse you up to $250 for the purchase of necessary additional clothing and personal articles. *CIE Tours Trip Cancellation Waiver Benefit is not available for groups of 15 or more.

Reserve the Irish Explorer Tour today!

RESERVING A TOUR

Please either fill out the contact form below or call us on our toll-free numbers: 1-888-771-8350 (US) or 0-808-101-4366 (UK) or +353 65 6844941 (Rest of World). A $250 nonrefundable deposit is required to reserve your tour. Please note that for all our escorted bus tours, you will be charged in US dollars.

DEPOSIT PAYMENTS

A non-refundable deposit of $250 per person, a payment in full on the airfare & a payment in full on the insurance is required for coach tours. Deposits are required within 4 days of making the reservation. Full payment is required to purchase your airline tickets.

FINAL PAYMENTS

Full payment must be made no later than 70 days prior to departure date. We accept payment by check or major credit cards. If payment is not received as scheduled, your reservation will automatically cancel and deposit payment become forfeit.

TRAVEL PROTECTION PLAN

Available for $99 or upwards per person, depending on the price of your tour. Permits you to cancel your trip for any reason at any time prior to departure up to 3 days before your scheduled departure. Within 3 days of you departure, you may only cancel for a covered reason such as illness. Under this benefit, you will be will refunded the amount of your cancellation penalty in travel certificates. You would be able to redeem these vouchers for a future trip. The balance of the refund would be made in cash. This plan also protects you and your belongings while on your trip.

LATE BOOKINGS

Tours booked between 30 & 14 days prior to departure date may incur a late fee of US$50.00 per reservation in addition to overnight delivery charges where necessary.

PARTICIPANT CANCELLATIONS

All cancellations must be advised in writing (by mail, fax or e-mail) to Authentic Ireland Travel prior to tour departure during normal business hours (9:00 am to 4:00 pm EST, Mondays through Fridays). Cancellations received within 70 days of departure date are subject to the following penalties on the land portion:

70 days or longer       Forfeiture of deposit  
69 - 46 days                25% per person
45 - 8 days                  35% per person
7 - 1 days                     50% per person
On departure day       100% per person