No More Local Payments

12th October 2007

NO LOCAL PAYMENTS

We’ve been listening to your feedback. You told us that you don’t like local payments so we have got rid of them. You’ll find no fixed local payments on any of the holidays on this website (departing after 01 January 2008).

WHY HAVE WE MADE THIS CHANGE?

Regular Exodus clients will know that for some time we, along with some other operators, have been using a system of ‘local payments’ – where a proportion of the operational costs are paid directly to the leader on arrival. While this undoubtedly offered a good deal in terms of overall costs, it has been unpopular with many of our clients. We are therefore pleased to announce that from 1st January 2008, none of our trips have fixed local payments, so the price you see is the price you pay for the holiday. While some of the headline prices have risen, we have not added any extra costs into the total price, apart from the local payment and any standard annual fluctuation in price. When you are travelling you will still spend money locally on optional excursions, meals and drinks, but these are always at your discretion and an idea of cost is given in the trip notes. Any other specific local costs are stated under the dates and price box. For example, on some cross-country trips, ski hire is optional, and we give estimates for the transport costs, which vary from week to week.

COMPARING PRICES

If you are comparing prices with other operators, do check the total price paid as we believe that Exodus continues to offer the best balance between value for money and operational quality.

OVERLAND TRIPS (V Coded)

Please note that on all our V Coded 'Overland Trips' in South America a LOCAL PAYMENT DOES STILL APPLY. The very nature of these journeys is a participative, involved small group adventure. We use a Local Payment to fund many ground costs on the road including... all food whilst camping, accommodation, entrance fees, locally operated excursions and flights (where included) and general trip running costs.
By including a local payment on the overland journeys we are substantially reducing some of our administrative and operating costs, thus keeping down the overall price paid by you, our client.

 

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