Four or more companies
Southeast Asia, Sixteen Nights, Three Countries
The longest trip on this sheet and the one with the most joins. Five separate companies, sixteen nights, five hotels and three border crossings, all of it holding together because one document says what happens on which morning.
| The company | What it owes you | Its own rule if you cancel | What happens if it fails |
|---|---|---|---|
| The long haul airline | Seats and bags out to the first country and home from the third, which is an open jaw and costs less than two returns | Fare rules on an open jaw are their own thing and are quoted rather than summarized | Rebooking under their conditions |
| The regional airline | The two hops between countries, on carriers that change schedules with more notice than apology | Its own rules, and the restricted regional fares are neither refundable nor changeable | Worth marking. A schedule change here moves a hotel night, and we rebook the hotel rather than let you arrive to a room you no longer need |
| The five hotels, held as one arrangement | Sixteen nights across five properties, breakfast at each, and each chosen for the walk from where you actually arrive | Five separate schedules. All five are printed, because five different answers is the truth and one average is not | Rehousing at their own cost |
| The local operators, two of them | The day excursions in two of the three countries, with their own guides and vehicles | Their own terms, usually forgiving up to a few days out | Substitution is normal and their obligation |
Five schedules, and why we print all five
Cancel this trip and you will get five answers. Averaging them into a single percentage would be simpler to read and would be false, so the proposal lists them separately and totals the actual figure at the bottom.
from$2,960per person, two sharing, land only
Split across +four companies. What each of them charges, and what none of them charges, is on prices. The figure is confirmed in writing before anything is placed.
What sixteen nights asks of you
Three countries means two travel days that are only travel days, and an itinerary pretending otherwise has been written to look good rather than to work. Border formalities differ in all three and are yours to satisfy: this office does not advise on visas, passports or entry rules, for anybody, anywhere, and points you at the issuing authority instead.