Booking Policy
When you retain Bellara Travel to help plan your travel, you’re hiring a professional travel advisor to ensure that your trip is tailored to your taste, preferences, and budget. You get the benefit of our skill, experience and training, our professional relationships, and our industry connections.
Our Commitment & Planning Fees:
For custom itinerary design and planning services, a non-refundable Commitment Fee is requested upfront to begin work. This fee is required to initiate the detailed destination research and personalized proposal creation, protecting our valuable time and ensuring a dedicated partnership. This fee compensates us for our initial services and is non-refundable, even if you choose not to book the resulting journey. The full amount of this Commitment Fee is 100% credited toward your final Planning Fee once you move forward with booking your trip through Bellara Travel.
The comprehensive Planning Fee (including the amount covered by your credited Commitment Fee) covers your consultation, our research and recommendations, preparation of quotes and itineraries, reserving and booking each element of your trip, securing quotes for comprehensive travel insurance, administration of your booking from deposit to departure, and follow-up post-trip with suppliers (as needed).
By booking with us, you acknowledge that you are hiring us to plan your trip and that you have read and agree to our Terms and Conditions of booking, which are located at: https://bellaratravel.co/terms-conditions/
Travel Insurance Acknowledgement:
Emergencies can happen when you least expect them. Bellara Travel highly recommends that all clients purchase a travel insurance policy to protect their investment in their travel. Cruise lines, airlines, hotels, and tour operators all charge high penalties for cancellation, ranging from the full deposit to no refund at all. And, keep in mind that most health insurance policies will not cover you when you are out of the country. Travel insurance can protect you in the event of trip cancellation, trip delay, trip interruption, missed connection, baggage loss, theft or damage, baggage delay, emergency medical and dental expenses, and emergency medical transportation, among other unforeseen circumstances.
Please also note that in order for you to obtain coverage for certain pre-existing conditions, or for supplier default, your policy must be purchased at the time of booking or shortly thereafter (depending on the terms of the policy).
Please understand that we are not registered insurance agents and cannot legally provide specific advice or information regarding insurance. While we will gladly secure a quote for you upon request, the final decision to purchase and all policy-specific questions regarding coverage, claims, and benefits must be directed to the insurance provider.
