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Children and infants Europe
Children on a Europamundo tour: the three age bands
A child’s discount depends on age and on the kind of tour. The three bands in Europamundo’s terms, and what each leaves out.
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Brochures Europe
Make a custom brochure for a client in four steps
Europamundo’s custom brochure tool turns chosen tours into a PDF, with an optional logo. The four steps, the logo limits and a video of it being done.
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Optional extras Europe
Optional activities and optional packages compared
They sound alike and follow different rules. Who can book each, when, where, and what happens if one is cancelled, from Europamundo’s terms.
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Solo travellers Europe
Solo travellers: when a shared room is not offered
On many Europamundo group tours a solo traveller can share a twin room. The six cases where the terms say a shared room is not accepted.
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The coach Europe
The coach: what is on it, and what is not
Wi-Fi, toilets, seats and stage lengths on a Europamundo coach, taken from its terms. What to tell a client, and what not to promise.
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Rooms and hotels Europe
The twin room that is secretly a double
Europamundo requests the room type a client wants and the hotel decides. What that means for the promise you make before the trip.
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Before the trip Europe
Three things to settle before the client packs
The suitcase, the included insurance and the airport transfer: what Europamundo’s terms say about each, and a line to put in the client email.
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Groups Europe
What counts as a group on a Europamundo tour
Twelve travellers do not always make a group. What Europamundo’s terms require, and the 35 day line for group discounts and free places.
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Evenings on tour Europe
Evening transfers in London, Paris, Rome and Madrid
Dinner is usually not included on a Europamundo tour. Instead it offers evening transfers to areas with many places to eat. Four cities on its home page.
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Flexibility Europe
Four ways a Europamundo tour bends to a client
Pick a sector, take a break, start anywhere on a rotating trip or add nights. What each does, and the limits the terms put on it.
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Choosing a tour line Europe
Global or Go English: which coach for which client
Europamundo’s two English-language tour lines side by side: the guide, the coach, the months and the number of tours on its home page.
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After booking Europe
My Trip, where the final hotel list lives
After a booking, Europamundo’s My Trip page holds the confirmed hotels, the itinerary and a printable travel information sheet. What a client finds there.
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New tours Worldwide
New Europamundo routes for 2026-27, by days
Seventeen of the 18 routes on Europamundo’s new tours page, charted by length in days, from Austria and the Czech Republic to Thailand and Kyushu Island.
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Optional packages Europe
Optional packages: five featured, city by city
Europamundo’s Optional Packages bundle activities within one city for advance booking. The five featured, and the rules from its terms.
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River cruises Europe
River cruises with Europamundo: what the page lists
What Europamundo’s river cruise page lists as part of a cruise, in the order a traveller meets it, and our video of a Christmas markets sailing.
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Featured products Europe
Slow, private and Trip Styles tours compared
Europamundo’s three featured products for clients who want something other than the classic coach: who each suits and how it runs, from its featured page.
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Brochures Worldwide
The 2026-27 brochure, section by section
Europamundo’s 2026-27 brochure is fifteen PDFs plus a Trip Styles digital brochure. The sections grouped, counted and charted from its brochure page.
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The company Worldwide
Who is Europamundo Vacations, in facts and video
The company behind the tours we represent, in its own words: part of the JTB Group, a family-run company from 1997, and not selling to individuals.
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A day in the hotel Cape Town
A day at Palm House, from terrace to sauna
Palm House Boutique Hotel and Spa on the slopes of Table Mountain: when the terrace, the spa and de Tafel are open, from the hotel’s own pages.
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Where to stay Mozambique
A hotel next to Maputo’s cathedral: Pestana Rovuma
Pestana Rovuma sits in downtown Maputo next to the Cathedral and City Hall. What its own page lists nearby, from a market to a reserve.
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Cruises At sea
MSC from Cape Town and Durban: what the page lists
MSC Cruises South Africa shows sailings of 2 to 12 nights aboard MSC Armonia, from Cape Town and Durban. What its home page says, read on 8 November 2026.
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Where to stay Kruger
Opposite Malelane Gate: Pestana Kruger Lodge
Pestana Kruger Lodge sits on the Crocodile River opposite Malelane Gate. What the lodge says it has, and the dates it will be closed for renovation.
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Where to stay Johannesburg
Suites with a theme at Villa Simonne
Villa Simonne Boutique Hotel in Houghton, Johannesburg: the suite themes the hotel names, its breakout spaces and what it lists for every day.
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Meetings Winelands
What a full-day package covers at Venue D’Aria
Venue D’Aria in Durbanville lists full-day and half-day conference packages. What each includes, what the venue fee covers and how the tables are laid.
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Representation Worldwide
What AirlinePros does for airlines and brands
AirlinePros represents airlines and tourism businesses in the markets they want to reach. Its four solutions and its own figures, from its website.
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Hotel management Winelands
What Index Hotels does for an independent hotel
Index Hotels, based in Stellenbosch, manages and develops independent hotels. Its services, what an owner receives and its portfolio, from its own site.
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Where to stay Eswatini
Where to sleep with Big Game Parks in Eswatini
From a rest camp and a hilltop lodge to a backpackers and Stone Camp: the places to stay that Big Game Parks lists on its own website, park by park.
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Golf Drakensberg
A nine-hole course with tees for 18
Cathedral Peak Hotel golf course in the Drakensberg: nine holes, alternate tees for 18, par 70, and the dates the hotel gives for building and opening.
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Distances Cape Town
Sea Point in minutes: the Tropicana’s own numbers
The Tropicana aparthotel in Sea Point lists how many minutes away the beaches, the Waterfront, Lion’s Head, the Cable Car and the airport are. A chart.
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Getting there Mozambique
Three ways to reach Bazaruto island
Pestana’s Bazaruto Lodge page lists a helicopter transfer and two boat journeys from the mainland. The times as a chart, and the closure notice.
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Walking Drakensberg
Eighteen walks from one hotel door
Cathedral Peak Hotel says 18 walks and hikes leave from and return to the hotel, inside a World Heritage Site in the Drakensberg. What it says about them.
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Eswatini Eswatini
Four parks, four ways to move
Big Game Parks in Eswatini: how guests move at Mlilwane, Hlane, Mkhaya and KaMsholo, with the notice that the Hlane lion drives are suspended.
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Documents Worldwide
Watch: brochures and PDFs for the tour
Three videos on VDO’s channel: Create a Custom Brochure, Where to get a PDF for the tour, and a Word or PDF download. Titles and dates only.
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Meet the company Europe
Watch: five videos from VDO and Europamundo
Five videos from VDO’s channel and Europamundo’s own: a welcome, who it is, a Paris tip, circuit advantages and a Christmas markets cruise.
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Getting started Worldwide
Watch: register your agency, then design a quote
Three videos on VDO’s YouTube channel: Register your Agency, how to custom design our quotes, and VDO Custom Packages. Titles and dates only.
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