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by Chloe
party leader
Surrey
Overall Review
Lucy's communication and understanding of our group and our needs was excellent. Overall, a great trip with some hugely memorable moments. One member gave this very positive feedback: "In terms of the overall experience of the tour, the “Thank you”s and compliments are still flooding in from our group. It was great not to have to book travel arrangements ourselves, the hotel was in an ideal location and the included meals there were very well received. The concert venue was a gem, performing at Ypres was an amazing experience."
Concerts Review
[On performing at the Last Post at the Menin Gate] This was the high point of the whole tour. We have had nothing but positive feedback from both the choir and attendees. It was a huge privilege and honour to sing there and we are delighted that it went well.
Accommodation Review
5 / 5: Hotel location was excellent, rooms were small but comfortable, food was very good, staff were friendly and helpful.
by Michele
party leader
Buckinghamshire
Overall Review
Very satisfied with the information given, the contact and support from Hannah. Very satisfied with the help and support given by Isabel. Answered all my questions and quieries promptly. The whole package of being supported by Club Europe from start to finish worked for us and on return the entire choir were on a high from their first tour experience, extremely satisfying for us.
Concerts Review
[On singing at the Last Post] It was very successful because of the reverence of the service. The highlight was singing Abide With Me during the wreath laying. Very emotional service, which the whole tour group commented on. It was a privilege for 3 of our party (not choir) to lay a wreath. We noticed one lady in the audience just could not help herself and was singing Ave Verum, Mozart with us. [On singing in a cathedral] It was our first performance of the tour and it was a big success for the choir, in singing in such a wonderful venue with amazing acoustics and in being part of the mass gave added poignancy to the music. [On another cathedral concert] Phenomenal. We were very honoured to be singing in such a venue. The acoustics helped to raise the standard of our performance. The concert was the highlight of our tour. Our repertoire was sung superbly well. The audience were extremely appreciative and unusually the audience remained until the end of the concert. Some audience applauding with arms raised above their heads. One lady approached our conductor afterwards and expressed a desire to do a joint tour with us. She was part of choir that regularly toured from France.
Visits Review
Everyone loved Passchendaele Museum. The Chocolate museum was highly amusing and educational. Excellent. The Castle of the Counts again was excellent and we all had audio guides. The canal cruise as another highlight as we sang on the boat.
Accommodation Review
We were extremely impressed by the hotel. The hotel location was perfect. Just on the outside of the tourist part of the town, quiet; yet close enough to the beach front, bars and restaurants.
Rep Review
Joshua did more than expected. He became a friend of the group, he helped with people with disabilities, and he guided us even though he was not a guide. Josh kept us informed of every detail of our itinerary. His contribution was totally invaluable.
Transport Review
Very pleasant and polite and informative. He knew his stuff and showed confidence and authority when required, which made us feel secure. Driver Rob was extremely accommodating and helpful parking near to concert venues.
by Pat
party leader
Kent
Overall Review
Alahree gave me excellent support with clear and prompt replies to my many queries. It was good to have a telephone discussion initially following which Isabel made arrangements as we had discussed and was in close contact regarding any choices or changes. I felt able to contact her about small details and always had a prompt response. We had an excellent tour.
Concerts Review
[On playing at the Last Post ceremony} We found it a huge privilege to sing there and were complimented by people afterwards, the following day when visiting various cemeteries and in the street. Having heard us on Saturday night a number of people came to the concert the following day.
Transport Review
Excellent. Andrew contributed greatly to the enjoyment and success of the tour. He coped with the delay, guided us through security, commented on the places we went through on the journey, knew exactly the best places to stop for comfort breaks, had a meal with us, asked if he could film us at the Menin Gate and was generally a welcome member of the group. His knowledge of the area was excellent. The coach exceeded the standard of the luxury coaches we had used before.
by Chris Philips
Party Leader, Joyful Spirit Gospel Choir
Somerset
Overall Review
Alahree and Isabel always respnded quickly.. I was impressed with the ability of the team to respond to our needs and changes. A fun and enjoyable experience, which exceeded our expectations on our first foray as a choir to Europe, with great singing and appreciative audiences. It was a real bonding experience for the choir and everyone loved it.
Concerts Review
[On a church concert] A great success. Wonderful comments from the audience and a standing ovation. Snacks and drinks provided and served by church members at the end. Very friendly.
Visits Review
Great excursions, the guides all had funny anecdotes to tell us which added to our enjoyment. Overall everything worked really well.
Accommodation Review
A great hotel, suitable for everyone’s requirements. It was better than we expected, feedback from everyone was very complementary. Made an effort to make us feel welcome. It was good to be able to walk to the shops, beach and our second concert venue; quite a few members said they would be happy to return.
Rep Review
Good to have someone with us who spoke the language and knew the customs and protocol of the country we were in. Justine was willing to join in with us at meal times, trips and evenings. A really nice, friendly person.
Transport Review
Perfect, accommodating to various needs, helpful, jovial, comfort stops at the right intervals. Thanks for providing the tea, coffee and bottles of water. Would use them again especially with Mark.
by Nick
Head of Music
Easy Sussex
Overall Review
Everything possible was done to make the tour a success including all the little details so that everyone had a good time. Alahree and Sabine were very easy to contact, very pleasant and helpful and Keen to help with minor details.
Accommodation Review
The resort was very suitable. We were pleased with the accommodation. Very well managed hotel.
Rep Review
Matthew was very helpful in finding way round in Ghent, made sure we got to the right places and found the manager at the Cathedral and boat trip. Just mucked in and quickly got involved – good at reading the situation. He was very friendly with everyone.
Transport Review
Very pleasant and helpful.
by David
Musical Director
Hertfordshire
Overall Review
“Alahree was brilliant, dealt with any problems very quickly. I could not be happier with Isobel - the itinerary was perfect and I was most impressed that she was able to sort out a castle performance for us. Overall fantastic.”
Accommodation Review
“Perfect for our tour.”
Transport Review
“Could not be happier - the drivers were fantastic.”
by Katie
Musical Director
Essex
Overall Review
“A fabulous experience - GhentFest in particular was brilliant! Everything went extremely smoothly and we all had a fantastic time. There really was very little that could have been improved! Thank you very much for your help with organising it.”
Accommodation Review
“Fantastic – a really brilliant hostel which was brilliantly geared up to groups like ours. The food was lovely, and the hostess was really very friendly and helpful. We were particularly impressed that they had baked a birthday cake for one of our group!”
Rep Review
“Abi helped everything to run really smoothly – she offered advice at all times and was friendly and personable at all times.”
Transport Review
“Excellent – Albert was very friendly and helpful throughout the trip.”
by Elaine
Musical Director
Dyfed
Overall Review
“Thank you all for a wonderful tour.”
Accommodation Review
“Brilliant, in the middle of the town so very convenient.”
Rep Review
“Chloe was very helpful and polite, outgoing. She was very hands on with helping with setting up equipment, speaking French when needed for advice and directions. We loved her.”
Transport Review
“The coach drivers very friendly, good banter and were very accommodating, parking as close as they could to all venues.”
by John
party leader
Devon
Overall Review
Overall, the tour was a raging success with all passengers very happy with the service provided. We cannot praise Club Europe highly enough. We had an incredible time, from the moment we boarded the coach until we arrived home. The general organisation of the trip was superb and enjoyed by all passengers. Lucy and Sabine were excellent – very helpful and prompt with replies from queries. An excellently organised tour – thank you.
Visits Review
[On a church performance] Perfect size and location. The concert was a success. A highlight, performing in such a great space. [On performing at the Last Post] This was the highlight of the trip. Such a memorable experience.
Accommodation Review
The hotel was excellent and just what we needed. It was clean, food was great and the staff were superb. 5 out of 5!
Transport Review
The coach was impeccably clean and comfortable and exceeded our expectation.with drivers who were excellent at their job and courteous to all on the trip. They were always happy to accommodate our needs. Haste was especially helpful and it was a delight to have him drive us throughout the tour.
Club Europe Privacy Notice – Protecting your privacy
Introduction
Your privacy is paramount to us. This Privacy Notice explains in detail the types of personal data we may collect about you when you interact with us. It also explains how we’ll store and handle that data, and keep it safe.
We know that there’s a lot of information here but we want you to be fully informed about your rights, and how Club Europe uses your data.
We hope the following sections will answer any questions you have but if not, please do get in touch with us.
We will never share your data with a third party for marketing purposes; it’s not how we work.
1. What is personal data
Personal data refers to information about you, and from which you could be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data). There are “special categories” of more personal data which require a higher level of protection.
2. Who does what
Club Europe holidays Ltd is the data controller and we have appointed Tim Johnson as the Data Processing Officer. To keep things simple, when we refer to “we” and “us” it means Club Europe.
3. Legal basis explained
The new laws of data protection set out a number of different reasons for which a company may collect and process your personal data. We believe the following apply to you in terms of how we work:-
Consent
In specific situations, we can collect and process your data with your consent.
For example, when you tick a box to receive our marketing updates.
Contractual obligations
In certain circumstances, we need your personal data to comply with our contractual obligations.
For example, in planning and executing your tour, we will need important personal data such as names, emergency mobile contact numbers, passport information and dietary or medical requirements. We use these only to fulfil our contractual obligations and promise to keep them safe and secure.
Legitimate interest
Where we have an ongoing relationship with you, we will use the non sensitive data we store such as email addresses & past tour information to help us keep you informed of our products and social events.
For example, we will look back on previous tour destinations you may have been to and offer new tours that may be relevant.
We will also use your details to send you direct marketing information by email and occasionally post, telling you about products and services that we think might interest you.
You will have the right to unsubscribe at any time and we will respect your preferences.
4. What sort of personal data do we collect?
We collect your name, email address, school or club address, mobile telephone and work contact number as a minimum.
Where you are planning a tour with us we will, at the appropriate time, request that you complete additional passenger information for the group you are responsible for. The information we will request is passport details, dietary or medical requirements, dates of birth, gender, ski ability, height, weight and details of any musical instruments your group may be bringing. If we need to refund you monies then we will request an appropriate bank or building society account. The account and sort code will only be stored in our secure Banking software in case we need to pay you again.
We’ll only ask for and use your personal data collected for recommending tours or inviting you to social events we may be planning. Of course, it’s always your choice whether you share such details with us.
5. Cookies
Our website use cookies. A cookie is a small file containing an identity code. With your consent, your computer accepts the cookie and stores it. When you next visit our website, the code is retrieved, allowing an individual visitor or computer to be recognised.
If you'd prefer to restrict, block or delete cookies from this website you can use your browser to do this. Visit www.aboutcookies.org to view full details of how to manage cookies on different types of web browsers.
6. Who do we share your personal data with?
In the course of preparing your tour we are required to share your personal data with trusted third party suppliers such as transport companies, accommodation suppliers, ski suppliers, concert or sport agents etc. These people may be outside of the UK/EEA and so we will endeavour to ensure that any data passed onto these trusted suppliers is kept safe and secure.
In order for you to travel abroad, it may be mandatory (as required by government authorities at the point(s) of departure and/or destination) to disclose and process your information for immigration, border control, security and anti-terrorism purposes, or any other purposes which they determine appropriate. These requirements may differ depending on your destination and you are advised to check. Even if not mandatory, we may exercise our discretion to assist where appropriate.
We may share your personal data with marketing agencies to improve our products and services.
We select very carefully our suppliers who process your personal data on our behalf and require that they comply with high security standards for the protection of your personal data.
Through our website we may provide links to third party sites. We are not responsible or liable for the content, privacy policies or services offered by websites or apps other than our website, including those which are linked to from any of the our website. We encourage you to read and familiarise yourself with the privacy policies, terms and conditions and/or other notices on other websites you visit.
7. How long will we keep your personal data?
Whenever we collect or process your personal data, we’ll only keep it for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
At the end of that retention period, your data will either be deleted completely or anonymised, for example by aggregation with other data so that it can be used in a non-identifiable way for statistical analysis and business planning.
Some examples of customer data retention periods:
Booked groups
In the case of any booked group, we’ll keep the personal data you give us for five years so we can comply with our legal and contractual obligations. Any sensitive data such as dietary or health conditions or passport information will be deleted within a reasonable period of time, or at the point at which it serves no purpose to us.
Inactive groups
If you’ve not booked a trip with us or had any interaction with us for more than five years, you will be flagged as inactive and we’ll contact you to ask whether you want to be kept on our database. Unless you reply to say ‘yes’ within 30 days, we’ll delete or anonymise the personal data associated with it.
8. How do we protect your personal data?
We know how much data security matters to all our customers. With this in mind we will treat your data with the utmost care and take all appropriate steps to protect it.
Access to our network is password protected and within the network our reservations system “CERS” is also password protected. When using our “portal” this uses ‘https’ technology, as well as password protection / encryption. Our staff are given regular training about how to prevent cyber attacks.
We regularly monitor our system for possible vulnerabilities and attacks.
9. What are your rights over your personal data?
You have more rights now than ever before and here is an overview of your different rights
You have the right to request:
- Access to the personal data we hold about you, free of charge in most cases.
- The correction of your personal data when incorrect, out of date or incomplete.
- That we stop using your personal data for direct marketing (either through specific channels, or all channels).
- That we stop any consent-based processing of your personal data after you withdraw that consent.
- Review by a Partner of any decision made based solely on automatic processing of your data (i.e. where no human has yet reviewed the outcome and criteria for the decision).
You can contact us to request to exercise these rights at any time as follows:
To ask for your information please contact The Data Protection Officer, Club Europe Ltd, 22-24 Jaggard Way, London SW12 8SG or email duty@club-europe.co.uk
To ask for your information to be amended please contact your account manager or simply call us up and we will amend the details.
If we choose not to action your request we will explain to you the reasons for our refusal.
Your right to withdraw consent
Whenever you have given us your consent to use your personal data, you have the right to change your mind at any time and withdraw that consent.
Where we rely on our legitimate interest
In cases where we are processing your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interest, you can ask us to stop for reasons connected to your individual situation.
We must then do so unless we believe we have a legitimate overriding reason to continue processing your personal data.
Direct marketing
You have the right to stop the use of your personal data for direct marketing activity through all channels, or selected channels. We must always comply with your request.
Checking your identity
To protect the confidentiality of your information, we will ask you to verify your identity before proceeding with any request you make under this Privacy Notice.
If you have authorised a third party to submit a request on your behalf, we will ask them to prove they have your permission to act.
10. About our re-marketing campaign
We are using remarketing to advertise to relevant audiences online. This means that third-party vendors, including Google, show our ads on sites across the internet. Third-party vendors, including Google, also use cookies to serve ads based on browser’s past visits to our website. A s a visitor to our site you can opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting Google's Ads Settings. Or, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies by visiting Google’s Network Advertising Initiative opt out page.
11. If you live outside the UK
As we work with clients both in the EU and outside of the EU we will aim to treat everyone’s personal data in the same way. The new GDPR regulations apply to every member state across the EU, so we all work under the same rules.
Whilst those clients outside of the EU are not directly protected by the GDPR rules, we will aim to follow the same code and offer you the same assurances.
12. Changes to this privacy notice
We reserve the right to update this privacy notice at any time, and we will provide you with a new privacy notice when we make any substantial updates. We may also notify you in other ways from time to time about the processing of your personal information.
13. Further Information
If you have any questions about this privacy notice or how we handle your personal information, please contact Tim Johnson on duty@club-europe.co.uk.
Updated 12th May 2018