Non-Refundable Professional Planning Fee  & Faucey Fam Travel Client Agreement

When you retain Faucey Fam 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 Professional Services 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 pay the non-refundable Professional Planning Fee, 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://fauceyfamtravel.com/terms_and_conditions/

Faucey Fam Travel – Professional Planning Fees

As your travel agent/advisor we will provide you or your group with the following: 

·   A personal relationship with you the client(s) to determine your exact wants, needs, hopes, and dreams. Knowing that I will have your back during the entire process, even while you are traveling. 

·   We bring comprehensive knowledge & supplier training and personal experience to every travel experience. 

·   Our professional affiliation with my host agency, suppliers, and Travel Leaders Network consortium allows us to offer our clients additional amenities/upgrades above and beyond what you would receive by booking reservations on your own online. Often for the same price or less than what you would pay. 

·   For any group travel – We will negotiate with suppliers the best rate possible for your group with any additional amenities, perks or bonus rooms as possible. 

·   While our goal is to always offer our clients the best travel plans for their budget, we are not a low-cost or budget agency. Rest assured we will not book you at some place we would not stay. 

·   Our quote(s) might not always beat or match an online competitor, but we can guarantee you that any slight difference will be made up with unbeatable service from Faucey Fam Travel.  A service that you won’t receive from those online competitors. 

FEES FOR CUSTOM TRAVEL PLANNING (European Travel)

• Fees start at $150 for full trip planning, up to 10 days for 4 people.
• Thereafter, we will charge additional fees of $20 per person for each additional traveler.
• Proposals for different destinations will be charged an additional fee of $150 per destination.
• Last minute booking fees will be subject to additional fees of $100 for trip requests within 30 days of travel—or within 90 days if travel is during a national holiday.

CONCIERGE SERVICES

• Hotel - $20 per booking when you specify property, dates, and your desire for preferred partner amenities.
• Airline Tickets - $50-75 per person (international flights) 
• Car rentals, tours, excursions, theme park tickets, concert & sports tickets - $20 per booking (We have access to thousands of different tours, excursion, tickets for Broadway, concerts and sporting events not only in the US, but all over the World.)

OCEAN AND RIVER CRUISES

• $50 when traveler specifies the ship and sail date for up to two cruises (up to four travelers).
• $100 per itinerary (up to four travelers) if your request requires our research (including up to 5 cruises with a maximum length of 14 days).
• $150 per itinerary (up to four travelers) if your request requires our research, air, shore excursions, pre/post hotel arrangements. 
• $20 per person for each additional traveler.

RESORT OR ISLAND PACKAGES

• $50 when traveler specifies the resort and date (up to four travelers).
• $100 per itinerary (up to four travelers) if your request requires our research (including up to 3 resorts with a maximum length of 10 days) including air, lodging, ground transfers and tours/excursions.
• $150 per itinerary (up to four travelers) if your request requires our research of a couple of destinations including air, lodging, ground transfers and tours/excursions.
• $20 per person for each additional traveler.

GROUP TRAVEL (Rates Vary)

• Group travel is 10 or more travelers traveling together. Rates per person will vary depending on the customization of itinerary and the number of cities travelers are travelling from.

VACATION RENTALS 

• $100 per stay + 15% of rental costs (We work with a group of luxury vacation rentals and villa companies. We are unable to book Airbnb or VRBO rentals, but if you find a rental you like, please let us know and we may still be able to book it in one of our systems (sometimes at a reduced rate). Rental cleaning fees, deposits, and other rental fees still apply.)

CANCELLATION/CHANGE FEES

• $25 per itinerary (Airline/Supplier cancellation fees may apply as well)
• Group Travel – $20 Per person rate will vary depending on the customization of deposited itinerary. (Airline/Supplier cancellation fees may apply as well)

GENERAL TERMS

• All Planning Fees are separate from the cost of your travel. All Planning Fees and travel vouchers are NON-REFUNDABLE, whether or not you decide to book travel. This Agreement is separate from your agreements with any travel suppliers, e.g., airlines, hotels, tour operators, cruise lines, and any other suppliers.