Edinburgh Festivals - 2010 Festival Passport

 

THE NEW EDINBURGH FESTIVALS PASSPORT

Dates 2010:  6^th to 30^th August

The new Edinburgh Festivals passport is available to trade at net rates and is suitable to be packaged or sold as an added value offer to a Scottish holiday. It is an ideal FIT product but can also be considered for groups on a request basis.

To ensure the best possible programme, once festival programmes are finalised, the Edinburgh Festivals will hand select a bank of tickets across the 6 festivals to ensure a wide-ranging and exciting itinerary for each customer.  The festivals will work with a festival critic to select the very best in art and performance and allocate itineraries to your clients ahead of public sale.

Rates : from £40 per passport

The passport includes tickets for 3 festival shows over a day (0900-midnight). These shows are pre-selected for the customer for time slots throughout the day and evening from the 6 participating summer festivals.  Depending on the date in August the passport is purchased for it will include tickets for recommended events from the world renowned Jazz & Blues, International, Mela and Book Festivals. All will include the exciting and dynamic Fringe and Art Festivals.

The Tattoo is not included in the product, but the passport would fit ideally alongside an Edinburgh Military Tattoo package.

DESCRIPTION:

Experience the very best that the world’s Festival City has to offer through the Edinburgh Festivals Passport. With an abundance of shows and performances taking place in Edinburgh during August, enjoy shows and performances handpicked by those in the know – the Festivals themselves.

We’ve selected the very best in theatre, dance, music, comedy, literature, visual & performance art and major exhibitions for you to enjoy during your holiday.  This unique Passport will reward clients with ‘insider’ hints and tips and will ensure the very best Festival experience possible during their Edinburgh stay. It’s the brand new, hassle free way for your clients to make the most of the Festivals and ideal for those on short itineraries.

ADDED VALUE AND BENEFITS

In addition to the three shows the passport will include

o      Discounts in Festival bars and cafes

o      FREE Mela & Art Festival

o      FREE Fringe Events

o      Hints & Tips by Edinburgh Festivals  ambassadors

o      Recommended eating places & information on how to make the most of your visit to Edinburgh

HOW IT WORKS

·       Passports are available on a freesale basis, no allocations required

·       Post 01^h July sales will still be possible but should be made on a request basis only

·       Valid dates - from 6^th to 30^th August 2010

·       Passports must be paid for in full prior to being available for use. Invoices will be issued on a monthly basis

·       Box office will provide reporting to tour operators on their sales on a regular basis

·       Full terms and conditions available from traveltrade@festivalsedinburgh.com

BOOKING STAGES

1)     On Booking, the operator should provide the following information:-

-        Customer names & your customer booking reference

-        Arrival date

-        Number of passports 

-        Dates the passports are booked for

Clients may book more than one passport. The Festivals box office will allocate you a unique client reference number per booking. Clients travelling together should come under the same booking reference in order to receive the same itinerary.

2)     A “Pre arrival” itinerary can be sent electronically.  The customers themselves can register on the Edinburgh Festivals website to receive their programme information. By 15^th July the information will be sent to them. This is an option for the client.

3)     On arrival – Customers should go to the city centre box office to collect their Festival passport and tickets quoting their reference and showing id. Tour operators can collect passport documents from box office in advance if preferred OR be mailed them (mailing charge).

MORE INFORMATION

Once you have signed up to sell the pass (registration & terms of engagement document to be signed) you will receive the following-

-        Terms and conditions

-        Box office details and opening hours

-        Festivals web and email address for the customers

-        Proforma, tour operators can use to collect booking information