You may wish to choose from a choice of Vegetarian or Non-Vegetarian. Jain or Halal meals are on request basis and never guaranteed. You need to advise our reservations team at the time of your booking of your preferred diet.
Our vegetarian lunches are usually served outdoors in a picnic style buffet atmosphere, and you can expect a varied daily menu in a buffet set up. It will be similar to dinner but lighter and without a non vegetarian dish.
On a typical day you can enjoy from many items such as two vegetarian curries, Indian Bread (roti/naan/puri), rice, Lentils (daal), Yogurt (raita), salad, pickle, papad & a sweet dish. There will also be an option for non vegetarian item for dinner only (usually chicken, Egg or fish, - Pork and beef is never served)
Our usual breakfast consists of cereals, juices, bread or croissants as well as tea or coffee (breakfast may vary from one hotel to another).
Packed lunch will usually consist of a dry curry, and chapatti, a bottle of water and fruit or yogurt. We sometimes opt for a packed lunch to save time and allow more time for sightseeing.
We do not provide snacks or water; you are welcome to carry your own snacks provided they are dry snacks permitted on the coach.
Lunch will be picnic style on route, and dinners will be in the hotel or restaurant.
For some of our tours we do use restaurants, however the caravan Kitchen enables us to offer fresh, high quality, classical delicacies, made from fresh local produce purchased daily from within each city that you stop in.
We were the first tour operator, in the UK, to introduce a uniquely designed state of the art kitchen caravan system. This is where a caravan kitchen situated where you are travelling to prepare fresh food for the groups.
It will be the same as normal Indian meal but without onion and garlic. This is on request basis only.
Unfortunately due to operational reasons it is not possible to cater for special diets.
We try and ensure that we only use Halal meat although in some cases it is not possible to purchase Halal meat on the continent. Please check with your tour manager for confirmation.
Our food is made so that it appeals to the vast majority, unfortunately we do not cater to child or infant diets.
On some tours local meals are included.
No, water will need to be purchased from local shops, We recommend you carry bottled water with you; it is safe to drink tap water from most western European countries except for Italy.
On a Swiss express tour you are recommended to carry your toothbrush and essential toiletries in your hand luggage as you will be stopping at services in the morning to freshen up, before commencing a day of sightseeing, and will not be checking into the hotel until the following evening. we will usually go for dinner before checking into our hotel.
Due to weather conditions it is not possible to provide caravan kitchen in the winter months, as the chance of bad weather for lunch stops is relatively high.
Due to the numerous lcoations we do it is not possible to host a caravan kitchen in all locations.
For short haul flights food is not served. For long haul flights you will be advised at the time of booking
Yes you can and the same information will be passed to our agent when your flights are booked. However this request is not guaranteed and we advise you to reconfirm with your airline, using their online portal or call centre.
All meals are served as a buffet, a choice of meal is not available and all meals are pre-set.
It may not always be available for purchase. Our restaurants maybe able to offer you drinks at a additional cost, which must be paid directly.
We cannot guarantee our food is allergen free. Hence we recommend you make your own arrangements should you suffer from any allergy. A price reduction will not be applicable as a result.
Our buffet dishes will vary as much as possible, however items such as indian bread, rice, pickles, salad may remain the same throughout the tour. Also there may be repetition of foods as we do use various restaurants and suppliers.
As we use group meal restaurants, not all facilities associated with a typical restaurant will be available. We are only able to provide the buffet meal and tap water.
Ice, drinks etc will not be available at our meal locations, or restaurants.
