19 May 2025 07:00
‘TO THE END OF THE WESTERN FRONT’
20th to 24th APRIL 2026
It may be a 2026 date, but the tour is half a typical brochure price, if you delay reading the following and acting, you will miss out! See notes on 19th May 2025 deadline.
For this trip, and following other successful collaborations, we will be joining forces again with our good friends, the Hertfordshire Constabulary Great War Society. We toured with them in 2023 and are doing so again in 2025, plus many of us have travelled with them as individuals and friends, and their members often attend our talks.
This tour will be a 4 night, 5 day trip via Verdun and the Americans at St Miheil, including visits to the amazing battlefield bunkers and trenches of the Vosges mountains and the very end of the Western Front at the Swiss border.
We will visit Hartsmannswillerkopf, Pfetterhouse, the Swiss border and see the demarcation stone for the end of the Western Front. We will tour the Le Linge battlefield and examine the cruel mine warfare of 1914/15 at Les Eparges.
We are sure this will be a great trip and we hope that you can join us. The key additional points appear below, along with more details, but please note the price is based on a minimum number of travellers, with seats reserved on a first come, first served basis and your booking must be made and the deposit(*1) paid before 19th May 2025, so please book ASAP.
- HAW Member cashback(*2) (How to join).
- Four night, 5 day trip.
- Travel by executive coach.
- Ferry crossing from Dover.
- Specialist battlefield guide.
- Two nights B & B in the Ibis Verdun; 2 nights B & B & dinner in the Des Vosges Hotel.
- Pick up points at Hitchin and Police HQ at Welwyn GC.
- For the savings, book by 19th May 2025(*1).
Cost:
We are planning to provide this trip at:
Single room per Person B & B and 2 dinners £818(*2)
Twin/Double* room per Person B & B and 2 dinners £669(*2)
Register your interest by emailing the completed booking form to hertsgreatwar@virginmedia.com (copying it to jontywild@hertsatwar.co.uk) a deposit will be required by 19th May 2025 at the latest.
Links - please follow and read:
- Itinerary.
- Booking Form - PDF version - for completing, scanning and submitting by email.
Booking Form - Word version - this link will download the document for completing digitally and submitting by email - once selected open your downloads. - There are two relevant documents:
- Leger - Terms and Conditions.
- HCGWS - Terms and Conditions.
*1 A deposit of £150 is required at time of booking, this will be refunded in full if we do not make the required number of 40 passengers to run the tour, for other information about refunds see the terms and conditions above.
*2 HAW members (at the time of booking and the travel dates) can claim a discount of £10.00 (single member travelling) or £7.50 (joint member £10 – travelling alone or £7.50 each - both travelling) To join visit Membership.
If you have any questions about the trip which are not answered by the details here or links provided, or if you prefer to pay by cheque or PayPal, contact jontywild@hertsatwar.co.uk.
Important Additional Notes:
- TOUR ORGANISATION: Please note to avoid confusion, the Hertfordshire Constabulary Great War Society (HCGWS) will take the lead in bookings and general organisation, and therefore, all booking related correspondence should go to them via hertsgreatwar@virginmedia.com, however to help us liaise, please copy all booking related emails to jontywild@hertsatwar.co.uk.
- PASSPORTS: Since BREXIT the dates of passports used in Europe have become much more important and so you will need to ensure that the passport you hold at the time of travel is:
- Current
- Must have been issued after 21/4/2016
- Must not expire before 25/7/2026
- INSURANCE: You must note that it is a condition of travel that you have valid travel insurance covering the period of travel. HAW strongly recommend that you ensure that your cover not only meets the trip requirements, but also your personal requirements, covers any non-refundable costs - should you decide to cancel for any reason, and repatriation - should that be necessary through illness or injury etc.
- GLOBAL HEALTH INSURANCE CARD (GHIC): This should also be obtained but is not a substitute for travel insurance. It is free to apply for and lasts for 5 years. Apply through the NHS website (Information HERE), (Apply HERE).
Referencing Terms and Conditions (see the links above):
Price Change: both organisations will do all that we can to avoid price increases, but if other parties, e.g. the hotel or ferry increase their costs to us, we may need to pass them on.
When returning the booking form and paying the deposit, you will be deemed to have read, understood and agree to the Terms and Conditions for the trip and that you agree to the Herts Constabulary Great War Society (HCGWS) and Herts At War Project (HAW or HAWP) keeping your personal data.
If, after reading the notes and visiting the links above, you have any further questions, email jontywild@hertsatwar.co.uk.
To secure your place on this excellent trip please email the booking form and pay the deposit.
