Welcome to our 2008 season!

We hope you will enjoy reading about our holiday plans for the coming season. This will be our tenth year of organising “Holidays with Music” and taking people to many different parts of Europe, the U.K. and to New York.

Our priorities when setting up these holidays are, good music, interesting places, good conveniently situated hotels, and good food. We accompany our groups on all the holidays to ensure that everything runs as smoothly as possible.  It is our policy to give guests as much free time as possible. We normally have some sightseeing, with well chosen local guides, but this varies considerably according to where we are. Some of the holidays are quite busy, others are very easy going; and of course nothing on the schedule is compulsory!

The holidays are operated by Specialised Travel Limited; experts in anything to do with touring and music. Although the holiday arrangements are made by us, we work in association with Specialised Travel Limited, and are fully covered by their membership of ABTA, ATOL and AITO.


  • Flights - All holidays (except for Valloires in northern France and U.K. holidays) include flights from Manchester or London. If you wish to travel from another airport or extend your stay, we may be able to arrange it for you. If you wish to travel independently we will deduct the cost of the air fare.
  • Single Rooms - Single room supplements are often expensive, but we do try to negotiate as low rates as possible.
  • Gratuities - Tips for tour guides, coach drivers and restaurant service are included.
  • Dietary Requirements - It is usually possible to cater for special diets.

Hoping you will join us in 2008

  With best wishes,

      John and Helen Whibley


The air holidays in this brochure are ATOL
Protected by the Civil Aviation Authority.
Our ATOL Number is ATOL2178