Bluebadge driver & guide prices.

Driver Guiding fees
1st April 2008 to 31st March 2009

Prices are for the whole car and its passengers, not per person, and include all parking and the services of your Blue Badge Driver Guide. Admissions, meals and gratuities are not included. For guiding only fees click here.

Half Day Tours Hours
up to
Large Car
1-4 pax
Family Car
4-6 pax
London
4
£250
£280
Windsor Castle (present castle of Elizabeth II) or Hampton Court Palace (Henry VIII)
4
£250
£280
Full Day Tours
London or Windsor or Hampton Court Palace
8
£375
£399
Windsor, Eton (College and town, antiques) and Hampton Court Palace
8
£375
£399
Half day London overview and half day Windsor Castle
8
£375
£399
Chartwell (Churchill´s home) and Hever Castle (Anne Boleyn)
8
£375
£399
Leeds Castle (with moat, 12th century onwards) and Chartwell or Hever Castle
8
£410
£435
Oxford (major university town) and Blenheim Palace (home of Dukes of Marlborough)
9
£425
£465
Cambridge (major university town) and Ely (12th century Cathedral and town )
9
£425
£465
Canterbury (Cradle of Christianity) and Leeds Castle (12th century onwards) or Chartwell or Dover (13th century castle, fort, World War II hospital and secret tunnels)
9
£425
£465
Brighton (Regency Pavilion) and Arundel Castle (home of Dukes of Norfolk)
9
£425
£465
Kent/Sussex Gardens - e.g. Sissinghurst and one other
9
£425
£465
Cambridge & Constable Country
9
£499
£535
Cotswolds (villages with stone/thatch-roofed cottages, antiques)
9
£499
£535
Winchester (11th century Cathedral and town), Salisbury (13th century Cathedral and town) and Stonehenge
9
£499
£535
Oxford and Stratford (Shakespeare) or Cotswolds
9
£499
£535
Cotswolds, Stratford and Warwick Castle (11th century onwards and antiques in town)
10
£525
£570
Stonehenge (Prehistoric Stone Circle), Bath (Roman/Georgian) and/or Salisbury
10
£525
£570
Extended Touring
Up to 150 miles per day with up to 4 people
8
£465
 
Guide's extra expenses for an overnight stay, per night.
 
£85
 
Transfers
To and from airports and ports are available, prices on request.
Extra Time and Mileage
Per hour £40 Per mile £1
Please note:-- Cancellation Charges - % of Booked Fee: 14-7 days = 50%. 7 days-48 hrs = 75%. 48 hrs or less = 100%. You may wish to consider taking out travel insurance to cover any cancellation charges.
The Above rates apply only to those guides who conform to the description of "Worker" as viewed by the office of Fair Trading in respect of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976. Guides falling into the "non-worker" category must negotiate fees individually. With reference to the Guild of Registered Tourist Guide members: a "worker" is any Guide who works under a contract personally to execute any work or labour, i.e. who is a sole trader and the subject matter of whose contract, subject only to very minor exceptions, will be executed by that Guide personally. A "non-worker" is any Guide who accepts work in order to refer it to another Guide (and who will not carry out the work himself). The Guide may be acting as an individual, an officer of a company, a partner in a partnership, or be acting through another business vehicle and as such will not be a "worker".

(This page was last updated on 2008-04-29)