Tour Terms and Conditions in brief

Prices
All prices are quoted in Australian Dollars.

Goods & Services Tax
• Goods and services tax (GST), is a value added sales tax which is currently 10%.
GST is included in all prices.

Not included in your tour
• Airfares to and from Australia
• Passport and visa fees
• Airport taxes
• Personal expenses
• Fines
• Tips or gratuities (uncommon in Australia)
• Laundry or dry cleaning
• Telephone calls
• Beverages or room snacks
• Excess baggage charges
• Medical and personal accident insurance
• Any items not mentioned as included in the tour.
• Australian Motorcycle Tours STRONGLY recommend all tour participants take Travel
Insurance when making travel arrangements, particularly to prevent loss of deposits or
the tour fare should you be forced to cancel your tour at the last minute.
• Entry Fees to tourist attractions, Toll Road Charges or for Vehicular Ferries etc.

Accommodation & Dining
• All tours are fully guided, staying in quality accommodation and are based on share twin
or double room accommodation. Meals are usually available at fine in-house restaurants
or dining rooms where your accommodation is arranged at your cost. All breakfasts are
provided in the package.
* Australian Motorcycle Tours reserves the right to change the route and accommodation
of any tour due to unforeseen circumstances.

Licence requirements.
• Most overseas licences are valid for use in Australia; the same restrictions apply as
the country of origin. Riders must be 18 years of age or over.
Licences must have a motorcycle endorsement.
• Riders must have a valid and unrestricted motorcycle license appropriate to the model
and capacity of machine being ridden. An International Driver's Licence is not required.
You need only your valid, unrestricted motorcycle licence from your own country.

Deposits and final payments
• To reserve a tour an initial booking deposit of 30% per person is required. This booking
deposit secures your place on the tour of your choice; the balance is due 60 days before
the departure date. If you book your tour within 60 days of the departure date the total tour
cost is due on your booking.
• Deposits can be made with American Express, JCB, MasterCard or Visa credit cards;
Cheques or Cash.

Cancellations and refunds
• Riders may cancel their rental or tour booking at any time.
• Cancellations must be received in writing. If you cancel your rental or tour booking the
following will apply:
• Cancellations received more than 60 days prior to the departure date are subject to a
cancellation fee of the initial deposit of 30% per person booking deposit.
• If a cancellation is received less than 60 days prior to departure date the full 100% of the
tour cost is payable and no exceptions to the above can be made. You may however provide
a substitute person. Australian Motorcycle Tours will, in good faith, attempt to sell any cancelled
ticket and by doing so enable a refund minus the costs of selling that cancelled ticket. If
Australian Motorcycle Tours is unable to sell a Cancelled Ticket, Australian Motorcycle Tours
shall be not held liable for any refund.
• A good travel insurance policy is highly recommended.
• Australian Motorcycle Tours is not required to give any refunds once your tour has started
regardless of the reason for the participant/s being unable to complete the tour.
No refunds are payable on any unused accommodation, meals, motorcycle rental,
or any part of the tour which is unused.
• In the unlikely event Australian Motorcycle Tours have to cancel a fully guided tour;
your monies paid will be refunded in full. Australian Motorcycle Tours reserve the right to
cancel any tour up to three weeks before the start of the tour. In this case Australian
Motorcycle Tours will give you the opportunity of placement in another tour.

Default
• Australian Motorcycle Tours (the Tour Operator), shall have the right to terminate the tour
of any person or persons if the rider fails to comply with any of the terms & conditions. The
termination of the agreement under the authority of this clause shall be without prejudice
to the other rights of Australian Motorcycle Tours and the rights of the Client under this
agreement or otherwise.

Insurance
* Riders are advised to have their Motorcycle fully insured and to
take out personal accident insurance.

Tour guides and support vehicle
• Our tour guides are always available to help with anything you may need during the tour.
You are free to travel with the guide or travel at your own pace.
• You will have three tour guides. One will travel in the support van and the other two
on motorcycles, one at the front of the tour and one as “Sweep Rider”.
* Your luggage, apart from your daily items you carry with you, will be delivered to your hotel
when you arrive. Please limit your luggage to one Ventura or Gearsack type bag per person.

Disclaimer

All Tour Participants must sign the Tour Indemnity Form. Failure to do so will render you
liable to expulsion from the Tour.
Australian Motorcycle Tours does not assume responsibility for bodily injury, nor for any
damage or loss to personal effects. If you want private care you should arrange travel and
personal insurance. Australian Motorcycle Tours reserves the right to change or alter the
itinerary at any time for the convenient operation of the tour, as well as substitute hotels at
any time for any reason.

Australian Motorcycle Tours is responsible for providing the services listed in the tour
description, as required by the Australian Federal and State Governments.

Australian Motorcycle Tours will not be responsible or liable for speeding and or parking tickets,
weather, acts of god, or any other circumstances beyond its' control. Nor shall Australian Motorcycle
Tours be responsible or liable for delay, loss, damage or injury to person or property and illness
incurred during their stay in connection with or relating to the supply or omission of air, sea, land
transportation services, or of accommodation, meals, facilities, entertainment or other services
provided by Australian Motorcycle Tours.

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