UK Holidays
Getting your child to and from our centres couldn’t be easier. You can drop your children off at our centres, but if your chosen centre is too far away to easily drive to, you may wish to use one of our superb PGL travel service options, so you can be sure that your child reaches us safely.
We offer three PGL travel options:
1. Fully escorted travel
A PGL member of staff travels with your child from when they are signed in at the meeting point, to arrival at the centre. On return, we will escort your child back to the meeting point, where the Travel Courier will remain on duty until all children are collected. Escorted travel to and from UK centres is available in the Summer on Saturdays, with the exception of Little Canada where it is also available on a Monday to Friday 4 night mini-break (see below).
Adult supervision all the way to and from the centre makes fully escorted travel a popular choice with many parents. Most journeys are by coach (fitted with lap belts) but occasionally travel may involve rail and coach, such as the journey from London to Beam House or coach and ferry in the case of Little Canada.
For children on holiday in the UK for more than one week, escorted inter-centre transfers are available between most centres.
2. Station transfer
For children old enough to travel alone by train, we offer a pick-up service from the station nearest to each centre. This service is only escorted from the arrival station to the centre and vice versa.
Our staff will be able to meet arrivals at the station between 15.30 and 16.30 and return guests to the station at the end of the holiday for trains departing between 09.00 and 10.00. This service is only available for Saturday arrivals and departures. Please note this service does not include rail tickets, which you must book and give to your child.
3. Airport/eurostar pick-ups
For children travelling from outside the UK we offer an escorted travel service from Heathrow airport and the London Eurostar terminal to our centres, as detailed below:
HEATHROW
Arrival flight meeting times:
Saturday flights arriving between
08.30-11.30 UK time.
Return flight departure times:
Saturday flights departing between
15.30-19.00 UK time
If you are not able to book flights which land/take-off within these hours, please contact us for a quotation.
EUROSTAR LONDON ST PANCRAS
Arrival meeting times (Saturdays only):
09.34 arrival from Paris (UK time)
08.56 arrival time from Brussels (UK time)
Return departure times (Saturdays only):
15.20 departure to Paris (UK time)
14.42 departure to Brussels (UK time)
(These time are provisional meeting times and subject to change.)
You must provide us with all relevant flight/Eurostar details at least three weeks prior to arrival.
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Check in /Check out
Most of our children travel to and from our centres using our escorted travel service. For those parents who prefer to drop off their children at our centres themselves, below are the arrival and departure times for all holiday durations. Before you decide to bring your child to the centre, and collect him/her yourself, compare the cost of the petrol you’ll use on two return car journeys with our escorted travel prices.
Introductory Holidays: 2 day/1 night
Arrive: Sunday between 08.30 - 10.00
(First meal: lunch)
Depart: Monday between 18.30 - 19.30
(Last meal: dinner)
Introductory Holidays: 3 day/2 night
Arrive: Tuesday between 08.30 - 10.00
(First meal: lunch)
Depart: Thursday between 18.30 - 19.30
(Last meal: dinner)
3-Night Mini-Break
Arrive: Saturday between 15.00 - 17.00
(First meal: dinner).
Depart: Tuesday between 13.00 - 14.00
(Last meal: lunch).
4-Night Monday to Friday Mini-Breaks
Arrive: Monday between 08.30 - 09.00
(First Meal: lunch)
Depart: Friday between 17.30 - 18.00
(Last meal: lunch)
4-Night Tuesday to Saturday Mini-Breaks
Arrive: Tuesday between 11.00 - 12.00
(First meal: lunch).
Depart: Saturday between 09.00 - 11.00
(Last meal: breakfast).
7-Night Holidays
Arrive: Saturday between 15.00 - 17.00
(First meal: dinner).
Depart: Saturday between 09.00 - 11.00
(Last meal: breakfast).
If you cannot arrive/depart between these times, please give our Holiday Consultants at least 3 days notice of your expected arrival time. Please call them on 0844 371 2424. We make a £10.00 per hour charge when children are dropped off earlier, or depart later, than the times above. In these circumstances we are not able to provide full entertainment and, although children will be supervised, they will have to entertain themselves.