Booking Policy

Booking Policy

A booking is confirmed from the side of the customer after the paying of a deposit of 20%. The balance is to be paid cash the day of the tour. Special note for paying via PayPal: if you have a PayPal account please make a "personal transfer" and not a "purchase" and help us to avoid fees.

Time of Cancellation
Cancellation Rate
(1) If notice of cancellation is received by the Company 8days or more days prior to the starting date of the tour
No Charge
(2) If notice of cancellation is received by the Company 7 days to 2 days prior to the starting date of the tour
30% of the tour fare
(3) If notice of cancellation is received by the Company 1 day prior to the starting date of the tour
50% of the tour fare
(4) If notice of cancellation is received by the Company prior to the starting time of the tour
100% of the tour fare
(5) If notice of cancellation is received by the Company after day of departure, or in case of failure to show without notice
100% of the tour fare

In case of cancellation in booking via travel loan beyond the Company's control, the above cancellation charges will apply. If a client fails to pay the tour fare by the designated date, the Company will assume the client has canceled as of the following day, and the cancellation charges specified above will apply

Timing of notice of cancellation is based on GT+3 local time Greece.

Cancellation of Travel Contracts and Tour Operation by the Company.

If the client has not paid the tour fare by the prescribed date, the Company may cancel the Travel Contract. In such cases, the clients shall pay the Company the applicable cancellation charge.

In any of the following cases, the Company may cancel the Travel Contract.

  1. When it becomes evident that the client does not satisfy the gender, age, qualification, skill or other requirements specified by the Company forparticipation in the tour.
  2. When the client is recognized as unfit to join the tour owing to illness or for other reasons.
  3. When there is evidence that the client threatens to cause other participants embarrassment or inconvenience, or might otherwise interfere with thesmooth performance of the collective activities of the tour.
  4. When the minimum number of participants as stipulated by the Company in the Travel Contract has not been met. In such cases, the Company shallnotify the client of tour cancellation no later than 13th day (3rd day for a one-day tour) prior to the eve of departure.
  5. When the necessary conditions as clearly stated at the conclusion of the Travel Contract cannot materialize, such as insufficient snowfall for ski tours, or when there is valid reason to believe that the required conditions cannot be met.
  6. In the event of a natural calamity or disaster, poor weather conditions, civil disturbance, suspension of services related to transportation, accommodations, etc., governmental orders, or other circumstances beyond the Company's control, and when safe, and smooth tour operation according to the itinerary specified in the Travel Contract has become impossible, or there is a valid reason to believe that the tour cannot continue.
  7. When the client demands things that are beyond the reasonable scope of the details in the contract.
  8. Even after the correspondence contract has been concluded, if the Company cannot receive the amount specified for the tour fare due to invalidity of the client's credit card or in accordance with the credit company's agreement.
  9. When the Company cancels the Travel Contract in accordance with Clause 1. hereinabove, it shall refund full payment. When the Company cancels a tour in conformity with Clause 2, 3, 4, hereinabove, it shall refund the full amount of the tour fare (or deposit) received from the client. When the Company cancels a tour in conformity with Clause 5, 6, 7, hereinabove, it shall refund the amount of the tour fare (or deposit) received from the client as specified by legal regulations. When the Company cancels a tour in conformity with Clause 8 herein above, it shall not refund any amount of the tour fare (or deposit) received from the client.

Awards & Accolades

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Testimonials

Skip the group tours, leave your rental car at your hotel and ask Joseph to accompany you on a private tour to these great spots on Crete. We did "Mystic & Rustic Crete" and "Birth of Europe".  If you are a first-time visitor he will suggest an itinerary and if you have special requests he will include those.  Without Joseph we would not have known about the local culture or the history of the area nor would we have met and chatted with the local people... Read more

"Fantastic" *****

"A great tour and experience"We spent a full day with Joseph visiting Chania, Rethymnon and an olive oil farm and we had a great time. Crete is huge so you have to make choices unless you spend a week there. We arranged this tour with Joseph discussing our options and time. Joseph was very flexible with the itinerary allowing us to customize our tour and experience the highlights of some very nice towns. Joseph was very knowledgeable and answered every question. We would definitely use Joseph again to visit the other parts of Crete that we could not get to in this visit.

Vincent, New York City

"Crete showed by Joseph is unique"The experience with Joseph showing us around Crete was absolutely unique. He is Greek and speak very good Hebrew. I don't think we would had seen and experienced half of what we did with him if we'd be on our own. He told us a lot of interesting stories about the Lassithi plateau and the area. His effortless ability to chat up with locals and involve us into conversation (with some translation, of course) was amazing. Funny enough these encounters led to further invitations (for a coffee and local drink - raki). Later on, he took us to an absolutely authentic tavern in a mountain village...

Jacky, Israel

"The secrets never die" Das erste Mal haben wir Joseph Batis mit einer kleinen Gruppe in Chania in einer Fischtaverne kennengelernt. Er sprach Deutsch, Hebräisch, Englisch, Griechisch und soweit ich es richtig vernommen habe auch Spanisch. Ich habe die Gelegenheit genutzt ihn über unsere Ausflugsziele zu befragen. Seine Hinweise und seine Kenntnis haben uns in die Welt von Kreta innerhalb kurzer Zeit eingewiesen. Wir haben Joseph für einen Tag engagieren können um uns zu begleiten. Joseph hat über 30 Jahre in Deutschland gelebt. Seit Jahren führt er private Reisetouren auf Kreta...

Robert, Germany

יוסי מסיורים בכרתים ויוון, הוא מדריך.... מקצוען, בעל יידע נרחב איש לבבי וסימפטי, טיילנו בשנה שעברה... היה פשוט מדהים כיף... כיף... כיף... ממליץ בחום למי שמגיע לכרתים ויוון להשתמש בשרותיו המעולים. תודה יוסי על הסיורים ,האוכל, הטברנות, היה תענוג גדול ! ! ! מאתנו: אורי אילש, אלי גנט, יגאל גרינשטיין, נטלי גרינשטיין, אור גרינשטיין

כל מי שעתיד לנסוע לכרתים או ליוון, אני חייב להמליץ על חבר יקר, מדריך מעולה, אדם חביב ונעים הליכות שידריך אתכם בכרתים בעברית, אנגלית וגרמנית, מה שתבחרו.... ל- Joseph Batis אתר בו תוכלו להציץ במה שיש לו להציע לכם כולל תכנון הטיול ומלונות וכו' הציון שנתנו לו 10+ שווה מאוד... ביקרנו במקומות שבחיים לא הגענו אליהם בכרתים ! לחצו על השם וכנסו לאתר ! בהצלחה.