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This morning we’ve have our first ‘holiday’ depart to Whitby. This is our first tour since lockdown in March which was postponed due to covid.

Despite a wet and drizzly start, all passengers were in good spirits and ready for their holiday with us. Our tour is staying at the Raven Hall Hotel for 4 nights and we wish them all a happy holiday!

Our team are working hard on our Winter Flyer which will be out at the end of this month. Keep your eyes peeled!

What a lovely sunny morning for our first mystery drive and dine since lockdown!

“Max is waiting with the hand sanitiser for the passengers to use before boarding. We hope everyone enjoys their day out.

• Saturday 19th September 2020 – Chester or Cheshire Oaks – £16pp, Depart Highway Garage at 9am.

• Sunday 27th September 2020 – Trentham Shopping Village – £10pp, Depart Highway Garage at 10am.

We are also working hard and reconfirming our winter days out and holidays, so please keep your eyes peeled for more information coming out soon!

Thank you once again to all of our lovely customers, old and new, for your continued support.

We are pleased to say we have obtained our ‘WE’RE GOOD TO GO’ Industry Standard mark 

This means our business has followed government and industry Covid-19 guidelines. We have a risk assessment in place and a process for maintaining cleanliness and to aid social distancing. 

In order to obtain this standard we have put the following in place to keep you and our staff safe.

• Social Distancing Marking / Sign postings 
• Access to hand Sanitiser around our premises and prior to boarding 
• Limited number of passengers on board 
• Pre-allocated seats to adhere with social distancing 
• Enhanced Cleaning 
• Weekly anti-viral fogging on our vehicles 
• Bomb Sanitisers activated to disinfect vehicles 
• Mandatory Face coverings to be worn whilst travelling 
• Boarding from the rear seats of vehicles first 
• Our high-backed seats provide a physical barrier 
• No drinks are served on board 
• On board toilets are not available.
  • We will travel no more than 2 hours without a comfort stop. 
• Passengers alight vehicles from the front of the vehicle first 
• Driver alights vehicle before passengers 
• Restricted number of people within our office 

Watch out for further guidance you need to follow when travelling with us.

On 11th August 2020, our first day trip departed to Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey).

This is the first time our wheels have turned since March due to Covid. All safety precautions were in place and the trip was a huge success.

Thank you to those that travelled with us and for the excellent feedback we received.

Robin Hood Travel Ltd, Warrington’s of Ilam and Aimee’s Travel pictured in London on Monday to support the “Honk for Hope” convoy to Parliament Square. After an early 5am start from the depot they started their journey to London where they met up with another 420 plus coaches from around the UK en route to form miles and miles of coach convoy into the Capital, each honking their horns in the hope that the Government will listen to the plight of the coaching industry.

Bus, rail and air transport have all received funding, coaches don’t fall into any of those categories and do require more help. We do have the Furlough scheme which ends in October and can access a number of loans – but these do need to be paid back.

It is such a serious issue and Team Robin Hood did us proud representing us on Monday, which David and I are extremely grateful for – and on a lighter note, I think they enjoyed their day out, it gave them chance to catch up with everyone and I’m told they never stopped eating and drinking, as each of them took snacks and sandwiches and cake and cake and more cake!

Here at Robin Hood Travel, we are in a very privileged position with having the best clients ever, as most of you have allowed us to transfer your holidays and day excursions to next year, many coach operators are not that lucky and therefore do require support.

We can’t wait to get the wheels turning again and hope by September we shall have a few holidays and day trips running, but we do need to be confident that our coaches, attractions and hotels can keep us all safe and well.

Take care everyone

Christine Rose and David Eyre

Directors