Tour Reservation & Payment

Reservation and Payment

Tour Reservations
For any tour to Bhutan, early reservation is advisable to secure flight bookings or hotel rooms. Booking arrangements must be completed 4 weeks in advance, but for cultural tours during festivals, arrangements must be completed 6 weeks in advance. The spring and autumn festivals are our peak times for tourism, and without early reservations it can be difficult to confirm flights and hotels. For trekking groups, booking arrangements should be completed at least 8 weeks in advance, as this activity requires detailed forward planning.

Tour tariff
The international tourist tariff is determined by the Royal Government of Bhutan. The policy of value tourism is best supported by a system of daily minimum tariff of USD 200 per person per day fixed by the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB). This rate is the same for al tour operators in

Bhutan

and the rates can be higher, depending upon the nature of services desired beyond the entitlement for USD 200.

The daily minimum prices most often misinterpreted to be extremely high. The fee infact covers a package that include all internal taxes and charges including royalty, accommodation, all meals, services of licensed guides, internal transport and camping equipments and haulage for trekking tours. The royalty portion goes to the government exchequer, which in turn mainly supports free medical care, free education and other welfare schemes. All visitors in a way therefore make valuable contribution to the welfare system of the country.

FIT Surcharge
Individual traveler or smaller group of less than three persons, shall be subject to surcharge. Surcharge of USD 40 per night for single person and USD 30 per night for two persons goes directly to the Government of Bhutan.

Supplement Charge
There is supplementary charge for single room, use of luxury transport and hotels/resorts. A sum of USD 10 per tourist per visit shall be payable towards Tourism Development Fund (TDF).

Please contact us for specific costing for your requirements.

Tour payment
Advance payment for the entire tour and Druk Air in must be sent to Absolute Bhutan Travel by bank transfer, at least 2 months in advance prior to date of arrival, as your visa is cleared by the Government on receipt of advance payment only. For high season travel (January – June: Sept – Dec), it is advisable to remit payment for Druk Air flights 3 months in advance. This will help us to obtain confirmed seats on the requested flights. Please note all tour operators in Bhutan are subject to the following payment procedure and you can be assured of total security when using this payment method.

Once you confirm your trip with us and on receipt of our invoice, the tour payment maybe remitted to the following overseas bank account, maintained by Bhutan National Bank in New York

Bank Address	Citibank NA, 111 Wall Street 19th Floor, New York NY 10043 USA
Beneficiary Bank	Bhutan National Bank P.O Box 439, Thimphu, Bhutan
Account No	36023474
Swift Code	CITIUS 33
ABA No	0210-0008-9
Chips Routing No	008
Ultimate Beneficiary	Account No: 39902019 of Absolute Bhutan Travel maintained with Bhutan National Bank, Thimphu Bhutan

Please remit the payment in favor of Bhutan National Bank indicating ultimate beneficiary as Absolute Bhutan Travel and kindly fax or email remittance copy for us to trace the payment.

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Tour Reservation & Payment

Reservation and Payment