Familiarisation Visits

Experience Wiltshire for yourself and join us on one of our familiarisation visits to see a variety of tourism products suitable for travel trade.

VisitWiltshire has an ongoing programme of educational familiarisation visits, designed to improve your product knowledge and give you a taste of what Wiltshire has to offer. Open to coach operators, tour operators, travel agents, group travel organisers and the trade press, they usually take place in spring and autumn and will introduce you to a variety of tourism products suitable for the travel trade, both groups and FIT. 

In 2021 we are aiming to run the following self-drive familiarisation visits. We have negotiated great accommodation rates and complimentary entry for 2 x trade persons to visit a range of Wiltshire attractions during agreed dates. 

Please download, complete and return the registrations forms for the following fam visits:

Meridian Self-Drive Familiarisation visit to Wiltshire
Sunday 27 – Monday 28 June 2021

Exclusively for Meridian club members 

This two-day/one-night self drive fam trip includes dinner, bed and breakfast accommodation at Best Western Angel Hotel, Chippenham on Sunday 27 June 2021.

Participating ‘paid for’ attractions offering complimentary entry for group organisers include:

Sunday 27 June

• Iford Manor Gardens, Bradford on Avon
• Bowood House & Gardens, Calne
• REME Museum, Lyneham
• STEAM Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon

If time allows why not search for bargains at the nearby McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Swindon

Monday 28 June

• Merchant’s House, Marlborough
• Stonehenge
• Salisbury Cathedral
• Salisbury Museum

Cost:   £58.00 Dinner, Bed and Breakfast per person per night based on double occupancy £73.00 Dinner, Bed and Breakfast per person for single occupancy.

Terms & Conditions apply - see registration form for details.

To Register to attend this fam visit please download, complete and return the Meridian Registration Form. Please send this to flowallace@visitwiltshire.co.uk. Please note that we are unable to receive postal applications - please photograph and email the form before the deadline Friday 21 May 2021

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Group Leisure & Travel Reader Offer
‘Wiltshire on the Great West Way®’
6 - 30 September 2021 

VisitWiltshire have teamed up with Group Leisure & Travel to offer group travel organisers and tour operators the chance to embark on a journey through Wiltshire on the Great West Way and experience some of its many highlights.

This two-day/one-night self drive fam trip includes dinner, bed and breakfast accommodation at Holiday Inn Salisbury-Stonehenge on a date of your choice between 6 - 30 September (excluding weekends)

Participating ‘paid for’ attractions offering complimentary entry for group organisers include:

• Iford Manor Gardens, Bradford on Avon
• REME Museum, Lyneham (closed Mondays)
• Bowood House & Gardens, Calne
• Salisbury Cathedral
• The Merchant’s House, Marlborough
• STEAM Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon
• Wiltshire Museum, Devizes
• Salisbury Museum
• Stonehenge
• Old Sarum

Suggested places to explore for pre-booked tours, appointments or special offers include:

• Bradford on Avon (pre-booked tour available)
• The Bridge Tea Rooms, Bradford on Avon – Princess of India Afternoon Tea – a selection of traditional sandwiches and a freshly baked organic sultana or plain scone with Dorset clotted cream and strawberry Jam, all beautifully presented on a traditional tiered cake stand – Price £18pp. Special Offer ‘Buy one get one free’.
• Corsham (pre-booked tour available)
• Marlborough College Summer School (pre-booked appointment available)

Cost:   £60 (Vat inclusive) per person per night B&B based on 2 pax sharing (£110 per room for single occupancy). Including a welcome drink and 2- course dinner for two.  

Terms & Conditions apply - see registration form for details.

To Register to attend this fam visit please download, complete and return the Group Leisure & Travel Registration Form. Please send this to flowallace@visitwiltshire.co.uk. Please note that we are unable to receive postal applications - please photograph and email the form before the deadline Friday 20 August 2021

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Contact:

For further information please contact Florence Wallace, Head of Travel Trade, VisitWiltshire and Great West Way flowallace@visitwiltshire.co.uk, M: 07436 588860.