Titan HiTours, the escorted tours specialist, has expanded its VIP Home Departure Service to cover mainland Scotland, Channel Islands and Northern Ireland. This popular service - previously only available to customers based in mainland England and Wales - allows for every customer to be picked up from their home address, transferred to their departure point and returned to their own front door at the end of their holiday. What’s more, this fantastic service is available at no extra cost, ensuring complete convenience and incredible value for money for every customer, no matter where they live in the United Kingdom.

This new service now entitles customers in mainland Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland to a home pick-up and door-to-door transfer to their nearest regional airport, plus free domestic flights to the London airports to connect with any international departure (or free onward connections to the major seaports for those taking an ex-UK cruise). This means that customers can get into the holiday spirit from the moment they leave home and ensures that their entire Titan HiTours experience gets off to a flying start.

The incredible value of the VIP Home Departure Service is especially noticeable on Titan HiTours’ excellent selection of cruise holidays with direct departures from the south coast seaports. The company has just launched its brand new Cruise Collection brochure for 2011 that features a choice of 16 ex-UK departures - including four new itineraries that are being introduced to the programme for the first time. For example, the 9-day Fjordland Adventure cruise, which departs from Dover on 1 July, 2011 and costs from £1,095 per person, combines a leisurely crossing of the North Sea with a thorough exploration of Norway’s stunning coastal fjords and includes full-board accommodation aboard the Fred. Olsen ship Black Watch; an excursion in Stavanger; services of a Titan HiTours tour manager; all port taxes; and the VIP Home Departure Service from anywhere in the UK.

Departures from Southampton are also included, such as the 13-day Canary Islands Easter Cruise which departs from Southampton on 15 April, 2011 and costs from £1,195 per person. Taking in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon and the sunshine islands of Lanzarote, Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Madeira, plus a leisurely five full days at sea. Or the 11-day Springtime Iberian Sunshine itinerary which costs from £995 per person, and departs Southampton over the Easter weekend on 23 April with stops in Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Gibraltar. Both prices include full-board accommodation, services of a Titan HiTours tour manager, all port taxes and the VIP Home Departure Service.

Commenting on this development, James Hewlett, Head of Marketing said, “We are delighted to be able to extend our VIP Home Departure Service to our valued clients in Scotland, Channel Islands and Northern Ireland. The service offers the perfect way to start and end a Titan HiTours holiday in style and has come to epitomise the quality, high standards and value for money for which Titan HiTours is renowned.”