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Advert: Rayburn Tours

If you qualify for London or Harrogate next month then get on the phone to Rayburn Tours to sort out all your arrangements.

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Let Rayburn Tours arrange your travel and accommodation for the 2008 National Brass Band Championships!

Brochure

The first European Concert Tours brochure from Rayburn Tours dedicated to Brass bands will also feature travel and accommodation packages to the 2008 National Brass Band Championships!

We know from feedback over the years that arranging travel and accommodations for all members of a band and associated supporters can prove to be a challenge.

We hope to be able to work with you over the coming months to arrange all your travel and accommodation requirements for this extremely high profile eventRayburn Tours

What better

What better option can there be than handing all the “ins and outs” and “ups and downs” of your travel and accommodation arrangements over to us? Feedback has told us that this service will certainly be welcomed by all bands involved!

With the regionals just around the corner, it won’t be long before qualifying bands and their supporters will need to start the process of organising a memorable weekend in Harrogate!

Work with you

We hope to be able to work with you over the coming months to arrange all your travel and accommodation requirements for this extremely high profile event. With over 40 years of arranging tours you can be assured of our closest attention to detail at all times.

Register

If you would like to register to receive the brochure, due to be released in March, please Click here where you can complete a brochure request form and we’ll send a copy to you as soon as they come hot off the press!


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