All residential prices include tuition and full board accommodation. Extra days can be booked before or after the course. All non-residential prices include tuition, lunch & drinks throughout the day.

All residential holidays require £175 deposit. All non-residential courses require £100 deposit. The balance is due within 8 weeks of the course. Please pay by this date.

Most courses will have no more than 12 people on them, except where stated.

Please bring your own camera equipment. Guests are welcome to bring their own laptops to view/download pictures if required. Facilities for creating CDs/DVDs of photographs will be available.

For more detailed information please read the details below.

Guests arrive from 4pm on the night before the course at the given hotel and you will be greeted by a member of staff from Cheddar Gallery or the hotel.

Drinks will be available and we will run through the itinerary at approximately 6pm and we will make any changes we consider necessary depending on the weather prospects. Dinner will then be served between 6.30pm & 7.30pm depending on hotel/course. If you anticipate being later than that then please advise us and we will make any arrangements we can to cater for you.

There will be some studio based teaching with a critique session showing images taken during the workshop. According to the weather we will make the most of getting outside and there will be plenty of hands-on training and this may take precedence over indoor work. However, if the weather is not good then more studio work will take place.

Breakfast times will vary but the course will start between 9-10am and lunch will be sometime between noon and 2pm depending on the tutor/course and the course will finish between 4-4.30pm. There will be a break in the morning and afternoon for refreshments. Lunch will either be in a local pub or a packed lunch. Drinks will be provided for where possible. There will be some walking involved as not all photography can be done from the side of the road or from a car park. Most of the time it will only be a mile or two but could be a bit more by the end of the day on some occasions.

Evening meals throughout the course will normally be between 6.30-7.30pm.

The course finishes at approximately 4pm on the final day of the course, at which point everyone will depart. You can arrange to stay extra nights either at the beginning of the course or at the end of it if you are travelling a long distance but there is an additional charge for this. For additional nights we charge B&B rates which is payable to Cheddar Gallery when the final balance falls due but additional meals during this period are paid direct to the hotel as required.

Deposits & Course Cancellations

All deposits are non-refundable unless a course is cancelled by Cheddar Gallery Limited, in which case we will refund all monies paid for the course. Cheddar Gallery will endeavour not to cancel a course unless absolutely necessary or events occur beyond our control but we do reserve the right to do so. If a course is cancelled, we can transfer you to another similar course or refund your deposit, as you prefer. If you are unable to come on the course once you have paid the full amount, we are unable to refund any money paid. It may be possible to transfer you to another course, if space permits but this cannot be guaranteed and there will be a small charge for this.

If you are unable to come on any course, please advise us as soon as possible in writing or email, in order that we can fill your place(s), otherwise the full amount could fall due, if within the 8 week period.

Transport

Under normal circumstances you would arrive at the hotel under your own transport. If you require a lift from the airport, train station or coach station we will do our best to pick you up, providing that it is at a reasonable hour. On occasions we may have to charge for this, if it is a long distance but from local distances we would not need to. Directions to the hotel will be sent with your booking confirmation letter.

When on location, we will normally be able to take most people in either the photographer's car or one of our cars. It maybe necessary for you to use your own car and depending on the party this could be done on a rotation basis. If you do not have transport or do not drive then there will be space for you in one of our cars.

Cheddar Gallery

Each guest will receive 10% off all purchases over £10 of products in the shop. This excludes services such as custom made frames, photo printing services and future painting or photography holidays.

Liability

To the best of our knowledge all the tutors and hotels have public liability insurance. We also have our own public liability insurance. In the event of a holiday being cut short or cancelled for whatever reason, our liability is limited to no more than the total paid for the holiday, except in the instance of injury or death, which is in accordance with the laws governing Public Liability in which case any monies due to you would be covered under the public liability insurance of Cheddar Gallery Limited, the tutor or the hotel according to liability and would be at the discretion of the insurance company. It is the responsibility of each guest to arrange their own travel insurance.