Potential charter service costs?

[185102]

Good evening all,

Been asked about how someone would go about organising a railtour and what sorts of costs need to be paid out before advertising the train, e.g any revenue earnt to assist the costs?

can anyone advise please the rough idea is Yorkshire to the south such as Bournemouth or Weymouth potentially.

I admitted while i knpw a little about alot alot this is beyond me.

Many thanks in advance

 

[Sun Chariot]

Do you mean you want to charter the use of an existing Operator (e.g. Steam Dreams, Railway Touring Company, Pathfinder)? Or, do you mean you want to ring-fence a specific number of seats on a (for example) Cross Country TOC booked service each way?

 

[185102]

A friend was looking at hiring wcrc or lsl if they hire? Etc.

 

[Sun Chariot]

Thanks. I believe WCRC and LSL deal only with registered charter operating orgs that have pre-existing contractual agreements - Limit Of Liability, etc - in place with WCRC, LSL.

If it were me, I'd first get a level of interest - what dates are preferred, how many people interested (a refundable deposit per person, say £100, will help clarify genuine interest). Then I'd approach Cross Country TOC, RTC, Saphos, Pathfinder to ascertain if the date, location and numbers can be catered by an existing planned/scheduled service.

If they don't, then the lead-time and cost for "own hired" arrangement will be significant - the main railtour / excursion operators have already secured tours into mid-2024; and a "per tour" overall cost (not forgetting all the legals too) will be a very healthy 5-figures...