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Welcome to Herberts Travel
A family owned and run bus and coach company based in Bedford. We hope you find this site useful and informative regarding our services. Should you have any queries or require further information, then please don’t hesitate to contact us by either phone, fax or email.
Being predominately contract based, we work closely with such organisiations as Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Council. We offer very competative quotes for private hires, day trips and celebrations.
We specialise in moving your most precious assets, your children, to and from school with over 3000 child movements each school day.
COVID TRAVEL GUIDELINES
The government have confirmed that social distancing will not apply to school transport services and it is expected that all services will run as normal. Pupils are expected to be sensible and follow the guidelines as set out below. The driver will not be expected to enforce the use of face coverings or seating plans, any pupil not following the rules will be reported to the school.
1) As far as possible please sit in the same groups each day to and from school,
2) Please board the vehicle from back to front and alight in the reverse order.
3) All pupils over the age of 11 MUST wear a face covering, unless they are exempt from doing so.
4) Parents must supervise pupils where necessary whilst waiting for transport in the mornings, schools are expected to do this in the afternoons.
5) Pass holders will have boarding priority, Only the correct change should be given to the driver.
Please encourage pupils to wash hands regulary and use hand sanitisers when availible. If a pupil or a member of family are displaying any symptoms please do not allow them to use transport.
KEEPING YOU SAFE
ALL VEHICLES USED WILL BE CLEANED AND SANITISED ON A DAILY BASIS AND BETWEEN SCHOOLS, WE WILL CONCENTRATE ON TOUCH AREAS TO AVOID CROSS CONTAMINATION.
DRIVERS WILL AVOID FACE TO FACE INTERACTION WITH PUPILS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
PLEASE HELP US TO PROTECT YOU BY REMOVING ALL RUBBISH AND BELONGINGS FROM THE VEHICLE.
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IMPORTANT UPDATE
Dear parents
Firstly, thank you for your patience once again through these extremely difficult and worrying times. Outlined below are a few details that should help you all understand how things are expected to work over the period of school closures.
COMMERCIAL ROUTES - All routes that are paid for by parents will be suspended until further notice. We are unable to provide travel for Critical worker/vulnerable children at this time. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, but the services are not viable with such restricted numbers.
COUNCIL PROVIDED ROUTES- If your child has been offered a place in school during the closure, you are expected to let the school or the relevant council know that your child still requires travel, please do not contact us to request this.
IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED A SPRING TERM PASS - We have two options available for parents that have already paid for spring travel.
Option 1- Carry over any unused travel to cover the next upcoming term
Option 2 - Refund the full value of the pass purchased, Please be aware, if this option is chosen your child will only be able to use the service on a pay as you go basis until the summer term, should schools re open before.
Please email [email protected] with your childs, Name, route number and option preference.
