Cancellation Policy

This page sets out the Leisure Tours cancellation policy for day tours and multi-day tours.

Day tours

Our standard cancellation policy is as follows:

Cancellation timingRefund
More than 7 days prior to date of travelFull refund
Between 7 and 2 days prior to date of travel50% refund
Less than 48 hours prior to date of travelNo refund

If Leisure Tours cancels a tour or is unable to provide a tour (excluding acts of nature, terrorism or war), a full refund will be provided.

Leisure Tours reserves the right to charge an administration fee if the tour cancellation has become problematic.

Once the tour has commenced, no refunds will be given for any unused portion of the tour.

Refunds do not include the third-party credit card surcharge fee.

Kaikoura Whale Watch refund policy

Once the tour has commenced, only the unused portion of the tour will be refunded should the boats not sail or the planes not fly.

If due to no whale sightings or weather conditions the boat offers a partial refund, this refund will be passed on to our customers.

If whale watch is undertaken by light aircraft and no whales are seen, no refund applies.

Multi-day tours

Guided

Our standard cancellation policy is as follows:

Cancellation timingRefund
More than 6 months prior to tour departureFull refund
Between 60 days and 6 months prior to departureCancellation fee of 20% of the tour price
Between 30 and 59 days prior to departureCancellation fee of 50% of the tour price
Less than 30 days prior to departureNo refund

If Pounamu Tourism Group / Leisure Tours Ltd cancels the tour, a full refund will be provided.

Should you leave the tour for any reason (whether by choice or otherwise) after it has commenced, there will be no refund of the unused portion of the tour.

Refunds do not include the third-party credit card surcharge fee.

Self-guided

Our standard cancellation policy is as follows:

Cancellation timingRefund
More than 10 days prior to tour departure dateFull refund
Between 10 and 7 days prior to tour departure date50% refund
Less than 7 days prior to tour departure dateNo refund

If Leisure Tours cancels a tour or is unable to provide a tour (excluding acts of nature, terrorism or war), a full refund will be provided.

Leisure Tours reserves the right to charge an administration fee if the tour cancellation has become problematic.

Once the tour has commenced, no refunds will be given for any unused portion of the tour.

Refunds do not include the third-party credit card surcharge fee.