Book seats: fan travelling with English parties (10)

I believe the answer is:

beanfeasts

'parties' is the definition.
(I know this)

'book seats fan travelling with english' is the wordplay.
'book' becomes 'b' (abbreviation for book).
'travelling with' is an anagram indicator.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'seats'+'fan'='seatsfan'
'seatsfan' with its letters mixed up with 'e' makes 'eanfeasts'.
'b'+'eanfeasts'='BEANFEASTS'

(Another definition for beanfeasts that I've seen is " parties"".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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