Freelance Tour Manager for Rail Based vacations around the world
I’ve been asked to write about China, and I’m currently staring at a blank page. How to write about the enigma that is China. Where do you start? Maybe the size? The 4th largest country in the world (9,596,960 sq km), bordering 14 countries. The rivers? The Yangtze, Yellow and Ob-Irtysh (me neither), not to …
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The big question that everybody asks about Scandinavia is… “What is the best time of the year to visit?” Should it be Spring or Summer when the weather is benign, the days long and the people are out and about celebrating their season in the outdoors? Or should it be Winter when the snow and …
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When you work in Global Travel, the globe doesn't always play as nice as you'd wish. Right now there is turmoil in the Gulf and this is affecting flight that route through that area. Great Rail Journeys have been working hard to repatriate clients on flights affected but there's always a knock-on. In this case, …
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I’ve been working as a Tour Manager for just over 12 years, led over 100 Tours (think of it as being 3,000 people) and I like to think that by now I’ve more or less got the hang of it. I’ve led Tours world-wide and dealt with a raft of incidents of varying severity. I’ve …
I got back from my last Tour of 2025 on 09th December and after a couple of days to recover from jet-lag, got sick. It’s what tends to happen when you’ve been working hard for an extended period of time, and then finally take a break. It’s as if your body has been storing stuff …
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2025 is drawing to a close and TimOnTheTrain has been shunted back into the shed for a rest and refit. Four weeks without working is a welcome break and chance to get fully lubricated, have my worn bearings replaced and my firebox de-coked. It's been a busy year. Next year is filling up nicely, although …
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