Freelance Tour Manager for Rail Based vacations around the world
Today we took a boat trip on lake Lugano to visit the tiny fishing town of Gandria. The sun shone on my clients and it was a lovely day. Photo courtesy Mardy Brayman Photo courtesy Holly Hagen … and that’s Holly in person with Barry My clients have been very sweet today. At one time …
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I don't mind admitting that I was pretty tired after the first half of the season. I needed a few duvet days to recover and also a bit of face time with Mrs TimOnTheTrain whose only contact with me for months had been "How many shirts do you need for this one?". So I took …
I thought I'd start by wishing a very happy Jubilee Weekend to everybody, especially HRH The Queen. She's a class act. It's been a busy week with only seven days between Tours once again. This time I'm off to take Highlights of Tuscany, one of my favourite Tours, and in one of my favourite places, …
At last, the start of the new 2022 season is approaching. Like a bear stirring from Winter hibernation, I've started to think about what I need to get done in advance. I've started by cleaning up the website. Some of the pages were rather full of content and were taking some time to load, so …
The life of a Tour Manager during lockdown is not a pleasant one. Working in the Travel Industry at a time when there is no travel is depressing, and financially ruinous. After many months depleting my savings in the recurrent expectation that travel would return, only to have my hopes dashed time after time, I …
The BBC want to remove 'Land Of Hope & Glory' from the Last Night of the Proms - because somebody, somewhere, might be offended. There is no more eloquent rebuttal than to show people what it actually looks and sounds like, so here we are. Take 09:51 minutes out of your life to watch a …
I guess that'll teach me to try and be happy during lockdown. Shortly after my last post, the UK Government decided to put France on the Naughty Step, and as a result I've just been told that my Italian Tour to Sirmione & Lake Garda has been cancelled. For a couple of days there was …
75 Years ago, it was Victory over Japan day - VJ Day. It matters not simply as a just and deserved victory over the cruel regime of Japanese Militarism, but also as the conclusion of the entire 7 year period of the Second World War. It's tempting to describe in detail the epic battles of …
It has been a long, and frankly, lousy Summer. All of my Tours were ultimately cancelled with the cancellations being drip-fed month by month as the situation changed, or rather, didn't. I was lucky enough to receive some financial help from the government, but this was rather soured by their laissez-faire attitude to support for …
It ... is of course COVID-19, the Coronavirus Me How is it affecting me? So far, it's not a good news story. I've now had two China Tours cancelled, and this represents a significant financial hit, which could be as much as 30% of my annual income. As things stand, I have no work for …
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