Freelance Tour Manager for Rail Based vacations around the world
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 …
So. The Long Winter break without work is drawing to a close. I'm off to Vietnam & Cambodia in 11 days and then a busy season lies ahead. I've used the two month break to reduce my sleep defecit, catch up on TV box sets and remind Mrs TimOnTheTrain that she has a husband who …
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The annual 'Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show' runs at Olympia, London from 30th Jan 2020 to Feb 2nd 2020 and this year two of my Tour Operators (Great Rail Journeys & Rail Discoveries) will be present on stand E72 at the show. This is a great opportunity for future (and existing) clients to talk …
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Miniatur Wunderland, Hamburg is the largest model railway in the world. It has a Floor area of 1,490 square metres and 15.4 Kilometres of track with 260,000 human figures, 130,000 trees and over 4,000 buildings. It includes a functioning airport and Fire Fighting service and national scenes from Germany, Scandinavia, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and the …
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