Tailored Travel News - January 2014

"What a beautiful city Valencia turned out to be, we would never have thought of going before you suggested it – a real gem and somewhere we will certainly be re-visiting to see the bits we missed. Nothing was too much trouble for our guides and they made the city come alive for us. Thank you Tailored Travel for making it possible..."

When I took on the job of tour organiser I really was in the dark! I found an advertisement in a magazine for Tailored Travel and rang the company. I believe it was Michael to whom I talked. His response was positive and helpful with his advice re: numbers, mode of travel etc. What was promised was given. Arrangements work like clockwork...

There are many joys in travelling with a group. Trying to hear your guide in a hushed gallery or during a walking city tour on crowded streets isn’t one of them! It may be that you have a group of 30 and not all of you can be within easy earshot of the guide all the time. The solution is ‘whisper’ audio headsets, which enable everyone to clearly hear what’s being said all of the time even at a distance of up to 150 metres.

There was a time when going to work meant exactly that: one would get up, get dressed, have breakfast and leave the home to physically go to work. In today’s global world, information can be accessed practically anywhere and so the idea of being ‘in the office’ is not as it once was. Now with homeworking, staff can be in the office without ever leaving home...