Jenean and I admit that scouting for future tours is our most favorite part of our jobs. Driving around, visiting villages and towns, locating hotels and restaurants and other unique places to take our future clients is an absolute joy and never feels like work. Of course, we are working, but it’s deliciously fun. We […]
Want to Travel in 2011? Reserve Now Please
Prime dates are going faster than usual for 2011 mainly due to pent-up demand from 2008 and 2009 when people choose to stay at home. If you have dreams of seeing Europe in style, start the process now in order to travel when you want to go.
Riding into Venice in Style
We enter with our group of eight this afternoon into the heart of Venice where we’re staying two nights at a lovely hotel in the San Marco district. It’s hot in Venice, so what better way to cool off than with a quick trip via water taxi?
Gimmelwald Switzerland Picnic Adventure
We took our current guests to the hamlet of Gimmelwald, in the Lauterbrunnen Valley of Switzerland the other day for a picnic lunch prepared by the staff of our hotel. It was magnificent! The weather cooperated and we had the most beautiful of views looking at the back side of the Jungfrau mountain. Photos are […]
Kerry, Cork and Tipperary Ireland Private Tour Opportunity in August
The Best of Ireland – now available on a private, relaxed tour Experience Ireland’s charms on this 11-day trip, now available for booking. Extremely limited, we’ll take only four people on this tour and prefer a family or two couples who already know one another for maximum cohesiveness and enjoyment. Day 1: Arrival at Shannon. […]
European Focus Private Tours – Benefit Number 237
Stopping for lunch is not just a quick “grab and go,” like on the big bus tours. We plan our lunch stops carefully to take advantage of beautiful scenery, great food and a memory to last a lifetime. James took his guests to one of his favorite cafes high above the village of Beilstein, on […]
European Focus Private Tours Benefit #384
Spontaneous sightseeing is what we’re all about. When we drive along Europe’s back roads with our guests, and when we see something interesting, we check it out. Big Bus Companies are all about staying on a schedule. They have to, with 40 people, even a potty stop has to be coordinated. The other day, Jim […]
Yesterday in Germany
We’re sightseeing – even in a constant rain with chilly temps – in the Land of Ludwig, that’s “Mad” King Ludwig of Bavaria, who built three fantasy castles in the late 19th century which now attract millions of tourists per year. The government ministers got rid of Ludwig because he was spending the treasury dry. […]