Long weekends offer the perfect excuse to get away from it all. There’s nothing like a change of pace and some new scenery to blow the cobwebs away! With two luxuriously long weekends this month why not use the extra time to think about the endless possibilities for May’s last bank holiday and half term week. If [...]
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I went over to Calais yesterday morning to pick up a client of mine who had been stranded in Milan since Thursday. While he had been queuing at Milan Train station he met a lady who was in Milan for business, they managed to get tickets to Paris arriving on Saturday night but I was [...]
I had 3 ladies who were due to travel back from Venice on Friday. When the flight was cancelled we decided the best option was to travel by train to France. One of them had lived in France so luckily spoke fluent French. I was frantically checking ferries for them so they know where to travel from [...]
I am new to Travel Counsellors having come over from a major chain. I had booked one of my very good corporates to Istanbul via London departing 18th April when I was still employed by the other company. He was going to be at Anzac Cove for Anzac Day. When the news came out – he [...]
I have just had one of my clients on the phone, who is travelling with 2 other couples to Dominican Republic. I did quote for all 6 pax back in July 2009 for the holiday and found such a good deal and created such urgency, that 2 of the couples ran to one of the [...]
On Friday morning I got a call from a woman who runs a local dance school. She and a group of 8 other adults, 14 kids (aged 10-15) and 1 infant were stuck at Schipol en route home from performing in Hawaii. I had quoted for this trip, but because the woman had held seats with [...]
I have finally managed to sort the kids sports club stuck in Portugal. As most of us I am absolutely drained by all of this but I am so glad I work from home and was able to iron the kid’s uniform whilst watching the reds beat the blues whilst on hold to Jet2! I [...]
Two of my clients who were due to return home from Venice to Dublin on Saturday morning. When they got to the airport, the flight had been cancelled and there were no reps around to assist at all, just local ground handling staff who said they couldn’t help. I got a call just after 8a.m, [...]
My hubbie & I are currently away for 2 nights to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. Up until yesterday afternoon I was cancelling but after a chat from my wonderful TC buddy Elaine Obrien I decided to go! I’ve been in contact (as everyone has) with my clients away and due to travel, one guy [...]