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City & Village Tours: 0845 812 5000 info@cityandvillagetours.com
If starting a tour at 10-30am doesn’t suit you consider
booking a trip a
Later Start Option.
Instead of arriving at 10-30am you can meet the tour
guide at 11-45am/noon and start your day out with an
early lunch. This is the best option for groups who don't
want to set out during the rush hour and it is also a good
idea to solve the thorny problem of drivers hours for
many groups. Call and ask for us to explain why.
The Later Start Option
is available across the
board, including our Together Tour itineraries where,
instead of starting with morning coffee as on a standard
timing day, you arrive for an early lunch at midday and
a cup of coffee is still included in the tour fee but is
served after your lunch.
Later Start Days cover all the core itinerary points as
described in the tour description. The order of events
may differ but not the tour content and you don't head
home much later than on a standard tour. Usually it’s a
matter of heading for home about 30 minutes later than
an ordinary start day.
THAMES CABLE CAR
WHAT CABLE CAR?
On 2 May 2012 the first gondolas crossed the River
Thames and it didn’t even make the news!
If Ladbrokes are taking bets I’d now put folding
money on it being in service in time for the Olympics.
We are looking forward to taking your group on the
cable car for terrific views up and down river as part
of a whole new range of day trips designed for people
who like to see a lot without walking too far.
We don’t plan to offer these trips before the end of
September 2012.
Keep reading
The Kettle
for further updates.
Our Blue Badge Guides
Our guides have the Blue Badge – the highest guiding
qualification in the UK. The Blue Badge course is always
over-subscribed and is very demanding, with a terrifying
range of written and practical examinations.
Not everyone passes, not by a long chalk.
And not everyone who passes has the right blend of
skills to be a guide with City & Village Tours.
Beyond and above the knowledge we also require
kindness, patience, warmth, a sense of humour and the
ability to be heard clearly, especially by older folk.
It’s a critical mix of skills that our regular groups
recognise instantly. And it is an award winning mix –
we have received nine awards for the best guided tours
in the country.
There are over 1500 holders of the Blue Badge in the UK
but there are only 30 guides in the City & Village Tours
team. It’s no lottery when you book a day out with City
& Village Tours.
Later Start Days
For people who don't want to start their day out too early